Ashtabula County, Ohio

[georgem2010]

No problem, found those trees u were looking for as well.
http://www.greenery.name/mstsgcz/mstsgd.htm?trainz,1

and

http://www.greenery.name/mstsgcz/mstsgd.htm?trainz,2

Ahh cheers! Big help!

 

[georgem2010]

A close up of the streets, they are still not exactly how I want them, need to play around with more cars and different fences and bushes, but we are getting there.

Please comment.

 

[georgem2010]

Next section...LOOPY!

I personally think this section looks awesome! And will be really fun to model. Especially with the river winding through the trees and the road bridges etc... I'm genuinely excited!

Any suggections? Just incase you were wondering, I'm persuing the south bound Bessemer & Lake Erie Line for a bit, see where it takes me My goal is to get to Albion at LEAST. Its 10 miles as the crow flies but I reckon about 15-18 miles track.

Thanks all!

 

[georgem2010]

UPDATE: Working my way down the branch line.

Finally got some B&LE R.R locos! Slowly surveying my way down the line, trying to be as accurate as possible, hope you all like it!!

Comparison:

Mine

Please comment!
Does anyone know what sort of coal cars they are using?

Thanks

 

[Great_Lakes]

In the real picture, they look like class H62Rs. I saw some BLE coal cars at RRMods rollingstock page but they are white with a black vertical stripe.

 

[georgem2010]

In the real picture, they look like class H62Rs. I saw some BLE coal cars at RRMods rollingstock page but they are white with a black vertical stripe.

They will do just fine!! Thank you so much!

 

[georgem2010]

Flippin' Rulers! :O

Took me ages to get this area accurate height wise, changed the time of day so you can see the shadows, this area will eventually have more trees and houses on.

Rulers rulers rulers! I'm literally addicted to them, haha, I'm a perfectionist I guess. I think its looking alright.

Thanks all.

 

[Great_Lakes]

No problem-I am happy to help.

 

[georgem2010]

No problem-I am happy to help.

Well, I've got them! They look great, I got a few other of the dark grey/black ones because they'll look just as good. Will you be following this thread? :hehe:

Thanks again.
George

 

[georgem2010]

looking good, very realistic. Try "rampenmauerbreit" in the DLS, that could be a bit closer to what your looking for.
Cheers

I've swapped the retaining wall for the one you recommended, much better

 

[UP4021]

Very nice.
BTW, have you seen the B&LE SD9s and F7s here?

http://www.theerectinghall.info/

 

[georgem2010]

Very nice.
BTW, have you seen the B&LE SD9s and F7s here?

http://www.theerectinghall.info/

I have! And I've got them! Would you like me to feature them in a screen shot?

Thanks for feedback as always

 

[UP4021]

If you'd like.
That is completely up to you.

 

[georgem2010]

A Few Updates...

Old Main St. crossing... Sistership of SW1500 haul a small train of empty coal hoppers southbound out of Conneaut Docks.

Timelapse...

F7A/B powers train motor over the same crossing headed for North Bessemer.

Please comment.

 

[RRSignal]

This is sweet! My fiancee is originally from Ashtabula.

 

[georgem2010]

This is sweet! My fiancee is originally from Ashtabula.

Awesome! As you can see, I'm from England, UK and I was just messing about on google earth, I zoomed in randomly, found this place and did some research... got a little too into it :hehe: , and now I'm making a route it was mainly some beautiful pictures of the trains chuntering along the river that inspired me... looks stunning here!

Thanks for the kind words!
Keep following

 

[Kon1786]

Sweet looking route, coming along very nicely

 

[georgem2010]

A few more shots...

Just a few over views, gonna get hardcore tonight , try and double what I have already done, I'll post as I'm doing it.

Thanks

George

 

[georgem2010]

Photo Comparison

Hello again!

Photo:

Trainz:

Hope you all like! Please comment as always

 

[UP5521]

This is one railroad I'll be watching closely,keep up the good work!