East Kentucky
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The Davidson Spur departs the EK main at the small community of Lothair, just east of Hazard. The current prototype track arrangement is a simple spur into a single large mine complex which empty trains access by being pushed backwards from Hazard Yard, a trip of about two miles which requires a caboose on the 'front' on account of a couple of road crossings. The Tiger data however shows a more complex arrangement with a second mine complex a mile or so farther downstream accessed by a wye located below a long road bridge. Satellite images clearly show that a mine is (or was) in the area, so I have let my imagination run riot and come up with this complex but visually pleasing arrangement. There were originally three Tipples on the western end of Davidson Spur, Bluegrass #3 and #4 and Starfire, so I have tentatively named the tipple on the eastern end of Davidson Spur Starfire #2. Does anybody know the facts? In keeping with the 'early' time period, a pair of L&N RS3s arrive from Hazard while a pair of S2s wait to get to work on the empties.
Andy
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captkilljoy
www.rrmods.com
Looking good!
I can't believe it's two and a half years since I worked seriously on this project!
I am dividing my time between Clovis3 and EK3, endless desert texturing is getting me down and this is about as far from desert as I can get!! EK3 will be EKTree - I was never happy with the bare hillsides in EK1 and 2, but the computer I started the project on was below minimum spec for TRS04 so I had to go way lo-poly.
EKTree will include a total re-working of the previous versions of the route including replacing a lot of assets with more recent offerings, improving the trackwork and retexturing most of it.
The first area tackled is Blair Fork (on EK2) - it looks better with trees, even if I did have the good weather fog cranked up a bit high....
Proposed release date: you gotta be joking!
Andy
I am dividing my time between Clovis3 and EK3, endless desert texturing is getting me down and this is about as far from desert as I can get!! EK3 will be EKTree - I was never happy with the bare hillsides in EK1 and 2, but the computer I started the project on was below minimum spec for TRS04 so I had to go way lo-poly.
EKTree will include a total re-working of the previous versions of the route including replacing a lot of assets with more recent offerings, improving the trackwork and retexturing most of it.
The first area tackled is Blair Fork (on EK2) - it looks better with trees, even if I did have the good weather fog cranked up a bit high....
Proposed release date: you gotta be joking!
Andy
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Total revision of everything done previously, plus extension westwards to include the major yard at Hazard and still more coal on the Lotts Creek Branch - it's gonna take a while
Is this route available for download?
EK2 (East Kentucky V2) is available for download, click my sig and follow the links. It looks nothing like those screenies tho - no trees. If you flick back a few pages in this thread you will get the idea...
Andy
http://www.greenery.name/mstsg/mstsgd.htm?trainz,1
There are two pages - 4 tree packs in total. The grasses and shrubbery are worth getting also...
There are two pages - 4 tree packs in total. The grasses and shrubbery are worth getting also...
cascaderailroad
New member
That looks like MP Wood track...all the great detail on your route, is really making that track look appealing.
