PORT OF TILLAMOOK BAY RR

[madtrainz14]

hi all

im madtrainz14 from the uk . so makeing a us route will be a lot of fun

my pc spec is a xpc sff shuttle
1.8 ghz
250mb g.card
1.5 of ram
200gb hd drive

the route is a dem map made by dermmy (so all credit go's to dermmy for all the hard work in makeing the dem map)

in dermmy,s words on the route
PORT OF TILLAMOOK BAY RR This route has just about every scenically spectacular element possible
from the Port of Tillamook the line heads northwards along a cliff-hugging coastline firstly of the bay,
then the Pacific Ocean before cutting inland and threading a series of deep valleys and gorges.
The line has numerous water crossings and the terrain forces the line to loop back on itself time and time again
I could go on and on. A fair sized route at just over 46Mb in the raw terrain,
but a lot of boards will be out of line-of-site through the mountains and can get pruned as the route is built.
I love this one and just might have a go myself...

to me its a WOW route and just some fun.

a big thank you go,s to

dermmy for the dem map

here's some shots of the route

 

[madtrainz14]

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[rodbasin]

Looking good

 

[madtrainz14]

hi all

and thank you rodbasin

 

[madtrainz14]

and some more shots

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[lorenw]

Wow! Very impressive. :mop:

 

[Pencil42]

Looking good!!

 

[davesnow]

Hi,

I was the guy who called Andy's (Dermmy) attention to this route. He actually made the DEM for me, but I got wrapped up in another project and didn't get very far with it.

If you need pictures, might I suggest purchasing this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/PORT-TILLAMOOK-...506498?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item35af7d88c2

I bought a copy and it has a lot of nice pix in it.

Best of luck,

Dave

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[madtrainz14]

hi all

thank you lorenw .pencil42 and davesnow

davesnow do you now the engine in the pix (looking like a cow) .
im not to good with us trains

thanks if you can help

the dem map is a mega route (loads of fun to work with)


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[UP4021]

I believe that the engine is a GP9.

Nice work on the route so far. It does look like it'll be a lot of fun!

 

[jmeinig]

Wow! Very impressive, only thing is, you might want to rotate the textures withe the [ and ] keys.

 

[Pencil42]

Yep, GP9 #101. Here's a pretty good site with info on the railroad: http://www.trainweb.org/potb/
It's not too far from me (and I've ridden excursions on various parts of it) - let me know if there's anything I might be able to help you with.

Curtis

 

[madtrainz14]

hi all

pencil42 a very big thank you for the site and if you no of a side shot of 101 ( so i can have a go at a reskin ) please let me no . well its a good start on the map . the green is a base coat as you mit say ( help me keep track on were i am on the map (track layed on the green bits) lol

thanks all and every one :wave: :wave: :wave:

 

[stouthm]

You got a lot farther than I did. I started working on this route awhile back and got a little frustrated so I backed off and forgot about it. I just might take another look at what I did. Maybe I can be of some help to you. My computer is in the shop but will have it back in about a week. I will follow this thread and after taking a look at what I did I will let you know and go from there. Nice job so far. I know how big this route will be so take your time and do it right. I think the tracks along the coastline will be the most difficult because of the houses and roads. Good luck.

 

[madtrainz14]

hi all

well i had a load of fun with this

and when i have a bit more time on my hands i'll do a better one
hope you all like it lol

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[madtrainz14]

You got a lot farther than I did. I started working on this route awhile back and got a little frustrated so I backed off and forgot about it. I just might take another look at what I did. Maybe I can be of some help to you. My computer is in the shop but will have it back in about a week. I will follow this thread and after taking a look at what I did I will let you know and go from there. Nice job so far. I know how big this route will be so take your time and do it right. I think the tracks along the coastline will be the most difficult because of the houses and roads. Good luck.

hi stouthm

it nice to see all the help . your right the map is big and a nice one as well .
the green bits have a lot of road's done and track ( if you got time please post a shot how your map looks on here )

well its nice to see you all on here

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[sawyer811]

PS the Port of Tillamook Bay is SD9 heaven. some of them even have chop noses. I'd use Ben Neal's undec SD9 for the high-nose ones, as you can customize it with add-on parts. The chop nose "SD16" (which i suspect is a nod to the GP16 rebuilds made by...Seaboard? but i digress) would do for the low-nose units, though i don't think they are an exact match for the one's on the POTB.

oh well, enough nitpicking (there's already a firefight somewhere else on the forums over that). the route looks great, my man, keep it up. I look forward to this one!

 

[Pencil42]

A google image search for 'POTB 101' turns up quite a few photos - if there's anything in specific you're looking for, let me know!

Curtis

 

[madtrainz14]

hi all

well 4hrs work in one shot lol

o by the way the track hight so far is from 0 to 76 going all up hill and still not at the top

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[madtrainz14]

hi all

its just a update shot

hope you like it (sorry not a lot to show) its up hill all the way