Canadian Rocky Mountains 2011

[RoysTrainz]

looking good

@Rob725 the devil is in the detail also for seasons but I will concentrate further on finishing Banff first and at the same time Jan will finish the RM-2 and I can than try both sets and make new routes seasonal optional to the ST series routes.
Good you have a new laptop and back in business.
Finally i can show some winter picts and looks good even not finished just impressionz test, so that will be not for soon.

Go Canada go, love the hockey results!!!!:mop:



Roy

 

[johnmactsf]

Looks very nice...and cold!TS12 is now running from a dedicated SSD...fast and smooth. May have to consider new video card(s), as I am a generation or more behind.I have put up a screenshot album on OneDrive...you can access it at http://1drv.ms/1cbkOIT Thi forum wil still not play nice with my images! Feel free to download, post, or comment on any of them.A big "Thank you" to n8phu for the great CPR ES44AC motive power. They look terrific on the route.Roy...in the screenshots you can see the USCG C-130 crashes consistently in the same place. Just an observation, not a complaint!I will take a look in Surveyor today.Regards:JohnMac

 

[RoysTrainz]

this answers your "crash" as the C-130 was just an example on a small piece of trail see pict. you can extent andn use like a track adjusting heights at the spline points not to hit the mountains, use invisble track BNSF50 is easy to see and use.

I use google/picasa for my pictures to handle and post works very well.

Roy:wave:

 

[RoysTrainz]

Roy

 

[Rob725]

Again... those new trees are really something aren't they?!

A couple of aircraft things folks.
It looks like the problem with the crash is the track ends as Roy has noted. A caution when flying Vulcan aircraft (and re-skins done by others like me), you need to make sure that you set the derailment to none in Driver/session. Flying aircraft at high speeds isn't something Trainz can deal with especially when track bends are involved.

The more important note is that the USCG C-130 is a long way from home in the Rocky Mountains. Maybe you should be flying something more appropriate, such as RCAF CC-130.

Hercules CC-130H RCAF 344 Startup
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Or if you're having problems with deep winter snow, something Vulcan & I have been working on for a while that I uploaded on the weekend. An LC-130 that they use in the polar regions.

Hercules LC-130 USAF NYAG Startup (1999+)
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Sorry for being a bit off topic Roy, but I thought everyone should know the options for exploring Royz world isn't limited to the view from a loco cab. There are many aircraft available on DLS that are often seen flying over or about the Canadian Rockies. Glenn has already posted a few shots of a Jazz Dash 8 & a DHC 6 Twin Otter but there are many more.

 

[johnmactsf]

Roy: I thought that might be the case after opening Surveyor. Thanks for the info. I will make a large loop so can explore from the air.

Rob: Very nice pix. I shall have to look for those! Glad to hear Ian is still active.

Regards:
JohnMac

 

[RoysTrainz]

Mornina all,

no picts today after virtual frostbite in my fingers from yesterday:hehe: shoot .

@ John you can see the imaxcam tack i made to create a vid also an example one can make loops trails anywhere and just take the appropriate gem from Ian and Rob and enjoy the landscape.
To be honest i never run a train from the cab as the scenery is reflected like sittin in a shoebox and only see the very nearby surroundings if lucky the windows alllow so.
Even though some cab hardliners will still fight this opinion as a no go and swear on cab view.
I still think a great landscape if the route provides deserves to be seen from the outside and see at the same time the consist.
@Rob i will check the CM CA planes n other flying stuff so i could change finally those oldies (nothing else was available to me at that time when the route was first created) and put those great planes in the route.
Wow love the LC-130 and yes in former post Glenn did post gems too Jazz n Otter, wait till the Laggan sub arrives you will forget to use the cab for a long time as the rockies all the way to Banff will shine and snow will be powder only.

today back to Banff no more test on RM-1 wait for RM-2 and than see how we can create new seasonal tree routes like seen in the pictures before.

Roy:wave:

 

[RoysTrainz]

I must admit my memory is globbering a little bit

@ Rob,

I checked the CM and see man i am shy I did on dec 16th 2013 dl and install the C-130 RCAF but probably got sidetracked again on so many things I forogot to update my "routes" but it is not that bad as users can easily replace the plane in question with another one.

Roy

 

[64Warhorse]

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[64Warhorse]

Coal in the mountains.

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[JohnnyC1]

Hi folks, I just D/L the Kicking Horse Pass, and it's a Kick A**! Just a couple of quick questions:
1. What major industries, besides forest products, are transported from this region, mines, minerals, petroleum?
2. What other RR's would interchange with the CP?
3. What part of the US is this route closest too?

John

 

[jacksonbarno]

I can answer 2 and three.
2) Most likely only CN.
3) Pacific Northwest: Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, etc...

 

[JohnnyC1]

I guess with all of that wood, there's got to be paper mills. Hey, my first ever helicopter flight crashed, I flow off the end of the world! I though I would loop back to the airport! I'm still exploring the route. Who makes some good VIA assets, gotta have passenger service!

