Valley River Railroad

[davesnow]

This is my "Valley River Railroad" which I have been working on for the past three months. It is 30 boards tall by 3 boards wide and the route is similar to the White River rail line in the Arkansas Ozarks (hence the Missouri & Nothern Arkansas locos in some of the screenies). The main line follows a fictional river (Valley River) through rolling hills. Industries are coal, logging, and containers. There is also a passenger scenic excursion train that runs the route.

I used Photoshop to create the land forms (hills, valleys, & rivers).

The MNA Logging train

A wide point in the river

A country home along the rails

More Missouri & Northern Arkansas logging train shots along the river:

 

[davesnow]

More Shots of the Valley River Railroad:

The Valley River RR Scenic Excursion train:

 

[WCL]

Looks really good :Y: :wave:

 

[Conrail45]

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[Iced8383]

pretty good!

 

[lornyk5]

Looks nice, you have a eye for detail for sure:wave:

Lorin

 

[titaniclover]

I must say that topology is fantastic!:wave:
Once I get Photoshop I must learn how to create such realistic terrain!

Cheers,
Adam

 

[Dermmy]

Sweet looking route Dave - a lot of it reminds me of my East Kentucky......

Andy

 

[davesnow]

Sweet looking route Dave - a lot of it reminds me of my East Kentucky......

Andy

Hey, Derm... did you read my PM!!

 

[NorfolkSouthern9708]

You should learn to reskin then you will be a great creator!!!

 

[davesnow]

Thanks for everyone's comments and PM's on my route! I appreciate the feedback.

 

[sethmcs]

I Like

Sweet looking route Dave - a lot of it reminds me of my East Kentucky......

Andy

You know. I was thinking the same thing.:hehe: Excellant work Dave! Especially on the textures.

 

[davesnow]

MORE screenies

Here are some more screenshots of my route, including the huge Yard at Groveport:

(Thanks for all your positive comments.)

The West end of the large U-shaped yard at Groveport:

The Southernmost edge of the yard showing part of the container ship unloading & Train loading area.

The East end of the yard as it loops around:

View of the yard from the cab of a Dash 9:

View of the yard from the Tower:

A Union Pacific container unit train passes through Mount Pecan:

Leaving Groveport:

Other Miscellaneous shots:

 

[SuperChief1187]

Good looking route!

If you don't mind me asking, where are those pacer stacktrain containers from?

 

[wolfsong]

I am curious about the tower view. Is that an existing tower and if so is it function, another words can you "sit down" at the control panel and set the switches in the yard from there. If so, where do I find it and how do I layout the control panel and link it to the yard switches? If not when is it going to be available on the DLS? Thanks,
=gerry=

 

[sfrr]

Nice to see your using Frank's locomotives. Awesome route, keep the screenies coming!

Best regards,
Mike

 

[davesnow]

^ I made the Pacer StackTrain containers (re-skinned), then cloned and re-worked an industry to produce mostly Pacer StackTrain containers.

^The tower view is just a tracking camera view---I placed the camera "in" the tower.

 

[Iced8383]

Nice!!

Iced8383

P.S. where did you get the dependencies for those engines?

 

[WVSI]

Progress?

How's it comin?