Mods / Dark Derby

• DDM&G - Mesa 1928by Dark DerbyIntroducing my first released layout! A proper home for the DM&G rolling stock fleet--the Mesa Yards in the spring of 1928. Hidden in the shadows of Grand Mesa, the largest flattop mountain in the world, Mesa’s still the same dirt-road, wooden-cabin sort of town it was when the railroad arrived i...5.8k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• MMilwaukee Road H10-44s - Early Schemeby Dark DerbyThe staple locomotive of the Beer Line! Introduced in 1944, the H-10-44 was Fairbanks-Morse's first locomotive. Known mostly for agricultural and maritime equipment, F-M equipped it with an opposed-piston engine primarily used on submarines. Twenty-three were built for the Milwaukee Road, which k...3.8k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• GG&D No. 8 "Sgt. Ennis"by Dark DerbyHistory Sgt. Ennis was John's second locomotive after 0-4-0 no. 9. Built in 1947 from a Mantua "Belle of the Eighties" kit, this engine starred in much of John's early work on the first GD. On the later versions, the old soldier had been bumped down to excursion service, but the engine and its ol...3.8k downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
• AAlger Passby Dark DerbyTowering mountains...pine trees as far as the eye can see...the Empire Builder in Big Sky Blue...it can only be the Cascades! High up in the mountains of western Washington, trains face the full brunt of winter, their journeys made a little easier by the mighty efforts of the rotary plows that pa...3.7k downloadsupdated 22 mo ago
• 00-6-0 Saddle Tanksby Dark DerbyBehind every great man is a great woman, behind every great general is a great army, and behind every great hundred-car freight train or stainless-steel streamliner is the great little saddle tank that got it all ready. This pack salutes those modest engines with a pair that can stand in for the...3.7k downloadsupdated 19 mo ago
• GG&D Steam Packby Dark DerbyWhile the Gorre & Daphetid's husky freight engines were its signature, the railroad was home to steamers of every shape and size. CygnusOX's excellent USRA steamers were the perfect start to bring some of the GD's colorful roster to Rolling Line! The Engines No. 15, built from parts in the GD sho...3.4k downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
• DDenver, Mesa & Gunnison No. 223by Dark DerbyAs the DM&G expanded operations in the 1920s, the need arose for a heavy-duty, mixed-traffic locomotive. Not only did it have to be powerful enough for coal and ore drags through the mountains, it had to have a lower-than-usual center of gravity to safely handle some of the sharp curves on the br...3.3k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• DDenver, Mesa & Gunnison Boxcar (Early)by Dark DerbyTypical of its era, wood boxcars like this carried any and all freight shipped on the DM&G. These boxcars also carried the earliest version of the DM&G's "Mountain" logo, which would be revised and updated several times into the 1970s.3.3k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• GGreat Northern No. 1355by Dark DerbyBased on Great Northern No. 1355, built as a 4-6-0 in 1909, rebuilt as a 4-6-2 in 1924, and currently displayed at the Milwaukee Road Shops Historic District in Sioux City, Iowa. I've got a few more Pacific Northwest liveries (mostly Great Northern and Northern Pacific) in the pipeline, so watch...3.3k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• DDenver, Mesa & Gunnison No. 19by Dark DerbyThe Denver, Mesa & Gunnison Railroad is one of the more obscure railroads of the Western US. Founded in 1898, it initially ran between Grand Junction and Mesa, Colorado as a mining road. By 1910, it had reached Denver to the east and Gunnison to the southeast, pitting itself in a rivalry with the...3.3k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• GG&D Old Time Coachesby Dark DerbyOn the Gorre & Daphetid, "old" doesn't mean "obsolete." Take these antique wood passenger cars; long after they were supplanted by heavyweights and streamliners, they could still be found on excursion service behind the GD's stately 4-4-0, Sgt. Ennis.3.2k downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
• DDM&G Pullman (Early)by Dark DerbyThough they started out with older wood passenger cars, the Denver, Mesa & Gunnison was quick to replace them with steel heavyweights like this. Beginning in 1900, the branding "Rocky Air Line" was a mainstay of the DM&G's passenger services--"air line" was a popular term at the time for a flat,...3.2k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• DDM&G Ka 223 Tenderby Dark DerbyThe tenders for the DM&G's K class, unlike the engines themselves, changed very little throughout their service life. They were painted with both the "Rocky Air Line" passenger lettering and the "King of the Rockies" freight logo to reflect the engines' mixed-traffic versatility.3.2k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• DDM&G No. 19 Tenderby Dark DerbyDenver, Mesa & Gunnison No. 19 was delivered as a wood burner with a conventional tender, but after a wreck in 1906, it was rebuilt for coal firing and given this Vanderbilt tender. "Vandy" tenders became a staple of the DM&G until the introduction of Ka-class engines in the early 1930s.3.2k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• DDenver, Mesa & Gunnison Ore Hopperby Dark DerbyFrom the start, the DM&G's bread and butter was mining. Dozens of "jimmy" hoppers like this rolled from the mines around Grand Junction to customers along the main line, loaded with just about anything that came out of the ground in Colorado: coal, copper, silver claims the Rio Grande hadn't stak...3.1k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• GGreat Northern Tenderby Dark DerbyThe tender for my Great Northern Flyer.3.1k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• GGorre & Daphetid No. 43by Dark DerbyOne of the first liveries we made for the GD, way back in 2021, out at last! No. 43 is one of only a few surviving original GD locomotives, alongside the famous 4-10-0 No. 34, 4-4-0 No. 8, and 0-4-0 No. 10. John Allen would take it along when visiting other layouts, and like No. 34, it was likely...3.0k downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
