wildnorwester
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Here in Australia, it's getting into summer, which means it's too hot for me to go into the garage and operate my model railroad. As such, I've decided to use Trainz in the way it was originally intended, instead of just for my Thomas the Tank Engine stuff .
I've always been interested in rail marine operations, but wasn't able to incorporate those on my model railroad. While looking up such operations, I came across the Brooklyn East District Terminal. There's a rather good website on it, with plenty of photos. It's also got everything I was after for a second model railroad - car float operations, shunting, urban industrial areas and street running. So I'll be re-creating this in Trainz, circa 1962. I'll be both modeling the rolling stock and creating the route itself. I'll be using this thread as a blog of my progress on it. I'm hoping this will help develop my route building skills.
I've started by modeling BEDT #15, a Porter 0-6-0ST. So far, I've completed the basic body, and I'm about to start the detailing pass:
I've always been interested in rail marine operations, but wasn't able to incorporate those on my model railroad. While looking up such operations, I came across the Brooklyn East District Terminal. There's a rather good website on it, with plenty of photos. It's also got everything I was after for a second model railroad - car float operations, shunting, urban industrial areas and street running. So I'll be re-creating this in Trainz, circa 1962. I'll be both modeling the rolling stock and creating the route itself. I'll be using this thread as a blog of my progress on it. I'm hoping this will help develop my route building skills.
I've started by modeling BEDT #15, a Porter 0-6-0ST. So far, I've completed the basic body, and I'm about to start the detailing pass: