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 (61)
frymarkdesign
Oh wow great job!!!
helix3d
Jaw dropping, stunning work. Truly awesome.
jenay
wonderful atmospheric scene !!!
joaq
Great scene of the station!Excellent comments too!The atmosphere is fantastic!Bravo!
jp3319
Awesome scene with great lighting and POV!
mininessie
love,love,love it!!!
amapitodd
Great lighting and composition.
embou
Bravo! Excellent!
leoshades
Keen scene...
Dann-O
Great lighting and colors almost a sepia tone thing going on here. your golden!
SIGMAWORLD
Excellent work!!
lyron
Fantastic work!
ThomasMacCallum
wow, just wow, instant fave, the detail the depth the dynamic range - spot on!
theprojectionist
Awesome scene Bravo
Lown
Wonderfull image, great depth, scale and atmosphere! I raise my hat to you sir!!!
artgum
Brilliant work- superb image.
MirageBay
Stunning image!!!
skiwillgee
Absolutely outstanding modeling. Great render also.
1971s
SUPERB!!!
grafikeer
Stunning image...great lighting and modelling,excellent realism and details!
blackbeltbound
BEAUTIFULLY DONE!!!!!!
Zamanuirileski
Amazing!
rj001
wow, brilliant work
kenwas
Great job! Congrats!
RajRaja
Excellence in every bit. Fantastic lighting, models, pov..and all. Image like this really enthralls..
johnyf
Superb!
Cleo565
A lovely combination of architecture and nostalgia - very well done.
Odessey
Stellar image !
Miska7
Very detailed scene. Great models and lighting! Excellent work!
dbrv6
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.