Good afternoon fellow Trainzers? Its been some time since i have built any content that wasn't a personal project or a spur of the moment modification thought up and tacked into an existing route as a personal experiment. Most of you will have heard about the TNSR shutdown thread, in which Matt3985 asked about my scrap 4-8-2 mountain reskin. I was pretty surprised to see anyone mention it, as that one was made over two years ago! But nonetheless, I'm glad some of my old stuff has been put to use somewhere.
Now lets get on to the actual reason i began this thread. I have resurrected two of my old projects, namely my scrap steamers project and now a rebuild of the only route I created that actually made it to the DLS, the Montauk & Aberdeen. A Class II fictional shortline on the North Carolina coastline, nestled in a bay protected by barrier islands. The line serves a fictional interchange with the Norfolk Southern, who inherited the line and freight contract from predecessor Norfolk & Western. The Montauk & Aberdeen's history goes back to the mid 1920s, when the line was first built. Connecting the mainline rail network with a bustling seaport, and several small industries along its route, the M&A board of directors shrewdly managed the financial aspects of the railway, resulting in a very healthy line, even though the Great Depression in the 1930s hit them hard. After WWII, the M&A enjoyed healthy years once again. With its shorter length and good financial standing, it was the only shortline in the USA to remain 100% steam powered into the 21st century, much to the amazement of the rest of the nation. Powered by an ex-NYC K-11 4-6-2, the M&A grudgingly acquired an ex-NYC diesel, an F7A, to handle the passenger trains that ran onto the NS mainline after dieselization occurred in the 1960s. The present day finds the M&A host to a surprisingly varied stable of motive power, including CN steamers, two CN diesels, and the oddball pair of an ATSF SD45 and C30-7, both saved for preservation. Additionally, the M&A shops handle work on other railroads locomotives, due to the quality of the repairs made in their modest but very up-to-date shops in the small railroad town of Montauk, NC.
I will be working on these as time allows, and there will be both a TS12 and TANE version. Screenshots to follow soon.
Now lets get on to the actual reason i began this thread. I have resurrected two of my old projects, namely my scrap steamers project and now a rebuild of the only route I created that actually made it to the DLS, the Montauk & Aberdeen. A Class II fictional shortline on the North Carolina coastline, nestled in a bay protected by barrier islands. The line serves a fictional interchange with the Norfolk Southern, who inherited the line and freight contract from predecessor Norfolk & Western. The Montauk & Aberdeen's history goes back to the mid 1920s, when the line was first built. Connecting the mainline rail network with a bustling seaport, and several small industries along its route, the M&A board of directors shrewdly managed the financial aspects of the railway, resulting in a very healthy line, even though the Great Depression in the 1930s hit them hard. After WWII, the M&A enjoyed healthy years once again. With its shorter length and good financial standing, it was the only shortline in the USA to remain 100% steam powered into the 21st century, much to the amazement of the rest of the nation. Powered by an ex-NYC K-11 4-6-2, the M&A grudgingly acquired an ex-NYC diesel, an F7A, to handle the passenger trains that ran onto the NS mainline after dieselization occurred in the 1960s. The present day finds the M&A host to a surprisingly varied stable of motive power, including CN steamers, two CN diesels, and the oddball pair of an ATSF SD45 and C30-7, both saved for preservation. Additionally, the M&A shops handle work on other railroads locomotives, due to the quality of the repairs made in their modest but very up-to-date shops in the small railroad town of Montauk, NC.
I will be working on these as time allows, and there will be both a TS12 and TANE version. Screenshots to follow soon.
Nice to see you didn't lose your Route completely, I use Carbonite for backup expressly the purpose of what almost happened to you, only I lost 6 months or more of my Aussie Merge Route, and it took me many months more to rebuild, cut and fill all the changes I made in that route when I failed to make a proper backup of it, and didn't realize I had not saved my Route in that time period. Painful, regrettable and stupid on my part, I know better......As the wise ones here would say, Murphy's law.......Can and does work when you least expect it to happen.
