TUME’s Simulation of “The Milwaukee Road”
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Hallo,
its getting close
Rikfish is right about the town to the west and the County - congratulations
Still the place has not named correctly.
Yes, Substation No.11 was located at Tarkio and was therefore named Tarkio Substation. But the bridges have not been named after Tarkio siding or Tarkio Substation. The place used to be named differently. Sorry Rikfish - Tarkio was close but not right. Actually Tarkio is situated a little west of the place we are looking for.
You really should get some help at this link - as I recommended
I unfortunately cannot link to the pictures directly. But once you followed the link below, you click into the menu at the left onto "- Other Railroads". A list appears and you need to choose "Milwaukee Road". After that just press the button "Run Search" below the list.
Soon after the window will change and you are inside the MILW part of the photo collection. Just choose the page "103" and click onto that number.
The photos at the other pages are very worth to be watched too but at the 103 you will find something helpfully about our place here
http://www.morphotoarchive.org/rvndb/
Still have fun!
Your's TUME
its getting close
Rikfish is right about the town to the west and the County - congratulations
Still the place has not named correctly.
Yes, Substation No.11 was located at Tarkio and was therefore named Tarkio Substation. But the bridges have not been named after Tarkio siding or Tarkio Substation. The place used to be named differently. Sorry Rikfish - Tarkio was close but not right. Actually Tarkio is situated a little west of the place we are looking for.
You really should get some help at this link - as I recommended
I unfortunately cannot link to the pictures directly. But once you followed the link below, you click into the menu at the left onto "- Other Railroads". A list appears and you need to choose "Milwaukee Road". After that just press the button "Run Search" below the list.
Soon after the window will change and you are inside the MILW part of the photo collection. Just choose the page "103" and click onto that number.
The photos at the other pages are very worth to be watched too but at the 103 you will find something helpfully about our place here
http://www.morphotoarchive.org/rvndb/
Still have fun!
Your's TUME
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Had a great time wandering through some MLW sites. The Ron V. Nelson collection is awesome. It's very well organized and searching is easy but you do need to know what you're looking for. Once I focused on Cyr lots of shots of the location modeled came up. So seems likely the bridge was called the Cyr bridge even though it was a ways from Cyr and another bridge was closer. As you said only the piers remain of that one. As a young man I was once driving across Montana and saw them pulling up the rails on the bankrupt Milwaukee Railroad. A lonely little crane backing its way west, pushing a few flat cars, pulling the track as it went. A sight I still clearly recall. Any trip over Snoqualmie Pass was always highlighted by noting the Milwaukee trestles south of Highway 10 - later I-90.
Rick
Rick
Yeah "CYR" - that's the place.
CONGRATULATION
Thanks to all of you who used to be about to take part of this little screenshot-mystery. I just wanted to make people curios to find out something by their own. And sometime it helps to keep our horizon open
If you have a look onto the Ron V. Nelson collection you may can imagine the challenge to put such a nice part of environment into trainz. But I will do my best to get the simulation looking as close to the real thing as possible.
As I will make progress in route building I will start such a little -mystery again from time to time. I hope next time I will be able to present something looking less naked than this initial screens this time.
Have a nice weekend.
Your's TUME
Hallo ns1997,
that's a little motorhouse loco - thanks for the photo.
Such little movers (as far as I know powered electrically by using a long trailing cable for power supply) have been used to pull the electric locomotives out of the roundhouse as well as on and off the turntable. This was necessary because there was no overhead wire in front of the roundhouse and above the turntable except at Avery, Id. Therefore such little movers has been in use at Harlowton and Dear Lodge - if I am right.
Your's TUME
that's a little motorhouse loco - thanks for the photo.
Such little movers (as far as I know powered electrically by using a long trailing cable for power supply) have been used to pull the electric locomotives out of the roundhouse as well as on and off the turntable. This was necessary because there was no overhead wire in front of the roundhouse and above the turntable except at Avery, Id. Therefore such little movers has been in use at Harlowton and Dear Lodge - if I am right.
Your's TUME
From here http://www.bigskyfishing.com/Montan...lowtown-pictures/milwaukee-road-switcher.shtm
"This engine, Milwaukee Road X38000, was built by the Milwaukee Road for the sole purpose of moving electric locomotives onto and off of the turntable at the Deer Lodge roundhouse (edited - and presumably the Harlowtown Roundhouse as well). Steam engines can move themselves on and off turntables, but since it was impossible to string trolley wire over a rotating object like a turntable, the electric locomotives had to be pushed. This engine was electric and ran off of an extension cord; it was built by the Milwaukee Road shops on top of a diesel locomotive truck."
There are three more pictures of her there. (a nice snowplow too)
"This engine, Milwaukee Road X38000, was built by the Milwaukee Road for the sole purpose of moving electric locomotives onto and off of the turntable at the Deer Lodge roundhouse (edited - and presumably the Harlowtown Roundhouse as well). Steam engines can move themselves on and off turntables, but since it was impossible to string trolley wire over a rotating object like a turntable, the electric locomotives had to be pushed. This engine was electric and ran off of an extension cord; it was built by the Milwaukee Road shops on top of a diesel locomotive truck."
