El Paso - Tucson Route

[stationmaster101]

Did some stress tests on the route to see if my signaling was done correctly or not and decided to take a few pictures from that.






And finally I had a weird error when I loaded up the terrain for the El Paso area which would cause large holes in the terrain like these.


They're pretty easy to fix but a real pain to have to deal with.

[BoostedFridge]

That's the first time I've seen the terrain do that! What type of DEM data are you using, and from where?

[stationmaster101]

That's the first time I've seen the terrain do that! What type of DEM data are you using, and from where?

I'm getting the DEM data from this website http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/version1/Un ... c/1arcsec/

[gtrtroger]

Virtual Sinkholes.....

[stationmaster101]

The track work and signal work for El Paso has been finished so now I will be continuing westbound.

[CARex]

Looking forward to seeing this route. I used to run that stretch of I-10 frequently.
Keep up the good work.

[stationmaster101]

Well since I haven't had any luck finding the speed limits for this whole sub, I'm hoping someone here would beable to help me with that. Basically right now the mainline through El Paso is set at 35mph all the way to where the track passes close to the Mexican border, which is when I've labeled it for 55mph. All the yards, spurs and BNSF Mainline have a speed limit of 20mph. I set these speeds as I made the mistake of not super elevating the curves all throughout El Paso and some of the curves are really sharp. Also I would like to get the mile posts for the route to(just need at least one so i have a point of reference and I can measure out the rest myself. Finally I would need someone to explain to me how to save my route so I could give it out for people to start working on scenery if they wanted to, Unless it would just be easier for me to put it on the steam workshop and have people download it from there.

[gtrtroger]

Try this for speed limits......

http://fogchart.com/FOGCHARTED.htm

Bottom of the page: Sunset/El Paso Area

[stationmaster101]

Try this for speed limits......

http://fogchart.com/FOGCHARTED.htm

Bottom of the page: Sunset/El Paso Area

Thank you so much.

[stationmaster101]

Alright now I can say the speed limits are correct for the whole El Paso area and I even put down some mile posts, so I'll be moving westward now to my next stop which will be the Santa Teresa Intermodal Ramp.

[stationmaster101]

The track to Santa Teresa has been completed with signaling and mile markers. I just have to fully label it before I move down the line

[Sibell]

I think this will be a huge route Great work !

[stationmaster101]

I think this will be a huge route Great work !

Yeah the whole route is roughly 200-300 miles (to lazy to see how much it is exactly right now) but so far i have almost 40 miles of track laid. I plan to lay all the track than probably release the route to get help with the scenery since alone it would probably take me over a year to finish

[stationmaster101]

I've completed laying track from Santa Teresa to the outskirts of Deming, just need to add the signal work and mile markers before I go any further. This is around 80 Miles or so of track, only 200 Miles (roughly) to go.

[stationmaster101]

Well I've gotten the track work done all the way into Deming which will mean the route now is around 80 miles in length, just need to finish placing the defect detectors, signals and mile posts between Santa Teresa and Deming before I move on