GE BQ23-7 Locomotive Model - CSX3008
March 17, 2002
Model and Textures: John "AlabamaRailfan" Peterson
Lighting: Kelley "Ace" Ellison 
Physics:Bob "plainsman" Boudoin and Peter Baker
Beta Testing: members of the CSX A-Line Team (http://www.calmstorm.com/scl-csx/)

Description:
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The BQ23-7 was built by General Electric between 1978 and 1979.  Mechanically identical to a 
standard B23-7, the special "quarters" cab is what sets this locomotive apart.  
GE designed this cab to accomodate up to five crew members and would virtually 
eliminate to need for a caboose on most trains.  Due to lack of a national labor agreement 
regarding crew size and the use of a caboose at this time, most railroads opted not to 
purchase the "quarters" cab option, with Seaboard Coastline being the only exception with a total 
of 10 units delivered to SCL, numbered 5130-5139.  All of the BQ23-7 units have since 
been retired from CSX's roster and have been scrapped.

Construction:
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This model was made using TrainSim Modeler from Abacus (http://www.trainsimulatorworld.com).
The .ace files in the repaint have been compressed using utilities available at http://fly.to/mwgfx


To install:
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1) point the self extracting program to your MS Train Simulator root directory
   (usually "\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\")

2) this installation program will copy all the necessary files to the proper
   location from there.

3) the installation will create the needed folders - you can then build a consist
   with your new car!
   

Copyright and Distribution
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This 3D Model is released as Freeware. Copyright (C) 2002, John D. Peterson.

As freeware you are permitted to distribute this model subject to the following conditions:

- The archive must be distributed without modification to the contents of the archive. 
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  support files please create a new zip with a new name and give credit for the files that 
  are used or modified from the original model. 

- And please don't provide skins that are intended to copy over my originals. YOUR re-skin should be 
  packaged so as to ADD a new object to the users roster rather than to over-write the original.  
  Removal of the original should be the option of the user.

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