Route: Chicago Goose Island and North Side Switching BETA

[MonsieurMungo]

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fHgWCPwxYVy-I-xIL745hb3USezVibEt/view?usp=sharing

Hi RWA,

I am finally in a place where I would like to share this route publicly. You'll find many things are still incomplete and you will mostly have to play around with the editor to make use of the route. It's been a long time to get to this point but I feel it is ready to be let out into the world. All feedback is welcome.

Please have a careful look at the Readme that is in the Zip file for more detailed information and direct links to freeware assets if you need to download them.

Payware Requirements:

-Chicago Racetrack
-Marias Pass
-Penn Coal
-VNHRR (Montana Hi Line)
-Penisula Corridor San Francisco to Gilroy
-North Jersey Coast (pretty much optional. I only used a few decals from this route)

Freeware Requirements:

-ScaleRail
-Golden Age of Rails Great Northerner TramTrax Package. (***IMPORTANT***)
-John Lippai's Willamette Pass
-John Lippai's NRD Commercial and Industrial Buildings Pack 1
-Jonathan Peters (jpetersjr) Downtown Buildings Mega Pack
-RCAP Railworks Community Asset Project VERSION 2

[buzz456]

I'm just having a heck of a good time running around on this.

[Boss1]

Very nice work!

[AmericanSteam]

The scenario at night looks great.The lighting on the warehouses and the yard is superb.

[MonsieurMungo]

I'm just having a heck of a good time running around on this.

Glad to hear it! This version I uploaded is V1.1 and will have a few small things added and fixed since I sent you V1.0 a couple weeks ago.

[MonsieurMungo]

Very nice work!

Thank you! Let me know if you run into any issues. Please post screenshots too! I'd love to see what stock and locomotives people are using. It could inspire additional features in the future.

[MonsieurMungo]

The scenario at night looks great.The lighting on the warehouses and the yard is superb.

Thanks! I was really trying to make this a fun route to run day or night. Have you found the bar? There are some cool lights around there. In real life, the island had a couple weird little night life spots tucked away. Please post screenshots too! I'd love to see what stock and locomotives people are using. It could inspire additional features in the future.

[AmericanSteam]

On the street running parts you have the stanchions sticking up in the middle of the street. Here is a screenshot of the switches from Marine Maritime from G-Trax. You may want to replace them with these. To switch you can mouse click on these switch machine "covers".
Another question, when running the Scrap delivery to Finkl Street, when starting there is a message" final destination missing "that you need to F2 through. When backing to Kersher Scrap Yard from Goose Island yard lead I find there are several ways to go, without a "go via" instruction, I set one path and get a "Failed" check your switches message.
This a lot of fun and prefilled with lots of good stuff.

[MonsieurMungo]

Hi. Thanks so much for your feedback.

On the street running parts you have the stanchions sticking up in the middle of the street. Here is a screenshot of the switches from Marine Maritime from G-Trax. You may want to replace them with these. To switch you can mouse click on these switch machine "covers".

I was not aware of that feature and I am very interested in implementing it. Thank you for telling me. I will look into it this week.

Another question, when running the Scrap delivery to Finkl Street, when starting there is a message" final destination missing "that you need to F2 through. When backing to Kersher Scrap Yard from Goose Island yard lead I find there are several ways to go, without a "go via" instruction, I set one path and get a "Failed" check your switches message.
This a lot of fun and prefilled with lots of good stuff.

Yes, this scenario is incomplete. This release is still a draft. I'm working hard but it will take time to finish it.

Thank you very much for your feedback!

[AmericanSteam]

I filled the yard with some not so pretty stock from Mainlines.

[MonsieurMungo]

I filled the yard with some not so pretty stock from Mainlines.

Love it! Starting to look like the real deal.

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[AmericanSteam]

I found the bar.

[MonsieurMungo]

I found the bar.

LOL that’s probably typical. I never partied there myself through my college years, but I think that scene is pretty accurate.

On a side note, I can’t seem to figure out the switch stanchions. I’d like to covert them. Can you elaborate more on the best way to do so?

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[AmericanSteam]

I found the bar.

LOL that’s probably typical. I never partied there myself through my college years, but I think that scene is pretty accurate.

On a side note, I can’t seem to figure out the switch stanchions. I’d like to covert them. Can you elaborate more on the best way to do so?

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I have no idea on how to do this. Others may be able to help. Maybe someone can help identify the switches used or how this was done.

[buzz456]

I found the bar.

LOL that’s probably typical. I never partied there myself through my college years, but I think that scene is pretty accurate.

On a side note, I can’t seem to figure out the switch stanchions. I’d like to covert them. Can you elaborate more on the best way to do so?

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I suggest you reach out to Michael Stephen (GreatNortherner) about this. He's real user friendly and I'm sure can explain it all to you.