Third Attempt @ the Singletary Subdivsion
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Hmmm. Trying to see what was improved. I think the best suggestion I can make is. Go to the DLS find a route that looks interesting. Download it, see what you like about it, change what you dont like. Maybe even after you have tinkered with it you merge it with one of the routes you are building. Just a suggestion.
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Probably not the best example. But here is how to apply ballast in yards. The ballast goes on the tracks only, notice the grass and dirt splotches between the rail sets. And when applying ballast textures always do it with a brush and not the copy and paste function/or fill.
Example of ballast in the yard^
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Example of ballast in the yard^
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You'll work it out one day...
Small tip 
Just a small tip which some may disagree with,
Instead of leaving wide open spaces around track as shown in the pictures, try and have items such as: trees, grass, the odd building if in an urban area close to the track and keep scenery which is not close to the track minimal. This may help avoid framerate stutters and improve the overall look of the layout.
This probably isn't the best example but it's the closest I could find:
And another which is closer to what i'm suggesting:
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You don't have to take my advice, it's just a suggestion coming from a student. Those are pictures of scenes created by myself.
Regards
Johan
Just a small tip which some may disagree with,
Instead of leaving wide open spaces around track as shown in the pictures, try and have items such as: trees, grass, the odd building if in an urban area close to the track and keep scenery which is not close to the track minimal. This may help avoid framerate stutters and improve the overall look of the layout.
This probably isn't the best example but it's the closest I could find:
And another which is closer to what i'm suggesting:
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You don't have to take my advice, it's just a suggestion coming from a student. Those are pictures of scenes created by myself.
Regards
Johan
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Seriously, try harder, I've seen people who have never used the game before come up with better in a hour. Heres a suggestion, download one of fishlipsatworks DEMs, use that as a guide to lay your track and roads, even if your not trying to model prototypically it serves as a good base. Stop using all the low quality default stuff, its not helping either.
Actually that texture IS NOT a default I downloaded them along with the grade crossings, the signals are from Jointed Rail, the tress aren't low quality. At least the ones I'm using. I've implemented the ATLS system which wasn't in the previous two versions. And obviously if you hadn't noticed this is one of my basic routes so I'm not going to put a whole lot into it because it's not one of my premier routes I'm building like the other one is. Hints why it's done in such a short amount of time.