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Hoboken Terminal Interlocking Tower
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Assets: Building, Unique Building
Tags: Custom Effects
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12 Mar, 2021 @ 2:02pm
12 Mar, 2021 @ 4:06pm
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Hoboken Terminal Interlocking Tower

Description
Protecting the block.

About
Built in 1894 to control the Hoboken Terminal interlocking (the set of signals controlling rail traffic), the Hoboken Terminal (or NJ Transit Terminal) Interlocking Tower would protect its block of tracks without major incident for over 20 years. It was notably one of relatively few panel-driven interlockings in North America, built in the brief period between earlier systems and today's computer-driven ones. Even it eventually lost out to more centralized rail control, however, closing in 2005. It still stands today, at the end of the terminal's 7th & 8th platforms.

How to Use
This is a unique building with a few props included. Place it from the unique buildings menu or search for it with Find It! 2. The two lights use custom effects created for Custom Effect Loader, without which they will not light up. The main building contains a single stain submesh using the rotors shader, but this can look strange in certain lighting conditions. To remove it, simply select the building and rename it. It can be replaced at any time by giving the building its original name.

Pack Contents
  • Hoboken Term Interlocking Tower
  • SN Floodlight 01
  • sn.Floodlight 01 - custom light effect
  • SN Lamp 01
  • sn.Lamp 01 - custom light effect
  • SN Security Camera 01
  • SN Security Camera 02
  • SN Security Camera 03
  • SN Security Camera 04

Optimization
2722 tris main building

359 LOD tris main building

4 texture sets are shared between all assets for maximum efficiency

Total storage use: 3.7 MB

Total RAM use - LSM enabled: ~ 3 MB

Nerd Notes™
The Position Light[position-light.blogspot.com] blog has a great post about the tower.

If you really like my assets and want to support me, you can do so on Patreon[www.patreon.com] where I take commissions from patrons and post updates on my projects.

To commission me directly, contact me via email at astrategynerd@gmail.com or comment on my profile to discuss other methods of communication. I'm not currently taking most commissions, but if it's something I'm interested in, I might give it a go

Keywords for workshop search: Strategy Nerd, SN, signalling control, signal box, signal tower, signal cabin, junction tower.

Asset commissioned by Kpen97
12 Comments
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Itsmedeank 28 Nov, 2022 @ 5:46pm 
Thanks man, looking forward to it
Strategy Nerd  [author] 28 Nov, 2022 @ 5:24pm 
The gantries are from Robert's NSW Catenary Pack and modified and recoloured with PO. The wayside signals are from the NAR prop pack and stacked, and the overhead signals are those wayside signals with the excess mesh removed with PO, and placed on the NSW gantries.

I'm making more modular sets of signals myself so it won't be as complicated in the future, but it'll be a while before ones matching NJT signals are out.
Itsmedeank 28 Nov, 2022 @ 4:51pm 
Wow really cool, any chance you can tell me what mod the signals in the background are from?
Strategy Nerd  [author] 15 Mar, 2021 @ 9:48am 
If you select the item, hit text customization and add a colour rectangle, I used about 50% opacity.
Painkiller 15 Mar, 2021 @ 8:12am 
Btw, I can't colour the gantries and supports with PO... Am I missing something? They stay pale grey
Painkiller 15 Mar, 2021 @ 3:19am 
Thanks a lot SN! I promise I won't get too inspired by your shots :D
Strategy Nerd  [author] 14 Mar, 2021 @ 3:37pm 
The wires are from Ronyx69's RWY Shinkansen Decorative Networks pack, and I used PO to colour the gantry and drop supports from Robert's RWY Catenary Props pack and move them into place.
Painkiller 14 Mar, 2021 @ 3:18pm 
Nice stuff! Where did you get the catenary and overhead wires? Been looking for something like this for years but never found anything.
Blujitsu 12 Mar, 2021 @ 5:11pm 
This is amazing. It also might be the only American signal tower.
Redstone 12 Mar, 2021 @ 4:52pm 
NYC area railway stuff? Awesome!