XTracks/NewRoads showcase route

[johnnyboy99]

I just came up with an idea for a test route that showcases pretty much all of the xtracks track pieces and newroads road pieces as well as other assets like Travis Ebner’s signals and signs. I’m thinking it can also be inspired by the old ASW signal test route on the file library with its overhead wires, making it hospitable for electric locomotives as well. Your thoughts?

[Unoriginal]

I don’t see a real reason to do this other than it being because of your “nostalgia” again. What would be the point of it?

[johnnyboy99]

it would be a way to make sure you have all of the xtracks and newroads pieces?

[ebnertra000]

I did this with signal systems both so I could test them, and also to demonstrate to end-users how they work. I'm considering a one-tile route for crossing signals once I get older stuff done just to show common layouts along with some of the weird stuff. I'd probably make it into a switching puzzle route just to give it some more usability.

For road and track systems, the only use case for this I could see is demonstrating some more involved layouts, but that could probably done with some decent images

[oper190]

Honestly makes no sense to me. If you download the newest versions of XTracks and New Roads you should have all the pieces. As stated, to demonstrate how to utilized the more specific (special) pieces, simple screen shoots with explanation are more useful to end users then downloading a route you'll probably never run, and not know what pieces is where unless you go into the Route Editor and check piece by piece.

[eric]

Yup. You either have all the standard pieces or you don't. Tutorials for doing yard ladders and crossovers are much better served with labeled images you can refer to while in an editing session.