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jacksonbarno
Alco Spoken Here
Montanawestern, what track is that if you don't mind me asking?
Nice shots everyone!
Nice shots everyone!
NewYorkCentral
New York Central Railroad
That's very cool, opus722. Keep up the good work.
Pencil42's track - 60Ib milled grey
Very cool.
Trying to recreate Virginia's Natural Tunnel, but the Trainz terrain doesn't agree very well with steep slopes.
Not as impressive as the real thing without the surrounding landscape
I've been to the tunnel a few times and I have to critique your design. The tunnel is actually more in the shape of a question mark (?). This can be seen easily from the viewing platform at the entrance to the tunnel. I know this because I saw the headlights of a train traveling a similar way in the tunnel before the train came out of the tunnel, which was awesome. The tracks in the tunnel are also on an embankment, which can be seen when at the right time of day, when some of the light from the sun can go into the tunnel for a small distance.
I have relatives that live south of Kingsport, Tennessee on U.S. highway 11W, so Natural Tunnel is not far away from their place. Last time I went there, I took my cousin with me as usual. Of course, he had to have the engineer of a train blow his horn as it passed by the viewing platform. The result was me becoming nearly deaf. I impulsively told my cousin, "Benjamin! I'm gonna kill you!", but I never will. A previous time, my aunt, Benjamin's mom, came along with his twin sister and older brother. Me, my sister, Benjamin, his sister and his brother was going to be in a picture, but my aunt noticed something that needed to be fixed. Se walked up towards us, and bent over to fix it, just as my Mom took the photo. The camera used was our first digital camera, so the picture was deleted not long afterward.
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simulatortrain
jointed freaking rails
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I walked through the tunnel back in July when Norfolk Southern shut down traffic for a special event hosted by the state park. No clue what you are talking about with a question mark shape. You can see both tunnel entrances from the mid-point of the tunnel. The track is on a fairly gentle curve, for a natural feature, exits in a straight line then enters the smaller man made tunnel then follows Stock Creek down to the Clinch. If you look at Natural Tunnel on a topographic map you can verify this. I haven't modeled the less impressive north entrance so the curve is incomplete in the Trainz item.
http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?la...27&zoom=2&map=auto&coord=d&mode=zoomin&size=m
http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?la...27&zoom=2&map=auto&coord=d&mode=zoomin&size=m
Well I always thought that the tunnel is in the shape of a question mark, where the track first curves to the right, then makes a 90 degree left curve before exiting the tunnel on the other end, smaller tunnel entrance. You could see the curve very easily whenever a train goes thru the tunnel.
NS #1069 The Virginian leading NS 744.
I was able to get some good shots at the crew change! (Thanks to the engineer I got some up close shots!!)
ET&WNC 210 hauls a short freight.
Awesome shots from both of you! I have to ask, where did you get the girder bridge from? I keep seeing it and don't know where to find it...@@ If you, or anyone, could point the way, I'd really appreciate it.
AMTRAKwannabe
Norfolk & Western Lives
Umm... No.
The not-so-famous end:
The famous end:
There is no 90 degree turn, near impossible to fit it in a space like this:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/N...2!3m1!1s0x885ae7da73e93901:0xb108329509ab4ca4
simulatortrain
jointed freaking rails
Who says you need a train in the shot?
applegathc
NoT tHe StAtUeS!
Nice work, Steve! Love me some Mississippi goodness..