Darjeeling Himalayan Railroad: Revisited (big pictures)

[Franklin_Prestage]

A very good day to you all. I am informed by my friends labouring on the recreation of the DHR in their virtual world that a few items called "screen shots" would be of inestimable value in helping to secure volunteers to assist in scene dressing. To this end, I have included several shots of their work in progress. Some scenes are complete, while others are in their very initial stages, but all are interesting; and in colour yet.

First, a small gully crossing:

Next, two completed street scenes:

And, finally, two work in progress shots of Kurseong and Sonada:

The final two shots are representative of some of the scenes they need help with. All items necessary to bring the scene alive will be provided by the team as well as any expert advice and guidance.

I am told that one of their team has provided what he calls "SET"s that come preloaded with ground texture and various types of flora indiginous to the area and all that is necessary is to "copy and paste them to the trainboard" whatever that means.

Of course, many actual photographs of the area are available for guidance in scenery placement.

For your enjoyment, it is said that if you "click on this link" http://darjeelingtrainz.com you will be transported to their web site.

Your friend:

Franklin Prestage

 

[seeseeme]

Excellent work and well worth the wait, if I did not have so many projects of my own I may try and help out.

Congratulations to all,

Craig

 

[msdejesus]

This is one of the most original, colourful and beautiful routes I´ve seen in trainz.

Congratulations, I´d love to see more screens, if it´s possible.

 

[redline41190]

i cant wait for it to be released

 

[VirtualBeechGrove]

Wow, Looks extremely unique, i cant wait to try it out!

Corey

 

[Franklin_Prestage]

Thank you very much for your most excellent comments. My friends tell me that they have a new helper for scenery dressing so that task may be made easier.

In keeping with requests, I will add one or two more screenshots:

The train itself -->

and a roadside tent market ->

Enjoy,

Your friend

Franklin

 

[benk87]

wahay! that looks REALLY impressive!

 

[nikos1]

Great Work My family is from India and although i have never visited that area i am still greatly looking forward to running it

 

[HiBaller]

Much appreciated. I did the market scene in one day in a burst of work taking over 9 hours. Impressed the heck out of Franklin.

Bill

 

[ZapperJet]

Very nice!

I took special note that the structure of the layout is consistent, because it seems almost impossible to me to do such a thing with so many creators, and so many styles for each.

Keep up the good work!

Cheers,
John

 

[3830]

LOOKS AWESOME Keep it up.

cheers, Daniel

 

[dmdrake]

Rangtong Station

Below you will find some recent screens of the Rangtong area of the DHR. Noel Brettoner has been laboring, mightily, on this stretch of the line and it is becoming more real, daily. Thanks Noel!

 

[ZapperJet]

Very Very nice! I like that DHR loco

Cheers,
John

 

[Franklin_Prestage]

One of my engineers sent me some more photos of the DHR. Here are four of them:

This area is just uphill from Kurseong and represents a fruit and vegetable market.

Do enjoy them.

Your Friend,
Franklin

 

[seeseeme]

Great photo's, I may have to drop into the Market for some Fruit & Vegies

Craig

 

[3830]

You could always catch the train Craig

Looks really good and what guage is the track? (i'm guessing 2ft cuz she spent a while on the ffestiniog), so i might use your track on the ffestiniog if I don't end up with Kevmt's track.

Keep up the fantastic work,
Daniel

 

[ZapperJet]

You could always catch the train Craig

Looks really good and what guage is the track? (i'm guessing 2ft cuz she spent a while on the ffestiniog), so i might use your track on the ffestiniog if I don't end up with Kevmt's track.

Keep up the fantastic work,
Daniel

The tracks are 2ft Gauge. Which would be why there is a page on "2ft Tech" on the Trainz DHR Site

Cheers,
John

 

[class143]

Excellent work Franklin and the team It looks brilliant

 

[rick1958]

Mr Prestage,
I would like to congratulate you and your team on their continuing progress. Your work is indeed very impressive and the original, without a doubt, an engineering feat.

This will certainly raise the bar in prototypical content and set the standard that others may only follow.

Please continue to forward the photographs of this monumental route as they most certainly wet the appetite of those waitng.

Most Sincerely,
Richard K.

 

[Franklin_Prestage]

My thanks to you all for your kind comments. The gauge is indeed 2 foot as that gauge was dictated by the tight radius turns on my route. Most notably is the loop at Agony Point which is the tightest loop.

As for "raising the bar" as Mr. Richard K. says, I am all for that. What say we all adjourn to the bar and have a drink!

Yours,

Prestage