Dragons Pass Railroad 2023

[VIA6415]

After abit of time (5 years or so) and a lot of consideration, I decided to revisit my old DPR map and rebuild it from the ground up. many of you arnt aware of the route and those who us you who remember it know all too well where I'm going with this so I'll just get right into it. I'm not going to bore you with the sap story as it has already been posted more times than I can remember.

The route is going to brot into the new modern world with more modern and practical locomotives and rolling stock, I'm ditching the "crap" content as it's just outdated and most of it is full of unfixable errors and sooner or later becomes unusable in trainz, as we all know trainz updates and ruins older content that ends up long forgotten.

So what will happen to the custom models? I'll only be keeping the bust-looking models the GX-2 690s and propane switchers will stay while the rest will be sent to the scrap yard for permanent retirement. I will be looking at new models and anyone with the skills to make custom reskins "My reskins suck known fact", I'll post updates as progress goes on over the next few years.
As for the map size, it will be smaller and more manageable as well as cleaned up. I plan on doing away with the extra bulk and making it DLS-friendly with no more hair-pulling missing kuids.
Any questions if you wish to take part send me a pm.
Bewell Foks

 

[VIA6415]

Progress Shots: The changes to the map are as follows everything south of Iorn Vellay is gone! all unused tiles were deleted and unfinished tracks were removed. Iron Vellay is the endpoint and getting updated. This is one of many spots to be changed.

The size has been greatly changed now and still has a lot of miles I removed the unused parts

Bottom of the shot the track was extended for a possible expectation at a later date.

 

[VIA6415]

I forgot this guy was even here, He sat here alone awhile and hadn't seen a train in some time. The former mainline sat quiet for years thinking it was time to give him a new home. (former main removed V6.0)

That's better now he gets some railfanning in.

 

[VIA6415]

Years Ago I built these locomotives to be propane switchers for Dragons Pass as a concept idea to explore the idea of propane as a fuel for locomotives, honestly, I had no idea what I was doing the models turned out not half bad but the engine files suck as they have no breaking or pulling power at less for me. I plan to swap out the old file to a sw1500 engine that's more realistic for a small locomotive.

 

[VIA6415]

now I have the yard how I want in Iron Valley. I need to work on the industry in the area

 

[VIA6415]

I have been working on updates to the GX locomotives this is being done in 2 phases, phase 1 is changing some texture F-ups, removing the crap horn and cursed engine sounds, along with some of the paintwork, Phase 2 will be turning the mesh into TS23 compatible meshes this is beyond my current gmax skill level I'll need help with fixing that mess, that's a hole another beast of its own more James skill level than mine. I like these models they were a pain to build, not many made custom locomotives from the ground up and have them look like a locomotive that a railroad would use.

 

[jonwray]

The Calimere branch sure sounds like an interesting run!

 

[VIA6415]

The Tunnel just past Black Lake was removed and I opened it up to make the valley flow abit I think it turned out not too shabby.

 

[VIA6415]

I got a 14% grade on the insane Geaylock Connon run.

 

[RetroRails12]

you got some scenery Clipping in a few of those shots i would work on those areas first before you even continue with the work your doing so you have a Better representation of the work your doing along with Representing the route better.... I know this is virtual railroading but you got to focus more on making the route standout instead of being lack luster kind of work... Pictures show more that you missed then looking at it in person before taking the picture..... Take this advice from someone that has been playing trainz for almost 20 years and building routes for half that time... If you need somebody to look at the work your doing and spot areas that need more work done just ask the Veteran players who have been playing the game since it came out we are here to help.. just my two cents worth

 

[VIA6415]

you got some scenery Clipping in a few of those shots i would work on those areas first before you even continue with the work your doing so you have a Better representation of the work your doing along with Representing the route better.... I know this is virtual railroading but you got to focus more on making the route standout instead of being lack luster kind of work... Pictures show more that you missed then looking at it in person before taking the picture..... Take this advice from someone that has been playing trainz for almost 20 years and building routes for half that time... If you need somebody to look at the work your doing and spot areas that need more work done just ask the Veteran players who have been playing the game since it came out we are here to help.. just my two cents worth

true I plan on fixing them spots, right now I'm focused on making the railroad make scents where what goes where and the movement of goods. I have been a member of trainz for years under two user names dragonharh & VIA. Thanks for the support!

 

[RetroRails12]

true I plan on fixing them spots, right now I'm focused on making the railroad make scents where what goes where and the movement of goods. I have been a member of trainz for years under two user names dragonharh & VIA. Thanks for the support!

ah now i know who ya are... Welcome back man...
check my signature out and come see me on my discord server if the link doesn't work PM me and i will get ya a new one

 

[VIA6415]

Ok, so I decided to make a real HO model of the DPR GX-1 Turbine locomotive this is something I wanted to do but never had the parts to do it.

 

[VIA6415]

Sorry for the delay in the progress update. I have been busy Working on the Iorn Valley, relining the track, and changing things.

Iron Valley Bridge was replaced and rebuilt to make the route more pleasing to the eyes than bla.

Iron Valley has three mines, but up to now, they didn't exist on any of the older maps even tho it was said in the description for the map; now it does; that old mine #1 was just behind the hill, as shown? The iron mine dried up long ago but still has its building and siding. The Greenhill & West Pass Railroad ran iron ore from the mine and took it into the Iorn Valley Yard, where it would get sorted and shipped across the map to various industries, including Catacomea Iron Works.

 

[blueodessey]

Sorry for the delay in the progress update. I have been busy Working on the Iorn Valley, relining the track, and changing things.

Iron Valley Bridge was replaced and rebuilt to make the route more pleasing to the eyes than bla.

Iron Valley has three mines, but up to now, they didn't exist on any of the older maps even tho it was said in the description for the map; now it does; that old mine #1 was just behind the hill, as shown? The iron mine dried up long ago but still has its building and siding. The Greenhill & West Pass Railroad ran iron ore from the mine and took it into the Iorn Valley Yard, where it would get sorted and shipped across the map to various industries, including Catacomea Iron Works.

 

[blueodessey]

I have followed you since the Days of TANE ?, hard to remember, but your Routes are quite interesting.

Pictures and Back Story are nice to see and read about. Thank you for sharing.

 

[VIA6415]

DPR passing thow Rockwell with the rear Andrew Locomotive in tow, train #149 is on route to Greenhill.

 

[VIA6415]

I just released the next update to the route that will add the new changes; you notice a lot of updates; it has been a while. The most old version sessions will no longer work in this update; new, improved sessions. If you want an old session to return, let me know.
This is only a progress update. I'm still working on more changes and track work.
Sorry for the long wait; I'm unsure what the next update will be.

TrainzUpdate Dragons Passage 2023 <KUID2:134612:100005:12> Required build: Trainz+ 22 123794
Required Downloads, RCW, JR, & RRmods,

 

[VIA6415]

One of the significant changes coming to the route will be Rockwell; this part of the map hasn't seen much done scents TRS12. If I'm being honest, Rockwell and Greenhill's yards are too close, and While Rockwell is more of a hub, it will get an overdue overhaul as Greenhill will get wiped off the map and turned into a small coastal town. At the same time, Rockwell will grow into a railroad hub. Rockwell hosts three railroads, while Greenhill is more useless and isn't practical

 

[VIA6415]

New Greenhill, not much remains of the old city, and you may not even recognize it anymore. The only thing that gives it away is the tower in the foreground.