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Atticus-W — The AB+C at Mary's Bay

Published: 2009-06-24 01:44:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 2371; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 15
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Description With a population of about forty, Mary’s Bay is just one of the many little fishing settlements along the route of the AB&C. Here, the tracks follow a horseshoe-shaped cutting between the steep seaside cliffs and the shallow beach of the bay (which is home to a tiny marina and fish shack) before hooking back along the rest of the shoreline... both the train and boats provide access to the outside world for residents here, bringing them to supplies as much as they bring supplies to the residents. Just off to the right of this picture, at the end of the point and across a short footbridge, is a great lighthouse and keeper’s residence on a tiny little island.


And so... I finally finished that scene of the AB&C I've been meaning to do forever! This picture was traced out on two sheets of paper and in three parts... I didn’t make much of an effort blending the pieces together, because somehow the border lines added a bit of character (as well as sectioning off the most interesting part of the scene ). The number plate on the front of No. 4 was Sampug’s idea, in a way... I originally imagined an older-looking smokebox front, but I based it instead on his rendition (in sprite form), which actually looked pretty cool.
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Atticus-W In reply to ??? [2014-11-08 20:46:53 +0000 UTC]

Really?  Well that is a surprise to me. ^^

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Rockyrailroad578 In reply to Atticus-W [2014-11-08 21:56:03 +0000 UTC]

Although I have made some changes to it recently. It's on an island chain called the Crab Islands in the dead-center of the Atlantic with massive coal and oil reserves.

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Rockyrailroad578 [2014-06-19 04:55:20 +0000 UTC]

How many passenger cars is she pulling? IMO, less is more. One or two cars per train usually looks good since a passenger car seats a whole lotta spaghe*cough*people.

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Atticus-W In reply to Rockyrailroad578 [2014-06-19 15:59:52 +0000 UTC]

She's simply pulling one passenger coach and one boxcar/baggage car.  The railroad only owns two or three passenger cars, including one open air "tourist" car.

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Rockyrailroad578 In reply to Atticus-W [2014-06-20 04:42:04 +0000 UTC]

Ah. Baggage cars are actually harder for tourist lines since the can't seat passengers, but I'd like to see that summer car

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Atticus-W In reply to Rockyrailroad578 [2014-06-20 18:44:40 +0000 UTC]

Well, the AB&C isn't technically a tourist railroad.

Here is their "tourist"/summer car: atticus-w.deviantart.com/art/A… .

And here is their regular coach and baggage car: atticus-w.deviantart.com/art/A… .

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Rockyrailroad578 In reply to Atticus-W [2014-06-20 20:27:16 +0000 UTC]

Oh.

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Trainandclockguy [2013-06-11 21:45:32 +0000 UTC]

now only if the made up lands you draw were real that would be great

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Atticus-W In reply to Trainandclockguy [2013-06-13 03:14:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks much-- I'm glad you like it enough to think so. ^^

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ZheGermanFlo [2012-04-24 16:26:55 +0000 UTC]

I don't know why but somehow this reminds me to Lummerland from Jim Button XD

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Atticus-W In reply to ZheGermanFlo [2012-04-24 23:56:11 +0000 UTC]

Never heard of it.

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Chakat-Railrunner [2009-06-30 12:43:39 +0000 UTC]

Normally I don't much care for beaches...heck, I avoid them like the plague...but I would not mind hiding out there for a couple days!

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Atticus-W In reply to Chakat-Railrunner [2009-07-01 15:36:11 +0000 UTC]

Haha, same, same. XD Every once in a while I admit to fantasizing about a tropical home... but the heat wouldn't suit me at all! XD

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JoeltheSwedishDragon [2009-06-29 21:00:42 +0000 UTC]

Hooow wwwwonderful! Now there´s one sweet place to live and work on the railroad in!
Can I take some inspirations?

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Atticus-W In reply to JoeltheSwedishDragon [2009-06-30 04:57:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! And yes, indeed it would be, I imagine. And sure, take all the inspiration you'd like!

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JoeltheSwedishDragon In reply to Atticus-W [2009-06-30 12:58:08 +0000 UTC]

Ya´re welcome. Ah, brilliant!

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gunslinger87 [2009-06-27 19:36:56 +0000 UTC]

Looks a bit tropical!

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Atticus-W In reply to gunslinger87 [2009-06-28 03:22:29 +0000 UTC]

Heck yeah.

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gunslinger87 In reply to Atticus-W [2009-06-28 17:35:37 +0000 UTC]

BLAH. I'm not much for tropical climates, or humid heat in general.

But I could stand it enought to go railfanning on the AB+C!

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Atticus-W In reply to gunslinger87 [2009-06-28 19:01:29 +0000 UTC]

Haha, neither am I. XD Ironically, though, I think I invented the whole concept on a particuarly cold and drizzly Massachusetts day when such a clime actually would have been rather welcomed! XD

My most serious railroads will, however, always be set in that same, cold Northeast.

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gunslinger87 In reply to Atticus-W [2009-06-28 20:31:16 +0000 UTC]

I like the Cold! HECK, I want to live in COLORADO!!!

