IIR Harbor Steel Route

[mindenjohn]

A good route made better, look forward to it.

[pkz19]

I've never spent any real time learning signals, so I decided to start. Mike had this set up for AI to also run on, and I wanted to be able to have AI running in the mill along with the player to make it more "interactive" since I don't have the interactive loading and unloading sidings like in the original.

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[pkz19]

Spent more time this weekend on learning repainting and starting to get results. My plan is to include a SW1200 and AS616 in IHSX livery for the route. I'm running small missions to add in final detail, hoping to have this done in a week or two.

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[mindenjohn]

How are you getting on with the route?

[pkz19]

Hey John, I took a bit of a hiatus from TS over the summer and fall but am back it. All the big structures are done but still finishing track work, terrain, and details.

I actually took a bunch of pics to post last time I was working on them but i can't find, I'll take some new ones and post them later.

[mindenjohn]

Great. We all need a break now and then it helps recharge the mind. Looking forward to the photos.

[pkz19]

1. Docks
2. Sheet & Tube Mill
3. BOP and Slab Mill front
4. BOP and Slab Mill back

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[pkz19]

1. Water plant, Blast Furnaces, and Slag Pit
2. Coke Plant

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[mindenjohn]

Great. Love the flames from the coking plant.

[GreatNortherner]

Those are truly fantastic scenes around the heavy industry! Hard to believe that this started life as one of the earliest routes in the game.

Cheers,
Michael

[pkz19]

Running an ore train up from the docks to finalize scenery on the way. I need to do signaling from the yard where the AI track intersects to where it leaves the mill area, and that's the biggest lift left before I think I can finally call it done.

I do need to figure out the cab view issue on the AS-616.

Be forewarned, this route uses a lot of disparate asset packages. Finding the buildings to make a route like this is a whole adventure by itself. I created a route where I enabled every American asset pack, and a few Euros, just to find the best industrial buildings possible.

John Lippai's NS New River District is essential for this route, and I am grateful to him for such a quality asset pack!

The BLE/Conneaut route is also heavily used.

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[pkz19]

I am back at with this route, and actually just have a few things to finish up: some of the buildings, and some of the track and signal structure.

I have made some changes to buildings since the last time I posted, and so I am working from a new saved file.

Is there a way to copy something I deleted in the newer version that is still in an older version?

Specifically, this crane infrastructure. Can I copy it directly, or can I make an object somehow?

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