Midwest Mega Route Break Up!

[eric]

Spent way too much time in both while I was an undergrad as part of Marching Illini and basketball band, and also worked as a stagehand for shows in both venues...

[BrandonS261]

Well since my thread has been hijacked and we are now talking about domes how about the Minneapolis Metrodome where the Minnesota Vikings and Twins used to play.

[eric]

Nah, we're talking about essential trackside scenery.... you planning to include the MetroDome in your route or US Bank Stadium?

[BrandonS261]

Not sure if it would be really needed. If I were to put it in would probably be US Bank Stadium. I do need the Minnesota State Capitol along with a few other landmark buildings but I am sure that will come in time.

[SD40-2]

If recall correctly, since crews only operate inside a subdivision and usually not across multiple subdivisions, they're not of much value. And who wants to spend the time running a train through multiple subdivisions?

I have been informed that on some railroads, that crews are assigned to specific divisions, not specific subdivisions. My bad.

[BrandonS261]

I do know that on the CP/CPKC most crews run from St Paul, MN all the way to Portage, WI

[BrandonS261]

Hey guys, So here is my plan going forward. I have decided to break up the route into subdivisions but also keep a copy of the Twin Cities area as a whole. This will allow me to not only work on the routes separately from one another but also make updates to the mega route when I want.

Here is a list of routes I am currently working on in Minnesota

BNSF
Hinckley Sub, This will also include the St Croix Valley.
Staples Sub- Minneapolis Northtown Yard to Fargo, ND
Branard Sub- Hinckley Sub to Staples Sub
Wayzata Sub Minneapolis-Willmar, MN- This will also include the BNSF Monti Line and UP MRL line

TC&W and MPL as one route from the Twin Cities to SD

CPKC and BNSF down the Mississippi River from St Paul to La Crosse, WI as one route.
CPKC Paynesville Sub-Minneapolis to Glenwood, MN

Twin Cities area- Not quite sure how to go about this and if I will be including sections of each route into the Twin Cities area route but this will include all of the yards in the Minneapolis and St Paul area along with the St Paul and Midway Subs, the Milw 261 shop, along with many other railfanning hot spots throughout the Twin Cities area.

Now all of the routes I have mentioned are all in various forms of the building process but most of them already have most if not all of the track built along with some roads on quite a few of them as well.

I currently merged all of the Minnesota routes back into one mega route so I wont have to jump from route to route in order to work on them as they will all be able to be connected into one route. However I would like to release them by subdivision so it will be easier for others to download and it wont take as much space up on everyone's PCs.

Brandon