I have been continuing development of my Durango to Silverton route in TrainzPlus. This thread will showcase some of the new features being used on the route. The textures have been completely redone with PBR. Removed a great deal of trees to improve frame rates for some folks. The track was replaced with Pencil42 no ballast to be period correct for the D&RG RR. Several other changes made to buildings and locations to better represent the historical aspect of the era.
This shot is early morning looking northeasterly to Durango from Smelter Mountain. I plan to add many more shots highlighting some of my favorite areas along the route.
A nice view a few miles south of Hermosa. I read a brief bit of history about the tracks being used by the D&RG RR in this era. It seems ballast was a luxury not affordable at the time so the sleepers were laid upon the ground and the rails were spiked directly to the ties with no plates. Sleepers were untreated and hewn from local timber.
This pleasant location is Trimble Hot Springs. A resort for the area in the 1890's that featured a large victorian style house for the guests to stay while enjoying the hot springs flowing from the mountains. There was a post office there along with a siding. It is a mile or so south of Hermosa.