There are three more pictures of her there. (a nice snowplow too)
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From here http://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/topic/another-neglected-prototype-shop-switch-engines
What is interesting in this pic is that it appears as though it was able to run from both overhead and extension cord. (I think)
Superior, Mt
Hallo,
thank you all for that nice photos from the Harlowton motorhouse switcher. One day, I will need to get detailed photos from that little mover to workout texture from it. This will be the case if I will get close to dear Lodge where such a mover will be required. But this is in the future.
At the moment I am about to build up the town of Superior, Mt and below is then what it looks like in trainz right now.
In the foreground you can see the NP tracks and the 4-lane part of HWY 10. In the middle of the 60's this 4-lane section at Superior has been constructed as a pre state of the lager road upgrade carried out later on which eventually turned the HWY 10 into the I-90 of our days. In the opposite of the river in the background becomes the MILW tracks visible.
At the moment I guess that I will need to create about 10 to 15 special buildings required for Superior e.g. the Mineral County Court House and the old Highschool. About 30 new YARN-like and seasonal road assets have already been created to meet the special requirements of the route extension from Drexel to Alberton.
Your's TUME
Hallo,
thank you all for that nice photos from the Harlowton motorhouse switcher. One day, I will need to get detailed photos from that little mover to workout texture from it. This will be the case if I will get close to dear Lodge where such a mover will be required. But this is in the future.
At the moment I am about to build up the town of Superior, Mt and below is then what it looks like in trainz right now.
In the foreground you can see the NP tracks and the 4-lane part of HWY 10. In the middle of the 60's this 4-lane section at Superior has been constructed as a pre state of the lager road upgrade carried out later on which eventually turned the HWY 10 into the I-90 of our days. In the opposite of the river in the background becomes the MILW tracks visible.
At the moment I guess that I will need to create about 10 to 15 special buildings required for Superior e.g. the Mineral County Court House and the old Highschool. About 30 new YARN-like and seasonal road assets have already been created to meet the special requirements of the route extension from Drexel to Alberton.
Your's TUME
Happy New Year
Hallo,
all the best for 2014 to all of you from me.
Some of you have already changed into the new year and some of you will do soon. I am looking forward to meet all of you again next year here in the forum. Stay all healthy and have a good New-Year-Party.
BTW - does anybody know the town which I am about to create here?
Just a little help - its situated at the old Milwaukee Road Montana Division
Your's TUME
Hallo,
all the best for 2014 to all of you from me.
Some of you have already changed into the new year and some of you will do soon. I am looking forward to meet all of you again next year here in the forum. Stay all healthy and have a good New-Year-Party.
BTW - does anybody know the town which I am about to create here?
Just a little help - its situated at the old Milwaukee Road Montana Division
Your's TUME
jjanmarine3
Active member
Hi and all the best for you too in 2014.
I have no idea what town you are tackling now but I do know that it is going to be excellent work like the rest of your goodies :wave:
I have no idea what town you are tackling now but I do know that it is going to be excellent work like the rest of your goodies :wave:
Yes Missoula is a good guess because of the river next to the MILW tracks, but it is not Missoula. The indicated town is not too far away from Missoula.
Today it is a bit hard to recognize the ROW at Google maps because at this particular place the RR bridge as well as its foundations has been removed and parts of the ROW have been overbuilt with components of an electrical substation for the town.
Your's TUME
Yes Missoula is a good guess because of the river next to the MILW tracks, but it is not Missoula. The indicated town is not too far away from Missoula.
Today it is a bit hard to recognize the ROW at Google maps because at this particular place the RR bridge as well as its foundations has been removed and parts of the ROW have been overbuilt with components of an electrical substation for the town.
Your's TUME
The picture is of Superior, MT. The bridge crossed over River St. The tracks lead out to St. Regis then to Haugan and from there to Avery, ID.
Yes - you got it GP502011,
We are just north of the town Superior, Mt looking south-south-east. Still I need to create several buildings, like the "Cafe" which needs to join into the building line in the foreground. Also there are empty places in the middle which needs to be filled with the Old School buildings, Mineral County Court House and the Big Sky Motel close to the HWY-10 Diamond.
The four lane section and the Diamond of HWY-10 (now I-90) appears in the background.
And you are right, the MILW tracks crossed the River ( and the NP line) just at St. Regis and continues to Drexel - the eastern endpoint of the simulation at TS2010 (Milwaukee Road Avery - Drexel).
Your's TUME
We are just north of the town Superior, Mt looking south-south-east. Still I need to create several buildings, like the "Cafe" which needs to join into the building line in the foreground. Also there are empty places in the middle which needs to be filled with the Old School buildings, Mineral County Court House and the Big Sky Motel close to the HWY-10 Diamond.
The four lane section and the Diamond of HWY-10 (now I-90) appears in the background.
And you are right, the MILW tracks crossed the River ( and the NP line) just at St. Regis and continues to Drexel - the eastern endpoint of the simulation at TS2010 (Milwaukee Road Avery - Drexel).
Your's TUME
montanawestren
meh..
Very nice Tume! Giving me some inspiration. Hopefully ill be able to get further along with my Milwaukee project, which is however in a further south location.