The Racetrack: Aurora - Chicago (BNSF + Metra)

[buzz456]

Late at night.

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[dejoh]

Nice shots Buzz. I'll be visiting Union Station next month for a trip down to Austin TX. on The Eagle. Anyone have any tips on what to do or see while visiting?
PM me with any ideas or suggestions.
Thanks

[emd645e3]

Morning weekend services 1304.

[barnez]

Loving the screens! They look great.



-barnez

[gtw5812]

Yes.... I am LOVING it!! This route is great! Here is a few of my screen shots! Enjoy...... I am!

[OpenRailer90]

Those are all great shots, don't get why the Maria's Pass double stack cars are used instead of the more realistic ones in the Racetrack route.

[buzz456]

Those are all great shots, don't get why the Maria's Pass double stack cars are used instead of the more realistic ones in the Racetrack route.

They just wanted to give you something to bitch about.

[_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha]

Those are all great shots, don't get why the Maria's Pass double stack cars are used instead of the more realistic ones in the Racetrack route.

I am not an angry buzzing hornet. You mean in the screenshots?

That ES44 must come from the Marias Pass route, so perhaps a pre-made consist using MP stock was used in the screenshot.

The double stack cars that come with The Racetrack are G-Trax's updated models of earlier RW2 cars.
I haven't checked if they accept the containers the default container cranes used in Cicero Yard when trying to load them.

it seems the Cicero Yard container cranes are set up for 48' containers, which fit the supplied well cars.
I've tried loading an articulated 5 well set, and these receive 48' containers (G-Trax's, not Kuju's) in their 40' wells.
Will try the old 54' Kuju well cars next.

Hopefully, a clever person can script the container cranes to look into the wagon.bin of the car under them to load the correct size containers.

[Trainz2015]

If anyone who is not in the USA so you don't have the stuff for the freight stuff PM me.

Hello,

Will the "stuff" for the "freight stuff" be added to the library as well, just as the "Metra stuff" was?

[georgian22]

Excellent Route! A great deal of hard work went into this route! It shows.
Congratulations to all involved in creating this wonderful addition!

O'brian

[KPryor]

Loving The Racetrack. Outstanding work, guys. I know I'll be spending a lot of time on this one. I'm not in Chicago often, but I still recognized things along the route I had seen in real life. Can't get much better than that!

Ken

[FanRailer]

Physics mod V1.0 released:


Basic changes:
1. Modified tractive effort and braking effort curves.
2. Modified power ratings @ alternator and @ wheel.
3. Modified cab car fuel capacity.
4. Removed coupler slack.
5. Changed brake pipe normal pressure from 90 PSI to 110 PSI. Actual Metra equipment runs with 90 PSI in the brake pipe, but the game engine runs the brake gauges a little better if the pressure is set to 110 PSI. In addition, there is an issue with custom built consists with the cab leading not taking power if the brake pipe is set to 90 PSI. A future edition of this physics mod will be released to correct this problem; at which time, we will revert back to using the 90 PSI brake pipe.
6. Modified the cab car so that it does not provide tractive effort to the train set; only the locomotive applies tractive effort after the installation of this mod.
7. Adjusted cab car HUD ammeter upper limit from 1500 to 1800.

More info and download:
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=14446

[Budge4]

Thanks for the Metra Logo's Buzz, non US route looks much better.

[Trainz2015]

Yes the Metra Logos look great! It did not look quite right without them.

[FanRailer]

Quick bell sound & door chime mod:

More details here: viewtopic.php?f=30&t=14451