TUME’s Simulation of “The Milwaukee Road”

[transitguard]

Check out this color chart, you might find it handy. It does not have Norfolk Southern, however it does have Norfolk Western.:wave:

I suppose it would be more helpful if I remembered to put the link in, huh?

http://www.worldoftrainz.com/Pages/Tutorials_TRS2006/Colors/RailRoadColorsUSA.htm#Soo

 

[SpeedRacerFan5]

Hey TUME,
Just a suggestion on the S-3 4-8-4 model, But for now why not use the Built-in cab that comes with Trainz, as it looks near identical to that of the 261?
SpeedRacerfan5.

 

[tume]

Hey TUME,
Just a suggestion on the S-3 4-8-4 model, But for now why not use the Built-in cab that comes with Trainz, as it looks near identical to that of the 261?
SpeedRacerfan5.

Hallo,


I attempt to do so before. Unfortunately I could not fix several errors and the adopted cab did not work. I should do another try. In connection to the cab, I also will have to find a nice sound. I am not happy with the sound of several Built-In steam locos and so I don't want to use it for the 261. The sound you here at the video now, comes from the „Frisco Mountain Type“, released years ago at DLS. But this sound only works like a diesel engine sound. Therefore, I run the 4-8-4 using a SD40-2 engine file, just for the videos, I already made.
After all, the 4-8-4 needs several more attention but my focus was to complete MILW - Bitterroot Route during the last time. Also at the moment I have a lot stuff to do at work in real life Besides, I need some time to support a little social life. I will get back to the 4-8-4 and then, I will need some weeks to keep working at it during my spar time.
I really can imagine, that a lot of people are really waiting for this loco, especially now, as the several things goes on about the real 261. But pelase please give me a bit more time


Have a nice start into the new week.
Your's TUME

 

[NTSEFAN]

Don't worry, take all the time you need. I'm really like the engines and the equipment and objects you're doing. the S-3 is really brilliant, like a titan of sorts that in the nick the steam engine universe, it makes all of the steam engines fall for him, while the diesels run in fear. but beyond all of that, this is great!

 

[SpeedRacerFan5]

I agree that a social life is a good thing to have. And about the cab thing, I was just trying to provide ideas for a possible cab for your brilliant S-3 model.
SpeedRacerfan5

 

[tume]

I agree that a social life is a good thing to have. And about the cab thing, I was just trying to provide ideas for a possible cab for your brilliant S-3 model.
SpeedRacerfan5

Thank you very much for your suggestion and also for your nice compliment. I really whish I would have an idea to get everything quickly released. But be sure, the loco will not getting lost at my hard discs and hopefully during the first half this year, it will run through the internet to people who wants it
Are there some news about the real 261 jet? The most interesting thing to me is does it get back on track running under steam like during the last decade?
I live in Germany and here we have also a lot heritage steam locos. But unfortunately some of it lost its operation permission last year. Not even because or a now required boiler revision. There are also a lot of other tests, expertises and technical opinions to be passed just to keep the permission to operate it on tracks – even if its not pulled by itself rather than by another loco. Unfortunately such tests, expertises and technical opinions causes very high costs and has to be made by special professionals who has the permission by law to do that. This could reach up to about 50.000,00 EURO – just to get the opinions. The costs to do some needed fixing would come in addition to this.
Well, in some way it is a good thing, if the government creates rules to prevent disasters and casualties. But sometimes they are just going too far – not only at steam loco matters. Sometimes, I feel, they are not far away from making rules, against every birth of human being. Because if you can’t be born, you just can’t get injured or harmed in some way Eventually they will bring people away from using there own brain.



Have a nice day.
Your’s Uwe

 

[SpeedRacerFan5]

Nothing at this time concerning the 261 that I have heard. Just a suggestion for the Skytop Lounge, can you redesign it as the "Rapids" series of Skytop Lounge cars used on the Twin Cities Hiawatha?

 

[tume]

Nothing at this time concerning the 261 that I have heard. Just a suggestion for the Skytop Lounge, can you redesign it as the "Rapids" series of Skytop Lounge cars used on the Twin Cities Hiawatha?

Yes I can. I have made plans to do so long ago. Also I already collected several photos of its appearance inside as well as outside. But the same things I wrote about finishing the 4-8-4, counts in this case as well. Time is the most of the problem



Your's TUME

 

[PJAMA]

Do you have any plans for Amtrak Cars?

 

[NewYorkCentral]

DLS

I think I must wait a little longer for the MILW S3 4-8-4

 

[NTSEFAN]

You seem to have a thing for Milwaukee stuff, do you?

 

[NewYorkCentral]

You seem to have a thing for Milwaukee stuff, do you?

Maybe?

 

[NTSEFAN]

Maybe?

Okay then........

 

[SpeedRacerFan5]

That was strange.

 

[NTSEFAN]

That was strange.

Tell me about it. I was just asking if Tume likes the Milwaukee road and everything, and then NewYorkCentral speaks up instead.

A little embrassed right now.

 

[tume]

Milwaukee Road Othello-Kittitas Route

Ok Guys,

thanks for all of your questions and commends, but may its time to write down here, what is going on next at my projects.

Milwaukee Road Avery-Drexel route has been released at TS2010 (as you may know) within the Little Joe EF4 #E75, the Three-Unit-Boxcab EF2 #E29 (A,C,B), an SD40-2 (including running numbers) and the GP9’s #283 and 284 as well as a lot of new rolling stock. That’s for the current state so far.

