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So you may have noticed that there is no more WIP in the title, that's because I'd like this thread to be more comprehensive of all the mods with Italian setting.
First: my personal WIP right now is the ATR 100! This streamlined 3-cars DMU was built in 1936 to 1940 and was supposed to be an elite way of travel, featuring a kitchen, postman office, retractable tables, elegant decorations and speeds up to 160 km/h. It was meant to be the Diesel version of the ETR200, the fastest and most prestigious train of the Italian Kingdom. Unfortunately braking technology inexperience lead to the lowering of the max speed limit to 120 kmh, otherways it couldn't stop safely.
Only 9 units were built, of which 4 were bombed in the War and one was destroyed in an accidental fire due to a technical defect of oil spillage, which was never fixed.
In the 50s this unit was repaired and the remaining were refitted with first class seats only. It has also got the famous grey-green livery, the same as the Settebello. That's why it was unofficially renamed "Trebello" because it had only 3 cars.
The DMU's career ended in the 60s, when it had become clear that it was too expensive to run and too dangerous due to the continuous breakdowns and possibility of engine fires (in fact, one unit caught fire in 1961).
Second: I've wrote it in my Discord channel, but I'll write it here as well:
"I'm having some ideas to make some secondary mods, all by myself, regarding Egyptian trains. The problem is that I can't find almost any info on contemporary passenger carriages. Have you got some? Model name, orthogonal schemes etc. are welcome! PM me or find my channel in the Italian server"
Third: I started a very tiny project to update a mod of TheMetroMan94 regarding the Italian catenary of DomTrain , hope you like it.
As I told you, the ATR100 has always been my dream.
I hope to see it also in 1/87 modeling: having it for TF2 is a beautiful thing for me.
Even if in reality it was not very successful, for the mechanics of TF2 it would be a "standard bearer" of fast transports on thermal traction lines.
A bit like the SVT 137 of the German Railways, his same age, and also built in a very similar way, again with three cars, on Jacobs-type bogies.
ATR 100
SVT 137