https://trainsim.com/forums/ Discussion of Open Rails route development en Sat, 14 Nov 2026 22:39:51 GMT vBulletin 60 https://trainsim.com/forums/images/misc/rss.png https://trainsim.com/forums/ https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-route-projects-and-questions/2358214-difficulty-applying-images-to-blender-model Wed, 11 Nov 2026 09:02:53 GMT
I have been experiencing difficulty in following the tutorial "Tutorial - Exporting A Crate " in document "BLENDER EXPORTER FOR MSTS AND OPEN RAILS" by Wayne Campbell and Pete Willard". I am using Blender V 5.2.3 LTS and MSTS_ORTS_Exporter_AddOn_v5.3.0.

Specifically

• I have completed steps 1 to 4.
• Then the Materials and MSTS Materials don't appear. I have double clicked on the image icon(?) the red globe on the Material level of the MAIN_2000 item of the MAIN collection, which does make them appear, but is that the correct procedure?
• The next step "We will use the default material (5) that is already applied to the Cube," I don't understand how it is done. I've tried clicking on the "Material Item" (blue bar) but nothing seems to happen. I have also tried ignoring it altogether.
• I followed steps 8, 9, 10 and 11 - I was able to access the texture file and "Accept" it but nothing happens.

II have in fact been able to complete the sequence of steps successfully (in Blender V3.6) but I don't remember how and I am now no longer able to reproduce the procedure.

You will by now have gathered that I am an absolute beginner, so no doubt the problem is that I am doing something wrong - nothing to do with the Exporter.

I would appreciate assistance with this, and also an explanation (if possible) of what each of the steps is doing - much better to know what I'm doing, instead of the "monkey see, monkey do" approach I'm using at the moment.

I have done this in gmax in the past, so I understand in principle what is to be done, but not the specifics.

Regards to all

Tony]]> Open Rails Route Projects and Questions Tonya37 https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-route-projects-and-questions/2358214-difficulty-applying-images-to-blender-model https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-route-projects-and-questions/2357804-new-google-earth Sat, 07 Nov 2026 23:31:46 GMT
Jerry]]> Open Rails Route Projects and Questions landnrailroader https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-route-projects-and-questions/2357804-new-google-earth https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-route-projects-and-questions/2356614-bnsf-emporia-sub Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:39:25 GMT
I'm just wondering if there are any known better versions of the BNSF Emporia Sub and Argentine Yard/ Santa Fe Junction available for MSTS/ORTS?

I recently spent 3 weeks for a work assignment in Olathe/Overland Park KS. I spent a day recording trains in Olathe and spent some time visiting the Argentine Yard and Santa Fe Junction. Just seems odd we don't have a modern day representation of this busy section of the Southern Transcon Route?

This was my second time visiting Kansas City. Last time I was over in KCMO out by the airport for 3 weeks. Didn't get any rail action on that occasion unfortunately.

I actually fell in love with Kansas and the Emporia Sub. And I think I've seen this video about 10 times now lol.

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]]> Open Rails Route Projects and Questions JSMR https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-route-projects-and-questions/2356024-the-goulburn-valley https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-route-projects-and-questions/2355425-csx-mainline-sub-l-n-mainstem-first-second-subs Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:23:58 GMT I have been working on this route for the past 2 months except for a week in Chama, NM doing my docent gig, and then a week on a Kelly Tour starting...
The route is situationed in time, from about 1980 to the present. However, I am using the new style crossing signage done by Travis and one sign I cobbled up from parts of his. That being said, the signals, when added should be the long hood, darth vader type and one should use CSX rules which Travis also has worked up. If you choose to backdate the route then the CSX rules are still valid as far back as 1955 or so, but when the TCS was put in then, searchlight signals were used. I plan to place cantilever signal bridge where they should be placed, especially with the support on the correct side of the track. I am also providing CTC/RX signal bungalows where ever they are used and with the correct name on the sign boards. Those which came on the library around 2003 are not exactly correct but they will provide an accurate marker and nit pickers can then replace with with more correct cases and bungalows if they wish.

There were three branches off the mainline sub. The first, going south from Louisville was the Bardstown Branch which is now owned by R.J.Corman and operated as a shortline. There is also a dinner train operating on this line. The 2nd is the Lebanon Branch which is now used by the Kentucky Railroad Museum and I guess the museum provides some freight service as there are a few industries on the line, or perhaps CSX sends a local over the line as needed. This line is the west end of the former full Lebanon Branch which was the original route for L&N trains between Louisville & Atlanta. It connects to the Kentucky Div. a few miles north of Corbin but there is only a few miles of track at the east end now. My uncle fired for some years on this branch, early in his career which started in July 1907. And Lastly, there is the Glasgow Railroad which is not a part of CSX but is owned by businessmen in Glasgow over 130 years now. When the L&N did not construct through Glasgow, several business men formed their own railroad. It is a odd situation though because it is operated and maintained by CSX, formerly L&N.

It is roughly 187 miles from Louisville to Nashville. I have several bridges to build, the most impressive being the viaduct over Green River at Munfordville, KY. The original was built in 1850 or so, destroyed during the Civil War, rebuilt, and then rebuilt again to carry heavier loads. The stone pillars are, however, original.

Jerry Sullivan, P.E. (retired from CSX & SR, retired docent, C&TSRR)]]> Open Rails Route Projects and Questions landnrailroader https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-route-projects-and-questions/2355425-csx-mainline-sub-l-n-mainstem-first-second-subs