Bellisseria Choo-Choo Train Thread

[Sylvia Tamalyn]

Those camels tho... 

[Beth Macbain]

20 minutes ago, Sylvia Tamalyn said:

Those camels tho... 

Great... thanks for the ear worm... 

 

[RuffertasAlt]

1 hour ago, Seba Serpente said:

Spotted at SSPE185:

This looked familiar, so I looked through my archives, and the building appears to be a reproduction of the Spangle Railroad Station http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spangle/137/230/31 built by Garden Mole. The original does not have camels, but I believe there is a dead parrot in the area somewhere. Could the Moles be planning a Railroad History exhibit?

[Hunny Bunny]

When we're going, we don't need railroads?

[Seba Serpente]

2 minutes ago, RuffertasAlt said:

This looked familiar, so I looked through my archives, and the building appears to be a reproduction of the Spangle Railroad Station http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spangle/137/230/31 built by Garden Mole. The original does not have camels, but I believe there is a dead parrot in the area somewhere. Could the Moles be planning a Railroad History exhibit?

Considering there is a nuke next to it, I will say is some form of joke.

I can try to decode it...

- Old SLRR station all broken up = remains of something once was important.

- Camels = deserted, abandoned, probably talking about how the SLRR is a bit forgotten (either by the public, or by the LDPW since they havent updated it in many years).

- Little lamb = little lamb

- Nuke = They want to nuke something. Either me, or just the SLRR (most likely).

 

*yeah i am joking, but is clearly not a serious build tho, likely temp.

Edited July 23, 2019 by Seba Serpente

[Hunny Bunny]

1 hour ago, Seba Serpente said:

Spotted at SSPE185:

Anyone else notice these camels have no toes?

[Seba Serpente]

7 minutes ago, MichaMoz said:

Anyone else notice these camels have no toes?

Moles don't know what camel toes are, or they do know and were sensored 😂

Edited July 23, 2019 by Seba Serpente

[Quartz Mole]

15 minutes ago, MichaMoz said:

Anyone else notice these camels have no toes?

That's pobbles, isn't it?

 

[Beth Macbain]

10 minutes ago, Quartz Mole said:

That's pobbles, isn't it?

 

What did I just watch? And why do I feel like I need to know more? WHAT IS A POBBLE??

Apparently, I am a pobble.

Edited July 23, 2019 by Beth Macbain

[Quartz Mole]

13 minutes ago, Beth Macbain said:

What did I just watch? And why do I feel like I need to know more? WHAT IS A POBBLE??

The Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear   (He was a sort of Victorian Dr Seuss -- nonsense poetry for children that adults enjoy too).

ETA:  Should have been Laughable Lyrics (another of his collections).

Edited July 23, 2019 by Quartz Mole

[Beth Macbain]

2 minutes ago, Quartz Mole said:

The Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear

Well, I've got my evening all planned out for me now! Thanks, my most favorite Mole! 😋

There was a Young Person of Smyrna,

Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her;

But she seized on the Cat,

And said, "Granny, burn that! "

You incongruous Old Woman of Smyrna!"

[Quartz Mole]

Ooops ...  Wrong book of nonsense poems.

[Beth Macbain]

1 minute ago, Quartz Mole said:

Ooops ...  Wrong book of nonsense poems.

Like I'm not going to read both of them... I rather stumbled on this one, though... "The Dong with a luminous Nose!" 

[LibGwen]

Given some comments in this thread yesterday, I was struck by a thought:  I remember looking at an article a few years ago that purported to be about refurbishing train cars into houses.  The article didn't deliver, but in SL people were so excited about the "tiny homes" models of campers at the SL16B demo area, it occurred to me that train cars might make a nice theme for tiny homes in SL for people who like smaller spaces.  I Googled "train house" images and spent some time oohing and ahhing.

Edited July 23, 2019 by LibGwen

[LittleMe Jewell]

5 hours ago, Seba Serpente said:

*yeah i am joking, but is clearly not a serious build tho, likely temp.

A way to amuse us about the big rectangle area, apparently. 

 

Or maybe they'll put a carnival there after all and that is just the beginning of a 'Broken railroad' ride.   

 

[Seba Serpente]

53 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said:

A way to amuse us about the big rectangle area, apparently. 

 

Or maybe they'll put a carnival there after all and that is just the beginning of a 'Broken railroad' ride.   

 

Perhaps the train will loop inside that area. "There, done. A train."

