NS Pittsburgh Sub (Large Pics)

[scratchy]

Scratchy, that's a beautiful layout you have in the making there,

What is the grass at the very foreground of the shot of Penn Central 7723??


Jamie

Thanks,
the high res textures are available here
http://www.spaintrainzrutas.com/downloads.html
an awesome site all-round

 

[scratchy]

Been slowed with school, (why does English have to be so boring?) anyone out there still interested?

 

[3830]

Been slowed with school, (why does English have to be so boring?) anyone out there still interested?

Yep, I'm interested. Yeah, English is the dumbest thing! I'm so sick of Peter Skrzynecki and "Belonging" module.

Keep the shots coming.

 

[007007]

Wow. This is looking GOOD!!!

 

[conrail_3004]

can not wait till it is release, keep up the great work, :wave:

 

[H222]

Yep, I'm interested. Yeah, English is the dumbest thing! I'm so sick of Peter Skrzynecki and "Belonging" module.

Keep the shots coming.

Essays are worst, my teacher just drags on. Why do we have to learn what type of speech is 'the' if I can speak English fluently and correctly??

All the great USA routes, recently are Australian builders, you and Dermmy, and me, of course:hehe: :hehe:

Jamie
:hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

 

[scratchy]

Has anyone got or found any photos of the yards or workshops in Altoona that they would be willing to show me? Preferably as modern as posible. PM me if you don't feel like posting them here
I'm struggling to find any even though there are a few footbridges nearby.
Thanks

 

[scratchy]

Westbound Mail

 

[conrail_3004]

i dont know if this will work, but here you go, this is from railpace newsmagazine, 1992, i know homer and rose are gone i think, looking at google earth looks like right now rose is still there use for storge, this gets you up to 8th street bridge,

 

[conrail_3004]

looks to small on my side when i posted, sorry, thats the best i got right now, i will dig some more,

 

[cascaderailroad]

Only 2 mains, and @ 9 active yard tracks are in the yard which extends from just east of the Altoona Station area, eastward to Rose 8th St Bridge in Juniata. The only other tracks from the Juniata Scales and East of there, are very delapidated, and much track has been torn out completely forever. Juniata Shops is pretty much displayed in the above map, however alot of tracks are long torn out.

If the Juniata Shops ever closes (Like Hollidaysburg & Sam Rea Car Shops did) Altoona will be a run through town and re-crewing point only, where outlawed trains sit and wait for helpers and fresh crews.

 

[conrail_3004]

here a schedule, this one is for gallitzin,pa 2007 time table, ists still they same i think for today, but it can give you the markings of the trains,:wave:

 

[cascaderailroad]

None of those train symbols exist today ... NS revamped all the train names.

11V, 19G, Y78, 28Z, 62A, 69R, Y94, 36A ... etc ... etc ...

There is a website that shows all of the train symbols ... and realtime train location site that is restricted to only those with a need to know basis (non-public).

 

[conrail_3004]

ok, well there you go, thanks, did not know, been out of it for awhile, :hehe:

 

[cascaderailroad]

I could draw up a trackchart using MS Paint, but the trackage has been radicly simplified

Rose Yard Throat in Juniata looking West

Rose looking West

Rose looking West (Aerial) (best viewed at 400% zoom)

Looking East from Rose (passenger mains on left) the old Freight Mains and RIP Track (right)
CP Rose Home Signal and crossover has been removed.

7th St Bridge Altoona looking East towards Rose, Altoona Yard Throat

8th St Bridge Altoona looking West towards Altoona Station

Altoona Station looking West towards Alto Tower, Hollidaysburg Secondary (left under bridge), and Slope Yard (only 2 tracks remain, far upper left).

Alto Tower, and what little remains of Slope Yard

Slope Yard rejoins 1 main just before the 24th St bridge where there also is a crossover is from 1 main to 3 main, and just past 24th St bridge is a Sag.
(2 main has been removed, and is gravel access road all the way to MG).

Altoona looking East from Brickyard (Aerial)

 

[amtrakrulez]

Wow that is an AWESOME looking route you have there . Where will this be up for download when it's done? Also, can you include links for all this content as well? That would be awesome
Thanks.

 

[scratchy]

@Cascade, thoughs first 6 were exactly what i was looking for, should be able to get the yards down pretty accurately now Looks like that disused yard behind that was still stuffed with old conrail boxcars have all been scrapped.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=255579&nseq=265

@Conrail 3004, thanks, every bit helps

@Amtrakrulez, thanks for the feedback mate, if the route ever gets done it will be stuck on our site in my sig If you want i'll say where i got important objects at the bottom of each sceenie, if i can remember:hehe:

 

[conrail_3004]

hi scratchy, i have to ask, are you thinking about upgradeing to trs12 or you keeping 09, thanks, :wave:

 

[cascaderailroad]

The old Brush/Scale-Classification yard, and almost ALL of the other 17 yards, are totally torn out and is a vacant flat eyesore of black earth, cinders, and piled up rotten RR ties, and is an EPA reclamation site. Talk is that a raceway or something will be built on all the abandoned/sold NS land, where all the miles and miles of old torn out yards once were.

 

[scratchy]

Wow, I'll do the yard like that in my route, I think it will look cool with the abandoned feel. Still a sad scene thou

@Conrail, probably not, only reason i would get it would be for Joe's Route and all the JR content, other then that i can't see it as such a big step up from '09. Anyone please feel free to prove me wrong.