Ah... but it IS so.

Davis Locomotive Works brings to you a totally new and highly accurate C Class SHAY that will be included in the upcoming Ozark Northern Equipment Pack.

As with all DLW models, the new Shay features accurate valving action. HOWEVER, in this case, there is also accurate GEAR and LINKAGE action.

It is a thing of beauty to behold it in action.

Also standard for DLW comes the research and extensive knowledge of many years of researching steam built into the model. The result is a prototypically accurate model reflecting standard construction and decor appropriate for the target era, in this case, 1893.

Below you will find a screen cap of Ozark Northern #100.

Brought to you by the magic of DLW.

That is one stunning engine Andre, with the photo pasted onto that tree background, it takes a bit of looking to see that it is only virtual.

Jon is going from strength to strength.

Rod

I can just say WOW!!!!

Very sad, that the route for
riding it comes a lil`bit later

Great work the engine!

Christian

Stunning piece of work! ...Hmmm - thoughts of California logging coming to mind...

Cheers!
Marc

I've been working on the sound and physics and believe me, this one is a masterpiece.

Bill Hobbs

I love it. I knew someone would make a shay for MSTS someday, and YAY!!! it's finally here.

Gorgeous! Absolutely Gorgeous!

Well guys . . that "clanking" you-all just heard was Jon Davis ratcheting the bar up another couple notches

Hi Andre!

The Shay is simply perfection. Can't wait to see how it runs. It is the most-needed locomotive in MSTS. It'll look right at home in the piney woods of South Mississippi, as well as Arkansas. Maybe we can talk Jon into a 42-ton or smaller 2-truck Shay later!

I really appreciate the hard work you, Jon Davis, and others put into routes and equipment like the North Arkansas and Ozark Northern. Good to see others have an appreciation for the golden age of railroading, small steam, and shortlines. Your work, as well as that of the other masters such as Tim Muir, Wayne Campbell, SV Steve, etc., really show the potential of MSTS in historical recreation of things many of us didn't get to see but wish we could. Many thanks to all of you!

Tony Howe
Ocean Springs, Miss.

A SHAY!

At long last! YEEEEEEHaaaaaaaaa!

Oh, Andre, please tell me he's building disconnects and log bunks!?!

Hang in there, Uncle Herb, or you'll pull a drawhead!

WOW That is the best Shay model over. Any chance of a 70 ton 3 truck Climax (says to self please let there be one in the works) or a 90 ton 3 truck Heisler?

Herb,......Herb.....calm down just a tad. I want to do Cajon railfanning. I don't need to hear ya had a coronary and the trip is off indefinitely. . That is one fine looking engine, I must Shay .

Clif

"It's the big one, 'Lizabeth!"

Hi, I am new to the forum, and I want to say that when does that shay comes out? I want to test it.

Do you think that you can reskin that shay? It almost looks like Cass Scenic Railroad's Shay #5, from Cass, WV

Excelent work. Very detailed.

Hi all:

Thanks for the compliments on Jon Davis' work. That Shay will be included in the Ozark Northern equipment.

Andre

OK

When does the Ozark Northern come out!!!?????

Maybe a month or 2, even more possibly. Andre who is working on the route also works for a real railroad and it takes up most if not all of his time. However, I think the route will be worth the wait

John (post above) has a pretty good perception of the way things be around here. I'm trying to work on it as I can when I can.

Some of today has been spent addressing a bit of a setback: I was running a test train on it the other night, and noticed too much badly floating track. So, I've been pulling up terrain one poly at a time all the way up to Fly Gap, and will need to do the same on the north side of Fly Gap. Tedious and time consuming, but the only way to minimize the nasty tendency that MSTS has in the way it handles terrain.

All for now!

Andre

That's all right, Boss. We can't have Uncle Herb hitting a washout at speed.

I've often wondered -- would it be possible to make the track texture object in the shape of a "T" and toggle cruciform lighting, so that the gravel bed would be "planted" into the ground ?

any update?

I know the route is delayed due to real world activities.

Would it be possible to release Jon Davis's CN equipment as a separate purchase (as was done for the STL&NA) ahead of the CN route ?

I hope Andre will do so. This equipment is too nice to sit dormant and unused.

Bill Hobbs

oops, I meant ON, not CN !! Sorry for the confusion.