Tri-State Railroads: Phase I - The Port Jervis Line

gisa said:
I believe that is plate girder bendy by maddy25 on the DLS but I could be mistaken.

I've been watching this thread for a while now and just wanted to say that this looks excellent. I really like the look and I look forward to more screenshots. :)

:wave:

Gisa ^^
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Thanks, and yes it's the plate girder by maddy25.

Looking south (can anyone guess where this is at?)...;)
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It may not be the actual model, but it's pretty darn close! This route is looking very good, keep it up.
-Mike
 
A former NYC F7A tiptoes onto the viaduct pulling another F7A, along with an F7B and 8 Pullman cars behind it (psst...it's its first time, so it's a little nervous. No flash photography please! :p)...
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Making its way back onto "terra firma" with a big sigh of relief...
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Yes, Norfolk Southern uses the line for freight. I believe they go to Binghamton, NY then on to Buffalo via the Southern Tier Line. Not sure where they go south into NJ. Perhaps to Newark's Oak Island Yard? Looking forward to this route. There were steam excursions run on this line from Hoboken to Port Jervis with NKP #765 in July, 1988 and with C&O #614 in 1996 and 1997. I have the #765 for Trainz now it's payware so I can run big mainline steam excursions. Why was there a section missing in the map? Is this the DEM from the DLS by fishlipsatwork or smooz? Did the creator accidentally leave out part of the map with the main railroad on it? Can you give an estimate for release? Sometime this year?
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rwk said:
Yes, Norfolk Southern uses the line for freight. I believe they go to Binghamton, NY then on to Buffalo via the Southern Tier Line. Not sure where they go south into NJ. Perhaps to Newark's Oak Island Yard?
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As a matter of fact, they probably do wind up in the Oak Island yard in Newark. Come to think of it, I would also spot some NS equipment every now and then in a freight terminal near Secaucus Junction.

Anyways, an aerial shot of the yet to be finished Campbell Hall area...
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Well, looks like I finally finished laying the tracks on the NY side up to Port Jervis...well, almost. After I began laying tracks near the end, I was so disappointed that the northern and southern areas of Port Jervis were shifted about 500 ft. While this may or may not have been much of a concern for the rest of the route, I really didn't want part of the downtown area being compromised. Long story short, I managed to figure out how to merge the DEMs in MicroDEM (which is what I used along with the HOG utility to set up the DEMs for Trainz). Thing is, I wish I knew about this prior to starting on the route. But it probably wouldn't have mattered because if I were to try to merge the entire route's DEM into one image, it would try to kill my PC due to the immense size.:p Well, at least downtown Port Jervis is fixed.

BEFORE (the split's marked with the ruler)...
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...and AFTER! (yes, I had to delete every single baseboard for the area and replace it) :)
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Finally, a few shots of the Otisville Tunnel...
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After the tunnel, it's about 9 miles downhill all the way to Port Jervis.
 
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gfisher said:
Guess I ought to upload my Otisville Tunnel for you......
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Thanks, but I think I'll stick with the one I already have for now. BTW, love your tracks!:)

Port Jervis starting to come to life (again)...
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A random shot between Mahwah and Ramsey, NJ. Makes a great gift for the trucker's wife who's tired of her husband's job (the perfect semi killer!):hehe:
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SUBWAY125 said:
Are you going to make it to Hoboken with Ho-Ho-Kus and all that? Or will that be a separate route?
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Yes. The line will end in Hoboken on the opposite end. I mentioned it at the bottom of the first page. I might even include the Bergen County branch of the line as well.;)
 
Sounds good to here :). btw, what version will this be for because I'm stuck with TC until TS2009 starts working again with OpenGL. And DirectX 9.0c isn't ever installing so I'm stuck :(
 
It's been almost 2 months since my last visit, so I figure I keep everyone updated. Unfortunately, I started hearing weird noises coming from my hard drive, as if it was about to fail. So I decided to play it safe and get me a new one. Now I'm in the process of transferring everything that was on the old drive onto the new one. I should be able to start working on it again within about a week or so. :)
 
Well, I'm finally back up and running again! This time, I decided to make the route work in compatibility mode. This is so I'll have the ability to use more of the Trunda scenery trees for a more natural look without them looking like "ghost" trees in native mode. It may seem that I'm building the route around the trees. If you look at the route on Google maps or whatever, you'll notice that the scenery is about 70% trees, so yes, the trees are very important.

Looking south past the Gretzen Place crossing in Ramsey, NJ...
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A quick comparison...;)
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Unfortunately, gfisher's tracks, while they are outstanding piece of work, don't work too well in compatibility mode (probably because of the mesh LODs). So instead, I'm using the tracks that are from the Trunda greenery site. I may use them or other tracks in a later version.
 
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