Hello there! Wow it has been a few months since i posted a Inside The Works, if you arn't familiar with what this is, well its a blog post talking about behind the scenes of the railway.

The Nitty Gritty!

SO! This time we need to talk about delays in event date announcements and the new locomotive Illios. Around this month we always publish a list of ZZR events and season changes, the events ARE still happening, we are just delaying their announcement to focus on finishing Illios.

On the subject of Illios, i feel like this is about time to make it public, once Illios is complete, she will be the final steam locomotive i make for the ZZR, i don't wanna rule out diesels, or possibly making a standard gauge loco for chuffing around the mainland in, but honestly, steam locomotives take it out of me, they are incredibly complex beasts, and take months to finish, and of course, we have run out of shed space almost to house all these locos! 

(To clarify, i am not going to stop working on the ZZR, i am just gonna slow down after working on it continuously for a decade!)

But for all those here about Illios Progress, here is some images! she really is coming along, hopefully will be running this year with thanks to Dizzi Sternberg working hard on a new system for tenders. Oh yes, that does mean, Illios's tender is linked to her model, so no need to worry about it running away on sim crossings!

Illios Progress Images

ALSO! we are being organised this time!

This list is helping me organise what is left and what is currently being made, while it looks daunting, i can say a lot of it will be done quickly!

Final thoughts

As you can see we have been very busy behind the scenes, and if you want to see even more progress pictures, please follow my PrimFeed account, or join the Seogyeoshire Discord where i post regular updates and pictures of Illios and the ZZR! I can't wait to see you all at the big 3 ZZR events, Spook Service, Tracks to Trenches and Santa Specials.

Keep on chuffin.

Zen, Amalia and Eesoov.