VNHRR Presents B&O

[ssbobz]

I hope the wait is not long, I wants it now.

[RAILSOHIO]

This is a link to a site I have bookmarked on B&O history. I hope this route includes a piece of the West end main. But even if it does not,I am pretty psyched about it. Love to see proto US routes.
http://wvncrails.weebly.com/morgantown- ... lroad.html

[GreatNortherner]

Thanks for that link, RAILSOHIO! A most fascinating look at our neighboring line.

I hope this route includes a piece of the West end main.

A few miles of the main are included, for about two-three signal blocks in each direction. It really only serves as AI run-off track though even if it is mostly scenicked.

[luifeldur]

in the page of train-simulator.com
https://train-simulator.com/1960s-coal-country/

[imnew]

This is a link to a site I have bookmarked on B&O history. I hope this route includes a piece of the West end main. But even if it does not,I am pretty psyched about it. Love to see proto US routes.
http://wvncrails.weebly.com/morgantown- ... lroad.html

Check your PM RAILSOHIO

[Bananarama]

Nice, and I often wondered what the WVN might have looked like had it been busier (and had more capital). Good thing it's only [based on the prototype, however, as those Geeps might be too much for the original light rail used on the line. Didn't the original WVN have a switchback as it approached Kingston? It's been a few years since I studied the line and the main B&O West End. Looks like this will be a near perfect match of short line and main line ops, especially at Tunnelton - that place was busy!

[RAILSOHIO]

I would love to have a streamlined P7D to run on the B&O main. Now if we could talk Mr. Cowan into shrouding one of his Pacifics......

[ErikGorbiHamilton]

Can't wait for the manual to come out!

[GreatNortherner]

Thanks for all your kind comments!

Can't wait for the manual to come out!

A good idea, thanks. I'll upload it to the blog once it has been sufficiently proof-read and error-fixed.

Nice, and I often wondered what the WVN might have looked like had it been busier (and had more capital). Good thing it's only [based on the prototype, however, as those Geeps might be too much for the original light rail used on the line. Didn't the original WVN have a switchback as it approached Kingston? It's been a few years since I studied the line and the main B&O West End. Looks like this will be a near perfect match of short line and main line ops, especially at Tunnelton - that place was busy!

Marc, though we chose the B&O to run on our route, it still follows the real WVN quite closely, using whatever traces of the line are left on satellite images and of course old USGS topo maps. The locations of towns, stations, passing sidings, and mines is close to the real WVN, though some of our mines are a bit freelanced to provide more fun and action in the scenarios. The switchback is halfways between Howesville and Kingwood and a real challenge for the train crew. Have a look at the gradient map:

[Bananarama]

Thanks for posting the map, Michael. I've been a fan of the WVN and B&O's West End for many years. So much action and history in the 1950s and 1960s. This will surely be a nice route when released!

[NStrains]

Holy crap!!! This will be one interesting route to operate on with all those steep grades!

[ErikGorbiHamilton]

The Connie or the 4-4-0 on those 4.7% Grades should sound real nice!

[ozinoz]

The Connie or the 4-4-0 on those 4.7% Grades should sound real nice!

Especially with Mike's latest sound tweaks...

[martin06]

Another B & O locomotive. Available soon.



EMD GP35 B&O / Chessie System pack work in progress.

[ZekTheKid]

Another B & O locomotive. Available soon.



EMD GP35 B&O / Chessie System pack work in progress.

T&D?