Recent content by lego207

Southbound intermodals at Pontiac, IL not long after the SLRR-SLSF merger. The former Alton mainline got a good traffic boost out of trailer trains with the enlarged railroad, making for a fast, competitive route from Chicago down into Texas - a very lucrative offering for the company and its...

Beginning in 1996, the Sangamon Valley Railroad would begin painting their locomotive fleet of secondhand units into a scheme distinctly reminiscent of the last paint used by the Wabash. The company already operated on Wabash tracks, used Wabash signal equipment, had a single former Wabash...

Piggybacks at CP Bricker, with post-merger power lashups becoming a common sight. Certainly takes a little more time to get patches, let alone paint, applied to anything though... cough Just outside of Frazeysburg, OH, SD40s and a Dash Two at the back split re-aligned signals at MP 140.6 with...

Something a little more fresh finally as I clean up and redo some fictional RR lore and routing etc - been in the queue for a while, finally branching out a few new ideas... and routes! Not that any will ever go far in the completion department, just for kicks really. Eastbound trailers pass CP...

Rolling with recently refurbished twin-45 flats, one of the recently inaugurated Peregrine intermodal trains blasts westbound nearing Columbus, Ohio on its way to Chicago in 1984. Competition with highways is steep and ever growing, prompting the railroad to have to exert a higher focus on...

Fresh straight 40s! These have quickly become my favourite motors to head up trains recently- ph1a3 SD40s properly spec'd out for SLRR to serve the 1970 - 1995 period. The devil is all in the details, as comparing these updated units to the reskins on the WM SD40 I have been using for a few...

Let's wrap up here. Last thing is just some reskin skins and the like. (3/3) I already talked about these things in USA Pics (linked in previous post), but these little green machines have been hanging around on my route in recent weeks. They're not strictly meant to, but it adds a little funky...

Boaz Yard got a mention earlier, so here's something more interesting on the route development side - it's been massively upgraded. Here's a look at the old version: And here it is today, minus the several hundred cars that occupy it now! I had a few issues with the old Boaz Yard. In no...

Hm, nearly 3 years between posts. Ain't that something. Crazy how time flies... Since 2021, what has changed? Everything and nothing! Recently, I've been working more on this route, primarily for iPortal reasons. If you're not familiar with iPortal, it's basically a way for a train on one...

Thanks! The PRR signals originally come from JRs Monongahela & Western route, though only a couple are assembled from the library. A buddy of mine took that library and assembled basically a full suite of them, handy stuff! - A 6-pack of SLRR power tackles the steep grade at Independence, WV...

Thank you! The write-ups are the most fun part for me, backstory and research and the like is always a treat. I tend to use Trainz mostly as a visual aid for the writing stuff I do. Gotta love the R2s! Vintage signals are my obsession in recent years, love fitting them in anywhere I can. One of...

Before it went to the Sangamon Valley, the ole 1795 detoured on the SLRR a little... Well, if you disregard all the timeline breaking lack of overhead wire in these shots, but, details, details. Laying catenary is a pain, that takes a very distant backseat! SLRR K801-803-201 (or K801, for...

Various scenes from recent months. - A first look at toying with turffx and clutterfx on my West Virginia route here at the Harrisville overpass. It's sort of moot now that turf is apparently being removed at some point, but it is a neat experiment. A bit homogenous for my liking, not the best...

Hello folks, welcome to this new little thread. If you peruse the USA Pics thread often you'll note I've been throwing lots of photos of my Silverlines railroad in there, all with captions about either the wires or West Virginia or similar. I thought I might as well make a little thread to dump...

Hey, folks. Just wanted to give out some information today as I realise I've neglected to actually put any of this out there since the last content release I did. It's a long post, I know, but I've cut it into chunks to make it a little less of a mess to tackle. Sorry, I like writing and using...