Railworks America

Here are a few Youtube videos with Sand Patch that are helpful and informative:




A series in 4 parts:




A series in 3 parts:



A series in 2 parts:



Lots of foreign and leased motive power, and all kinds of freight cars! Fallen flags abound in the worn boxcars and covered hoppers.

Those big GE's exhaust doesn't look at all what TSW currently shows.

More:

Very interesting to someone from the UK!. Now if DTG would get rid of the fencing that isn't there in the real route - and, who knows, it might help frame rates...

Bristolian wrote:Very interesting to someone from the UK!. Now if DTG would get rid of the fencing that isn't there in the real route - and, who knows, it might help frame rates...

There is lots more on YouTube! Inclusing B&O and Chessie, but with much worse video quality.

I was looking for a recent cab ride to check the signals but haven't found this yet.

Signals seems approach lit and trains often run the left hand main ...

This video shows what I was looking for: Salisbury Jct signalling. A single three aspect head without a number plate
The shoving caboose was still parked in the track leading to the Shaw mine in 2006.

one more ...


When the camera tripod is close to the tracks, the ground actually shakes with the passing of the locomotives and with recent HD videos the audio often is awesome!