I've been busy this week populating my passenger trains. I put over 275 in the Amfleets, around 150 in the Alaskan Vistas, and maybe 60 in the Flying Yankee.
The video is good but the train is a little blurry going by. But you can really see a great difference the people make inside. As it passes by you get the sense that people are there and it makes the layout feel more alive.
A view of the people going into the Amfleets. I was going to do LED lighting but the existing incandescent was actually better than I thought. I used the cheap "WeHonest" Ebay people. In such small windows I didn't feel the detail was needed. These run about $13 per 100 people.
The Amfleets (yes two differenct phases) going over the river near the restaurant over the river. The seafood/steak place is not quite done yet and there is no bridge on the near track yet either but those are future projects.
The Alaskan Vista Domes in the yard. I used a much nicer grade of people in them because they would be really visible inside. These people were more expensive at an average of .50 per. Behind the car you see the recently completed COTTON BELT boxcar I repainted, aged, etc... Next to it another recent work is the DT&I. I'm no SIRT but they came out ok.
For the Flying Yankee I used "Beeple". All these trains required the surgical alteration of these poor people's legs as usual. I also painted the walls and chairs a bit to add some more detail. These are not finished yet as I may be adding LED lighting to these since the overhead system is very weak in these.
