Powder River Basin

[krellnut]

What's total mileage so far Tim. Love your work.

[BNSFdude]

God this route keeps getting better and better. I'm still working on trying to fill the stock slots for the PRB's golden age.

[Tomcat]

God this route keeps getting better and better. I'm still working on trying to fill the stock slots for the PRB's golden age.

What's total mileage so far Tim. Love your work.

Thanks guys!

Anthony, any and everything you do is greatly appreciated. I'm still gonna say about 3 years to finish the route and that's a very optimistic estimate.

Walter, I'll guess about 440 miles of mainline are in now. When I complete the loop with the Angora sub and the rest of the Valley sub it will be at 538 mainline miles. Total mileage in is 1398 which includes the yards, sidings, multiple mains, etc.

Compare the shot below to yours. Just added the rest of the Butte subdivision extending down to the bottom right and terminating at Alliance. Second shot is detail of Alliance which is still not complete.

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[Tomcat]

Not much done at all lately, but I have puttered around Alliance the past 2 days. These shots are of a Westbound on the Butte sub just out of the Alliance yard.

As always it's WIP screenshots with much more to add.

Second shot is the W. 10th Street overpass and 3rd shot shows a glimpse of the broadcast tower for the appropriately named KCOW radio station.

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[BoostedFridge]

This is looking great as always. The variety of scenery over the course of the route is just wonderful. You're capturing the essence of the region well!

[CN2899]

God this route keeps getting better and better. I'm still working on trying to fill the stock slots for the PRB's golden age.

Is the stock slots rolling stock and if i m right in thinking didnt they use thrall 4000 CF coal gons , 3 & 4 bay BN/CTRN hoppers and berwick bathtubs

[BNSFdude]

Berwicks, ACFs, PCF, there's so many missing..

[CN2899]

The SD70mac look good with the bathtubs or the new areoflo bethgons

[Tomcat]

Still working on getting scenery to my liking at Alliance. Progress is slow but steady.

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[RudiJaeger]

Progress is slow but steady.

Nothing wrong with taking your time; and it certainly shows in the pics. Excellent work!

[Tomcat]

Thank you Rudi!

[Tomcat]

1st Screen: Track work is finished around Alliance, scenery placement is ongoing.

2nd Screen: About 40 miles of track left of the Valley sub to put in and 20 or so miles of the Angora sub coming down from Alliance to finally complete the loop.

Next release is several months away as I want to finish all track related infrastructure for the complete loop.

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[BoostedFridge]

Update posts on this route make my day. Keep up the great work man!

[CN2899]

Berwicks, ACFs, PCF, there's so many missing..

the johnstown Areoflow bethgon coalporters http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4126966

, 286,000 lb bethgons or newer trains -early 1995 ish , theres so much

[CN2899]

keep up the great work this is some route i need to get round to playing it