New York Division-Bergen Line

[goddrauG]

JackD
Your name is confusing me. My name is Jack Duffin. JackD.
Aaaaaaaaaaa.
Nice work on the route Minerman, btw.

[JackD]

Jack Duffin,

Let me de-confuse you---unless your last name ends with an "r", you are not me

JackD

[goddrauG]

Good to hear
Minerman, I cannot wait to shunt the branches and spurs. Especially the Dundee!

[minerman146]

Good to hear
Minerman, I cannot wait to shunt the branches and spurs. Especially the Dundee!

Guarddog spelled backwards, Great to here from you. I am a lurker on your thread - love your stuff. If you get down on the Dundee do take a shot or two so I can see you were there. Quick story about the "Bergen County Line" and the Dundee. The route was supposed to reproduce the Main Line, not the Bergen. Sully7302 suggested I do the Bergen as it was more "interesting" he was right! Now the Dundee was a total lark like a couple of other places on the route. The prerequisites were it was unusual, it would be easily overlooked and would be forgotten. I went nuts on this place to leave it a giant Easter egg for those clever enough to not run through passenger trains on the route. The Dundee has paid me back in images, comments and attracting real rail buffs to the route. I know you guys love the Dundee... It makes me want to load even more stuff in it. Think about it, who but a local, would know this was even there? Its the most interesting place on the route. I spent over 2 months in here 5 to 6 days a week to get it to look like it does. Totally worth it....

[NStrains]

Just to get everyone all jacked up on the Dundee a little bit...

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Thanks for posting the download link for the Erie and EL S2!

[goddrauG]

I personally have never been down there in real life. New Hampshire to NJ to see a rail line seems like a waste to my parents, and I don't have a car. However, I remember reading the workshop description and seeing the words "Dundee". I thought "I remember seeing a video about a U34CH there! I gotta check this out."
It's basically a switcher's nightmare and paradise.

When I first got to it, I just started switching a couple of cars around, then things got out of hand.

Uhhh, yeah.

I mainly focus on New England routes, but the Bergen is an exception.

[minerman146]

Goddraug - yep your down there deep in Passaic! Watch it with that Berkie, you'll split the rail! I appreciate you coming down here from the Granite State. And yep this is the place that had that U34CH.

I want you know I dump the detail in here so you will BELEIVE you are in Passaic NJ. I don't really need to caption this picture... but you were just here weren't you? Neat Right?

DundeeWallSt.jpg

[goddrauG]

Definitely looks familiar!
The detail level is really what makes your route come to life. Now all we need are some NY&GL Rwy. repaints and we'll be all set!

[minerman146]

Definitely looks familiar!
The detail level is really what makes your route come to life. Now all we need are some NY&GL Rwy. repaints and we'll be all set!

Re the NY&GL repaints. SULLY3702 ITS TIME TO POST YOUR REPAINTS TO RWA.
I hope he heard me.

I like that dumpster it the background ... so it goes in.
Time to Build!

Thanks goddruag ... thank you.

[minerman146]

Update #130
Hotfix: Re-installed missing platform marker at Broadway - renamed Broadway-Fairlawn.(Thanks NJTRailfan) Corrected QD in Hawthorne where route was being blocked by active loco in Waldwick. New siding makers at Ridgewood, there are now 3 sets of makers: 3 West of Signals, 3 Parallel to Ridgewood Tower (WC), 4 East that route 2 to Bergen County Line and 2 for Main Line. Correct Switches for NYSW at Hawthorne add End of Track Signals in Patterson. Add new siding marker at South Street in Passaic, Scenery Update at Wall St., Passaic. Correct/Update Speed Signs Before and after Waldwick Curve (Thanks NSTrains)

[GEtrack]

So, I just finished reading the whole thread ..... words fail me. Running something like the EL in the 1970's is EXACTLY the kind of simulation I love.
How do I get the SD45 repaint?

Ken

[minerman146]

So, I just finished reading the whole thread ..... words fail me. Running something like the EL in the 1970's is EXACTLY the kind of simulation I love.
How do I get the SD45 repaint?

Ken

Ken,

Wasn't that a nice way to spend about an hour and half reading? I love my own thread and I admit it.
And for your time .... https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4DCtR ... sp=sharing

Now get your Erie on ... and join me in a trip back to the 70s.
Post screens right here and talk about them!

[JM1261]

Minerman, you have inspired me to do my own route!

Alright, I may have lied a bit . I've done a few routes before, but none to the scale of this. Anyways after following your progress and admiring your eye for detail, I wanted to have a go with a route that would allow me to learn new tricks and improve my skills. After weighing out my options, I went with a segment of Canadian National's Bluford Sub. My iteration covers the line from Fulton, Kentucky to Paducah, Kentucky. The route is rather gentle terrain-wise, but there are a few deep cuts and impressive trestles crossing numerous rivers.

Here are two shots of the work I've done so far in Fulton. Doing the yard "scenery" is rather boring, I just want to plant more trees and make a town!

Screenshot_Canadian National - Fulton to Paducah_36.52007--88.88459_18-00-25.jpg

Screenshot_Canadian National - Fulton to Paducah_36.51205--88.88448_18-00-38.jpg

Keep up the great work, and most importantly, inspiring people like me!

[goddrauG]

Minerman, you have inspired me to do my own route!

Alright, I may have lied a bit . I've done a few routes before, but none to the scale of this. Anyways after following your progress and admiring your eye for detail, I wanted to have a go with a route that would allow me to learn new tricks and improve my skills. After weighing out my options, I went with a segment of Canadian National's Bluford Sub. My iteration covers the line from Fulton, Kentucky to Paducah, Kentucky. The route is rather gentle terrain-wise, but there are a few deep cuts and impressive trestles crossing numerous rivers.

Here are two shots of the work I've done so far in Fulton. Doing the yard "scenery" is rather boring, I just want to plant more trees and make a town!

Screenshot_Canadian National - Fulton to Paducah_36.52007--88.88459_18-00-25.jpg

Screenshot_Canadian National - Fulton to Paducah_36.51205--88.88448_18-00-38.jpg

Keep up the great work, and most importantly, inspiring people like me!

Don't want to derail the thread too much, but I for one find that planting trees is The bane of my existence. It's just "Clickclickclickclickclickclickclick..." Until you end up with a lot of trees. then you keep doing that over and over and over again.
Nice work, though!

[GEtrack]

Just subscribed, bought the necessary DLC and fired it up to test framerate and loading. Here's a NS switcher backing into Nabisco to retrieve a couple of empty hoppers in the rain.

Ken