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+# Chinese Railways-style smoke deflectors for Derail Valley
+
+todo screenshot
+
+## Credits
+
+AEUGH: this mod is based off of his [dumb282tweaks mod](https://github.com/aeughsendhelp/dumb282tweaks#dumb-s282-tweaks)  
+Cypress: models, textures  
+Tostiman: code
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+{
+	"Releases": [
+		{
+			"Id": "CR-style_smoke_deflectors",
+			"Version": "2.1.0",
+			"DownloadUrl": "todo"
+		}
+	]
+}