Reading & Northern: Phase II shots

[Rooneth3808]

Not really a new area, but an update non-the-less. I totally rebuilt Arlington Yard after some new info from the "Virtual R&N Top Secret Research Division"

Everything should be correctly aligned and labeled now and highly accurate (the old version was the one "best guess" on the route).

A loaded coal truck pauses before crossing the tracks to the loading ramp on the other side of the train.

Looking from the other direction. That crossover track is "new".

Crews are busy spotting hoppers because with the domestic demand increase and supply problems with Chinese coal, the R&N's coal business has boomed. They can't ship it fast enough, and need any extra coal hoppers they can find (and i almost orchestrated a real sale of used hoppers to them ).

A shot from the only non-coal(or occasional aggregate) customer in the yard, Tanner Industries, who gets tank cars for transload.

Overhead map.

Unfortunately, i've changed the release date to "unknown". I'm still working on the route, but my final semester at college is just taking up all my time. At least my 25-30 page research paper is on the effects of the Conrail merger in 1976 .

~Roon

 

[007007]

At least my 25-30 page research paper is on the effects of the Conrail merger in 1976 .

HAHAHA! Just hope that the prof isn't a fan of one of Conrail's predecessors...

Great Screens!

Steve

 

[Rooneth3808]

HAHAHA! Just hope that the prof isn't a fan of one of Conrail's predecessors...

Great Screens!

Steve

Hehe, actually it turns out her father worked for the Reading Railroad

And here's two i almost forgot (and which i've had for some time).

Mahanoy Tunnel.

Those buildings are the crumbling remains of the old ventilation system and fans used back in the days of steam.

~Roon

 

[Ferrous]

:udrool: :udrool: :udrool:

Great to see that this project hasn't faded away!

Don't you love it when you get to apply railfanning to schoolwork?

 

[CBorg]

1) The complete "phase 2" won't be ready until sometime later this winter, but if you're good you might find something extra in your stocking before Christmas .
2) I'm building in 2004, but it should work in 2006.
3) Yes, senior. History major, anthropology minor.


As far as i know, its a small breaker building that sorts and processes the coal before it goes over to the bagging house. AngelC just made it and it will be on the DLS sometime before the updated route is released.

Hi Roon,

Phase 1 works very great in 2006+SP1 and I am eagerly waiting for phase 2. thanks for your great work

 

[Rooneth3808]

Don't you love it when you get to apply railfanning to schoolwork?

Yeah, i figured if i had to do 200 hours of research on something, it better be something i like.

 

[Rooneth3808]

Going a bit slow, but still making progress.

Here's my latest from the old CNJ yard at Jim Thorpe (yes, thats a town name).

Nearly all the tracks in the yard have been torn up over the years. In the 1980's and 90's it was home to the Railtours Inc. steam passenger excursion and small C&S shortline. With the takeover of area trackage by the R&N, the yard now is primarily just used for storage of MOW and other old equipment.

A lone in-operative RS-3 sits in the yard with an old passenger car. In the distance the R&N Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway excursion train is rounding the bend after just leaving the Jim Thorpe station.

Some of the old maintenance buildings remain, slowling being overgrown with brush. The small, single-track enginehouse replaces what at once used to be a 17 stall one (later reduced to 3).

Push-pull excursion train passing the north end of the yard, including the old turntable, and old Railtours steamer (which in real life is a CPR 4-6-0).

Both the turntable and steam engine have seen better days.

If you want to see a historical pictures and a description of the area, go here: http://www.gingerb.com/cnj_mauch_chunk.htm

...or for more modern pictures (mostly of the stuff stored there), go here: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locThumbs.aspx?NumCols=3&View=1&id=115129&Page=2

Also, for more in-game screenshots, visit my R&N screenshot thread on the USLW forums.

~Roon

 

[Conrail45]

Great!

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[Lord-Claud-Hamilton]

Here's my latest from the old CNJ yard at Jim Thorpe (yes, thats a town name).~Roon

Is that after the football player.....surely not?

 

[LVman]

Having known this is all Lehigh Valley Territory, or CNJ(the two raced each-other down opposite banks of the River) The Town (or City, of you Prefere), was called Mauch Chunk. {pretty odd name huh?) But, Yes, Jim Thorpe, was born and Raised in Mauch Chunk, and became a hero of the City, for his Football, and Military Career. So, they named the town after him.
i know this because i did a report and school project on the LV like 2 years ago.:hehe:
Cheers.
Sean

 

[rwk]

Roon, when will phase 2 Jim Thorpe be available? The shots look excellent. What about Mahanoy City and beyond, will that be released at the same time? Are you including Hamburg with the route, or cutting it off north of Hamburg like you did with the trimmed phase 1 route? I need to know an answer to that question so I know where to merge the R&N route with my extension to the NS Reading Line. If you're not including Hamburg with the route, then I would appreciate if you would send me the six baseboards or so of Hamburg only to merge the NS Reading and R&N routes together to make the merge seam a little less conspicuous. I tested merging phase 1 trimmed with my DEM up to Hamburg and it didn't look right. When I merged the large R&N route including Hamburg and a bit below with my DEM toward Reading the merge was less conspicuous. When I merge the two routes together, then I will have almost the entire R&N mainline from Reading to Jim Thorpe, Packerton, Lehighton, Lehigh Gorge, and Mahanoy City and beyond plus Phillipsburg to Reading on the same route. I was wondering if you would include the branches toward Pottsville, etc on the route unfinished so that I could build them or release the DEM seperately to merge with Port Clinton. I can't wait to see #425 steam hit the mainline. I did a reskin model of it in Trainz using a 4-6-2 from the DLS. And yes, it's blue. I also have Paulz' Reading T-1 #2102.

 

[randknu]

Any news here? Still waiting anxiously on this...

 

[yutzk]

Roon's been busy with real life so I dont know really when he'll get back to doing this to be honest...it could be awhile!

 

[randknu]

Can't we just get what he's done so far?

 

[jadebullet]

You know, with that attitude, you can find the thread with the beta yourself.

 

[007007]

Agreed.

 

[dnutter]

You know, with that attitude, you can find the thread with the beta yourself.

Oh yeah that guinea pigs that is my favorite

I was had 4 guinea pigs with us but at all 4 guinea pigs was dead because those followed short those life

- David