Hey All, I'm a long-time fan and "1st Time Thread Poster" here from the home of the Indy 500: Indianapolis, USA
Brief Bio:
I started chasing trains back in the early 1960's when two sets of my grandparents lived a few houses from the Monon and the other near the B&O crossing in Mitchell, Indiana. It didn't matter which track I was closest to, the few houses to the corner worked just fine as I would hear a train blow from a mile or two away and out the door I would run to watch them come through this little southern Indiana "burg" of a few thousand, more known as the hometown of astronaut, Virgil "Gus" Grissom.
In the early 1970's, I started collecting music of all kinds which started my radio and nightclub DJ career lasting thru the early 2000's. After struggling through the 1990's with a fledgling promotion and marketing company and a real estate brokerage, I created "RaceFanRadio, Music and Motorsports 24-7 !" in 2003, the first on-line radio station marrying music and various forms of racing broadcasts and interview shows which consumed my talents and resources for ten years. Today, I spend most of my time devoted to real estate clients but look for those few hours a day to let go and unwind....
Why Trainz 2019:
My love for trains started at 3 years old with my first Lionel set and only grew through my teen years with an 8' x 4' HO layout in my bedroom. Now fast forward to the simulation age of Trainz 2019 and I can finally build the rolling empire of memories and dreams...!
Hence, my first Route Map, "Mitchell 1.0" (now updated to Mitchell: 2020~0720 Update; KUID ID: 918001:102617)
I have been working inside Trainz 2019 since I gave myself a late Christmas present seven months ago and have been addicted ever since. Having played city builder games for years, I sidelined "Cities Skylines" for a new "mental unwind" only to find I can't devote enough time to it while running my very successful real estate brokerage.
Mitchell 1.0 and Follow-up:
After spending a few months trying to learn Trainz 2019, I decided it was time to start working on my own route map. Thanks to numerous tutorials, Google searches and trial and error, I uploaded my first effort in mid-April, 2020. Yep, filled with numerous open-ended errors and un-finished business, I was looking for more of what my route would look like on the big screen as I built on one computer system to play on a much larger and nicer gaming system.
I did the basics, added a few challenges and worked through more ideas and added the first update a month later: "Mitchell: 2020~0527 Update" As my skill set increased and the desire to add more, I found more frustrations and issues which still are to be worked out in future updates...
More updates to follow...
Brief Bio:
I started chasing trains back in the early 1960's when two sets of my grandparents lived a few houses from the Monon and the other near the B&O crossing in Mitchell, Indiana. It didn't matter which track I was closest to, the few houses to the corner worked just fine as I would hear a train blow from a mile or two away and out the door I would run to watch them come through this little southern Indiana "burg" of a few thousand, more known as the hometown of astronaut, Virgil "Gus" Grissom.
In the early 1970's, I started collecting music of all kinds which started my radio and nightclub DJ career lasting thru the early 2000's. After struggling through the 1990's with a fledgling promotion and marketing company and a real estate brokerage, I created "RaceFanRadio, Music and Motorsports 24-7 !" in 2003, the first on-line radio station marrying music and various forms of racing broadcasts and interview shows which consumed my talents and resources for ten years. Today, I spend most of my time devoted to real estate clients but look for those few hours a day to let go and unwind....
Why Trainz 2019:
My love for trains started at 3 years old with my first Lionel set and only grew through my teen years with an 8' x 4' HO layout in my bedroom. Now fast forward to the simulation age of Trainz 2019 and I can finally build the rolling empire of memories and dreams...!
Hence, my first Route Map, "Mitchell 1.0" (now updated to Mitchell: 2020~0720 Update; KUID ID: 918001:102617)
I have been working inside Trainz 2019 since I gave myself a late Christmas present seven months ago and have been addicted ever since. Having played city builder games for years, I sidelined "Cities Skylines" for a new "mental unwind" only to find I can't devote enough time to it while running my very successful real estate brokerage.
Mitchell 1.0 and Follow-up:
After spending a few months trying to learn Trainz 2019, I decided it was time to start working on my own route map. Thanks to numerous tutorials, Google searches and trial and error, I uploaded my first effort in mid-April, 2020. Yep, filled with numerous open-ended errors and un-finished business, I was looking for more of what my route would look like on the big screen as I built on one computer system to play on a much larger and nicer gaming system.
I did the basics, added a few challenges and worked through more ideas and added the first update a month later: "Mitchell: 2020~0527 Update" As my skill set increased and the desire to add more, I found more frustrations and issues which still are to be worked out in future updates...
More updates to follow...