Make your Own Train Company

[BNSF1995]

Here's mine:

Continental Rail was established in 1870 as a rail line between San Francisco and Fresno via Pacheco Pass. In 2013, the railroad is now one of the largest and most profitable Class I railroads in the United States, as well as Canada and Mexico (hence the name).

Among the things that sets it apart from other railroads:

*It still uses steam locomotive in widespread use, and even builds its own using Baldwin, ALCo, and Lima blueprints
*It is the last Class I railroad that still maintains its own passenger service independent of Amtrak
*It runs the only true high-speed rail system in North America between Vancouver to Tijuana
*It still uses many older models of diesels
*It purchases rail lines that are about to be abandoned and either attracts new business, or makes them tourist lines

I don't have the programs necessary to reskin such locomotives, nor have I figured out a paint scheme for the diesels and passenger cars, but I do know what locomotives we use, the names of the long-distance passenger trains, and the routes taken.

 

[BDP]

My New Company is Called the Northport Joelburg & Eastern and has been around Since 1995 when the Conrail Ate Up the NYC. We Operate a 400 Mile System Spanning from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to the Lower Peninsula. *We Still use Steam Locomotives *Maintain a Passenger Service and Lease A lot of Ex Class 1 Railroad Locomotives from GLLX and GMTX Roster: (10) SD40-2's (1) Ex UP 4-6-6-4 1975 (1) T&P 4-6-2 (6) Dash 9's (1) Trackmobile(5) EMD GP40-2 and GP38-2(1) SD70ACe (3) C40-8's (2) RS1's (1) Ex PRR J1 Steam Locomotive

 

[chickenlover]

I know it's not a picture but....

SFBN ( reverse the colors of the BNSF Company and you got it! ) Locos: SD70, SD70M, SD70ACE, ES44AC, ES44DC, ES44C4, F7, FL9, USRA 4-8-2 #311113 A.K.A, The Firey pits of [CENSORED]

SFTA ( Still reversing ) Locos: all the above, SD40-2, SD40T-2, SD45, The entire Dash Seven line,

Yeah guys. I have no creativity at all.

 

[hauntedclipp]

USA

Western Central Lines
Denver, CO - Barstow, CA via Flagstaff, AZ. Jointly owned by the states of Arizona and Colorado. Partially uses some of ATSF's lines between Flagstaff and Barstow. Requires some rewriting of history. Established 1892. Built its own motive power in its Barstow Shops or outsourced to Baldwin. Converted its entire steam locomotive fleet to be fueled by waste vegetable oil between 1985 and 1987. Acquired the Grand Canyon Railway in 2007.

Livery: Steam locos painted black with gold lining and lettering with the WCR logo painted on the tender/tank sides. Standard coaches painted in dark brunswick green with salmon roofs and window surrounds. Streamlined coaches in all-over unpainted stainless steel with a thin dark brunswick green stripe above and below the windows (similar to PRR's metroliners).

San Diego Northern Railway
San Diego, CA - Barstow, CA using a portion of the ex-ATSF "Surf Line" with a major extension to a long-abandoned California Southern RR's line to Riverside along with the branch from Oceanside to Escondido. Also requires the rewriting of some history. Uses mostly secondhand motive power from ATSF, SP, and WCR. Established 1910. Later known for its controversial modernization plan involving the selling of its steam locomotives (most to the WCR above, the rest going to static display at museums), its ex-ATSF streamlined coaching stock (all to WCR), and the creation of the Coaster in 1994. Runs steam excursions once a month with using their sole remaining SDNR steam locomotive.

Livery:
Pre-modernization:
(1910 - late '20s) Steam locos painted mainly black with gray boiler jackets and white lettering and lining. Coaching stock painted blue with dark gray roofs, white lettering, and simple white lining. Freight stock painted gray with black lettering.
(Late '20s - mid '90s) Steam locos painted all-over black with minimal white lining and white wheel rims. Coaching stock painted blue with white window surrounds and lettering, lining eliminated. Freight stock painted oxide red with black lettering (freight services handed over to ATSF in 1945).

Post-modernization: Aqua, white, and blue with white lettering as seen on the Coaster.

