deadpoolmx55
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well how can you help cascade? lol
(K&L trainz) The Standard Mainline of the World
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cascaderailroad
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It'z only Twackz' ... just lines on a screen ... I could buildz' it fer' ya' 
Use low poly twack'
Use low poly twack'deadpoolmx55
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how do you add a image to a base board so i can add the yards to my route? like people do with google earth
cascaderailroad
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Just lay 2 or more "track alignment tool 50 tracks 5m"<KUID2:222633:485050:1>, or a series of PRR Track Guides, or use MB_16m_finescale_quad_4m as a tracklaying spacer ... lay parallel multitrack yards, and worry about all the switchs later on.
At one time Altoona Yards employed 30,000 workers, and the main function was weighing and classifying thousands of coal hoppers on eastbound coal trains, along with 300+ passenger trains daily.
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At one time Altoona Yards employed 30,000 workers, and the main function was weighing and classifying thousands of coal hoppers on eastbound coal trains, along with 300+ passenger trains daily.
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc339/cascaderailroad/AltoInterlocking1.jpg
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jacksonbarno
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A better and easier way to do this would be to just build Altoona as a seperate route, and then use iportals to connect it to other routes, that's what I'm doi'n. Altoona is hard, just the trackwork is hard, I can't imagine all of the buildings! Also, I always thought the station in Altoona was pretty small for all of the passenger trains that ran through there: The Broadway and the General, the Trailblazer and the Jeffersonian, the Spirit of st. Louis, the Liberty Limited, the Manhattan Limited, and many others, plus many unnamed trains! Did the PRR ever operate any commuter servece in Altoona, or just Pittsburgh, NY, Chicago, Phili, Baltimore, and D.C.?
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deadpoolmx55
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jjanmarine3
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Hi,
That locomotive in the first shot, is there a specific reason why that type of pilot was used ? One would think that obsticles would not be 'thrown' clear off the track like with the normal pilot .
Jan
cascaderailroad
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Some yard switchers, had pilot steps, for step riding conductors.
Even cowcatcher locos could run over debris.
One favorite prank was that houldlums, would be to intentionaly place bicycles, baby carriages, lawnmowers, and other large metal equipment, directly in the path of loco's, inside the mile long track water tank scoop troughs. Then when a PRR loco would take on water at high speed, showering everything in it's wake with water spray, the tender water scoop operator in the tender doghouse, would try to raise the water scoop in time, before the end of the water tank trough, and the scoop was still jammed open, fouling the mechanisim ... then the water scoop was torn off from under the tender, also tearing off the end of the metal track water tank trough end ... scoundrels !
Even cowcatcher locos could run over debris.
One favorite prank was that houldlums, would be to intentionaly place bicycles, baby carriages, lawnmowers, and other large metal equipment, directly in the path of loco's, inside the mile long track water tank scoop troughs. Then when a PRR loco would take on water at high speed, showering everything in it's wake with water spray, the tender water scoop operator in the tender doghouse, would try to raise the water scoop in time, before the end of the water tank trough, and the scoop was still jammed open, fouling the mechanisim ... then the water scoop was torn off from under the tender, also tearing off the end of the metal track water tank trough end ... scoundrels !
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deadpoolmx55
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jjanmarine3
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Uggghhhh...You remind me of an incident..we rerailed a truck one day. The shunter was riding on the front steps of the truck similar to these on this loco , just on the side . He must have seen too late that the switchblades were not set as intended and jumped off, must have tripped and fell right under the wheels, it was ghastly, his parts were strewn all over and stuck in the brake gear...
Back to the subject, the cowcatchers were normally set at a height of about 100mm to push off most obstacles that could cause a derailment.Often they were too low , like when the tyres on the wheels had been cut and the cowcatchers not reset, it would scrape on the level crossings and sometimes be folded underneath the loco.Nice callouts we had in the S/African bush and game farms sometimes.
Back to the subject, the cowcatchers were normally set at a height of about 100mm to push off most obstacles that could cause a derailment.Often they were too low , like when the tyres on the wheels had been cut and the cowcatchers not reset, it would scrape on the level crossings and sometimes be folded underneath the loco.Nice callouts we had in the S/African bush and game farms sometimes.
deadpoolmx55
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ALTO interlocking! thanks cascade you helped alot
deadpoolmx55
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L1 time, just giving it a trial spin around the curve
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Benny curve
gallitzin tunnels east side
the brickyard grade crossing
qassaquyangli
The Flying Cloud
cascaderailroad
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Those Mahanoy Fanbuildings need to be set into the tunnel portal to work. The prototype was quite a but different than Mahanoy Fanbuildings, but there were 2 of those big rusty brutes on the Gallitzin & Alleghenny bores. A brick power house sat between the 2 fans.
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deadpoolmx55
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I may just have Steve make me some fans for it if he's up to it, thanks everyone.
I know. But Do you really think the I1sa is almost complete? A post by Steve Lerro confirms that they have not even started it. Now, there is a way to convert MSTS to Trainz but i lac the skill to do it.Look at his signature. :hehe:
Jcalmx55, The route looks FANTASTIC!:udrool:
