Paducah & Louisville RR

Dermmy

Too many projects...
So what's next? I'm keeping the subject of this one a bit of a mystery for a while, just for the fun of it! In fact first person to correctly identify the route and two locations will collect a small Jointed Rail voucher with my compliments...

The route will be TS2010 and will be Native Mode if I can come to terms with the tree thing - and I'm honestly not all that convinced by some of the hi-res textures I've downloaded either. Anyway for the moment it's Native...

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Every new route has to start somewhere, so why not at a bridge? The question of course is 'Which bridge, and over what river?' It's a big bridge, that 100 car CSX coal train is entirely on the structure (including the DPU pushers on the rear). A CSX train is exactly what should be on this bridge. Manoeuvring those 23 individual truss bridge spans into place was a bitch. I should've started someplace else or used a spline :(

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First worthwhile screenshot from the new route and my first try at using trees that wave as I pass! Jankvis and Pofig are responsible for these and I have to say 3D trees have come a long way in a short time! Anyway a couple of clues about the route: The CSX is southbound and it is just about to cross a state line. Apalachicola Northern locos never worked this spur, but it was worked by a regional...

Andy :)
 
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I think i know, But as i work with the boys at Jointedrail i'll pass on it Andy, But best of luck with your new Project mate. I reckon it will be sumthing worth keeping an eye on.
Cheers Mick.:D
 
Man, this looks good Andy! For some reason (I"m probably wrong) but that DEM reminds me of Nashville, TN.
I can guess...
Conrail45
 
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@ Mick -I haven't discussed this one with Mike (yet!). Pretty sure I haven't anyway...

@CR45 - nope :)
 
That looks like the Cairo Bridge between Illinois and Kentucky.

True, but Cairo looked a little higher up.

These shots are from a place where there is a bridge, of course. Instinct says western USA , but my first thought was east again.
 
I thought about Metropolis too, but didn't get the right vibe there. I'm guessing it's NOT the Cairo Bridge, because that's a CN line (ex IL Central).:confused:
 
I can't see the Surveyor compass. In what geographical direction is that train heading? :D Cheat! Cheat!

Cheers,
Fred
 
Reminds me of Kenova, WV, but the CSX train is on the wrong line for that.


Looks to be in NE US. Probably not in PA though. I am going to guess somewhere in NY.
 
ED WINS!!!!

I thought about Metropolis too, but didn't get the right vibe there. I'm guessing it's NOT the Cairo Bridge, because that's a CN line (ex IL Central).:confused:

Blimey Charlie Ed, but that was fast!! You had it then you lost it! It is in fact the CN Ohio River Bridge from Metropolis IL to Paducah KY (one bridge upstream from Cairo) and the shots are on the Illinois side, therefore Metropolis it is, vibes or no vibes. That factory served by the tracks below the bridge is actually gone (as are the tracks themselves), replaced by a casino of all things! A grotty old railway siding is infinitely sexier than a casino so although the route will be essentially present day I am not above the exercise of a little artistic license.

I know I specified identifying two locations, but hells bells man - to get that from a couple of screenshots blows me away! And you are right, my bad - that is the CN line, the CSX line is farther over. So you got it even with misleading captions. One JR gift voucher on it's way (soon anyway). Drop me an email via my profile! I guess Strench had better email me also, although I suspect Ed woulda nailed it if those locos had been CN :)

The 'New Project' will be the western half of the Paducah and Louisville Railroad, a Kentucky regional with a fairly eclectic collection of patched second-hand units plus a very smart skin all of it's own. Lots of coal mines, lots of power stations, lots of rail to barge transfer (coal, stone and grain), lots of manifest but almost no IM. DPU run-thu power from CSX, BNSF and CN are used on most coal trains, with PAL power on manifests.

The project will cover from west (north) of Paducah to just east of Madisonville. I am vaguely toying with the idea of just doing the yards and other juicy bits and linking them with portals, but as yet undecided.

Either way it is a big project, look for it in a couple of years at best...

Andy.

PS - Still can't get over Ed getting it that right that fast!!!!

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It's a testament to your skills of modeling, not my skills of observation!;) I'll let you keep your voucher, however, as there is nothing at JR that I need or want. Thanks just the same!

That looks like a great start to a map I'm sure I'll be interested in, keep up the great work.

Does this look familiar?:

http://bridgehunter.com/photos/10/20/102084-M.jpg
 
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Thanks Ed :)

I wish I could find a longer span through truss bridges that I like. The ones I have used are about half the length they should be and will look kinda silly with barge traffic passing through the too-close piers, but what the heck. I know other route-builders master 3D modelling for just this sort of reason, but frankly I can't make a box in a modelling program. The bridges used will just have to do...

Andy ;)
 
Thanks Ed :)

I wish I could find a longer span through truss bridges that I like. The ones I have used are about half the length they should be and will look kinda silly with barge traffic passing through the too-close piers, but what the heck. I know other route-builders master 3D modelling for just this sort of reason, but frankly I can't make a box in a modelling program. The bridges used will just have to do...

Andy ;)

I hope you don't think I posted that link to call shame upon you! Quite the opposite! Where's the Bridge Building Guy when you need him? Wasn't Ben making a ton a of bridges awhile back?
 
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