UK

Pembroke Coast Railway
St David's - Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales via Abereiddy and St Nicholas. Uses mostly secondhand motive power from the WD, GWR, and Southern Region. Coaching stock comprised of secondhand pre-1923 GWR stock.

Livery: All locos painted Turkey red with burnt-umber and black lining with gold lettering, minimal burnt-umber lining on black frames, plain black wheels, GWR-style number plates, and LMS-style smokebox door number plates. Coaching stock painted in ultramarine blue with white lettering, sky blue lining, and light gray roofs. Goods stock painted plain brown with white lettering.

 

[boyerm25]

I have one called the M&O, or the Midwest & Ohio. I have no screenshots for it yet, nor have i decided on a paint scheme, but I do have a story. It was founded after the civil war to connect Minneapolis and Rochester, MN to Mason City and Des Moines, IA. It was called the Minnesota and Iowa, and was finished in 1870. They operated a daily mixed train in each direction using a 4-4-0. It didn't attract a lot of traffic, and in the late 1800s opened a lot of branches in Minnesota and Iowa, including a long one from Rochester up to northern Minnesota near the small town of Roseau. A yard was opened in rochester. This attracted more traffic, but not enough to make the railroad profitable. The railroad went bankrupt, and an individual named Matt Dough bought it. Matt wanted to sell the railroad for scrap and make money, but the citizens of Minnesota and Iowa rose up against him. They organized a company called The Citizens United for the Preservation of the Minnesota & Iowa Railroad, and bought it from Matt. By this time, other roads were providing competition, and one, called Rock Island, had dared to reproduce a section of the line. The group changed their name to the Minnesota and Iowa Railroad Corp. and merged the M&I in. Then, they realized they needed to go to more major cities, so they took out a bank loan and built a triangle between KC, Minneapolis, and Chicago. This attracted more traffic, as cattle from out west were shipped to Chicago and St. Paul, and packaged meat from KC, Chicago, and St. Paul moved across the system to both points east and west. The railroad also launched scheduled passenger service during this period. By then it was 1900. (continued later)

 

[CSXT17]

The Cleveland Buffalo and West Virginia
The CBWV gets its roots from the CR WV secondary, and the old WLE line from Akron to Minerva, and the old B&O to Lancaster Ohio which it's parent company, CLE Transportation Corp. bought from CR, CSX and NW in 1991. In 1993, they had gain enough money to rebuild the old Elk Subdivision of the B&O from Charleston to Burnsville, and from Burnsville, taking the A&O to Grafton to interchange with CSX. Once having a well-established money flow, in 1998, The CBWV bought the Old PRR line from Columbus to Bellevue, and the NKP line from Bellevue to Buffalo. Since then, the railroad has added numerous smaller lines to it's trackage, as well as gaining much more traffic.

Yards and Facilities
Bellevue, Ohio is CBWV largest yard, measuring eight Miles long, and about a third of a mile wide, with a single west/southbound hump. This yard facilitates many CBWV, WE, and NS each day. This yard is also home to the largest locomotive facility on the system.
Cleveland, Ohio is home to Clark Avenue Yard, which was built to service the many steel industries located in the Cuyahoga River Valley. Located here are the Cleveland Car Shops.
Parma Ohio is home to Parma yard, which was built to service the General Motors/Chevrolet plant.
Marion, Ohio boasts a small flat switching yard.
Columbus, Ohio is home to the joint NS/CSX/CBWV Buckeye yard, as well as a small loco facility.
Jackson, Ohio boasts the Ex-DTI yard and locomotive shops.
Circleville, Ohio has a small switching yard
Dover, Ohio Has a small switching industrial yard
Gallipolis, Ohio is home to an interchange yard for WE and CSXT
Nitro, WV is a samll switching yard
Charleston, WV is home to the Slack Street yard
Deep Water, WV has a coal marshalling yard
Burnsville Junction, WV has an interchange yard for the A&O
Beckley, WV is home to a Coal Marshalling yard
Grafton, WV is home to a CSXT yard, which CBWV has trackage rights into

Locomotive Roster
SD40-2, Ex-CSX #3200 to 3249
C424R Ex-WNYP #7230 to 7231
GP38-2 Ex-CSX, Ex-CR #3800 to 3829
D9-40C Bought New #9400 to 9429
SW1500 Ex-BN/CEFX #2100 to 2112
SD70MAC Ex-CSX #4613, 4615 to 4618, 4621
ES44AH Bought New #400 to 450, 420-450 still awaiting delivery
F40PH 2500 and 2501 ex-VIA, used for OCS

Well, there's my railroad.

