The Frisco High Line

[dricketts]

Nicely done Derrick, and I finally got the hotel joke!

Yeah I was just reading over that again. I meant to have that comment above the pic with the stockyards. I can see where it might be a little confusing.

 

[Milwaukeeroad261]

reskins of USRA mountains to FRISCo USRA mountains are ok but to be historically accurate, frisco had 2-8-2 USRA's, the 4-8-2's were built by baldwin and if i'm right some were also built in springfield shops (the 4400 mountains if my memory serves me right)

 

[dricketts]

reskins of USRA mountains to FRISCo USRA mountains are ok but to be historically accurate, frisco had 2-8-2 USRA's, the 4-8-2's were built by baldwin and if i'm right some were also built in springfield shops (the 4400 mountains if my memory serves me right)

Yeah I'm trying to work with what Ben Neal has available without making major changes the mesh. The driver diameters and cylinders are close. Also I realize the 2-8-2's probably should be numbered 40## to get as close as possible to what the Frisco used.

 

[dricketts]

Some more steam...

 

[kamran]

that horse is lucky that he got a chance to do railfaning on your route

 

[Adamovic]

Awesome progress drickettss!

 

[deadpoolmx55]

Wow this route is amazing, great work!!!!!!!!

 

[dricketts]

Thanks for all the comments guys! Appreciate it. Don't be afraid to give me a little constructive criticism or new ideas... I still learn something new about Trainz every week.

 

[dricketts]

Frisco #712 in Osceola

712 gets ready to move a loaded stock car from the house track.

The stone depot, to the left was unique for the Frisco.

 

[dricketts]

Hwy 32 through Bolivar, Mo.

Coffey's Grocery in Bolivar. Thanks to Deane for another amazing model.

Coca Cola Bottling. These are reskins of Dave Snow's models and a little kit bashing.

SLSF #108 pushes across Hwy 32.

 

[Euphod]

Nice Derrick; you've got some fine content in that route!

 

[quakers1]

This route just gets better as it progresses! Fantastic work dricketts!

 

[socalwb909]

-Great work man. Top notch stuff!

-Joe

 

[dricketts]

In the 1960's the SLSF painted some of their 40ft boxcars blue. Generally these were reserved for General Foods in Memphis, TN. They were not commonly seen on the Clinton Sub but I caught this one with the daily local headed south.

 

[kamran]

waht a wonderful shots you got.loving this route from the ist day.ur texture and scenery work is amazing i many time try to copy ur scenry but i always fails bcz i am not a master like u

 

[Milwaukeeroad261]

It's a shame the high line became a trail and wasn't bought by a historical society and become a railroad museum, oh well.

 

[ahj82]

Great work. Please keep the screenies coming!

 

[sawyer811]

It's a shame the high line became a trail and wasn't bought by a historical society and become a railroad museum, oh well.

part of it is, actually. about 2.5 miles of it running south out of Belton is used by the Belton, Grandview and Kansas City [tourist] railroad; it basically parallels Highway 71, and in fact if you're timing is right you can chase the train down it. The line used to go much farther, but down past the current end-of-track there's an ancient wooden Trestle (which still stands, and can be seen through a break in the trees from Highway 71 if you know where to look), and unfortunately somebody (FRA probably) condemned the thing.

At one point it was run by the same group of guys who currently run the Midland Railroad our of Baldwin City, Kansas, and in fact they used to run some of the services with the same Rock Island E6A unit that's on the Midland now, or so I've seen on ancient YouTube videos; one of them, taken while the group was shunting Frisco Russian Decapod No. 1632 to rest on its display track, shows a Baldwin switcher of some kind...I want to say a VO1000...moving about as well. What happened to her I have no Idea. Speaking of which, I've talked to some of the guys who work at Show Me model trains in Grandview that I know, as well as some of the volunteers at Belton the couple times I've been there, and they've said that the 1632 is supposed to be restored to run; however, they've been saying that for the past 10-15 years (IE since they GOT the thing) so that's probably not going to happen. Honestly, they don't have enough track to get their money's worth if they ran the thing anyway; they'd end up spending way more on the fuel and water.

BTW, there's another steam engine there on display; Okmulgee NorthernNo. 5, a 2-8-0. She's got an interesting little story behind her; she was one of three locos built by ALCo on speculation of sale to a Cuban sugar plantation. It didn't pan out, and she wound up in Oklahoma instead. However, one of her sisters is much better known: she's numbered 97, and currently works on the Valley Railroad in Conneticut!

 

[dricketts]

Actually I seen activity on the old High Line this summer. I drive by this spot all the time and this was the first for me in over ten years. I managed to get some pics and video. Click on each photo/video > click on drop down arrow to the right by photo details > scroll down, this should bring up the map with GPS data.

https://plus.google.com/photos/112433114821276670340/albums/5759175405007795537

 

[Euphod]

Hey Derrick, I thought you may be interested in this asset:

Emblem, Bridges and Buildings, SIOT Frisco 1, Weathered (ship it on the) and SIOT Frisco 2 (Frisco logo emblem). Thanks Gary.
Just uploaded.

They are a little finicky to place, but once the bridge or other object is in, they aren't too bad.