The Riverland Lines

[jpetersjr]

Some more progress on the van, now all we need later for the route is someone to paint it up to be the original Scooby Doo van.

1968 Chevrolet Van Progress 2 A.jpg

1968 Chevrolet Van Progress 2 B.jpg

The set of these vans will also be coming special with the route.

Some more progress on the van, tomorrow I should be able to start on the actual painting of it.

1968 Chevrolet Van Progress 3 A.jpg

1968 Chevrolet Van Progress 3 B.jpg

...Cheers...


J

[jpetersjr]

Alright, the first version of the van is finally finished and in the sim, tomorrow I'm going to start the painting and get a couple more paints out.

1968 Chevrolet Van V1 In Game A.jpg

1968 Chevrolet Van V1 In Game B.jpg

1968 Chevrolet Van V1 In Game C.jpg

1968 Chevrolet Van V1 In Game D.jpg

It took all day to build the model and I'm glad it's finally done.

Also, another thing I've been working on for the route as well.

NRL Coal Tipple.jpg

However, it's non-workable.
...Cheers...

Big J

[Chacal]

I also drove one of these in the early 80s.
Sometimes the shifter jammed and I had to crawl under and whack the rod with a hammer.

[jpetersjr]

A new version of the van, let's not forget that the route is set in the 60's, what's the 60's without a van in a hippie paint scheme.

1968 Chevrolet Van V3.jpg

...Cheers...


J

[dejoh]

I also drove one of these in the early 80s.
Sometimes the shifter jammed and I had to crawl under and whack the rod with a hammer.

Mine was about in 71-73. Drove the heck out of it.
Engine in the middle, (Doghouse) where the girlfriend sat. Accelerator pedal once broke, had to drive with hand on carburetor throttle While shifting gears. Not too smart, but hey 18-19 years old.
You do some dumb things.

[jpetersjr]

About to send these to Bob for use on the route.

1968 Chevrolet Vans In Game A.jpg

1968 Chevrolet Vans In Game B.jpg

By the way, what do you think of how they came out?


...Cheers...


J

[dejoh]

Nice job. I like the red one.

[PapaXpress]

now we need the Mystery Machine and a great dane.

[mrbob19]

I've been working on the route again, after a short vacation!

The Line from New Holland to Millcreek isn't the only line on the Riverland Lines route, there is also a tiny branch line... well, what's left of it anyway. I'm talking about the Easton Branch, Which once ran to Easton but the service was closed down in 1951 and the tracks got removed shortly after. The line is still there, Running to East Holland.
The branch is just a few miles long these days and on the end of it's life. The exploitation of the line is getting more expensive every year and the Bus service to Easton could easly take over the Streetcar's job . I'll give this branch maybe a year of 1 or 2 untill it's closed down completely.

RSS73.jpg

2 trains pass each other at the Bridge station. You can't see it here on the picture, but there is a big (road) bridge over the river near this station. This is the only station left on the branch where 2 trains can pass each other. Trains only pass each other at Rushours, when there is a bit higher frequent connection with East Holland. Normaly there is a hourly service, except between 11Am and 1PM. (there is no service at all between those hours)

RSS74.jpg

This is a place that's gonna be missed by Railfanners! The streetcar takes a small street run under the railway bridge, which sometimes gives some great shots! This is a dangerous intersection with road traffic and a lot of accident's happen here, due to the low visability because of the bridge. The Railroad Above is from the B&M, there is no passenger service anymore since 1953, only a couple of freight trains these days.
The streetcar is only allowed to drive with a speed of 5 mph over the road section. Everyone hopes this will be helping to lower the high amount of accident's that happen over there.
The stop before the Bridge is the 55th Street, which is a flagged stop. (all the stops, except for Bridge Station and East Holland are flagged on the route.)

The Easton Branch has the follwoing Stops on it's line:
-Lincoln Rd.
-Bridge Station
- 55th Street
-East Holland

In the past there where more stations:
-63th Street (East Holland)
-Main st. (Wellington, 1951)
-South (Wellington, 1951)
-Riverview (Wellington, 1950)
-Northville Rd. (Easton, 1950)
-26th Street (Easton, 1950)
-B&M exchange (Easton, 1939)
-Mainstreet (Easton, 1950)
-Easton NHT (1948)

The B&M exchange station was used T'ill 1939, when the NHER opened their own passenger terminal at the end of the Mainstreet that year in the hope for new customers. Too bad for the NHT, it didn't work that well. The B&M service to New Holland was less frequent, but faster than the NHER. The seccond world war gave passenger transportation a small boost for the NHER, but the first part of the Easton branch would be closed in 1948.
The line was shortened to the begin of Mainstreet in Easton and the NHER terminal got demolished. This would be the begin off the end for the line.

The NHER closed down the tracks from South Wellington to Easton Mainstreet in 1950 and bus services where deployed. The part between East Holland and Wellington couldn't be closed untill a year later, when the new bridge over the river was constructed.
The B&M stopped with passenger services between New Holland and Easton in 1953, just 2 years after the NHER did. The NHER became property of the New Holland Goverment in 1954, after the company went bankrupt due to mis management.
Due to this, plans to break up the last part from East Holland to New Holland was gone... But now returned since the NHT is losing money on it and the tracks are in a very bad shape. Everything should be replaced, but thats a way too high cost for the company.


So... That's it for the History of the Easton branch line at the Riverland Lines (well, atleast for now :P). I hope i won't scare anyone away from reading and sorry for my bad english... It's not my native language and making a story like this at 3 am probarly isn't the best thing to do either...

Cheers,
Bob

[wacampbell]

You've created some wonderful scene's here and your story telling brings the route to life. I always look forward to your updates.

Wayne

[arizonachris]

You've created some wonderful scene's here and your story telling brings the route to life. I always look forward to your updates.

Wayne

I agree with what Wayne said. I love it when someone posts a little "back story" behind any route. Makes it come alive as you are driving it. Neat stuff, Bob!

[mrbob19]

You've created some wonderful scene's here and your story telling brings the route to life. I always look forward to your updates.

Wayne

Thanks! The thing i'd like to do is to create a whole railroad with it's own history, thats also why i like to build Fictional routes over Real ones.

Anyway, for the ones interrested, here is a little (ingame) trackmap of the route. I think it speaks for itself. There is a lot of Freight operations centered at New Holland. The whole western part goes to different factories, which should give people some nice oppertunities to switch. The trains should be hauled over the NHT mainline to Millcreek where the connection with the B&M mainline is.

NHTmap.jpg

Cheers,
Bob

[jpetersjr]

Looking good, also I'm going to get those stations done real soon, just have been busy at work and tearing out the kitchen to remodel it and haven't had the time to do much of anything.




...Cheers...


J

[jpetersjr]

Something new coming to a Railworks near you.

NRL Riverside Lines Clutter 1.jpg

[jpetersjr]

Something new coming up for the route.

1955 Kenworth Cabover Semi Progress 1 A.jpg

1955 Kenworth Cabover Semi Progress 1 B.jpg

...Cheers...


J