Keith

 

[Bluewater]

Sorry, no pictures this time. But this is my railroad: Midwest Railroad.

Otherwise known as the "American Dream of Railroads", rising up from a mere Class III to a Class I in 18 Years, from its beginning in 1991. The Midwest Railroad's capacity was rather small back in the '90s, only 67 carloads a day moved over their trackage. It looked bleak for the company, and all the employees were given notices about a possible closure. Then, something remarkable happened: The Unstoppable Incident. (Yea, I'm insane. You have a problem with it?)
The incident was a PR nightmare for AWVR. They had to pay dearly, and came close to closing. Since the company didn't want to lose its 10,000+ employees, the executives went to MWRR, to see if they would take them in. The MWRR said yes, and then the Midwest Railroad Company's trackage expanded from a mere 246 Miles to almost 16,000, throwing it from a Class III to a Class I with the payments from AWVR's former shippers and the money AWVR paid to the MWRR Execs to buy them out.
The Midwest Railroad is based in the highly-populous city of Kalamazoo, MI (reality: 75,000 residents. In THIS timeline, 1,290,347 Residents.) One of their largest yards is there as well, at 75 Mills Street. (In reality, that's the actual address to Gearhart Yard, Grand Elk RR). The MWRR and NS interchange there, and Amtrak sometimes has their consists layover there as well (yes, in this timeline, Kalamazoo is a passenger terminus. Told you I'm crazy.) When MWRR first started, they had three ACLO RS-1s and an ex-CR C636. Now, they have almost:

300 SD40-2s (6603-6902)
127 GP40s (2534-2661)
93 GP35s (2773-2866)
35 SD70Ms (5546-5581)
152 SD70ACes (8754-8906)
24 SW1500s (467-491)
74 C40-8s (6457-6531)
82 C40-8Ws (6100-6181)
328 C40-9s (9000-9327)
599 C40-9Ws (9400-9999)
200 ES44ACs (7700-7789)
36 ES40DCs (7801-7836)
156 SD60s (1100-1125)
And the thing everyone's been waiting for...

370 SD80MACs (8100-8399)

To Be Delivered:
27 SD60Es (1000-1026)
36 SD40Es (700-735)
125 AC6000s (7500-7624)
123 AC4400s (7900-8022)

ALCO RS-1s Nos. 17 & 18 are still in service for locals only.

The MWRR has yards and service centers around the country. Some of them are:

Gearhart Yard (Kalamazoo, MI) (S, F, R)
Randolph Yard (Detroit, MI) (S, F)
67th Street Yard (Windsor, Ontario) (S, F, R)
14th Street Yard
97th Street Yard
Hemmingway Yard
Yard 447
Willow Springs Yard
Quaker Yard
34th Street Yard
Yard 815
Yard 551
Beltway Yard (Above 10 Yards are all Chicago, Illinois. Only 97th, Beltway, and 815 have full facilities. All have fuel and Service.)
Fuller Yard (Conway, PA) (S, F)
Riley Yard (Des Moines, IA) (S, F, R)
Outpost 215 (MP. 126, Iowa Sub) (F)
Lundquist Yard (Minneapolis, MN) (S, F, R)


KEY:
S: Service (General Maintenance)
F: Fuel
R: Repair (Major fixes, wreck repair, etc.)

The MWRR is also looking into passenger service. No details yet.

NOTE TO ALL: I still need a logo and a paint scheme. The Motto is: "Where you go, We go." If someone would like to come up with one, please PM me.

Thanks!

--Bluewater, The Conrail Guru

 

[Jrrrail]

Fantastic!

I like personal creativity.

It's better than copy cats.

 

[Bluewater]

An update of the MWRR

It has its own website where all downloads will be hosted that regard MWRR. Site: http://midwestrailroad.weebly.com Also, subscribe to the RSS Feed for live updates via the Blogs for Transportation, Police, Planning, and MOW!

