Wisconsin & Southern Railroad

[Railfanner87]

Got some PoIs added in Madison to help with getting the route to help feel like Wisconsin.

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I've also decided to redo the houses for the route using a multiple texture and mirrored alternative approach instead of cramming it all into one atlas. Plenty more to make in the meantime.

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[Railfanner87]

The gateway to Chicago has opened...

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[Big Boy 4014]

Looks good!

[Aiden09]

Amazing!

[Railfanner87]

Extended all the way down to Tower A5

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[BrandonS261]

Very impressive work there! My friend Josh and I are building a Midwest Mega Route from the Twin Cities to Chicago if you would ever like to collaborate. Josh is also building all of the Metra routes along with the South Shore line as well. As you know I am also building the Northern Dreams and plan on also building the Northern Sky, the 32A that used to be the W&S 101 along with a few other W&S passenger cars that would look good with this route.

[Railfanner87]

Hey Brandon, yeah I remember you messaging me about this and even being invited to the Facebook group! I wouldn't mind contributing to your own project with some of the scenery I make.

I am making some progress with decorating the Loop and Union Station, a bit of a hassle trying to get the height between the rails and the roof/floor of the Gogo Building and Randolph Place perfectly since the tracks into Union actually dip a good amount after crossing Canal St.

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[scfe_fan]

Hey Brandon, yeah I remember you messaging me about this and even being invited to the Facebook group! I wouldn't mind contributing to your own project with some of the scenery I make.

I am making some progress with decorating the Loop and Union Station, a bit of a hassle trying to get the height between the rails and the roof/floor of the Gogo Building and Randolph Place perfectly since the tracks into Union actually dip a good amount after crossing Canal St.

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I already have a decent model of Union Station including the tunnel that caused a certain Lake Street Tower to be demolished. You're welcome to use it if you want. I actually have all 4 downtown terminals modeled. Ogilvie is Eric's work, I built Millennium Station, and both Union Station and LaSalle St Station are Jeff Farquhar's fine work.
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[Aiden09]

Nice!

[Railfanner87]

Heres a shot of Chicago near Western Ave. Deciding a few variants of downtown city blocks to place amidst some of the more prominent skyscrapers to get an authentic feel of Chicago's skyline. Progress is slow on the Wisconsin side, added a few modeled in bridges around Stoughton and got Milton station modeled but not textured. Janesville is getting a bit of more detail as well!

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[Aiden09]

Awesome!

[Orbita]

Looking great so far!

[Railfanner87]

Working on CUS...

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[Aiden09]

Very very nice

[Fwwr2248]

Looking very nice there. Can’t wait for final to come out.