CityRail 4 Progress Shots (WARNING:Possible Large Pics)

jkuhn

Owner of PacificTrainz
I have begun to build the final CityRail route. CityRail4 will bring for the first time my custom content as well as a higher standard for my routes. These higher standards include more scenery, more DLS content, and custom content.

The first city called Louisville, took over 26 hours with a period of 12 straight working hours to build. While it isn't all done, it is getting close.

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The entrance to Kanter Yard, which is in Louisville. Kanter Yard is based on the design of the yard and Amtrak facility in Oakland,CA.
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Street Running is also a feature based on Oakland. With plenty to make ya hungry, Mickey D's anyone?
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CityRail4 will take much of it's design from the railroads in California, but be visualized in a fictional way. Some of the route along the way will be coast line, however, for the first 125 miles, it'll mostly be desert.
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A view of Kanter Yard/Facility in it's early stages. Most of the facility is done,but more scenery is going to be added. As for the yard, mainly the container yard essentials.
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I'll soon add a wye to Louisville Terminal. Louisville Terminal is 6 tracks surrounded by interstate freeways. Was getting up to 98FPS with three trains in the terminal.
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One of the most crazy features of the route are the road signs. They serve a bigger purpose than you would think. The roadsigns with the town's distances are actually useful for the user who is driving the train,as the signs also tell the you how far you are from the next station. Pretty neat huh.
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So CityRail4 (also being called CRX), will be a complete route. It will stretch a full 295 miles between Louisville Terminal to Palmwood. With views of the desert, city skyscrapers, and best of all...beaches. Like the three routes before it, CityRail4 will meet my three main criteria: QUALITY CREATIVITY FUN.

I'll soon start adding in the next section of track, once that is done,I'll have more progress pics.

If anyone has any ideas,I'll be happy to hear them. :):cool:
 
CityRail3 is currently available: http://cityrailroutes.webs.com/cityrail3.htm

ALL THE DEPENDENCIES (from 3rd party's) Listed HERE with LINKS: http://cityrailroutes.webs.com/dependencies.htm

The unknown dependencies will most likely be a car spline ,but you can PM me here on the forums just to be sure.

As for CityRail and CityRail2, they are no longer available. CityRail was built for TRS2006 and CR2 was dropped in December.

If you have any questions,let me know! :)
 
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CityRail4 will not be available on the DLS. I currently plan to keep it third party,however that could change over time.

The route is still in it's early stages, a decision will be made by June 2013 about it's release.

I do have a multiplayer route in the works that'll be on the DLS later this Fall.
 
Wow.....it's been a really long time since I posted progress shots here. :O Well here are some more!

The last shots posted here were around Louisville, which was around MP 7, now these shots are around MP 79.

Around MP 68, the mainline splits in two, the main tracks continue on,while a branchline for coal trains (called Lowell Coal Branch), makes it's way towards Lowell Power Plant.
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The Lowell Yard Junction, is where the Branchline meets again with the mainline. The mainline also joins with the branchline. The main yard hasn't been started yet, what is shown here is the "sub" yard.
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There are a lot of slopes and curves in Lowell. The track heading under the bridge is the Branchline splitting away from the mainline. The double stack is on it's way out of Lowell on the mainline.
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The city next to Lowell is River City, which is literally a river city. Lots of canals (River city is more catchy) run throughout the city, in the end, the city will have a very epic design.
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UP Mixed freight rolls through River City.
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A view of the mainline yard in Lowell facing West. The double stack you see is on the mainline. The mainline yard goes over the branchline to mainline curve and continues a bit East, joins up with the branch,and will go into the big yard in about two miles.
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Hope everyone likes the pics! I do plan to show more very soon.
 
I finally have more shots of CityRail4! Now updated and very close to it's completion....

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Right now, CityRail4 will be at least 90 miles in length. Plenty of things to do on the route. Whether you want to run a double stack all the way through, or make quick stops with a commuter train, this route allows you to do that.

More shots coming soon!
 
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