Wisconsin Northwoods Railroad

[WCRULEZ]

Welcome to the Wisconsin Northwoods, a project for Trainz: A New Era. The Wisconsin Northwoods is a shortline that runs former Canadian National track between Wausau, Wisconsin, and Rhinelander, Wisconsin. The railroad also laid new tracks between Rhinelander and Eagle River, Wisconsin, and completely overhauled the branchline between Rhinelander and Crandon, Wisconsin. The railroad is also trying to partner with the Camp 5 Museum and Lumerjack Steam Train to get trackage rights into Laona, Wisconsin. The line's main commodity is Lumber for the paper mills in Wausau, but also handles paper, LPG, corn, perishables, sand, corn, and some scrap. The line interchange with the CN in Wausau, and hopefully eventually the Escanaba & Lake Superior in Beecher.

This will be a multi stage project, with the first stage being the section between Wausau and Rhinelander, then moving to Eagle River, then completing the branch between Rhinelander and Crandon, then the segment between Crandon and Laona, and finally between Laona and Beecher.



First step will be basemapz. Enjoy the project as it unfolds!

 

[Trainz_12_fan_100]

Sounds like a good project.

 

[WCRULEZ]

First progress update has to do with motive power!

The WNRR originally started with 8 GP38-2's #2008-#2015 from the Southern Pacific, but have all since been repainted to WNRR colors.

They also made a package deal with the Florida East Coast to obtain SD40-2's #703, #713, and #714, aswell as SD70M-2's #100, #101, and #102.
The FEC locomotives have yet to be repainted, and still bear their FEC paint schemes



More updates to come!

 

[blueodessey]

Looks very interesting and I will come back to visit when you post more.

Thanks for Sharing with us.

 

[WCRULEZ]

Here are a few things I have been working on tonight...

First is Laona & Northern #4 for the Lumberjack Special Steam Train



Also, TransDEM work is underway between Wausau and Tomohawk!



Work will slow down because of finals, but work will really begin to ramp up on Friday as school will have ended! Stay Tuned!

 

[WCRULEZ]

Another small update occurred today..

I created the Train List, and their respective I.D's

Y Series - Yard Switchers


Y-CRN - Crandon Yrad Switcher
Y-EAG - Eagle River Yard Switcher
Y-RHI - Rhinelander Yard Switcher
Y-WAU - Wausau Yard Switcher


S Series - Locals


S-RHICRN - Rhinelander to Crandon, turns into Y-CRN
S-CRNRHI - Return of S-RHICRN
S-RHITOM - Rhinelander to Tomahawk
S-TOMRHI - Return of S-RHITOM
S-RHI - Rhinelander Industry Switcher
S-EAG - Eagle River Industry Switcher


M Series - Manifest


M-WAURHI - Wausau to Rhinelander
M-RHIWAU - Rhinelander to Wausau
M-WAUEAG - Wausau to Eagle River
M-EAGWAU - Eagle River to Rhinelander


L Series - Lumber (Once per Week)


L-ARGWAU - Argonne to Wausau
L-WAUARG-E - Wausau to Argonne (Empties)
L-EAGWAU - Eagle River to Wausau
L-WAUEAG-E - Wausau to Eagle River (Empties)


G Series - Grain (When Necessary, In Summer Only)


G-WAUTOM - Wausau to Tomahawk
G-TOMWAU-E - Tomahawk to Wausau (Empties)


U Series - Coal (UP via CN, When Necessary, Usually Twice A Year)


U700 - Wausau to Rhinelander Power Station
U701 - Rhinelander Power Station to Wausau (Empties)

I also finished the TransDEM, exporting will happen soon.



Also, I decided to run some WNRR trains on Brazemore Yard, a route built-in to TMR17

Train L-ARGWAU passes the banks of Lake Nokomis in Heafford Junction, on his way to interchange with the CN in Wausau



We also caught him slowing around the final curve before heading into Tomahawk

 

[WCRULEZ]

No recent updates as I am having issues with TransDEM. This will be my first project with it and it is very confusing...

But in the mean time, I did manage to come up with a possible paint scheme for the WNRR



Any help with TransDEM would be greatly appreciated.

 

[WCL]

Not bad......Reminds me of the routes I have been doing for Wisconsin as these 3 here...But these are more prototypical

WC/CN
https://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?28724-WC-Shotz/page115


ELS
https://forums.auran.com/trainz/sho...a-and-Lake-Superior-in-the-North-Woods/page21


CP
https://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?27115-New-CP-Route-In-Wisconsin-WIP/page32


Might have to back up a few pages

 

[WCL]

Heres one to throw on here:


The 500 and 1344 are getting ready to depart the yard here at Crivitz to make its daily run to Green Bay

 

[WCRULEZ]

Nice shot!

There has been a lack of updates due to my computer crapping out on me and I have to replace it. The replacement should be here soon. Luckily, I had just started the route, so not much was lost. Updates will continue shortly, so stay tuned!

 

[WCL]

Sent you a message

 

[Soysaucerules]

Where can I find the Wausau, Rhinelander, Tomahawk Route at