John

 

[64Warhorse]

Hi folks, I just D/L the Kicking Horse Pass, and it's a Kick A**! Just a couple of quick questions:
1. What major industries, besides forest products, are transported from this region, mines, minerals, petroleum?
2. What other RR's would interchange with the CP?
3. What part of the US is this route closest too?

John

1) There's a quarry near Golden on the full route, and there are General Cargo terminals at the yards in Golden and Revelstoke, but most of the online industries are in fact lumber mills of one sort or another. IRL there's apparently now a concrete plant in Golden, but it doesn't show up in the game.

2) Over the full CPR system, it probably has interchanges with all the other Class 1 railroads in North America. Looking at the respective system maps, for the part of the route that interests us, CNR, UP and BNSF would all be reasonable.

3) As previously noted, the Pacific Northwest.

 

[RoysTrainz]

Morning all,

my internet connections is still shaky'down ( not my website this one runs out of Europe glassfibre connections, man isn't that something we could use here too) till sunday allowance eats away 5gb so fast you not even notice it is there and shameless expensive and not working over the weekend coz to many people use it. amazing thailand but bet not only here.
@64warhorse thanks for the great shots and post to help John .

@John sorry for the crash i did create some trails for flight wat back to see if people are interested so not put mores sutff but it is so easy and fast you can create in no time your own flightpaths anywhere to do some great discoveries of of track scenery there too.
most users know by now my routes is not just trainz and not cab at all (personally) but a multic purpose usage of a given territory as far as trainz sw can carry at the moment. See what Tane rabbits we find in N3V hat for the next level.

Roy

 

[64Warhorse]

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[64Warhorse]

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[JohnnyC1]

Morning all,

my internet connections is still shaky'down ( not my website this one runs out of Europe glassfibre connections, man isn't that something we could use here too) till sunday allowance eats away 5gb so fast you not even notice it is there and shameless expensive and not working over the weekend coz to many people use it. amazing thailand but bet not only here.
@64warhorse thanks for the great shots and post to help John .

@John sorry for the crash i did create some trails for flight wat back to see if people are interested so not put mores sutff but it is so easy and fast you can create in no time your own flightpaths anywhere to do some great discoveries of of track scenery there too.
most users know by now my routes is not just trainz and not cab at all (personally) but a multic purpose usage of a given territory as far as trainz sw can carry at the moment. See what Tane rabbits we find in N3V hat for the next level.

Roy

Yep, right off the bat I figured the best way it to view the route is an air tour, just have to be careful of the edges. I'll doing a survey of the sites to locate a coal mine a limestone quarry. I'll send screenies of my efforts.

John

 

[64Warhorse]

Whoa! Running just west of the wye at Rogers Pass, had a lightning strike come down at trackside, about fifty feet in front of my lead ES44. Exciting! Sadly, no way to get a screen cap ...

 

[Rob725]

I can answer 2 and three.
2) Most likely only CN.
3) Pacific Northwest: Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, etc...

Hi folks,
Seems there's been a bit of speculation & suggestion in response to this one. I'm not going to contradict anyone as such but this how I understand it from my own experiences.

I've seen some of the US locos in Southern Alberta & B.C. but more south through Crow's Nest pass. The rolling stock no doubt frequently gets mixed up and travels far & wide.

What I know about the Rocky Mountain rail routes is this.

If you travel east from Vancouver CP & CN each have rail sub divisions (subs) that follow the Fraser River all the way to Kamploops (about 1/2 way to Calgary). The two companies have agreements to use the other network should there be a failure such as an avalanche or breakdown. At Kamloops the two rail systems diverge. The CP rail continues east through to Revelstoke, Golden, Banff, Calgary and further east. The CN route heads further north east to Jasper then east to Edmonton & beyond eventually ending up in Nova Scotia. Both are very important freight routes and you can pretty much see any type of rolling stock on either route. There isn't much industry through the mountains but you can run all kinds of rolling stock on Royz Routez. Not to discourage, but you won't see too many CN locos on the CPR sub or anywhere between Kamloops and Calgary. There are CN trains in Calgary due to a link north with Edmonton.

Passenger services.

The Rocky Mountaineer is a company that is independent of CN & CP. A single train runs from Vancouver to Kamloops. During the overnight stopover the train is split in half & the front half continues to Calgary via Banff on the CPR subs & the rear to Jasper on the CN subs. Obviously west bound it all reverses.

Via Rail is affiliated (or owned by?) CN and travels on CN's subs. The Via Trans-Canada train uses the CN equipment from Vancouver to Kamloops then takes the northern pass to Jasper. It also continues all the way to Nova Scotia.

So again, not to discourage, you'll see the Rocky Mountaineer on the CPR Sub, but not Via trains.

It's Royz World so do what you feel you want to. I just thought it would be worth putting the facts out there.