In our forums 'Vaporware' gets a mention with reference to many proposed or under construction Routes that are never seen or ever heard off again .
This article was started about 6 months ago ( before I had a health problem ) and found still unfinished on my notebook.
My route of the Brisbane Tram system was commenced in about 2004 and started by doing the line from the "Gabba Five Ways" too Salisbury , "Wooloongaba" Cricket fans will know that's where the famous cricket ground is .
As I know the area well it seemed a good starting point , but of course I didn't stop there , there are a few other lines radiating from the Five Ways , East too Balmoral also South East Via Stones Corner too Carina / Belmont ( the most Easterly point for Trams on the East Coast of Australia ) and South Too Mt Gravatt central .
There were more lines on the Southside of the Brisbane River so they needed to be done , so completing South Brisbane and the remaining Lines , West End and Dutton Park that meant all most one third of the total system for Brisbane was finished.
In the Process of all this building "Motorman 1066" ( Sel ) an avid Tram fan and former Driver, started making Infrastructure galore for me to use , including nearly all the Tram fleet used by the BCC Tramway .
So as a "Thankyou" to Sel I started on the Rainworth Line North of the River ( going past his old house ) that also included doing the Toowong Line Plus Roma Street and part of the City ( Vulcan "Ian" ) made the Old Victoria Tram Bridge for me , willem2 ( Bill ) made some Special Tram stop buildings as well.
Thank you Mates I was a real Pest I'm sure !
This was my Big mistake ! I should have Uploaded the route "as is" AT THIS stage , what an idiot !
No I didn't ! but continued on with building the other Two Thirds North of the River , but over a long long period of time , got bored with working on one Route.
I was side-tracked into doing ( and uploading ) a couple of other Routes that appealed to me , in the meantime a few more versions of Trainz became available with their increasing updating of asset requirements , somewhat leaving Tram assets behind .
By this time All of the Brisbane City Tram Route was complete , But Sel had moved on and no longer available to update and upload many assets , what a blow !!
So now it is not worth trying to change or replace a whole host of assets ,
Or upload the Route.
So that's My fault err my excuse and I'm stuck with it !!
NormP.
This article was started about 6 months ago ( before I had a health problem ) and found still unfinished on my notebook.
My route of the Brisbane Tram system was commenced in about 2004 and started by doing the line from the "Gabba Five Ways" too Salisbury , "Wooloongaba" Cricket fans will know that's where the famous cricket ground is .
As I know the area well it seemed a good starting point , but of course I didn't stop there , there are a few other lines radiating from the Five Ways , East too Balmoral also South East Via Stones Corner too Carina / Belmont ( the most Easterly point for Trams on the East Coast of Australia ) and South Too Mt Gravatt central .
There were more lines on the Southside of the Brisbane River so they needed to be done , so completing South Brisbane and the remaining Lines , West End and Dutton Park that meant all most one third of the total system for Brisbane was finished.
In the Process of all this building "Motorman 1066" ( Sel ) an avid Tram fan and former Driver, started making Infrastructure galore for me to use , including nearly all the Tram fleet used by the BCC Tramway .
So as a "Thankyou" to Sel I started on the Rainworth Line North of the River ( going past his old house ) that also included doing the Toowong Line Plus Roma Street and part of the City ( Vulcan "Ian" ) made the Old Victoria Tram Bridge for me , willem2 ( Bill ) made some Special Tram stop buildings as well.
Thank you Mates I was a real Pest I'm sure !
This was my Big mistake ! I should have Uploaded the route "as is" AT THIS stage , what an idiot !
No I didn't ! but continued on with building the other Two Thirds North of the River , but over a long long period of time , got bored with working on one Route.
I was side-tracked into doing ( and uploading ) a couple of other Routes that appealed to me , in the meantime a few more versions of Trainz became available with their increasing updating of asset requirements , somewhat leaving Tram assets behind .
By this time All of the Brisbane City Tram Route was complete , But Sel had moved on and no longer available to update and upload many assets , what a blow !!
So now it is not worth trying to change or replace a whole host of assets ,
Or upload the Route.
So that's My fault err my excuse and I'm stuck with it !!
NormP.
Sorry I couldn't help the small pun there as they tend to sneak out all too often. Anyhow, it's part of the creative process. You see, as you've found out, you get stuck and bored with a big project. Building a high quality route takes time and energy, and both of which are usually at short supply, at least for me with energy being the biggest thing as of late. So ideas start popping, the creative juices flow, and we build. We build furiously or until we run out of steam again when the big route becomes like we're eating big piles of dry, stale. crackers every day for a year. At that point, it's best to take a break and start on something else.