blueodessey
Well-known member
Playing on the UMR 2018 Route
Good Wednesday Day all, it's the middle of the week,
I'm having a good time on KCS Hillian Sub fixing a Brake Retarder issue, and it's not the Asset at Fault, it's that trouble child T:ANE didn't let it operate correctly.. So you know, I had to do that find a newer asset, any asset that would stop the Rolling Stock in my hump yard. And I did, it was a Pink Arrow, and it works great.
While we are on the Asset's item, please check your, only if you use ASSET-X, and see if you have the latest version, your version should be 3.3 if not you'll need to download the update here.
http://trainz.shaneturner.co.uk/tutorials/index.php/home/utilities/pevsoft-trainz-tools/assetx
Download the file, double click, and make sure your Asset X is closed, and it might take all of 30 Seconds.
So lets swing over to UMR 2018 Route for bit.
Author's Notes describe one really nice Route, with Industries nicely spaced out, lots of mainline running, and good amount of Shunting for you switching fans.
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Fifty one new miles of mainline/branch line track added to the West and North, with 5 new towns and 5 new commodities: General Auto parts, Corn Oil, Corn Sweetener, Propane, and 5/16' Copper Rod.
All assets are on the DLS, with the exception of the free weathered container pack and the TOFC pack from JointedRail.com.
Special thanks to all who created content - and especially to George Fisher, James Flanders, and Andrew Cochrane, who gave their permission for the mergers to take place.
In picture below, we have a broken coupler, no the engineer wasn't at fault, it was a fatigue and fracture that finally caused it to break, fortunately we weren't headed up a hill and end up with runaway rear end of our train. Takes about 15 mins to fix, walk the Coupler from the Engine, 10 mins, knock out the hinge pin, and drop new coupler in, and then re pin, 5 mins, back up and make a joint, air pressure and brake test...Then will be on our way.
Our Grade Crossing Safety CSX consists here are getting ready to move to another enforcement operation, every time we do one, the message gets out there and hopefully passes on. Don't play with a heavy weight, you can stop, Trains can't (they can stop, but 1/4 to 2 miles later) after they hit your car, or person! For more information Google Operation Lifesaver for your area, and or world wide.
On the other side here, we have a power plant which takes lots of Coal to fire, good business for the Railroad, and it is a clean burning plant too.
I decided to put a Fred EOT on the end of this passenger consists, as there are no apparent clearance lights on this one, don't need a rear end collision if another Engineer isn't paying attention, and believe me, it has happened too many times.
You got the figure the long hours these crews work, a minimum of 12 hrs, and it can go to 16 under unusual circumstances, but then a like Airlines, Boats, Trucking to name a few, the serious thing called FATIGUE FACTOR comes into to play where your body starts to shut down, unless your taking some stimulants that you shouldn't be, and that's another discussion we won't go into here! The safe to say, you take care of your employees the same as a family member..........It's teamwork that counts in all Jobs and at home too......
Very colorful and nice looking Dock Cranes here.......
Just across the valley, here is our Dock with large ship in Dock unloading here. Great business for the Railroad.
And we have Coal loading facility here as well. Lots of import/export going on. And it is pouring rain, but the Dock work will continue.......
And some special FEMA cars for the Government. Which while I'm thinking about it, we move a special items of unusual size or dimension, that would be more difficult and costly if not impossible, such as Missiles and Specialize construction equipment. The Railroad when given a chance can do a lot of things you might not expect when called on for special duty. We even move Military Troops and first responders into inaccessible areas if our Rail is good....Just something to think about.
Check out this article and how the Railroad trains them too.....
https://www.google.com/search?q=Fir...y+Trains&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1
A couple of C&O GP9 with dynamic brake Blue one's in picture. I really like these C&O Road engines, they work great. In the next picture below, I posted who made them and where they are available.......
Author's Notes: Chesapeake purchased 363 GP9s between 1954 and 1957. They were numbered 5901-6263, following the GP7s numbered 5800-5900. The first
148 GP9s were delivered in the classic blue with yellow lettering and
stripes paint scheme. In June 1956, the stripes were omitted and the
entire side sill and pilot was painted yellow with units 6048-6208.
In 1957, the Railroad Roman lettering gave way to Futura Demibold.
In 1964, the 'Doughnut' scheme was used, and this lasted until 'Chessie System' paint was unveiled in 1973.
EMD GP9
HP: 1750
Engine: 16 cyl 567C Made by cincysouthernrwy on DSL.....Kuid 45588:6047:1
Overview of rest of dock yards, and water here appears very black looking, I think because of altitude, I might change the color a little bit and lighten it a bit....?
As you can see do to the size of this route, the Author kept the Tile width very narrow, and to run on my Laptop, I might have to keep it the same, will see, but in some spots I might add a Tile or 2 where the cutoff edges are bit too close. But that's me being picky, this is another outstanding Route to play with.....52 Miles.....really good size with lots of Variety.....Check it out.....UMR 2018.........
This inside of our Safety Train, the head end power is Diesel..........Very nicely done...If I remember correctly these are SDM70 AC's from VIA Canadian Power on lease with us.
