Looking for White River, VT DEM not DLS version

[JCitron]

You'll like this video. It's taken on the same route in the area.

 

[rwk]

Is that the line that goes into Whitefield that's not really part of Conway Scenic but Conway Scenic occasionally used it between Hazens and the ball signal at the diamond in Whitefield?

 

[JCitron]

Is that the line that goes into Whitefield that's not really part of Conway Scenic but Conway Scenic occasionally used it between Hazens and the ball signal at the diamond in Whitefield?

Yes it is, and it's currently run by the VRS now. They are busy rebuilding the yard track up there in Whitefield and clearing brush in other areas. This is what I was explaining before.

Cool!

 

[rwk]

There were a few railfan trips to the ball signal from North Conway and even the 7470 steam locomotive went there, with diesels at the rear of the train for the return trip. Here is a Conway Scenic diesel excursion train at the ball signal in Whitefield. This location is in a Trainz VT-NH loop route by gfisher I have. I want to connect it to the other MEC route I have but there is an elevation difference of 298 meters at Whitefield and 566.68 meters north of Crawfords station. I plan to use blank baseboards, but I will have to do a gentle slope from Fabyans Station to around Hazens.

 

[JCitron]

While this route isn't the MEC, it's terrain is very similar. The terrain height is very close to what you are looking for. This may extend your route a bit more and I know it won't be prototypical.

Check out their Saluda Grade if you don't have it already.

The Switchback

www.theswitchbacktrainz.com

 

[rwk]

I'd rather try to recreate the actual route though. Is there a secret for hand building a section with blank baseboards where the gradient slowly goes down a couple hundred meters?

 

[JCitron]

I'd rather try to recreate the actual route though. Is there a secret for hand building a section with blank baseboards where the gradient slowly goes down a couple hundred meters?

I understand.

Not really. There's no easy way to do it. To be realistic about it, you need TransDEM. The program costs around $30.00 a bit more or less from what I remember. It's not as difficult to use as may people claim it is.

The alternative is to use BaseMapz for the images and download the .tga DEM images for the area. Chop up the images into single baseboard sized chunks and raise each section up using height maps. If you try to use bigger chunks, it'll be difficult to select the baseboards you want to raise up. This will be a long process that's prone to errors and to be honest, I'd go for TransDEM. The $30 bucks is worth it in the end.

There is a way in TransDEM to adjust lateral differences by about a half a baseboard. This may be enough to line up the old HOG routes with the new TransDEM route.

 

[rwk]

I had TransDEM but lost access to it. I don't have the installer anymore. Do I need a newer version for 19/22? I think I would have to buy a new license from Roland. I know a person on here who could make a DEM for me. But how are hand built routes like Dry Brook & Esopus Valley done? The east end starts out at 0 elevation but rises in elevation to the west. There is a tool in Surveyor to make sloping land and adjust the steepness of it. My old email got hacked months ago so I can't access any of Roland's old emails to me. The hacker changed the password and changed the recovery email so I'm unable to reset/change the password. It was an MSN email. I just created a new Outlook email then. I just might try that Basemapz program. Will it work with a screenshot of a topo map? Does it apply map images to baseboards? That would help me get the distances right instead of measuring everything manually in Google Maps with the ruler tool and using the 1 mile asset in Trainz that is divided into four 1/4 mile segments as well as the ruler tool in Trainz.