TGR Saloon/Buffet Carriages

Built by Clyde Engineering in the 1930s, the steel bodied AAR carriages, commonly known in the industry as the "clyde cars", were a feature of many luxurious services on the Tasmanian Government Railways' extensive 3ft 6in rail network. Historical images see these buffet cars on services such as the famed "Tasman Limited", and the Launceston to Hobart Expresses - fitting with the streamlined TGR R class.

The "Clyde Cars" were an open carriage, with seating on both sides of the carriage, and a walkway down the middle, with the carriage being split into two bespoke sections. One half of the carriage featured a refreshments bar, with associated kitchen, tables, and chairs, for the paying customers of the service to endulge in at their leisure. The latter half of the carriage featured simple passenger seating, in an open saloon type environment. 

These features and more have been faithfully recreated for Trainz, in three accurate liveries.
Including:

• Red and Yellow, alike that seen on the "Tasman Limited".
• Maroon and Cream modified Tasmanian livery, alike that seen on the "Bellarine Railway".
• Green with Yellow lining, alike that seen on the Launceston to Hobart Express.

The models feature accurately represented interiors, (accessed by pressing 1, can be explored further by activating freecam), 3ft 6in animated bogies, modern PBR material texturing, and were designed based on accurate and original (scanned) drawings and plans, of all elevations of the vehicle.

The PBR texturing methods used in this model yeild ultra realistic results, including:

• Shiny metal surface reflections on all painted metal surfaces on the carriage, with bump maps to show realistic bumps, warps, and wobbles that would be seen on the surface in the real world

• Realistic levels of bump and shine on the roof, to realistically represent a canvas roof material, as is prototypical of all older rollinstock roofs, including that of the AAR cars.

• Translucent window textures, with special bump and shine maps, to yeild a shiny, glass like surface, with the protoypical dimples and wobbles of the material, while maintaining glass like transparency.

• Baked textures, meaning even the lowest end computer can run a fairly realistic looking model, with some darker and lighter areas, hinting at shade, without having full shaders on.

These carriages will look at home among any 3ft 6in railway yard, our out on the mainline behind your own luxury passenger train!

For those looking to model the Tasmanian rollingstock ecosystem within Trainz, it should be noted that I have models of the wooden bodied TGR AAL carriages, as well as Sentinel-Cammell SP powered and unpowered steam railmotors, which i intend on releasing to this website very soon. These should complement the clyde cars, and any other Tasmanain Rail scene perfectly, once they are released.

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For those interested, the models were created in Blender 2.9, with the textures, parameter and normal maps made in GIMP, both of which are free to download. If you need help with your own locomotives or rollingstock

Upon purchase of this pack, you will recieve a .zip file named "TGR ARR CLYDE CARRIAGE 2021.zip", which when unzipped will hold six (6) files:

• "TGR ARR Clyde Car - Bellrail.cdp" (Bellarine Railway livery AAR carriage body)
• "TGR ARR Clyde Car - Donriver.cdp" (Red and Yellow, Don River livery AAR carriage body)
• "TGR ARR Clyde Car - Green.cdp" (Green, Yellow lining livery AAR carriage body)
• "3ft 6in TGR Bogie.cdp" (Black carriage bogie)
• "Invisible Interior TS.cdp" (Carriage interior dependency)
• "info.png" (readme care-package type file, contains useful information for the customer)

Note: These models were designed for, and have only been run in Trainz Railroad Simulator 2019, and are therefore INCOMPATIBLE WITH T:ANE, or any other versions of the game. These models do not yet (July 2021) include visually working vestibule gangways, couplings, or night-time interior lighting. It is intended that these will come later, once I have a suitable knowledge of how to flawlessly implement them into my rollingstock. These models are non-refundable, and Taipan Studios hold no laibility for damage caused to your models if you attempt to tamper with them in a non-permitted way. Locomotives pictured are not included.