Vintage Steam? by gmvgmvgmv
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Description
Back in age of steam locomotion, passenger cars were heated using wood or coal-burning stoves. In the best of circumstances, this resulted in areas of the passenger compartment either being too hot or too cold. Oftentimes, on bumpy sections of track, the stoves overturned, spilling their dangerous contents about the area, frequently leading to fires as hot embers ignited the wooden passenger cars. In train wrecks, the conflagrations were of catastrophic magnitude with many fires erupting simultaneously, complicating rescue efforts.
Eventually, locomotive steam was used to heat cars. As the age of steam transitioned to diesel-electric traction, heat was supplied to passenger cars using a steam generator located inside the shorter hood of the locomotive carbody. This method of providing climate control was eventually replaced by electricity, but surprisingly enough lasted into the 1980s. Today, those wispy tendrils of steam are no longer seen rising from the beneath undercarriages of passenger cars.
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All models either Wings3d or Bryce5 originals with postwork using PSP8 and Universe Image Creator. Volume clouds provide the steam effects. Thanks for lookin’!
Comments (63)
Oh wow great job!!!
Jaw dropping, stunning work. Truly awesome.
wonderful atmospheric scene !!!
Great scene of the station!Excellent comments too!The atmosphere is fantastic!Bravo!
Awesome scene with great lighting and POV!
love,love,love it!!!
Great lighting and composition.
Bravo! Excellent!
Keen scene...
Great lighting and colors almost a sepia tone thing going on here. your golden!
Excellent work!!
Fantastic work!
wow, just wow, instant fave, the detail the depth the dynamic range - spot on!
Awesome scene Bravo
Wonderfull image, great depth, scale and atmosphere! I raise my hat to you sir!!!
Brilliant work- superb image.
Stunning image!!!
Absolutely outstanding modeling. Great render also.
SUPERB!!!
Stunning image...great lighting and modelling,excellent realism and details!
BEAUTIFULLY DONE!!!!!!
Amazing!
wow, brilliant work
Great job! Congrats!
Excellence in every bit. Fantastic lighting, models, pov..and all. Image like this really enthralls..
Superb!
A lovely combination of architecture and nostalgia - very well done.
Stellar image !
Very detailed scene. Great models and lighting! Excellent work!
Congratulations on a wonderful modeling job and render! Very nice writeup on the enviromental evolution of the trains as well - did not know that bit of steam beneath the trains was from the heating.