This route is legendary in so many ways. However, I still get a headache looking at all that track work. Wow, What a confusing mess of tracks and switches and signals.
This route is legendary in so many ways. However, I still get a headache looking at all that track work. Wow, What a confusing mess of tracks and switches and signals.
Tis quite the mess 😎, but more messy tracks equals more interesting activities and timetables. To make things more complicated, I found out I can rebuild from holmesburg junction to Darby, That is about a 3 month project since I'll redo around 78 tiles to make that work.
iN REWORKING THE NEC-4 AND PRR/ER routes, will you be straightening out Zoo Jct???? Both routes have badly botched this interlocking. PRR/ER has tracks in places they don't belong and routed to the wrong places. There should be enough material on line, but if needed I can supply the interlocking diagram for ZOO. Good luck with finishing this
Doug
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You've gone above and beyond with what I seen so far. Looking forward to a more realistic take on Philly compared to what was in the original routes.
Gotta admit, the complex track and switch layout is what makes the Northeast Corridor function with the amount of traffic that line sees every day. Goes to show that the PRR knew what they were doing when they were constantly upgrading it over the course of nearly a century.
iN REWORKING THE NEC-4 AND PRR/ER routes, will you be straightening out Zoo Jct???? Both routes have badly botched this interlocking. PRR/ER has tracks in places they don't belong and routed to the wrong places. There should be enough material on line, but if needed I can supply the interlocking diagram for ZOO. Good luck with finishing this
I assume Zoo Jct, is part of JO/Subway/EJ/2 thru freight/WYE tracks. I re-added the EJ and 2 thru freight, but the tunnel is gonna be tricky. May have to for-go it entirely until a full rebuild is possible. Freight track is being rebuilt with the proper Y. Once that is done I can rebuild the exisiting freight yards in philly; maybe extend it to the Navy Yard at a later time. Best to just wait for that Philly rebuild. I'll release a beta version in the future once the scenery is complete. But Zoo is def gonna be cut down until I can rebuild it 100%. image_2026-03-31_200035639.png
You've gone above and beyond with what I seen so far. Looking forward to a more realistic take on Philly compared to what was in the original routes.
Gotta admit, the complex track and switch layout is what makes the Northeast Corridor function with the amount of traffic that line sees every day. Goes to show that the PRR knew what they were doing when they were constantly upgrading it over the course of nearly a century.
Welp, I still kept the NECv4 section flat for the most part. Philly to NYP still has a lot of weird grade changes, but if the demand is there I'll smooth them out over time. Once i'm happy with the scenery, I'll drop a beta release. A lot of areas are still wastelands xD.
D.C. Track work is coming to a close. Last bits of the yard are being worked on. Afterwards, scenery will be built along with mark and WMATA track to Silver Spring. Should I add the OLD school ramp for shits and goggles? Ivy City is confusing xD.png
I don’t know. Will it be MSTS compatible? If yes then yes please. If no, Open Rails doesn’t allow train wrecks and understandably so, so no point including it if it won’t work in MSTS.
Vacation in a few weeks means more time for route building. I have slowly begun removing the track north of NY and should be done by the end of June. Once that is finished, the last parts of Union Station will be completed and an Alpha version of the route will be released. After checking around 70 tiles, I found exactly how and where to rebuild philadelphia and connect it to existing track on the PRR. Track work alone will take around 1 month to complete, but the result will put philly exactly where it should be within the route allowing for accurate track/scenery placement.
The Alpha version of this route will not be full scened in some areas, but the track work is stable.
Requirements:
- Latest version of Xtracks
- Latest Tsection.dat
- Latest New Roads
- Latest Scale Rail/Roads
- Anything else required from the original PRR-ER-V2
- This route was not re-built using the re-worked A -Tracks. Not sure how these will look, use those at your own risk.
- Outside of the NEC, speedlimits have been added to to many of the CNJ routes based off a 2017 timetable for NJT and existing speed to curve measurements (e.g. 250r5d = 40mph max speed).
- Route maybe around 5gb or more
- Scenery is more a kin to early 2000's. Wish I was smart and could do an era swap thing like on the monon route xD.
- NOTE: Speed between CP Clark and Midway is 160mph while, Midway to County is 145mph. Adjust your ENG maxvelocity line for the Acela to either 150 or 160. You may also have to edit the CON file in the consists folder and change the max speed to 67.056 for 150mph or 71.5264 for 160mph. All amtrak regional trains are limited to 125mph for any aem-7/hhp-8/acs-64/sc-44/alc-42. No 135mph zones yet
Post any issues found in the route here (screenshots helpful).
Been a few months and work hasn't been pretty. Just finishing up some work around Baltimore. Sadly ended up pausing work on philly, as I have to do it all over again, so what you see is a temporary fix to keep most tracks connected. Reworked philly will be in the following update. Treat this update as a teaser/seperate from the PRRv2 for the final product as many areas are still unfinished and lack polish.
After this release, I'll be tackling some old areas in need of repair. First one will be reworking the track from grundy to croydon, adding in proper grades, and adjusting the scenery accordingly. After that, I'll be remaking Newark Penn a 4th time finally adding in the PATH tracks ( maybe to WTC not sure ).
Not this update. I'll begin working on Philly in its entirety after Croydon to Grundy and Newark Penn station get the needed repairs. Newark especially since I want the curved station.
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Wow, What a confusing mess of tracks and switches and signals. 
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