Route: Chicago Goose Island and North Side Switching BETA

[AmericanSteam]

Some street running, lot's of it here. Found an old Alco S2 (Dogmouse) to fit the part.

[MonsieurMungo]

Some street running, lot's of it here. Found an old Alco S2 (Dogmouse) to fit the part.

These are some great shots! Thanks for sharing! Love that Alco S2

[MonsieurMungo]

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A few screens from this weekend of testing.

[Chacal]

http://railworksamerica.com/index.php/d ... collection

[MonsieurMungo]

http://railworksamerica.com/index.php/download-library/route-collection?view=document&id=4097:gooseisland&catid=20:route-collection

Thanks for posting!

If anyone is having issues getting the route running or encounter any bugs, please let me know on this thread and I will look into getting a fix out asap.

My next goal for the project is to try to get the short Metra segment complete. I need to finish Oglevie Transportation Center to the south and get the mainline signaled. I don't have a clue how to do signalling so it might be a while until that is anywhere near completion.

Cheers

[buzz456]

There is a great tutorial here: https://railworksamerica.com/index.php/ ... als-part-1

[MonsieurMungo]

There is a great tutorial here: https://railworksamerica.com/index.php/ ... als-part-1

Thanks for sharing. However, when I try to view the tutorial it's just a blank page. Am I doing something wrong?

[gtrtroger]

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 had a similar problem on the Feather River Canyon Route when John Stephens help me replace the switch stands with High Star switches with yellow targets. Here’s what he sent me: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bkwwonoq5hbmc ... s.pdf?dl=0
This procedure worked great! And I have the proper period switch stands on my Extended FRC Route…..love it!

[buzz456]

There is a great tutorial here: https://railworksamerica.com/index.php/ ... als-part-1

Thanks for sharing. However, when I try to view the tutorial it's just a blank page. Am I doing something wrong?

I'll follow up with Chacal and see what's wrong.

[pkz19]

Hey Mungo, how did you make this debris on the tracks?

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[MonsieurMungo]

Hey Mungo, how did you make this debris on the tracks?

It’s a decal from NJ Coast assets called “litter.” I believe you can find it in the miscellaneous tab.

[Chacal]

The Youtube videos linked to by our page and by trainsim.com's forums are no longer available.
Pikehkr's domain is parked.
Unless someone has downloaded copies, there's not much we can do.

[buzz456]

This may well be the BEST scene done urban railroad ever.

[MonsieurMungo]

This may well be the BEST scene done urban railroad ever.

Thank you, Buzz. I appreciate that. Happy New Year!

[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?

Edit:spelling

I had a similar problem on the Feather River Canyon Route when John Stephens help me replace the switch stands with High Star switches with yellow targets. Here’s what he sent me: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bkwwonoq5hbmc ... s.pdf?dl=0
This procedure worked great! And I have the proper period switch stands on my Extended FRC Route…..love it!

Thank you for sending this. Its very helpful! I'll look into it as I have become a lot more comfortable with TSTools. Happy New Year!