I saw another thread with this same topic created in 2015 that was last updated in June 2018. I felt a new topic would suffice since I am unsure of the rules regarding bumping threads more than a year old.
When it comes to Trainz many users have their idea of what they have in mind for a route. Some like running short distances but servicing a lot of industries while others like to run the long haul from point A to B. There are many factors that come with what makes a route pleasing for people such as level of detail, seasons, weather, era, country, region, et al.
If you have thought of a potential route, this thread can be the place to share your thoughts and ideas. Since many of us have different ideas and opinions it would be nice to see what kind of ideas people have in mind.
There are many routes I would like to take a run through but if I had to choose one it would be the Delaware & Hudson in its entirety. The Bridge Line has a storied history with ups and downs and is one I have a soft spot for since in terms of American railroads it falls under the radar. In the tumultuous 70s it became an underdog with an unsure future after the failure of Penn Central and the birth of Conrail.
In Trainz the D&H would have to be split into at least three sections with one beginning at its southern most point at Wilkes-Barre northward along the former Penn Division to Nineveh to either Schenectady or Mechanicville including the connections towards Binghamton and Albany. The second section picks up northward containing the branch lines and connection into Vermont. The third section would contain the D&H line running along the shore of Lake Champlain toward Rouses Point and the Quebec border. A potential fourth section would contain the DL&W main from Binghamton to Scranton along with the former Erie main from Buffalo to Suffern along the Southern Tier.
Potential challenges for this route would be the various signaling as the D&H used unique signal gantries and brackets for its Searchlight signals along with various tunnel portals along the system. Another obstacle would be bridges such as the Starrucca Viaduct and the Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct.
The potential time frame of the route would ideally be in the final 25 years of the railroad’s life from 1966 to 1991.
When it comes to Trainz many users have their idea of what they have in mind for a route. Some like running short distances but servicing a lot of industries while others like to run the long haul from point A to B. There are many factors that come with what makes a route pleasing for people such as level of detail, seasons, weather, era, country, region, et al.
If you have thought of a potential route, this thread can be the place to share your thoughts and ideas. Since many of us have different ideas and opinions it would be nice to see what kind of ideas people have in mind.
There are many routes I would like to take a run through but if I had to choose one it would be the Delaware & Hudson in its entirety. The Bridge Line has a storied history with ups and downs and is one I have a soft spot for since in terms of American railroads it falls under the radar. In the tumultuous 70s it became an underdog with an unsure future after the failure of Penn Central and the birth of Conrail.
In Trainz the D&H would have to be split into at least three sections with one beginning at its southern most point at Wilkes-Barre northward along the former Penn Division to Nineveh to either Schenectady or Mechanicville including the connections towards Binghamton and Albany. The second section picks up northward containing the branch lines and connection into Vermont. The third section would contain the D&H line running along the shore of Lake Champlain toward Rouses Point and the Quebec border. A potential fourth section would contain the DL&W main from Binghamton to Scranton along with the former Erie main from Buffalo to Suffern along the Southern Tier.
Potential challenges for this route would be the various signaling as the D&H used unique signal gantries and brackets for its Searchlight signals along with various tunnel portals along the system. Another obstacle would be bridges such as the Starrucca Viaduct and the Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct.
The potential time frame of the route would ideally be in the final 25 years of the railroad’s life from 1966 to 1991.
