Hudson River Route (Warning Large Images)

[Zorronov]

Howdy Fred, it has been far too long my friend! I'm making a trip to Saratoga to see my uncle next month and decided to try Amtrak for the first time... so I've got tickets for the Adirondack northbound and the Ethan Allen southbound, I'm leaving from Rhinecliff so let me know if you'd like pictures from there, I plan on getting there early and will have time to kill. It's a very nice old station there, plus I feel my Jeep is safer there than Poughkeepsie, haha. The route is looking amazing as always!

Thanks for the offer tbob! I would appreciate seeing any pics from the area, but nothing specific, since I'm modelling further south. My wife and I are planning a trip next summer...NYC...train to Albany...rent a car. We plan on exploring the Capital District around Albany as well. Then it will be east through New England. I'm so jazzed!

Have fun!

Cheers,
Fred

 

[CSX5220]

Thanks for the offer tbob! I would appreciate seeing any pics from the area, but nothing specific, since I'm modelling further south. My wife and I are planning a trip next summer...NYC...train to Albany...rent a car. We plan on exploring the Capital District around Albany as well. Then it will be east through New England. I'm so jazzed!

Have fun!

Cheers,
Fred

Fred, If you'd like to, you are more than welcome to click the link on my sig, and check out my website. You may be very interested in seeing what the capital district is all about. Plus not to mention its free to join and High Definition vids and pictures.

Best Regards
Mike S.

PS this goes for anyone else as well. I just spent another 12 hrs rail fanning today taking pictures and vids. Hope to see you there.

 

[Zorronov]

Thanks Mike! I'll check it out...maybe become a member as well. I've been reading a book called "Early Railroads of New York's Capital District". It's really tweaked my interest in the area.

On a side note...for those of you who like this kind of stuff...there is a website that has a very large selection of historic railroad map prints:

http://www.rainfall.com/posters/mapsrailroad/catalog1.htm

I've got my eye on a map of the railroads of New York State in 1856 and another one of the Hudson River Railroad. I'm gonna get them and frame them for my new man cave.

Cheers,
Fred

 

[Zorronov]

Cheers,
Fred

 

[malikrthr]

Man, these are just eye catching pics. Amazing work.

 

[H222]

What is the bus in the first shot thread??

Jamie

 

[Zorronov]

What is the bus in the first shot thread??

Jamie

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you...I've been grading final exams. That bus is:

Greyhound Traveler Coach <kuid:60238:50>

It's one of the many fine creations by vulcan. It's on the DLS. I would recommend downloading all of his Greyhound buses. In fact, I would recommend downloading all of vulcan's content. You can't go wrong.

Cheers,
Fred

 

[Zorronov]

Cheers,
Fred

 

[Dermmy]

Lovin' it Fred

 

[malikrthr]

Is that screenshot from trainz 2006, classics, or 09? Man, that is lifelike. Just one question, where did you get those forest or tree splines? I would like to use them on my route but I am not sure if these would make my route lag a bit. I am manually placing trees down but it takes alot of time rotating them and adjusting their heights.

 

[qassaquyangli]

Is that screenshot from trainz 2006, classics, or 09? Man, that is lifelike. Just one question, where did you get those forest or tree splines? I would like to use them on my route but I am not sure if these would make my route lag a bit. I am manually placing trees down but it takes alot of time rotating them and adjusting their heights.

To malikrthr: to Automatically rotate trees and other objects, go to surveyor, press Options(I think) then go to surveyor options and check "Randomly Rotate New Objects".
to Zorronov: Nice shots I have a idea to make route with pieces of land forming a "Bridge" out of land..:hehe:

 

[Zorronov]

Thanks everyone!

Is that screenshot from trainz 2006, classics, or 09? Man, that is lifelike. Just one question, where did you get those forest or tree splines? I would like to use them on my route but I am not sure if these would make my route lag a bit. I am manually placing trees down but it takes alot of time rotating them and adjusting their heights.

That forest spline is:

Eastern_Forest_Mt_Cover_20m_Dense <kuid2:3304:37205:2>

...another of the many fine creations by dmdrake. It really wouldn't be possible to do something on this scale with individual trees. I don't care what kind of trees they are. Beyond 40 - 50m from the tracks it's that spline. There's an art to placing the splines too...but after over 4 years, I think I'm starting to get the hang of it.

I have a idea to make route with pieces of land forming a "Bridge" out of land..:hehe:

I think that's called a causeway. I didn't know what it was called either until I looked it up. Transdem makes it a lot easier to make them, although you still have to go along the riverbank and smooth it out.

Cheers,
Fred

P.S. I almost forgot. This is in TRS2006.

 

[CSX5220]

Looking impressive at cold springs (or even if it's in that area)

Thanks for joining there Zorronov. Please keep up the fine work.

Best Regards
Mike S.

 

[Zorronov]

Looking impressive at cold springs (or even if it's in that area)
Best Regards
Mike S.

It's not far from there...Peekskill. I'm looking forward to visiting the area next summer. I played a gig in Peekskill during the summer of '68...but who remembers that?

Cheers,
Fred

 

[malikrthr]

Thanks. These forest splines are awesome. They work a treat. Now, it's easier and faster to add detail to the hills and mountains, and it looks great. When you approach the Beacon area soon, do you think you will build Bannerman Island

 

[Zorronov]

Some may ask why I have taken and posted so many screenshots of this project over the years. Now...you might think that I'm being egocentric...well...maybe a little. There are two more important reasons. First...it's fun. I like taking screenshots. The more practical reason is...when they are uploaded, I have to stare at them for a long time. In that process I sometimes notice something wrong or someone else will notice it and point it out.

If you choose to use older content in route building, there will occasionally be problems with it. One of my favorite assets on this route is the Mobil Oil Tank that I've placed near Roa Hook. I think it may be UTC content. The date on the file is 2002. Back in those olden days there was not the capability in Trainz for directional lighting. Adding "light 1" to the config file enables it.

Notice the Mobil Tank in the following two pics...

Before

After

...exactly the same time of day, when the 20th Century Limited would come through on its way to Grand Central Terminal. It's a small detail, but that's what route building is all about.

Cheers,
Fred

 

[Zorronov]

Hmmmm...I'm going to have to replace the bright shiny white tanks and industrial building with some new models. They shouldn't be too hard to make. They look okay at midday, but not early in the morning. That's why you should look at things at extreme times of day.

Cheers,
Fred

 

[Dermmy]

Back in those olden days there was not the capabilty in Trainz for directional lighting. Adding "light 1" to the config file enables it.

Cheers,
Fred

That's exactly why I love these forums so much - thanks Fred that's definitely something worth knowing...

Andy

 

[Zorronov]

Thanks. These forest splines are awesome. They work a treat. Now, it's easier and faster to add detail to the hills and mountains, and it looks great. When you approach the Beacon area soon, do you think you will build Bannerman Island

You're welcome.

I would very much like to reach the island. I originally planned Bannerman Castle to be at the northern terminus of the route...so we'll see. Anyway I bought a nice book about it, part of the Images of America series, to which I've become addicted.

Cheers,
Fred

P.S. You're welcome too, Andy. Thanks!

 

[Zorronov]

Cheers,
Fred