Fort Eustis Military Railway

[jay611]

Hello all,

I'm curious as to how much interest there is in having a US Military based route for RW. Victory Works, is currently working on a rather large payware add on pack that will include the US versions of 2-8-0 S-160 locomotives that saw service both over seas as well as state side. Several of those locomotives were stationed at Fort Eustis, Virginia, and used into the early 1970's. The railroad was 31 miles long and divided into three subdivision, with an interchange to the C&O Rwy at Lee Hall, VA. You can read more about the railroad here ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Eust ... y_Railroad ), and view the 1967 map which is currently what I am basing the route off of back when the RR was at its largest.

At this point, I am working backwards in a way. I'm rather new to this simulator and still learning what does what. (Yes I am the same Jay611 that was a moderator at Train-Sim and worked with MSTS) I've laid most of the track already, all on level ground. When I loaded the DEM data the terrain looked all wrong (There are no mountains in eastern VA!) so I nixed that and will be doing the terrain by hand the hard way. Luckily, the railroad was relatively flat in most places which will make things much easier in the long run.

Currently this is more of a test route as I continue learning the tool functions, however later down the road if there is enough interest in such a route I wouldn't be against sharing. With that said, i'm leaving all scenery items out for the time being since I'm unsure what is payware and what is not; Along with the fact that the majority of the structures will need to be custom built (far from my skill set). If anyone is interested in helping with this project, let me know. The engine shops (2 of them) several warehouses, military bunkers, ect will need to be built if the route is to ever be released.

Any pointers and help are always welcome. I will say while I liked the old MSTS, route building in RW is much easier.

Attached are a few images of the prototype RR in its hay day and during an NRHS trip.

Thanks for any interest and help!

-Jason Underwood

[NStrains]

Looks pretty cool to me! I don't think we have any routes based in Virginia yet for Train Sim.

[emdsd90mac]

Don't give up hope on the DEM and doing it all the "old fashioned way" can be tough as well. I know there are some folks on this forum that can help out with the DEM and getting it right shouldn't be too hard of an undertaking. I would be interested is seeing this route in a completed state; when I was in the Navy, I was stationed close to there and I think it would be a cool project and the first of it's kind to my knowledge as well. If you have some custom buildings that need to be made, I can help you out there, I just need some descent pics to use as references. I am more than knee deep in the MRL at the present time, but I can squeeze in some extras. If you have any other questions about what does what in the editor, I can help out with that too; just shoot me a PM. Route building is a lot of fun and it allows one to really tap into their creative side. Enjoy

[artimrj]

He has not been back since he posted that 1 message. Don't think it is going to happen eh?