Roller Coaster Tycoon SL edition

Edited July 24, 2019 by Seba Serpente

[Nika Talaj]

6 hours ago, LibGwen said:

Given some comments in this thread yesterday, I was struck by a thought:  I remember looking at an article a few years ago that purported to be about refurbishing train cars into houses. 

Famed circus performers, Martini & Rossi, made their home in Caledon from their old train touring boxcar, which they put up on blocks.  Oh, and ignore the vagrrant scamp in the 3rd pic.  She stopped by all the time, sigh.

 

[VenKellie]

sorry i dont really check the forums. @Seba Serpente im being left in the dark by LL about any SLRR related plans and issues. I made a ticket but Izzy Linden wont tell me anything. Both Patch and Squeaky been ignoring my IM's so i have no idea what is going on and i dont like being ignored and left in the dark when it comes to the SLRR.
Seeing the pics of SSPE185 does bring hope for a rail network in bellesaria. I did suggest a LRT like network like what Lionheart estates has on their continent.
Im going to log back into SL now and go take a look at SSPE, thnx seb huggies

[Sylvia Tamalyn]

1 hour ago, VenKellie said:

sorry i dont really check the forums. @Seba Serpente im being left in the dark by LL about any SLRR related plans and issues. I made a ticket but Izzy Linden wont tell me anything. Both Patch and Squeaky been ignoring my IM's so i have no idea what is going on and i dont like being ignored and left in the dark when it comes to the SLRR.
Seeing the pics of SSPE185 does bring hope for a rail network in bellesaria. I did suggest a LRT like network like what Lionheart estates has on their continent.
Im going to log back into SL now and go take a look at SSPE, thnx seb huggies

I'm confused. Why would LL and the moles be consulting you about their plans? Sincere question.

[Nika Talaj]

1 hour ago, VenKellie said:

im being left in the dark by LL about any SLRR related plans and issues. I made a ticket but Izzy Linden wont tell me anything. Both Patch and Squeaky been ignoring my IM's so i have no idea what is going on and i dont like being ignored and left in the dark when it comes to the SLRR.
Seeing the pics of SSPE185 does bring hope for a rail network in bellesaria. I did suggest a LRT like network like what Lionheart estates has on their continent.

There may be a confusion in progress.  We shouldn't jump to the conclusion that just because the word "railroad" has been mentioned wrt new LH themes, the SLRR is involved.  The model followed by the SLRR is like that of the roads, the LDPW provides the tracks and signaling, and residents are free to run their own trains on the tracks.  At least that was the deal last time I checked, long ago now.

LHs are a more controlled environment than mainland.  I wouldn't be at all surprised if any rail provided by LL ran their own trains only.   I'm sure they can put together a reasonable train vehicle and route, if they like.  I remember the monorail way back when Zindra opened seemed to run pretty well.

That said, I wouldn't be at all surprised if LL/Moles were in contact with the VRC (Virtual Rail Consortium).  I would think speaking to rail enthusiasts with hands-on SL experience might be helpful, particularly when laying out routes, speed changes, etc..  If you're going to bother to do it, may as well have routes that make sense.

 

 

Edited July 24, 2019 by Nika Talaj
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[Love Zhaoying]

57 minutes ago, Sylvia Tamalyn said:

I'm confused. Why would LL and the moles be consulting you about their plans? Sincere question.

Maybe they’re a big RR fan? 

Bonus: what scale RR does Santa Claus use? HO!

Edited July 24, 2019 by Love Zhaoying

[Seba Serpente]

1 hour ago, Sylvia Tamalyn said:

I'm confused. Why would LL and the moles be consulting you about their plans? Sincere question.

The SLRR is a diferent kind of animal. Yes, is technically linden, but I beleive there is an user group somewhat taking care of it since the lindens (or moles) don't really touch it as much as the rail community would like.

[Fionalein]

7 minutes ago, Seba Serpente said:

The SLRR is a diferent kind of animal. Yes, is technically linden, but I beleive there is an user group somewhat taking care of it since the lindens (or moles) don't really touch it as much as the rail community would like.

yeah the aforementioned VCR...

[Sylvia Tamalyn]

2 hours ago, Seba Serpente said:

The SLRR is a diferent kind of animal. Yes, is technically linden, but I beleive there is an user group somewhat taking care of it since the lindens (or moles) don't really touch it as much as the rail community would like.

Ah, OK, so there's no real reason for LL and the moles to have to consult any of them, then. 

[Seba Serpente]

15 minutes ago, Sylvia Tamalyn said:

Ah, OK, so there's no real reason for LL and the moles to have to consult any of them, then. 

there can be, neither you or i, know if there are agreedments in between.