 

[Engineerkenny]

just this second I thought of a spoof on NH new Happy railroad this just came to me now okay:hehe:

 

[BDP]

NJ&E's Modo: "The Good Track Road - We Haul for You!" Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NorthportJoelburgAndEasternNje?fref=ts

 

[boyerm25]

In 1901, the M&I started building from Minneapolis north to tap the iron ore from northern Minnesota. They had Baldwin build three large 2-8-8-4s for the opening, and started hauling ore south from Hibbing to Chicago. From there the ore was interchanged and sent to Detroit. By 1910 they were expanding crazily, opening new branches in MN, ND, SD, IA, IL, MO, and KS. They hauled a lot of freight and were well off for many years. During world war 2 they moved lots of freight out from the munitions plant in fridley, MN. After WW2 they were quick to dieselize, except for the ore runs. By then they had 16 2-8-8-4s, and no amount of diesels seemed to work as well as four steamers on a 200 car ore train. By 1966, the passenger, lcl, and meat businesses were dying, and the railroad needed a silver bullet. Sadly, Matt Dough VI stepped in and tried to sell the railroad for scrap (again!). He almost made it, and had just finished scrapping the ND, SD, MO, and NEB branches (leaving only the line to KC), when the ore mines stepped in. They were like "hey! we need this railroad!" and bought it from him. They changed the name to midwest & ohio, and extended the line through Gary, ind. across northern ohio to toledo and detroit, and kept running the ore trains. They also helped pioneer the intermodal business, running trailers on the back of their passenger trains, serving all the major cities served by the railroad. A few years later coal was discovered in the powder river basin, and Midwest Mining (which owns the ore mines) decided "hey this is a great idea for more profits," and well BN and CNW were fighting over the joint line, M&O built an east-west line through the powder river basin, and started hauling coal. They still couldn't find any diesels strong enough to haul their long coal and ore trains, so they home-built 16 more 2-8-8-4s. These were the only steam they used, but were quite a sight when they went through town with two on the front, one in the middle, and one pushing on the back. In 1971 they didn't give up their passenger to amtrak, but instead kept running it, and providing faster service from minneapolis to chicago than ever before - in fact upgrading some of their track to support 110 MPH, and restoring four of their old 4-6-2s to make the 400-mile trip in 5 hours. People flocked to the trains, and amtrak gave up their chicago-duluth, chicago - kc, minneapolis-kc, minneapolis - rapid city, and chicago-toledo-detroit (all fictional) services. Passenger was making a profit for once! Later, in the 1990s, in the megamerger era, M&O ate, and didn't get eaten. Real shortline minnesota commercial and fictional regional milwaukee & rochester were both gobbled up by the growing M&O. They also bought the (fictional) Port Ogden & Northern railroad, which stretched from Stevens Point, wisconsin to port ogden, MN (near lake mille lacs), and then up to winnipeg canada, and north manitoba to serve remote communities. The PO&N had a unique paint scheme (CatDog), and so M&O kept it as a subsidiary. Even with AC traction they still couldn't replace the steamers, and now M&O is a big class 1. (roster, yards, routes later)

 

[817TAYLOR]

I have had this railroad for a long time, went through four paint schemes, well, lost four, gold black and blue, white black and blue, then lost it, then reskinned it, lost it, and skinned it back to this.

and ALSO have a steamer from back when

 

[SouthwestinAZ1]

USA

Western Central Lines
Denver, CO - Barstow, CA via Flagstaff, AZ. Jointly owned by the states of Arizona and Colorado. Partially uses some of ATSF's lines between Flagstaff and Barstow. Requires some rewriting of history. Established 1892. Built its own motive power in its Barstow Shops or outsourced to Baldwin. Converted its entire steam locomotive fleet to be fueled by waste vegetable oil between 1985 and 1987. Acquired the Grand Canyon Railway in 2007.

Livery: Steam locos painted black with gold lining and lettering with the WCR logo painted on the tender/tank sides. Standard coaches painted in dark brunswick green with salmon roofs and window surrounds. Streamlined coaches in all-over unpainted stainless steel with a thin dark brunswick green stripe above and below the windows (similar to PRR's metroliners).

