SE Wisconsin

[WCL6655]

Did this die????

[shicoe30]

Nope, not dead. Just nothing worth showing as of late, reality has slowed work, but it's still being worked on! Mostly track work west of Pewaukee right now, also the CN north of Duplainville is under construction.

[WCL6655]

Sounds good...Hope to see pix soon

[shicoe30]

Got a little bit of work to show for these past months. Not much, but hey, progress is progress.

Florida St, where the main and yard split, track to the yard to the left, mainline through the depot on the right. The Lonestar Elevator spur can be seen in the upper left.


A Hiawatha Service (known as a "Scoot") train heads towards Menomonee Bridge


CP 182 pops out the east end of the yard to do work.


182 heads up "The Wash" (named for Washington Ave. which it crosses over further south)

[shicoe30]

Some more progress.

Got most waterways in the city laid out. Freeways are gonna be a challenge. Tracks on the bottom left run through the depot, which I'll have to either improvise, bribe someone to build, or go crazy trying to build myself. The east end of Muskego yard can be seen on the right hand side, and the spur track in the middle is the "Lonestar Spur".


The east end of Muskego Yard.


Washington Ave. area, UP on the bottom (former CNW passenger Main, now industrial trackage)


UP's Marsh Job and CP 281 on the Wash.


Another view of the east end.


Flipped on TSX to shoot 182 ambling through the yard. Lotsa work left to do...but hey...it's progress!

[Csxgp38-2]

"Stone, sand, and gravel make up the largest source of originating traffic on Wisconsin railroads."

[dogmouse]

Lookin great, E ! Looks like it's coming along nicely. Attack!!

[simer4]

Wow, I cannot wait to get my hands on this!

[jpetersjr]

Any pictures of the depot. I might build it if you have any.

[WCL6655]

WOW VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!!!!!!!

[shicoe30]

Still working on Milwaukee, but today decided to start on Pewaukee in hopes of staying relatively sane...

[WCL6655]

Nice......I am also working on an area like this, but for a different sim...But I only got some of the stuff done between La Crosse and Wisconsin Dells

[shicoe30]

Update:

I've been thinking about it for a while, and having the route just between Milwaukee and Watertown just doesn't make any sense. Therefore, I've decided to do the entire Watertown Subdivision (Milwaukee to Portage). The final 50(ish) miles to Portage pass through some pretty scenic countryside, and provide another Amtrak stop by way of Columbus, WI. Here's a wiki page about the line:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watertown_Subdivision

This route will now be over 100 miles of double and single track railroading (double track from Milwaukee to Pewaukee and Watertown to Tamarack). Action includes a daily local that originates in Milwaukee, Amtrak Empire Builder(s), and tons of freight. Lots of foreign and antiquated power can be found here, UP and CSX led oil/ethanol trains, CSX and INRD led coal/coke, any variety of leasers and SOO SD60s, heck, occasionally BNSF and NS find their way out here! All this ought to make for some interesting/fun scenarios.

I still plan on doing the CN Waukesha Sub and the UP Adams Sub in the future, but for now, they are just sitting on the back burner.

More WIPs to come soon.

[railbard]

Would love to see Milwaukee south toward Chicago even if it didn't go all the way. If it got to the state line that would be cool...

[WCL6655]

Nice......Here is a link to the one I am doing....

If you go here
http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthre ... WIP/page18

and go down to the post of the June 2nd, 2012, 08:59 PM, POST "#268" from there on, is the new route I am doing for that line