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Atticus-W In reply to gunslinger87 [2009-06-28 21:54:22 +0000 UTC]

I so hear you! XD

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gunslinger87 In reply to Atticus-W [2009-06-28 22:36:32 +0000 UTC]

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Sampug394 [2009-06-25 06:03:39 +0000 UTC]

GAHHH! This is AWESOME!

Reminiscent of my Picture, with Referencing too! Oh Happy Day...

I still love that 4-4-0, and I never actually noticed the Number Plate thing Much before until now.

Huh...

But the Scene is Nice & Tidy anyway. Other than the Cliff, It looks unusually similar to me 30NG Island Railway in Trainz...

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Atticus-W In reply to Sampug394 [2009-06-25 21:41:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! And yeah, but that's just what I get for drawing that engine from the rear when I first did! XD

And you mean the Andorra Island Railroad...?

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Sampug394 In reply to Atticus-W [2009-06-25 23:50:28 +0000 UTC]

Yes! the AIRR indeed.

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Atticus-W In reply to Sampug394 [2009-06-26 18:24:21 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I saw a bit of the AB&C in that postcard myself.

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Sampug394 In reply to Atticus-W [2009-06-26 19:04:06 +0000 UTC]

O?

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Atticus-W In reply to Sampug394 [2009-06-26 21:04:50 +0000 UTC]

We're thinking alike!

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Sampug394 In reply to Atticus-W [2009-06-26 21:28:41 +0000 UTC]

INDEED!

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BlueInfernoTigon [2009-06-25 05:40:07 +0000 UTC]

Looks pretty good, awesome job!

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Atticus-W In reply to BlueInfernoTigon [2009-06-25 21:38:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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BlueInfernoTigon In reply to Atticus-W [2009-06-25 21:44:06 +0000 UTC]

No prob. :]

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Heartiful [2009-06-24 02:11:55 +0000 UTC]

Oooooh this is really nice I like it!

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Atticus-W In reply to Heartiful [2009-06-24 02:21:40 +0000 UTC]

Hey, thanks so much Sara!

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Heartiful In reply to Atticus-W [2009-06-24 02:26:38 +0000 UTC]

No problem buddy!

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Railwolf [2009-06-24 02:07:01 +0000 UTC]

I think she would have had more charicture without the numberplate. The numberplate would have been nice with a headlamp, but without it just kinda looks like a sore thumb.

Ouside that I think this is a marviluse peace! The whole atmpspher of it is just so...ahh I want to be there. I can just hear those wheels squileing around that curve!

and I'm adoring those stairs leading to the track leval!

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Atticus-W In reply to Railwolf [2009-06-24 02:19:30 +0000 UTC]

I dunno, that's kinda what appealed to me about the plate... its "out-of-placeness." XD It almost looks too modern for the engine... as if someone replaced the smokebox front over the years, and the plate came with it. But eh, to each their own.

But anyway, thanks much!! And yeah, the stairs seem almost like a parody of what you'd expect to find at a big city station, now that you mention it... XD

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Railwolf In reply to Atticus-W [2009-06-24 02:23:52 +0000 UTC]

I dunno, I always though of her with one of those old fasion smokeboxdoors that WAS the number/builder plate.

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Atticus-W In reply to Railwolf [2009-06-24 03:15:58 +0000 UTC]

That's pretty much how I imagined her, too. She very likely started out life with one just like that!

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Froogala53 [2009-06-24 01:56:31 +0000 UTC]

Just a couple to the countdown to meme

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Atticus-W In reply to Froogala53 [2009-06-24 02:10:53 +0000 UTC]

That depends, good sir. A couple more certain pictures until meme. If they aren't of the railroad I'm memeing, they don't count.

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Froogala53 In reply to Atticus-W [2009-06-24 02:22:17 +0000 UTC]

Touche

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PaxAeternum [2009-06-24 01:48:00 +0000 UTC]

OH MY GOD, ATTICUS YOU ARE THE MAKER OF WONDERFUL THINGS!!!!!!

so pure, so simple, yet such a happy little scene it puts all my giant industry and eight-gauge pointwork to SHAME!!!

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Atticus-W In reply to PaxAeternum [2009-06-24 02:00:17 +0000 UTC]

Nonsense, heavy industry is just as beautiful as any tropical island! But, sometimes it is also nice to kick back and enjoy the simple side of railroading, too... a single track, light rail, and some archaic infrastructure is sometimes all you need!

And anyway, thank you very much.

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PaxAeternum In reply to Atticus-W [2009-06-24 02:02:21 +0000 UTC]

"Nonsense, heavy industry is just as beautiful as any tropical island!"

and again, you spew truthfullness like an open hydrant.....

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Atticus-W In reply to PaxAeternum [2009-06-24 02:09:35 +0000 UTC]

And again, your analogies never cease to amaze!

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PaxAeternum In reply to Atticus-W [2009-06-24 03:07:55 +0000 UTC]

I might take a vacation here, and bring a small MRTC standard-tank with me.

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Atticus-W In reply to PaxAeternum [2009-06-24 03:14:41 +0000 UTC]

You'd be more than welcome! They've got no brake standards and your engine could be coupled to a train with chains for all they care, so compatibility would hardly be a problem!

(Standard gauge would help, though!)

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PaxAeternum In reply to Atticus-W [2009-06-24 03:17:01 +0000 UTC]

I shall thank the superintendant of the railway personally about being so incompatibility-friendly

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