McKinley branch: the Cookie Route

[goddrauG]

More work on the southern end again.

The last town on the line is named Pequabuck, Algonquin for "Clear Lake", due to it's close proximity to Johnsburg Pond. This is a former industry on the line near the town center, but all that remains is a few foundations and some track.

Pequabuck Downtown. The only real reason this town has an active station is its close proximity to a frequently used regional airport.

Also, remember how I said the largest industry on the line was a wood products facility?
I made a contender to that.

Upper Coos Power Company. Receives logs and wood-chips in bulk to keep the lights on.

[goddrauG]

Southern section is basically done, just need some trees to be placed.
Meanwhile, north of the city of Griffin (I renamed Newham to Griffin), a NHVT RS11 plies a seldom used branch. This used to be how the B&M got to Griffin's mills, but only a short stub of the branch remains.

[goddrauG]

Hello all. I am not dead.
To keep everyone awake, here's the route map.
I'm listing things bottom right to left, so pay attention.

Bottom right is Pequabuck and Upper Coos Power Company. A little bit north of that is an NEPW logistics warehouse. Then we get to Berlin Forest products north of the Warehouse. As we continue, we arrive in Hallsbury, home to a small yard, station, and the facilities of the West Hallsbury Railroad. (I'll get to them later.)
Continuing on, there is a steel company's spur, and then Mt. Bulberry, a popular skiing destination in the northeast (Fictional, by the way.) The city of Griffin is next, home to an industrial track serving 3 industries, along with a branch that heads north and serves 2 more industries and as a car storage track. Then we get to the impressive Franklin notch, where the mainline climbs the cliffs on the mountainside (Mt. Division, anyone?). The final destination is an as of yet unnamed mountain town, but I can tell you it will look very similar to Bartlett. After that is a portal continuing into Vermont.

To the West Hallsbury railroad, they operate on a former MEC branch to the fictional town of McKinley. First they have a turntable with two tracks for their two locos, a GE 44 tonner and a surprise . Then you got a propane transload, Lumber facility, and then you got the main feature, the start of all this, the cookie plant.

[goddrauG]

So yesterday, I got a late night message from ErikGorbi, saying
"Gorbi: How well are the routes close to being done?
Now, minus the grammar, I think I should speak about this.
I have reached the point where if I move about the editor too fast, the game crashes. So I have to move veeeerrryyyy sloooowwwllllyyy.
On top of that, I am waiting for a few repaints so I may start scenario writing, then I gotta have Rick K and Gorbi Beta test it, then finally release it.
I also have to ask Rick K. if this is okay with him.

The route wont end up being a Christmas present, I have a few things in store for that date.
See you down the line.

[buzz456]

I suggest that you are probably loading your RAM up causing the crash. Get Iobit System Care. They have a freeware version. It's got a little utility called Performance Monitor that has a one click 'clean ram' button. It works wonders to keep down the crashes. I just click on it every few minutes when I'm in the editor. There's probably others out there but this one is the one I use.

[goddrauG]

Thanks, Buzz. Your tips never fail, so I'll check this out after I do homework.

[goddrauG]

So thanks to Buzz's help, I'm getting back into the swing of things.
I wanted to work on something me and Gorbi conversed about, which was the shortline being too linear. Not a lot of curves or anything.
So I decided to bend history.
What if the West Hallsbury railroad didn't just purchase the Maine Central branch, but also a portion of the ROW of a former logging railroad?

Here's the start of the "branch" connecting to the main, which is a former branch (Woah. Branchception)

A bit of a throwback to the T&B with the covered bridge.

As you can see, it doesn't really service much industry, and is usually used about once or twice a week.

The Hallsbury Division- Coming sometime in 2016 to Railworks America.

[goddrauG]

Smoky Alcos and Diminutive GE's.
A million thanks to Rick Kfoury and his repainting expertise.

[goddrauG]

Beta testing started about two days ago, I'm just waiting for what I can improve on.

[goddrauG]

Hey guys, guess what?!
It's shipped off to the admins for uploading!
Now, I have a lot of people to thank for this route.
First, Rick Kfoury- We both live in the same state, and share an interest in New England railroading. That's already an A+ in my book! But I cannot thank you enough for your countless tips, suggestions, help in beta testing the route, and most importantly repaints! So, Thanks.
ErikGorbiHamilton- Gorbi, Gorbi, Gorbi. Your ability in naming things and stupid jokes kept me afloat and sane. Also, second beta tester. So, Thanks.
Minerman- Minerman, virtual owner of the Bergen. Small tidbits of advice and commenting on screenshots I took made my work feel really appreciated. Especially coming from an experienced route builder like you! So, Thanks.
Buzz- Lobit system care works great! Thanks for suggesting it, getting a lot less crashes now.
And a very big thank you to the entire community of Railworks America for continued support during these, what, 4 months it took to make this thing? I devoted a lot of days to it.

Enjoy the Hallsbury Division!(when it comes out)

[pkz19]

When I try to open this, I get a message about 541 errors when I unzip it. When I go into the folder after unzipping and try to run the install application, it tells me I don't have a program that can use the application. When I try to use the RW Utilities to open the .rwp file, I get an error about and unhandled exception and then nothing happens when I try to continue. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[goddrauG]

When I try to open this, I get a message about 541 errors when I unzip it. When I go into the folder after unzipping and try to run the install application, it tells me I don't have a program that can use the application. When I try to use the RW Utilities to open the .rwp file, I get an error about and unhandled exception and then nothing happens when I try to continue. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

"try to run the install application,"

First mistake. I have learned that that does not work.

Second, what do you use to unzip? I use 7zip, but I don't know if that matters or not.
You are the only one to tell me of this issue, so I might need you to take a screenshot so I know better what we are looking at.

[pkz19]

I use WinRAR to unzip. Maybe that's the issue? So here's what happens when I unzip, and then all the files are empty. Like if I go into the St. Lawrence Division folder, the readme is there but it's empty. The route images are there, but they are empty when I open them

Error1.jpg

[pkz19]

So I tried with 7zip. Now works perfectly, thank you for the tip!

[buzz456]

Just a swag but you might have got a bad D/L. What is your file size? It should be 16472 KB.