conrailfan1999
Long Live Big Blue
Wow great job man! I have rode the metra before and I'd say you are doing a great job with the route! Hope you have a fun and safe trip!
METRA Chicago System
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My god Felix I may just need to come back just to watch this thread 
! How far south are you planning to go? (I mean, how far past the South Lumber Street crossing are you going?) I'm asking this because I have the DEM for Detroit to Chicago, and once I find out where Kalamazoo is (that's the cutoff point on both DEMs), I'll cut off the sections I need to and see what parts of Chicago I need to delete so I can merge the entire thing and crash Trainz . Also, have you considered making each line individually and then giving us the option to merge which lines the person wants to the base area? Just an idea. You've undertaken a task which no one else has done, and I certainly hope you finish it. Your Chicago would make a great place for my CFD reskins of Peter's Fire Truck.
! How far south are you planning to go? (I mean, how far past the South Lumber Street crossing are you going?) I'm asking this because I have the DEM for Detroit to Chicago, and once I find out where Kalamazoo is (that's the cutoff point on both DEMs), I'll cut off the sections I need to and see what parts of Chicago I need to delete so I can merge the entire thing and crash Trainz . Also, have you considered making each line individually and then giving us the option to merge which lines the person wants to the base area? Just an idea. You've undertaken a task which no one else has done, and I certainly hope you finish it. Your Chicago would make a great place for my CFD reskins of Peter's Fire Truck.Looking good! A couple things I've noticed; The Chicago river in donwtown is a very urban river, and for the most part doesn't have any sloping banks and 'greenery' along it. It's almost 100% sea walls and the some decorative trees. The outer most 'thru' track at CUS is right above the water, on the embankment/seawall. Also all the bridges across the river in the downtown area are lift bridges; and each one is different. There are a couple already on the DLS, and you could probably get the creator to create a few more, maybe even the rest of them.
I have a pretty good map of the Chicago Amtrak yards somewhere, I'll go did it up.
peter
I have a pretty good map of the Chicago Amtrak yards somewhere, I'll go did it up.
peter
leo655annst
New member
WOW! an amazing accomplishment in a short time. As a Chicago resident I would say you have done an excellant job of creating a realistic looking landscape.
SouthwestinAZ1
BNSF Peavine Foamer
I presume he's planning on ending somewhere after Joilet/aurora/Manhattan as those are the three southernmost stations that connect with CUS (if he's planning to do the ME district, this will likely crash anything below a super computer with 8 cores.)My god Felix I may just need to come back just to watch this thread
Correct....
I'll start in 3 weeks with the BNSF sub, but i fly to the US now...ahh, boarding LH422 begins. I'll continue posting from the US, but will have no Trainz there.
https://www.google.com/search?q=LH422&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari
Just to keep tabs on him
Just to keep tabs on him
ryanstrains
Moderator
Nice work so far, but I noticed one thing, leaving CUS on the north tracks, the curve at North Canal Street looks much tighter in real life then on your route, I am not sure if it is the video making it look wider but I thought I'd let you know before you get too far along.
Yup it is tighter in real life i'll redo it as soon as i am back in Europe.
I only said that i'm interested in restarting the project. I did not say that i already restarted it. I'm only thinking about
IvanSokolov
New member
I really think that we need to wait 3 or more months to get the cab cars. Sorry, Ryan
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ryanstrains
Moderator
F40PH's, do tell more, I am unaware of this project.
Yeah, there was a photo of it in the GMAX thread four or five months ago.