Today Im officially going back to what I enjoy doing more than just running Trains... ROUTE BUILDING!!!
Alright for those of you who are wondering what happened to my White Pine River Railroad, I sadly lost it (although I could have transferred it over to TANE) I did not for the following reason.
Most of the scenery assets I used was from the DLC route Murchison 2 which has all the special scenery assets like the waterfalls and cliff faces that I used a lot in the area called Coldwater Falls and since its not been moved to TANE I lose my most vital assets That I need to make my route looks beautiful. (So thats the main reason)
So with this I had to sadly say good bye to my great route I work so hard on (especially the Harbor), The Mountain Pass, Coldwater Falls, Pine Creek, The Engine Faculty and others places I will miss playing with dearly.
But my route building days are not numbered... no no no... With TANE now I decided to go to do my very first prototypical route and it is none other than my favorite place in the world.
Thats right the Illinois Railway Museum. Since I've always wanted to build this place since I first started playing Trainz back in 2004 and in fact I have attempted to build this place before. (Back in 2006) I tried building this place and only got as far as completing all of the Track work and a few buildings down before I gave up Trainz temporary... Now I want to give this project a second chance and this time to make it better than the last time I try this. Im hoping to also get help from Bendorsey to helping me possibly make some of the buildings and barns from this museum to help make it look complete so hopefully he will agree. I plan on posting screenshots once I get the word from Bendorsey, If he says yes I will start to lay the track work, if not then this project will be on hold until further notice and I will work on another fictional route.
My plan is listed in numerical order.
#1- To build the Railroad Museum Grounds and Yards
#2- To Build the Museum's 5 Mile Demonstration Mainline
#3- To Build the former Chicago & North Western ROW (Now Union Pacific) from Marengo IL to Huntley IL
#4- To Build the Trolley Bus system.
So thats my plan. I hope it works out.
Also I would like to mention I want to build this route not just for myself but I want to build a route for people who are also volunteers at this museum like SantaFeBuff who (although we never saw each other face to face yet) we have both spotted each other during the Museum Showcase Weekend back in September (My favorite event) and any other members of this community who are volunteers at this museum as my way for saying Thank you for creating the Largest Railway Museum in America.
Also I will appreciate any ideas on what to use for this route and any suggests or comments will be very appreciative towards this project. Finally then there is the big unforeseen question, "Matt where will you release this?" Well I don't know, I might want to release this route once its complete maybe at PerRock's Website or maybe Trainz Forge (If I can make it up to their standards). But Im still a long way away from deciding where to release at this point. That will have to wait until I can get this project off the ground.
Alright for those of you who are wondering what happened to my White Pine River Railroad, I sadly lost it (although I could have transferred it over to TANE) I did not for the following reason.
Most of the scenery assets I used was from the DLC route Murchison 2 which has all the special scenery assets like the waterfalls and cliff faces that I used a lot in the area called Coldwater Falls and since its not been moved to TANE I lose my most vital assets That I need to make my route looks beautiful. (So thats the main reason)
So with this I had to sadly say good bye to my great route I work so hard on (especially the Harbor), The Mountain Pass, Coldwater Falls, Pine Creek, The Engine Faculty and others places I will miss playing with dearly.
But my route building days are not numbered... no no no... With TANE now I decided to go to do my very first prototypical route and it is none other than my favorite place in the world.
Thats right the Illinois Railway Museum. Since I've always wanted to build this place since I first started playing Trainz back in 2004 and in fact I have attempted to build this place before. (Back in 2006) I tried building this place and only got as far as completing all of the Track work and a few buildings down before I gave up Trainz temporary... Now I want to give this project a second chance and this time to make it better than the last time I try this. Im hoping to also get help from Bendorsey to helping me possibly make some of the buildings and barns from this museum to help make it look complete so hopefully he will agree. I plan on posting screenshots once I get the word from Bendorsey, If he says yes I will start to lay the track work, if not then this project will be on hold until further notice and I will work on another fictional route.
My plan is listed in numerical order.
#1- To build the Railroad Museum Grounds and Yards
#2- To Build the Museum's 5 Mile Demonstration Mainline
#3- To Build the former Chicago & North Western ROW (Now Union Pacific) from Marengo IL to Huntley IL
#4- To Build the Trolley Bus system.
So thats my plan. I hope it works out.
Also I would like to mention I want to build this route not just for myself but I want to build a route for people who are also volunteers at this museum like SantaFeBuff who (although we never saw each other face to face yet) we have both spotted each other during the Museum Showcase Weekend back in September (My favorite event) and any other members of this community who are volunteers at this museum as my way for saying Thank you for creating the Largest Railway Museum in America.
Also I will appreciate any ideas on what to use for this route and any suggests or comments will be very appreciative towards this project. Finally then there is the big unforeseen question, "Matt where will you release this?" Well I don't know, I might want to release this route once its complete maybe at PerRock's Website or maybe Trainz Forge (If I can make it up to their standards). But Im still a long way away from deciding where to release at this point. That will have to wait until I can get this project off the ground.
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