I have been working on a small narrow gauge module/diorama/whatever for the last few days. It started off as an experiment with 3D trees - mostly Pofig's stuff - then some beautiful 750mm gauge track I found on a Russian site got added - then of course it needed some rolling stock -then.....
So it threatens to turn itself into a small freelance NG route. It won't be big - maybe a half dozen boards - and it will have little if any operating potential, but creating it is the best fun I have had in Trainz for ages. No DEM, no prototype, no expectations other than seeing if I can add just one more tree before it crashes to the desktop (which it does regularly) but what the heck!
One important note: I have deliberately set out to portray the sort of narrow gauge railway that used to appeal to me in my model railway days; old, run down equipment running past dilapidated industries and more-or-less abandoned towns and villages. The route started with trees from Pofig and track from a Russian site. I have since discovered a lot of truly beautiful content while prowling around 3rd party Russian sites in pursuit of rolling stock. A lot of this content is absolutely first rate so there is an undeniable Russian theme running through the route which the choice of rolling stock only emphasises. I would like to stress however that the route is totally freelance. I have no prototype in mind and am not setting out to depict or interpret any actual location.
The first few screenshots are re-posts of a few shots that have already appeared in various threads, but they have provoked some response so I thought it worth dragging them all together into one thread.
This is the one that started it all....
Andy
So it threatens to turn itself into a small freelance NG route. It won't be big - maybe a half dozen boards - and it will have little if any operating potential, but creating it is the best fun I have had in Trainz for ages. No DEM, no prototype, no expectations other than seeing if I can add just one more tree before it crashes to the desktop (which it does regularly) but what the heck!
One important note: I have deliberately set out to portray the sort of narrow gauge railway that used to appeal to me in my model railway days; old, run down equipment running past dilapidated industries and more-or-less abandoned towns and villages. The route started with trees from Pofig and track from a Russian site. I have since discovered a lot of truly beautiful content while prowling around 3rd party Russian sites in pursuit of rolling stock. A lot of this content is absolutely first rate so there is an undeniable Russian theme running through the route which the choice of rolling stock only emphasises. I would like to stress however that the route is totally freelance. I have no prototype in mind and am not setting out to depict or interpret any actual location.
The first few screenshots are re-posts of a few shots that have already appeared in various threads, but they have provoked some response so I thought it worth dragging them all together into one thread.
This is the one that started it all....
Andy
). It's my narrow-gauge heaven! 
