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ZecRail is proud to bring you two special versions of the new Victorian Railways V499 locomotive (built in 1899 by Baldwin Locomotive works in America!) in a custom blue and gold livery, one decorated for Christmas 2019 and the other for regular trains!

V499 was built for the Victorian Railways by the Baldwin locomotive works in America in 1899, and was the pattern for a further 15 locomotives built by the Phoenix Foundry in Ballarat, Victoria. featured Vauclain Compound cylinders, and many new features never before seen on Victoria's railways, including air operated sanders, rocking grates, a dump grate, and a large cab with plenty of room for the crew!

Features include:

2 locomotives and tenders, with three optional levels of weathering (changed via the properties menu), in broad gauge for TRS19

Texture swapping with "clean", "lightly weathered" and "heavy weathered" options, with tailored parameters maps (TRS19)
Extensive use of TRS19's new PBR materials, with heightmapped number plates, builders plates, and other details!
Lit headlight with animated flame
Coal boards on the tender move when coal load is low
Full custom interior view, with operational controls, with functional gauge glass valves and try-cock valves
Scripted, animated, reverser and valve gear in exterior and interior views

LOD on all meshes
Scripted exhaust smoke effects, based off regulator and cut-off
Scripted and animated air compressor, with sound and smoke effects
Scripted cylinder drain effects toggled by ALT + D, and based off the steam chest pressure
Other Scripted steam and sound effects including injectors, and blower
Animated screwlink couplers, brake hoses/taps, and safety chains using ACS
Scripted Marker Lamps and Tail discs, with glow lamps (thanks to Bloodnok) - compatible with the VR Set Train Lamps driver command
Animated cab doors, cab windows, cab roof vent, smokebox door, and tender tank filler lid
Cab doors, windows and roof vent can be controlled from inside the cab as well as via the properties window.
Physique based coal load animation in tender, giving realistic deformation as coal is used
Snow mesh, using the snow altitude function in Trainz