I think that'll do for today.....You all take care.........
Good Wednesday Day all, it's the middle of the week,
I'm having a good time on KCS Hillian Sub fixing a Brake Retarder issue, and it's not the Asset at Fault, it's that trouble child T:ANE didn't let it operate correctly.. So you know, I had to do that find a newer asset, any asset that would stop the Rolling Stock in my hump yard. And I did, it was a Pink Arrow, and it works great.
While we are on the Asset's item, please check your, only if you use ASSET-X, and see if you have the latest version, your version should be 3.3 if not you'll need to download the update here.
http://trainz.shaneturner.co.uk/tutorials/index.php/home/utilities/pevsoft-trainz-tools/assetx
Download the file, double click, and make sure your Asset X is closed, and it might take all of 30 Seconds.
So lets swing over to UMR 2018 Route for bit.
Author's Notes describe one really nice Route, with Industries nicely spaced out, lots of mainline running, and good amount of Shunting for you switching fans.
====================================================================================
Fifty one new miles of mainline/branch line track added to the West and North, with 5 new towns and 5 new commodities: General Auto parts, Corn Oil, Corn Sweetener, Propane, and 5/16' Copper Rod.
All assets are on the DLS, with the exception of the free weathered container pack and the TOFC pack from JointedRail.com.
Special thanks to all who created content - and especially to George Fisher, James Flanders, and Andrew Cochrane, who gave their permission for the mergers to take place.
In picture below, we have a broken coupler, no the engineer wasn't at fault, it was a fatigue and fracture that finally caused it to break, fortunately we weren't headed up a hill and end up with runaway rear end of our train. Takes about 15 mins to fix, walk the Coupler from the Engine, 10 mins, knock out the hinge pin, and drop new coupler in, and then re pin, 5 mins, back up and make a joint, air pressure and brake test...Then will be on our way.
Our Grade Crossing Safety CSX consists here are getting ready to move to another enforcement operation, every time we do one, the message gets out there and hopefully passes on. Don't play with a heavy weight, you can stop, Trains can't (they can stop, but 1/4 to 2 miles later) after they hit your car, or person! For more information Google Operation Lifesaver for your area, and or world wide.
On the other side here, we have a power plant which takes lots of Coal to fire, good business for the Railroad, and it is a clean burning plant too.
I decided to put a Fred EOT on the end of this passenger consists, as there are no apparent clearance lights on this one, don't need a rear end collision if another Engineer isn't paying attention, and believe me, it has happened too many times.
You got the figure the long hours these crews work, a minimum of 12 hrs, and it can go to 16 under unusual circumstances, but then a like Airlines, Boats, Trucking to name a few, the serious thing called FATIGUE FACTOR comes into to play where your body starts to shut down, unless your taking some stimulants that you shouldn't be, and that's another discussion we won't go into here! The safe to say, you take care of your employees the same as a family member..........It's teamwork that counts in all Jobs and at home too......
Very colorful and nice looking Dock Cranes here.......
Just across the valley, here is our Dock with large ship in Dock unloading here. Great business for the Railroad.
And we have Coal loading facility here as well. Lots of import/export going on. And it is pouring rain, but the Dock work will continue.......
And some special FEMA cars for the Government. Which while I'm thinking about it, we move a special items of unusual size or dimension, that would be more difficult and costly if not impossible, such as Missiles and Specialize construction equipment. The Railroad when given a chance can do a lot of things you might not expect when called on for special duty. We even move Military Troops and first responders into inaccessible areas if our Rail is good....Just something to think about.
Check out this article and how the Railroad trains them too.....
https://www.google.com/search?q=Fir...y+Trains&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1
A couple of C&O GP9 with dynamic brake Blue one's in picture. I really like these C&O Road engines, they work great. In the next picture below, I posted who made them and where they are available.......
Author's Notes: Chesapeake purchased 363 GP9s between 1954 and 1957. They were numbered 5901-6263, following the GP7s numbered 5800-5900. The first
148 GP9s were delivered in the classic blue with yellow lettering and
stripes paint scheme. In June 1956, the stripes were omitted and the
entire side sill and pilot was painted yellow with units 6048-6208.
In 1957, the Railroad Roman lettering gave way to Futura Demibold.
In 1964, the 'Doughnut' scheme was used, and this lasted until 'Chessie System' paint was unveiled in 1973.
EMD GP9
HP: 1750
Engine: 16 cyl 567C Made by cincysouthernrwy on DSL.....Kuid 45588:6047:1
Overview of rest of dock yards, and water here appears very black looking, I think because of altitude, I might change the color a little bit and lighten it a bit....?
As you can see do to the size of this route, the Author kept the Tile width very narrow, and to run on my Laptop, I might have to keep it the same, will see, but in some spots I might add a Tile or 2 where the cutoff edges are bit too close. But that's me being picky, this is another outstanding Route to play with.....52 Miles.....really good size with lots of Variety.....Check it out.....UMR 2018.........
This inside of our Safety Train, the head end power is Diesel..........Very nicely done...If I remember correctly these are SDM70 AC's from VIA Canadian Power on lease with us.
I think that'll do for today.....You all take care.........