• GG&D Caboose Packby Dark DerbyCap off your Gorre & Daphetid freight trains in fine style with these cabooses! Overhauled from ps5m122's bobber caboose pack, they've got new trucks, (basic) collision, an upgraded UV map, particle effects, and even dynamic numbering! Comes in standard gauge for the GD and narrow gauge for the D...3.0k downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
• MMetropolitan Ry. No. 72by Dark DerbyNo. 72 here is a loose representation of the Metropolitan Railway class D, a set of six 2-4-0T's built by Sharp, Stewart & Co. in 1894-95. Numbered 71-76, they were used between Aylesbury, Verney Junction, and Baker Street until the 1920s, when they were withdrawn and scrapped. The Metropolitan R...3.0k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• JJohn Bull Packby Dark Derby"The John Bull was shipped to an America where the Industrial Revolution was just beginning. The man who assembled the locomotive on its arrival had never seen one. The people who rode in the cars it pulled had never moved so fast." Congratulations on your subscription to the John Bull Pack! You'...3.0k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• DDM&G Pullman (Prewar)by Dark DerbyIn 1916, the DM&G began repainting their passenger cars into a more modern olive green, out of the red that had been used since the railroad's founding. It looked good on its own and went especially well with the passenger locomotive livery rolled out in 1923.3.0k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• GGorre & Daphetid Boxcarby Dark DerbyA man emerges from under a rock. He stretches, strokes a long scraggly beard he doesn't remember growing, his bleary eyes squinting in a sunlight that is unfamiliar to him. He beats the dust from his battered bowler hat. This, after many forgotten years, is Dark Derby.. One of the first things I...3.0k downloadsupdated 2 y ago
• DDM&G Boxcar (Prewar)by Dark DerbyThe DM&G began using steel-sheathed wood boxcars like this one in 1929, to replace their aging wooden fleet. A few those were even rebuilt into these, especially once the Depression hit and the DM&G put new car orders on hold.2.9k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• GGorre & Daphetid 43 Tenderby Dark DerbyThe tender for Berkshire no. 43.2.9k downloadsupdated 23 mo ago
• DDM&G Postwar Boxcarby Dark DerbyOne of the first changes the DM&G made after the war was the two-tone gray "Mountain" scheme. It was first applied to boxcars like this in 1948 and became the road's signature passenger livery. Having boxcars in the livery made them decent express cars in a pinch. As electric traction became the...2.9k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• DDenver, Mesa & Gunnison No. 26by Dark DerbyIn 1923, the DM&G introduced an elegant new scheme for its passenger locomotives. Harkening back to the first five engines on the line, these new engines wore white-and-purple pinstriping and dark green boiler jackets; only slight differences from the freight engines, but differences a trained ey...2.8k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• DDM&G Hopper (Prewar)by Dark DerbyAs the ore jimmies of the 1890s began to show their age, the DM&G retired them in favor of larger, all-steel hoppers. This is a typical example, built in 1932 of a design the railroad had been ordering since 1926. Some of these would still be hard at work into the 1960s and '70s.2.8k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• DDM&G No. 26 Tenderby Dark DerbyNo. 26's tender boasts distinctive Rocky Air Line lettering and, to separate it from the freight livery, a subtle purple accent on the striping and lettering. Repainted DM&G passenger engines could still be identified by the high-set "Denver, Mesa & Gunnison" lettering seen here, which stayed eve...2.8k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• DDenver, Mesa & Gunnison No. 22by Dark DerbyBeginning around 1909, the DM&G began taking new engines in a simple black livery, in stark contrast to the vivid red and gold of their first five. No. 22, a Baldwin engine from 1910, is typical of the time. It served as a versatile freight engine through the Depression and both world wars, endin...2.8k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• DDM&G No. 22 Tenderby Dark DerbyThe tender for DM&G No. 22, displaying the railroad's signature wraparound striping.2.7k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• DDenver, Mesa & Gunnison No. 165by Dark DerbyWorld War II ramped up traffic for just about every major American railroad, and the DM&G was no exception. And like many railroads, it was soon found that their engine fleet was struggling to keep up. Double-headers were the norm, and the new K-classes in particular were stretched thin as every...2.6k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• WWeisel's Sausage Reeferby Dark DerbyA belated addition to the Beer Line. Serves the fine business of Weisel's Sausage along N. Humboldt Street.2.6k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• GGreat