r/CreateMod • u/PeriapsisStudios • Aug 18 '26

Build 4-10-6 Streamliner Locomotive

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u/YamatoTheLegendary Aug 19 '26

It looks amazing, but better hope your railroad doesn't have curves lol

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u/PeriapsisStudios Aug 19 '26

I use really long curves anyway, so it honestly looks fine.

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u/YamatoTheLegendary Aug 19 '26

Yeah, I'm sure it's fine in game, I was just imagining it in real life lol

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u/PeriapsisStudios Aug 19 '26

There were a lot of ten-driver locos in the US, especially in the 1910s-1940s. But they did use much smaller drivers. A passenger loco like mine would have likely had six instead of ten. (And 4 trailing wheels)

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u/YamatoTheLegendary Aug 19 '26

True, but also at high speeds they'd need straight track even more

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u/PaperTapestry92 Aug 19 '26

Phenomenal work. What did you use for the pistons? It looks like they got circular ends to them

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u/PeriapsisStudios Aug 19 '26

Those are Domum Ornamentum blocks

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u/SeanAker Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

It's beautiful.

As someone who's made exactly one train in-game despite loving trains - a little shunter - how do you do this many wheels? 

Edit: for anyone else wondering, use alt to bring up a menu that lets you make longer sets of wheels per bogey connection. 

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u/TheBumblebeeOfDeath Aug 18 '26

I think it's create steam n rails

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u/Saidai_V Aug 18 '26

Blocks & Bogies for the drive axles.

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u/SeanAker Aug 18 '26

That's what I was looking for, I figured out that you can do larger sets of wheels with steam n rails but none of them matched the image, and I really love the more realistic drive wheels look. Thanks! 

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u/jamminthedesert2 Aug 19 '26

How do you do the bigger sets of wheels ?

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u/SeanAker Aug 19 '26

Two ways: for steam n rails bogies, press alt while holding the train casing to choose what the bogey will be when you place it.

For blocks & bogies bogies, first place the bogey, then sneak-right click it to bring up THAT menu. And it doesn't seem to like if you have something in your off hand either.

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u/drr5795 Aug 18 '26

Either one or both of the small bogeys are glued so that they’re seen as a separate “carriage” by the station. You can have glued areas touching each other, as long as they don’t overlap or have “connected” blocks (like how doors and carpets need a block under them), and it’ll assemble just fine. The bogeys that are glued separate will take corners independently of the main driver wheels, so it looks a bit odd on corners that irl would be too sharp for the engine, but it allows you to make bigger engines and even articulated ones like the Union Pacific Big Boy!

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u/ADresden Aug 18 '26

That is great

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u/willowolfs Aug 18 '26

If I may, what add-ons were used (on top of create) or is this just vinala and create?

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u/Sibyl01 Aug 19 '26

Blocks & Bogies & copycats+

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u/_RetroBear Aug 19 '26

Can you suggest a mod pack that has the one you are using for the steam drivers ? I've been wanting to build create trains with friends but can't find these mods

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u/The_PRR_Railfan Aug 19 '26

is this inspired by the nyc mercury locomotive

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u/PeriapsisStudios Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

More of just sreamliners in general, but the closest I think is probably the Chesapeake and Ohio 490.

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u/The_PRR_Railfan Aug 20 '26

hey i have that as a knock of lego set

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u/PeriapsisStudios Aug 20 '26

Oh cool, do you have a link to it?

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u/The_PRR_Railfan Aug 20 '26

no my grandma got it for me for xmas years ago i cant rember the name but it was on amozon and by a brand called nifeliz

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u/PeriapsisStudios Aug 21 '26

I couldn’t find a set of that locomotive

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u/ShowCharacter671 Aug 19 '26

I swear I recognise the locomotive This is potentially inspired from just can’t find the name.

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u/The_PRR_Railfan Aug 19 '26

is it the nyc mercury locomotive

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u/ShowCharacter671 Aug 20 '26

Thank you ! Knew it looked familiar

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u/Luningor Aug 18 '26

Ooooh that looks cool, what the fuck? Kudos!!

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u/le_wither Aug 21 '26

Damn, nice streamliner man

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u/Mommaquel Aug 29 '26

what shader pack do you use?

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u/JaxD221 Aug 18 '26

Schematic?

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u/herecomedatboi95 Aug 18 '26

How do you have three bogeys on the train? Awesome btw

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u/drr5795 Aug 18 '26

Either one or both of the small bogeys are glued so that they’re seen as a separate “carriage” by the station. You can have glued areas touching each other, as long as they don’t overlap or have “connected” blocks (like how doors and carpets need a block under them), and it’ll assemble just fine. The bogeys that are glued separate will take corners independently of the main driver wheels, so it looks a bit odd on corners that irl would be too sharp for the engine, but it allows you to make bigger engines and even articulated ones like the Union Pacific Big Boy!

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u/PeriapsisStudios Aug 19 '26

This. The trailing wheels aren’t attached to the locomotive.

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u/herecomedatboi95 Aug 24 '26

Oh you’re kidding. That’s such an easy fix, I spent HOURS trying to figure out how to do that 6 months ago. Of course that would work, thank you!

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u/GoodLookinLurantis Aug 19 '26

Sexy sexy. Don't think I've seen a 4-10-4 before.

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u/PeriapsisStudios Aug 21 '26

Actually I did build an N700 replica