Two New Zealand trains: the Da and Ka! v3.16

It's almost time for the Weka Pass update!
but before then, here are two brand new locomotives to fit the "historic New Zealand Rail" theme, the Da and Ka. As well as these locomotives this update also adds a new set of NZR passenger coaches with full interiors!

Firstly, a massive thank you to Long who made the Da and NZR coach models!
And to Sweed who made the model for the Ka and its tender!

[h2]The NZR Da Class[/h2]

The Da was the single most common locomotive in New Zealand around the 1950s - 1980s and played a huge role in replacing Steam in NZ.
Also you might recognize them as being very similar to the American EMD G12, because they are basically the same!



The Da locomotive also has its own unique engine sounds!
You can use these engine sounds for quickMods too by using the "EnglishElectric" audio preset.

[h2]The NZR Ka Class[/h2]

Meanwhile, the Ka is another popular steam locomotive which was used between the 1930s - 1960s and is likely most well known for being the engine involved in the Christmas eve 1953 Tangiwai disaster (where a volcanic lahar destroyed a bridge over the Whangaehu River in the path of a passenger train)



You can find both of these locomotives in the new drawer called "Historic NZR"
along with the new coaches as well:



The new coaches also have full interiors!!



Another small change, you can now find the Rotary plow and snow plow addon painters in the "steam" drawer (they use to be in the old "Christmas" drawer, which was pretty hard to find)



Another new feature is that there is now a full credits page in the "about" menu which goes into detail about all of the community members who have contributed to the game!



And one small bug fix:
Snapping now behaves normally regardless of whether "surface angle snap" is enabled. previously having both settings enabled would cause strange results.

You can also make use of all of the new horns in QuickMods by using the horn presets:
diesel_dg
diesel_da
steam_ka

And you can use the Da's engine sounds by using the engine sound preset:
englishElectric

[h2]The Weka Pass [/h2]

The weka pass is less than two weeks away!
This means I can share some more preview images to show how the layout is shaping up!

Firstly, i would love to thank Ze Trackmeister for his help on detailing most of the new scenery!



I hope you enjoy these new locos, and i hope you're hyped for the Weka Pass map!

And that's all for now,
Enjoy!