Western 1st Class Coachby Dark DerbyAnother quick livery to try out the new NZR coach templates, in the Great Western's classic chocolate and cream scheme. Also check out the matching mail coach and third-class coach on my workshop!2.6k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• DDM&G No. 165 Tenderby Dark DerbyThe tenders for the DM&G's Big Boys were almost identical to the UP's "centipede" tenders. At first, they were painted with just the DM&G logo; the numbering was added in 1947 for easier identification.2.5k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• DDenver, Mesa & Gunnison No. 1320by Dark DerbyFor a relatively extensive railroad, the DM&G was curiously late to dieselize. The last of their steam fleet--the 160-class Big Boys--was retired in 1961, and apart from a smattering of diesel switchers, the DM&G was solidly electric. That changed in 1966 when the railroad ordered 25 of General E...2.5k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• GGreat Western 3rd Class Coachby Dark DerbyThe third of a set of Great Western liveries I made to try out the new NZR coach templates. And make some non-US liveries, which I did a lot when I started playing Rolling Line but haven't in a while. Also check out my workshop for matching first-class and mail coaches!2.5k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• SSNCF 242.A.1by Dark DerbyPossibly the peak of a distinguished career, SNCF 242.A.1 was the brainchild of Andre Chapelon, an acclaimed French engineer and locomotive designer. Applying an extensive knowledge of fluid- and thermodynamics, and a great deal of scientific rigor rarely seen in his field, Chapelon designed loco...2.4k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• DDM&G Hopper (Postwar)by Dark DerbyStarting in 1947, the DM&G began to paint their hoppers in this oxide red livery, which had been used on their boxcars since the railroad's beginnings.2.4k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• DDenver, Mesa & Gunnison No. 632by Dark DerbyWhile hampered slightly by a little thing called the Great Depression, the DM&G's electrification efforts were generally successful, especially when coal shortages threatened their steam fleet. Arguably, those first electric engines were what carried the railroad through the Depression, as strugg...2.4k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• DDenver, Mesa & Gunnison No. 445by Dark DerbyOne year after the DM&G's V8s were repainted, the 400-class "side-rods" got their turn. This attractive oxide red scheme was designed for versatility: it matched the oxide-painted freight cars and, if need be, the "Mountain Gray" passenger equipment. In use into the 1970s, this was one of the lon...2.4k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• GGreat Northern No. 51by Dark DerbyA simple Great Northern livery for the center-cab switcher, seeing how it looks close enough to a General Electric 44-ton and my Pacific Northwest-themed layout-in-progress needed one. This was my first diesel livery, and the old one was surprisingly tricky one to get right; mostly just Photoshop...2.4k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• DDenver, Mesa & Gunnison No. 442by Dark DerbyOne of the biggest gambles the DM&G ever took was the adoption of electric traction. Long tunnels and steep grades on the main line had been trouble since the beginning, patched up with extra sand on the locomotives and special oxygen masks for the crews. But the success of electrification on Nor...2.4k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• DDenver, Mesa & Gunnison No. 649by Dark DerbyIn 1949, the DM&G's passenger electric fleet got a new look, ditching the old olive green for the railroad's new Mountain Gray scheme. Sleek and shiny, the new paint scheme was...essentially the old one, but refreshed for the forward-looking 1950s. The repainted V8s were crew favorites for decade...2.4k downloadsupdated 6 y ago
• GGreat Western Mail Coachby Dark DerbyA quick livery to try out the new NZR coach templates. Inspired by a mail coach preserved at the Didcot Railway Centre...though technically, that one's a British Railways coach wearing the Western Region scheme. Which just happens to be the GWR chocolate and cream, which is good enough for me.2.3k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• ((WIP) Keystone Harborby Dark DerbySometimes you just gotta get away, head to the coast! See the sights (factories), take in the sound of the waves (and factories), the smell of saltwater! (and factory runoff) Welcome to Keystone Harbor, one of those countless harbors that dotted the eastern seaboard in the first half of the twent...2.2k downloadsupdated 18 mo ago
• SSNCF Tender 34.A.1by Dark DerbyThe tender for SNCF 242.A.1, despite the (prototypical) mismatched numbers.2.0k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• GGreat Northern X-1510by Dark DerbySeason's greetings! And a quick upload for the holidays. X-1510 was built at the ALCO Brooks Works in 1927, and is one of quite a few ex-GN plows still in service for the BNSF. It's currently numbered BN972561 and is stationed in Wenatchee, Washington, paired with ex-BN F7B no. BN972577. Comes wi...2.0k downloadsupdated 5 y ago
• SSanta Fe Berkshireby Dark DerbyGoing through my livery backlog again, here's an ATSF Berkshire I made way back in May 2020! The real ATSF 4197 was an ex-Boston & Maine class T-1a, built in 1928 as that railroad's No. 4003. It was one of seven surplus Berkshires the B&M sold to the Santa Fe in 1945, following a decrease in traf...2.0k downloadsupdated 6 y ago

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