B&O West End update

[FireEngine]

I got the activities to work from version 0.08 of the route since the paths are there! Also my tracks do not show up in places I just get the gray colors but no tracks! I know its either a xtracks, scale rail or a tsection problem. How do I fix it?

[yellowdog]

I also got the .08 activities working, too. At least with initial testing.
I don't have grey track shapes showing up. At least not that I've seen yet. I do have what looks like default track shapes in places, though.

[oper190]

I know its either a xtracks, scale rail or a tsection problem. How do I fix it?

Had the same issue, downloaded and installing the newest version of Scalerails fixed that.

[drjayyyy]

Open Rails NewYear MG 2025-06-01 03-04-10.png Hello. The route is beautiful. Actvities run fine. 2 minor questions/issues. 1)Is it just me or Is there supposed to be this much vegetation in the yards? 2) No vehicular traffic on roads.In previous posts I read there was a carspawner issue? Has this been resolved? Like I said minor issues . The route runs fine. Good job!

[longiron]

Regarding the yard vegetation: there was lots of vegetation according to prototype pictures from the era. Normally, the Keyser yard would be filled with over 1,000 hopper cars - loaded and unloaded. And Grafton would have 200+ hoppers and some other cars from locals. So, I added vegetation to make the empty yards a little more visually appealing until I can create an OR version of car strings to fill the yard with static consists.

The car spawner issue was the mistaken inclusion of a test car spawner in the OR folder. It will be removed in a new upload.

[dgionet]

Can we still use the B&O West End Templates and the shop Templates? Don't want to mess up a beautiful route.

Hi Glenn,

I have transferred all template files from the previous route to the new route and found out the following:

1-All paths are working fine in the new route.
2-All SLG- generated activities from the previous route and transferred won't generate error messages and you will be able to run from point A to B with no issues. Also traffic patterns seem to work fine as well.
3-However, you won't be able to do some pickups/setouts because the siding markers are different in the new route: Some sidings are not marked (such as the ones from the Keyser and Grafton roundhouses), some others have different names or the length of the marked sidings have been changed.

Unfortunately, the route cannot be opened with the MSTS activity editor, which is necessary to create template packages with Activity Generator (AG).

So for those AG users, keep the earlier version to run the template package done to enjoy the earlier route's version full potential.

Here are some shots from the sidings route update on the earlier version with the generated AG activity at Keyser and just East of Grafton.

Denis
Open Rails NewYear MG 2023-08-24 09-29-59.jpg Open Rails NewYear MG 2023-08-24 12-40-58.jpg

[longiron]

"However, you won't be able to do some pickups/setouts because the siding markers are different in the new route: Some sidings are not marked (such as the ones from the Keyser and Grafton roundhouses), some others have different names or the length of the marked sidings have been changed."

v1 includes community contributions (File ID 88332) B&O West End route Sidings Update for identification and siding names as well as (File ID 88997) MSTS/OR B&O West End Turntables update to provide working turntables in Keyser and Grafton.

Is it worth the effort to create a download version (sans signal interactives) for the community to Activity Generator users?

[dcarleton]

Lots of slow speed mountain climbing on this route, with ruling grades of 2.4%.
Where can I find include files for F7 A and B units with 65:12 gear ratio?

[dgionet]

v1 includes community contributions (File ID 88332) B&O West End route Sidings Update for identification and siding names as well as (File ID 88997) MSTS/OR B&O West End Turntables update to provide working turntables in Keyser and Grafton.

Is it worth the effort to create a download version (sans signal interactives) for the community to Activity Generator users?

Hi Chris,

I have checked both mentioned ID files I have created to see if they were applied to v1. Unfortunately, none seem to be present, the turntables were not working. For the file ID 88997, the working turntable file, users will be able to have them working by installing the file in the new route and also follow instructions in the readme file for its proper installation. I have it installed and both turntables work fine now in v1.

Activity Generator (AG) users could still install the template package, create mainline runs from point A to B as mentioned in my last post with traffic patterns and railfills present.

Since the v0.8 files (ID 85104 & 85106) are still in the F/L, AG users can still enjoy its full switching potential with AG as long as the files ID 88332 & 88997 above are installed in v0.8.

Although v0.8 was incomplete, the route was so well done and detailed, it was worth all the effort I have done to give it a second life and have myself and other AG users to enjoy its full potential.

Congrats for your update to v1, have ran it. Well done!!

Denis

[longiron]

You are correct regarding the turntable installation. Re-placing the trk file breaks all the paths I included with the download, so I decided to include the files but not installed. I will provide more explicit instructions with the update.