Considering my real-life-work as a project manager at scientific projects being a mechanical engineering designer, I don’t have too much spear time. Also I can not work at just one thing for Trainz, as I need a bit af a change from time to time. Otherwise it would turn me creasy.

Therefore, I have following projects in progress right now:

Main Project: Milwaukee Road Othello-Kittitas Route:
This route was started in 2004 including the needed investigations about the appearance of all of the locations. Also a lot of content creation was needed to get all the special structures for the Milwaukee Road – like the catenary system, which is used at the now released Avery-Drexel route as well. Also I created the Boxcab electrics, the Bi-Polar (still unfinished), the 4-8-4 (still unfinished), and a set of GP9’s during the time I worked at the Othello-Kittitas Route. A lot of other content created at this time has been released at DLS, like the Olympian Hiawatha set.
I interrupted working on that the Othello-Kittitas Route in 2006 as I changed over to Avery-Drexel Route.
Now I am back to take care of the Othello-Kittitas Route and all its mentioned locos! But it is not just about finishing the route and the locos. I also want to update all its content to the full functionality of TS2010 like LOD mesh objects and season change – summer/winter. this requires a lot of additional content creation. Unfortunately I have to learn how to put LOD and season change functions together at the same object. This is still not described at the forums or by Auran itself – but this should change soon.
You may find some screens of the Othello-Kittitas Route (TRS2006) at this thread.

Summary:
- update of all needed Othello-Kittitas content for LOD and season change
- finishing the set Bi-Polars, the set of 4-8-4s and the set Boxcabs – incl. LOD and season change
- finishing the Othello-Kittitas route itself
Not: I will work at all this points parallel to each other, just like I have ideas for it and so on. So it is hard to tell, when its getting finished.


Secondary Project: City and PCC-Cars:
Just as I mentioned, I need some change from time to time. That means I am just getting of the Milwaukee Road project for some weeks time doing still Trainz, but something different. Last Year, I started a PCC car project and started to build a City too. If I need to step back from the Milwaukee Road project, I will continue this until I get back to the Milwaukee Road project with refreshed mind. Such breaks takes mostly about four to six weeks time.


Secondary Project: Santa Fe:
Once I started a Santa Fe project. I worked at the route Windslow-Flagstaff and at two FP45s. I released the FP45s at DLS. Still I wants to develop my Milwaukee Road Erie-Built-Diesel to a Santa Fe version. I started to do so, but still it needs special bogeys.
At the moment I can not tell, when I want to get to do something about the Santa Fe project.


“Secondary” Project: Social Life:
Its unbelievable, but sometimes. I also need to go out meeting some friends and so on. So, this will also keep me away from working for Trainz from time to time.




I hope this gives a little overview about the things you are interested in.

Your’s TUME

 

[stouthm]

Hi Tume, is there anyway that 06 users can get your route? I haven't bought 2010 because everything runs well in my 06 and I'm one of those people who says if it aint broke leave it alone.

 

[tume]

Hi Tume, is there anyway that 06 users can get your route? I haven't bought 2010 because everything runs well in my 06 and I'm one of those people who says if it aint broke leave it alone.

I answered this question before.


Unfortunately, I had a lot of difficulties during creation of the route in TRS2006. I came to the limits of TRS2006 and had to do a strong optimization to be able to finish the route. The route is just very large and TRS2006 could not handle the many many objects. Eventually I changed over to TS2009 and to TS2010 and finished the route there – also by adding several more objects and details. Therefore it would be very very hard, to get the route into TRS2006 again. In fact, the finished route never run stable in TRS2006. The last area, I finished in TRS2006 was the Town of Mullan, Id. It crashed very often.
I am an mechanical engineering designer and I am familiar with the opinion “never change a running system” as it is true – mostly. But TS2010 can handle a lot more contend at each of its baseboards, which TRS2006 does not provide. The Avery-Drexel route contains about 450 different content assets. Because of the forest closely together.
May you will find it as an alternative that you can install the TS2010 as a stand alone system. At my PC runs TRS2006, TS2009 and TS2010 independent from each other. Even it does not use any CMP data from each other and so you will have to commit any of you own or of DLS content again to the new TS2010 if you want to do so. I still switch back to TRS2006 from time to time just to export some of my old routes from there to the explorer, to take it over into TS2010. So therefore I can tell you that the new TS2010 does not effect your TRS2006.


I hope this helps.


Your's TUME

 

[kwally]

By the way – the Interstate 90 and the old Highway 10 – still around during this time, as well as a lot of Logging Roads have been created as drivable “Road Track”. So you can run drivable road vehicles on it – like the Logging Truck at the video.

Hi Uwe,
you are really an allround artist. The video, the scenario, the objects and the historical background. Eveything fits perfect.
I have discovered the road tracks and found it very interesting. But I could not find the road trucks on the TS2010 DVD. So I used the Daimler Bus and (out of reality) the speeder, which looks for me like a golf cart.
Unfortunately the cars derailed on the old Highway heading West after a bridge. Is there an update available?

Thanks for this great route.
Klaus

 

[stouthm]

Thanks for replying to that question again. I may have to start thinking about buying 2010 and leaving 06 on the computer also.