Hehehe looks like a lot of rewriting of history to me ;P

 

[bentrain14]

New company is the RAFT transportation service. Here is the concept of the RAFT RR otherwise known as the Russian American Freight Transit or Transportation. In Russia it is known as the RAGtrans. The railroad started as a international freight service from the US to Russia in 1998, basically transporting imported goods. This cut down on expenses from paying different Airlines like FedEx air or UPS or other shipping company's. Then 4 years after the start of RAFT, they decided to expand to ground service. The company decided truck transportation was best at that time, using it to transport the goods around where ever the planes dropped them off. Soon the company began to fall apart in America do to the taxes the Government asked for. So then the company was shut down in the US, but stayed up in Russia. It was then known as the Russian freight transportation or RFT. Do to the US shutting down, they soon began to lose money as well and needed to act on this. After searching for better ways of transportation, they accidentally stumbled upon rail transportation. The company was soon back up and running in the US and in Russia. Track lines were built all over the US and they also have leasing to other railroads as well, like the Transcon, Ft. Scott sub, and so forth. It even kept its right to Airline transportation, and truck service, making it the most successful company ever. Then in 2008, they began searching for new Locomotives to use, instead of reusing old Alcos and the such do to their break down costs. They found EMD and GE. The company currently owns 990 EMD SD70ACe's, 450 GEVO's, 500, SD40-2's, and will soon be acquiring EMD F40PH's for the new service they are offering which is the RAPT, the Russian American Passenger transportation. This is said to be the cheapest form of transportation to Russia and the US, and other countries are looking into taking the service ,too. Well Kudos to whoever read the whole thing and I hope this gives you guys some in site on the concept where my Fictional RR came from.

 

[viesturs]

A little technical question: How are the РАГТранс trains traveling on Russian tracks? Russia has a gauge of 1520mm. In your pictures those American locomotive wheels are too narrow.
For Russian operation you might want to reskin this Estonian c36-7i which has 1520mm gauge and SA-3 automatic couplers (not compatible with US ones).
If not building a huge transfer terminal where all freight is transfered between RU and US trains, I think it would be easier just to imagine that the gauge is the same and couplers too...

 

[bentrain14]

Hey guys not much pics but a little more on the RAFT!
Typically for international transfer the RAFT will build new tracks that support the US made locos. And with the pics, I dont currently have any RAFT freight cars (future projects) and dont have the time to add the new tracks to the routes. And like I said, in russia only a few trains go by with the RAFT H3 livery. They mostly accommodate truck services, the RATTS. ( Russian American Truck Transportation Service) The train services are mostly in in Moscow and Balenstino, RU and in other parts but arnt well known. The RAFT is just the main branch of the RAFT transport service. other branches include the RAPT, RATTS, RAAS, and RASG. (in English terms) Due to train service being more economically friendly, they use more train transport than any other company and like i said the smaller branches are to eliminate the costs of having another shipping company transport the goods.

 

[amrail2000]

The company I have is Southern Atlantic Transportation. SAXT does exist in the real world and in trainz. Back in the early SAXT did receive license from the State of South Carolina to operate the tracks with in the old Charleston Naval Base. But due to out side forces that deal fell through.
In trainz SAXT's specialty is carrying those high and wide loads. In fact SAXT rosters a fleet of Schnabel Cars and heavy load cars. Further SAXT maintains a fleet of Locomotive and Over The Road cranes to assist in loading of materials.For everyday business SAXT operates East of the Mississippi river. Aside from High and Wide Loads, SAXT does transport general freight and passengers. SAXT Rosters locomotives from the DD40AX to EMD-S1200's. Below is a pic of one of our Local manifest trains with a Geep30 on the point.

 

[bentrain14]

RAFT has now officially went through 4 paint schemes since 1998, and is really going to be expanding their fleet. With the purchase of 9 F40PH's, they will soon be reacquiring some Geeps. After that, they will be updating some of the ACe's and GEVO's to soon be more affiliated with EMD. The RAPT however will be closing down shortly after until new power can come in with new rolling stock.

 

[btvfd]

MCTA Bombardier BiLevel Coaches Ph 2 & WTA/MCTA

Now in game