UMR 2018
A blessed Sunday to all,
Continuing down the Route, we see lots of Country and City side views. As I look to find more Electric Locomotives to run on this Route.
I like the fact that there are not too many Trees, since it would hurt my Frame Rates. This is a Large Route, 51 Miles long, so it will take some time to explore and see what we have.
Below we have Passenger and Freight co existing on 2 Track Main..........Good signalization too.
Author's Notes:Fifty one new miles of mainline/branch line track added to the West and North, with 5 new towns and 5 new commodities: General Auto Parts, Corn Oil, Corn Sweetener, Propane, and 5/16' Copper Rod.
All assets are on the DLS, with the exception of the free weathered container pack and the TOFC pack from JointedRail.com.
Special thanks to all who created content - and especially to George Fisher, James Flanders, and Andrew Cochrane, who gave their permission for the mergers to take place.
Taking a Cab View here in passenger Loco.
And we see the light of his eyes ahead, as we pass each other at 60-70 MPH...........Little bit of wind buffeting when we cross. Just a note here, hope no one ever tries to stand in the middle of 2 tracks when trains cross, it could very well prove Fatal for that person. DON'T DO IT, it's a dare not worth your life..........
Coming into the Station for Customer Pickup/Drop off and we have plenty here in a busy downtown section.
Buildings are placed well, not crowded.........
A further look out, we see some Industrial area as we pass by.
Lots of Apartments and Condo's here as we take a load of Empties to one of our Customers several miles away......Curves and Switches are spot on.....Good fluidity for the Trains.
I'm very impressed with how the Trackage is merged in here from other parts of the Route into a major Passenger Station along with High Density buildings and good Commerce.
Couple of Cars parked here now, but this shipper is awaiting a load of Empties for there factory orders, we have a priority train headed here later,,,,there is one issue, we have to bring a Diesel switcher too, as these tracks are not electrified, I have to look at this and see if we can electrify it later? And we might just leave a dedicated switcher here for the freight traffic Loads.
Better view here showing the team tracks........I might have enough room for Electrical Posts for Cantenary? Will see.
This is a great Route and I recommend you try it out, impressed at how organized the Industries are sprinkled thru the Route so there is not congestion, you have good running space to drive some distance with the advantage to do Shunting, a nice mix of both worlds, add your Passenger Stations in between and it is perfect for me........
Will drop more pictures in as I explore the Route.
One thing I did to help with my Frame Rates, I removed some Shrubbery Splines and Fencing in some areas to help my weak GPU since I need to add lots of Freight and Passenger Rolling stock.
I have read that long splines can impact graphic performance if one has a weak GPU such as me...........I think most of all of by now, know how our particular Computer and Graphics Cards or units work with the various Routes we build and/or download, so you'll no right away if you can't run this Route, for me, I can just run it with some slight modifications, if push came to shove, I could cut it in 1/2 and run Portal Connections to make it workable, however then you get into quitting one 1/2 and loading the other 1/2 the Route,,,,,,,Workable but not as much fun.......
The builder of this Route, valbridge, went great lengths to make it enjoyable and fun for all of us to participate, hats off to him and the others who made the items for the Route, it is really nice, and plenty of play area at I believe was 51 Miles...........
Thank's for coming by and I bid you a Sunny Spring week ahead............Everything is starting to Bloom from the recent Rains......Nature is amazing isn't it!