hey guys,
I figured I would start a thread on my progress of just this section of our mega route. I am currently working on the section of the CPKC and BNSF from St Paul, MN to La Crosse, WI down the mighty Mississippi River. Both of these routes will be Modern Day operations and not from the CB&Q/BN and MILW/SOO days but that does not mean you wouldn't be able to run those on these routes.
Being they are both mainlines for both railroads they see lots of traffic with Amtrak, locals, and mainline freights traversing both lines so there will be plenty to do for both routes. The route will start at St Paul Union Station and end at La Crosse, WI. This will give you the chance to not only run the Amtrak Empire Builder and new Borealis trains but also do switching in CPKC's big Pigs Eye Yard in St Paul along with switching duties along both routes and down in La Crosse, WI since both routes have yards in La Crosse, WI as well.
As of right now all of the mainline track is laid out for both subdivisions with some yards still needing some work. I am currently working on adding signals, speed signs, crossings and roads to the CPKC side of the Mississippi River along with some scenery and ground textures as well.
Both routes have been built using track plans, google earth and other media to try and make them as accurate as possible to the real routes. I have currently been working on collecting photos of specific towns along the lines so I can try and recreate the routes as best as possible given the limitations of Open Rails.
My plan is to work on the CPKC aka Minnesota Side of the river first as I know that line the best and then work my way over to the BNSF aka Wisconsin side of the river. I personally have railfanned and taken many excursion trips with the Friends of the 261 over the years on both lines.
I have enlisted help from a few people to help me make these routes a possibility but that being said I do need more help with making custom objects for the routes. This includes station signs, buildings, depots, and other stuff that will really bring these routes to life in Open Rails so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Photos of the routes will come at a later time as I make more progress on them but for now here is a map of the area that I am modeling and this thread will be where I update everyone on the progress of the routes from now on.
Brandon
River-Sub-Map.jpg
I figured I would start a thread on my progress of just this section of our mega route. I am currently working on the section of the CPKC and BNSF from St Paul, MN to La Crosse, WI down the mighty Mississippi River. Both of these routes will be Modern Day operations and not from the CB&Q/BN and MILW/SOO days but that does not mean you wouldn't be able to run those on these routes.
Being they are both mainlines for both railroads they see lots of traffic with Amtrak, locals, and mainline freights traversing both lines so there will be plenty to do for both routes. The route will start at St Paul Union Station and end at La Crosse, WI. This will give you the chance to not only run the Amtrak Empire Builder and new Borealis trains but also do switching in CPKC's big Pigs Eye Yard in St Paul along with switching duties along both routes and down in La Crosse, WI since both routes have yards in La Crosse, WI as well.
As of right now all of the mainline track is laid out for both subdivisions with some yards still needing some work. I am currently working on adding signals, speed signs, crossings and roads to the CPKC side of the Mississippi River along with some scenery and ground textures as well.
Both routes have been built using track plans, google earth and other media to try and make them as accurate as possible to the real routes. I have currently been working on collecting photos of specific towns along the lines so I can try and recreate the routes as best as possible given the limitations of Open Rails.
My plan is to work on the CPKC aka Minnesota Side of the river first as I know that line the best and then work my way over to the BNSF aka Wisconsin side of the river. I personally have railfanned and taken many excursion trips with the Friends of the 261 over the years on both lines.
I have enlisted help from a few people to help me make these routes a possibility but that being said I do need more help with making custom objects for the routes. This includes station signs, buildings, depots, and other stuff that will really bring these routes to life in Open Rails so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Photos of the routes will come at a later time as I make more progress on them but for now here is a map of the area that I am modeling and this thread will be where I update everyone on the progress of the routes from now on.
Brandon
River-Sub-Map.jpg
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