Maine Central Mountain Division

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It's been a bit..

Adding in some more scenery in the Portland-Westbrook area along the Fore River, near Congress Street.

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Did some scenery work around Pequawket Pond.

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In case anyone was still following along.

I've laid down track as far as Fryeburg, ME. This rounds out 49 total miles put in place.

A look at a short passing track in "downtown" Brownfield, ME.



And a look at Fryeburg, ME facing towards the New Hampshire border.

[jbtower]

I'm tracking it Shawn and I'm impressed

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Made some progress this week. Pushed from Fryeburg, ME (Mile 50) to Glen, NH (Mile 63).




Looking railroad west, with Mount Washington looming in the background at what is known as "Scenic Vista" today, though railroad wise it is known as Intervale.




Looking over the Saco River crossing in Redstone, NH with the backside of Mount Cranmore in the background




I would like to try and push further this weekend, hopefully get the tracks laid out into Crawfords, NH, maybe even Fabyan, NH to start trying out some "Manned Helper" runs up the grade between Bartlett and Crawfords.
Laying out the track in North Conway was a bit of a guessing game, as the original alignment was moved in the 2002-2003 timeframe when North Conway laid out the North-South Road bypass through town. Thankfully it worked out, and I do know that most of the original alignment for this section, was where the current roadway is, so not too bad, but still a little bit of guess work seems Google Earth, and Maps didn't show the appropriate aligment. Thankfully the track charts helped with this on measurements.

[trs666]

Very cool, it seems like steady progress is being made ... exciting to see some additional New England oriented content in the works.

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This route has been something I have wanted in the sim, for a very long time.

I reached my weekend goal of getting the line up into Crawfords. I have a few tweaks here and there to do, but so far, its good, and manned helper service is actually pretty fun!



And a quick shot of testing the grades, heading over Frankenstein Trestle.

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Some progress over the past couple of days.

Notchland (Bemis)


Frankenstein Trestle


Willey Brook Bridge




Mount Willard Girders




Crawford Notch



All are subject to changes, and still a much work in progress of the areas.

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Sit back and enjoy the ride. This is what I have so far between Bartlett, NH (Base of the helpers, and ZO/OZ Jobs), and Crawfords, NH(Where the helpers cut off and return back to Bartlett)

[eric]

Some beautiful work.

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Thanks Eric, I appreciate the kind words. I'm doing what I can, but it will not be anywhere as good as what we see from guys like Andrew and Sean that have a much higher talent rate with this type of stuff than I do.

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Been enjoying the use of the PolyVeg tool from Scott, with some updates forest regions between Westbrook and Sebago. Mostly wanted to see how it looks in the farmland regions. Looking good so far, but still lots of work.

[scottb613]

Hi Shawn,

Looking real nice there - sir.

Regards,
Scott

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Thanks Scott! Maybe someday we can have what Eric suggested about the housing and what not, being used in PolyVeg in a similar fashion. Would make laying out all the housing, commercial buildings, etc a breeze for places like South Portland, Portland, Westbrook, North Conway, etc. haha

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A 55-minute video to show off some progress being made again between these two points, after slacking on it for a while.