Route suggestions?

[ledzeppelinfan1]

I've had fun running the Mojave Sub as my own railroad lately but at the risk of becoming bored, I'd like to find another route based in America to also take over for some variety. I prefer something with decent detail, good switching opportunities and plenty of urban scenery.

Any suggestions?

 

[philskene]

Switching? Urban? TS12 (rather than T:ANE)?

Maybe this:

http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?102520-New-route-quot-Trinity-Bay-Industrial-quot

or:

http://forums.auran.com/trainz/show...town-Traction-Co-quot-Interurban-quot-session

Phil

 

[Kennilworth]

Hi

I've spent many happy hours using the EVWR 2 route which is highly detailed and has lots of operating potential. It has been created by Dermmy and is available from his Checkrail website http://checkrail.com/

The route works without problem in TS12 SP1, despite the disclaimer on the home page, and content not on the DLS is linked which saves a lot of searching on the internet. You will also find other great routes on the site, my other favourites being East Kentucky 3 and Clovis 2.5. There are picture galleries of the routes on the website so you can see if any of them appeal to you.

Regards

Brian

 

[jrfolco]

You might try the WM & B&O Mega Route, or the Cumberland to Harpers Ferry route located on my website. They work well in TS2010, TS12, And Tane. Click on my sig below to access the site.

Joe

 

[cascaderailroad]

Any route can get boring after running it dozens of times ... I think the best are ones with freight/pass yards, that have loco maintenance shops ... where you can have incoming trains pull into a receiving yard track, disconnect locos and send them to the shops, then you can shove the consists over the hump to be classified into new trains, and call locomotives from the shop to pick up new trains ... a never ending job ... just like on a real RR

http://forums.auran.com/trainz/show...-ever-tried-a-hump-yard&p=1466410#post1466410

Someday I will make a more prototypical hump yard:
Alco Land: https://www.cubbyusercontent.com/pl/...96#ALCO%20Land

Even my 100 mile long Horseshoe Curve route, with dozens of yards and several dozen complex interlockings, gets boring at times, and I switch over to GFisher's 5 board wonder: "Down East Fishing Village" as I have modified to to have derivable automobiles, and 2 staging yards on opposite ends

 

[ledzeppelinfan1]

Wow...thanks for the suggestions. I can't believe the length of some of theses routes!!! I'll dive into the possibilities this weekend.

I must say, I do dread the search for all the dependencies these monster routes will require!!!

 

[mjolnir]

If anyone else mentioned the Marias Pass X from HP Trainz, I missed the referral.

ns

 

[ledzeppelinfan1]

If anyone else mentioned the Marias Pass X from HP Trainz, I missed the referral.

ns

Thanks for the suggestion. I just purchased the route due largely because it is a complete addon with zero additional downloads. I assume this means no dependency search, because I'll feel sorely misled if that's not the case!!!

Anyways, I guess the email with the link to actually DL the route will take 48 hours to even be sent.

 

[JCitron]

You will enjoy the Marias Pass X. It's a nice route to drive and explore. I never realized how close it is to the real thing until I traveled up that way in July 2012. We stopped in Browning (Glacier Park East) on our way to visit Glacier Park. I recognized the area immediately from the Trainz Route. The next day we ended up in Shelby, MT and that all fit in too. They did a great job with the route. I will mention that you may have to download some content from the DLS, however, this is specific content for this route and all other special, custom assets, are included in the package.

If you are interested in something of a Midwest theme, check out Jointed Rail's Midwest Grain. Get this along with the add-on rolling stock packs, including the Pioneer Valley locomotives, and you'll have quite a busy time. There are two busy mainlines and quite a bit of switching.

You can also be brave like me and merge in their Cold Creek Logistics module. This took some fiddling with the track a bit on the ends, but no one knows where the two different routes begin and end.

John