Southern 3175?!?! I know that locomotive!!! :hehe:
I am sure that all you seasoned veterans will find a lot of things wrong with this route. Some errors you might be disgusted with and others you might laugh at. I just want it to be as good as I can make it with my limited knowledge of the railroad world and the Trainz program. I have found things that I don't like about routes I have downloaded and try to make sure that I don't have them with this one.
Now to start researching how to upload a route and all the dependances. I am wondering if it is better to upload it to the download station or make a CPD file and put it on a different site.
Either way, you said it!
There's always something "wrong". You just have to accept that you won't find everything. It's all a learning process. Rail lines and the areas around them also change with time. Until Auran invents a magical route creation tool, every route you create will be YOUR interpretation, i.e., your artwork. Just make it your best and it's all good. This is all art for fun and nothing more serious. If someone wants something done differently, then they can bloody well change it themselves!

Then it will be THEIR interpretation.
I love the automobiles, trees, textures and sunset sky you see in these recent shots. Are these stock TRS2006? Or did you download them? If they are stock, I may have to upgrade... They are sooooo much better than what I have in '04. What I remember of TRS2006 from when I installed it reminded me more of Trainz 1.0 circa 2002 than it did of TRS2004.
As for uploading, the DLS should be a safe place to upload to. The dependencies are only an issue if the items used are not on the DLS. Most folks like a nice list of what items aren't on the DLS and where they can be found. Other than that, there shouldn't be a problem. Auran automatically generates a list of creators from whom the third-party content comes from, but that is all.
For example, some of the locomotives I reskin use horn sounds from USLW downloads. These hornsounds are not on the DLS, however, many folks have already downloaded various USLW engines and so they already have these hornsounds. Auran will send me an e-mail saying that kuid:xxxx:yyyy is not on the DLS, and occasionally someone will e-mail me and ask where to get item, but that's all the trouble it usually is.
I can't wait to run a local freight and switch a few customers.