Amen brother.
Although I have other things going on, I could poke around with some textures for one of the other mods in technic and see what I can come up with for this. Ever since I first saw the John Smith pack, I couldn't go back.
EDIT: I could do with your latest file so I know how the setup works - although I'm rather familiar with texturing, I've never done minecraft texture packs before.
EDIT2: After a couple of hours of what I have so far... I've been tinkering with the railcraft2 texture map and overlaying with johnsmith-esque textures.