New York Division-Bergen Line

[minerman146]

NS Trains! I NEEDED to see some shots. Those are the ones and they are just perfectly at home on the New York Division.
Regarding that Bridge over the Ramapo River. I know its close, really really close ... inches. I will slide a string of auto-racks through the bridge and see if they hit and adjust accordingly.

[minerman146]

[quote="jalsina+1
This route has a very good shape by now.[/quote]

I cant thank you enough for showing me the <HasSpeedsigns d:type="bool">0</HasSpeedsigns>) command. I have made many corrections, they work, the signals are better and the HUD makes more sense.

I have also looked back at our posts on the Steam forums and I remember telling you about the route. You not only got all the assets, but even you promote the route as well. Thank You. I have also realized you set high standards for excellence in route building. I will say ... you are tough and the results are worth the effort for all who have this line. They should thank you as well for your contributions!

[NStrains]

NS Trains! I NEEDED to see some shots. Those are the ones and they are just perfectly at home on the New York Division.
Regarding that Bridge over the Ramapo River. I know its close, really really close ... inches. I will slide a string of auto-racks through the bridge and see if they hit and adjust accordingly.

Thanks for checking on the bridge!

As for the screenshots, tell me what you want to see and Ill try to capture it!

[jalsina]

Thank you to you for taking such a long time to bring us this fine route.
Once you are close to finish the speed corrections I will do a deep checking along the route.
I also concur with NStrains if you are in need of specific screenshots just speak out.

[minerman146]

50,000 Views!
And in honor of the occasion ... the lovely Ann-Margaret, a train and me explaining why the scenery isn't finished West of Woodbury yet.

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Our conversation"
Me:
"Weelll, little lady, Ahm glad you asked that question. You see, where we came from on the Bergen, that scenery is not finished yet. I know, I know there are mountains, but I don't have the trees and houses in yet ... It aint right. Now, ahead, yonder, that's Harriman, and its got the scenery. Are we clear now Ma'am?"

Ann Margaret:
"Thank you sir, but I cant stop looking at you. I didn't realize you were so tall. Secondly, you certainly don't dress how I envisioned a route builder to look like."

Me:
"Well ma'am - route building, well, lets just say I do a bit more than create this magnificent land scape in my spare time."

Ann Margaret:
"But why do you do it... the route building, I mean?"

Me:
" Easy - A man ought to do what he thinks is right"

[JM1261]

Pretty neat to have John Wayne building routes in Train Simulator.

[NYWhiskey]

I call that bold talk for a one eyed fat man!

[minerman146]

Well, that didn't take long to riff of my pic of the Duke.

[minerman146]

*Route Update* "Trouble in Paradise"

I finally got bit with an almost failed system. I say almost as it is currently in startup repair. The good news is I have full system backup. The bad, for me is that I pulled the external drive out 5 days ago because my keyboard wasn't working with my KVM. What precipitated all this, was me getting ready to release. I decided to fix some super-el from WJ past Glenn Rock on the Bergen Line. I started pulling the track out from Glenn Rock, and noticed that track 2 was 3 meters to high at the platform. That means that I get the dreaded "magic" track. What happens with magic track, is that I pull a section of track out to correct a crossover. When I save.. miles away the track 2 from Rutherford sinks at a point somewhere around Garfield. And it sinks bad - like 10 meters. So, I have a choice, lift all the pins back up (not happening there are hundreds) or I restore the track.bin. I plug my external HD in to check on backup, the Windows backup application hangs and after 10 mins I power fail the sucker. Boom, it comes up in repair mode. I go to start windows only and boom the machine goes right back to repair mode. I am running repair mode now. If I don't boot, I loose a week of scenery and 10 hours of track work and reimage the machine.

This stinks - I wanted to release and working the Bergen is how I relax.
At the moment I am not relaxed.

[jalsina]

Do you have TS2017 in the system drive?

[minerman146]

Do you have TS2017 in the system drive?

Jalsina - I have a default install so, yes its in C:\program files (x86) The machine came up out of startup repair. The backup drive failed. So I zipped a copy of the route right before the crash tonight (which is at the moment messed up) and a copy of the route from June as well. The system crash was very likely due to the failed drive. But my real problem is the track.bin , its broken and my copy is old. so that means several days of corrective action, perhaps about 18 to 24 hours. I have my backup drive on another machine - its not reading it . On the other hand I am going into TS2017 now.

In 2.5 years, I have had the track.bin fail a number of times and never lost the route. But I never lost the backup AND had a bad track.bin. I know I have the steam copy from last week if needed so I am not completely dead here.

Wow I am now in the route and both track are lifted!

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Just imagine seeing your route do this for the first time and not knowing what to do. I had backup and guessed track.bin. This will take some fixing, I will import the track.bin from my laptop and then fix the track ... .again.

Lost time ... hate it.

Last weeks track bin has been installed - I lost all of Ridgewood Junction.
Darn it all!

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[NStrains]

I really hate computers...

[minerman146]

*Route Update Pending*
Gents, we are back in action, after a corrupt track.bin file blew away my track work at Ridgewood Junction. Backups are running again since Saturday, so the work that has been done is now protected. As of this morning, we are where we were on Friday before release, I am doing signal testing through the junction. My only issue is a signal that traverses two switches shows double red. (using a 2 Head 3 Light gantry signal for this) Any tips are appreciated. With the bad news out of the way, we can move on to the good news. Relaying the Junction has corrected ALL signal problems I ever had in this area. I can now get warnings from two signals away for divergence. The grade it self is also corrected with a constant .9 percent slope from the platforms down to the first 1000 feet of the BCL and Main Line. No bumps, bumps through switches, its all really clean.

Its come out so well I am contemplating relaying from Allendale through Ho-Ho-Kus, to get the super-elevation in an all curves. This would also be a big fix for Waldwick Signals as well.

Stay Tuned. The update will very likely be this Friday. I will recommend everyone try the new track out.

[jamesphh]

This is the issue I have had with ALL gantry signals at junctions. If path is thru link one they show green/red. But if thru link two or three they show red/red. However a 'tab' gives an OK to proceed.
I have not been able to find a solution.
Note that sometimes it is not the problem signal but can be a preceding signal or the next signal causing the issue.
Where there is no junction and a gantry signal you might try the 'ABS' of 'ADV signal as the are zero link signals.

[minerman146]

This is the issue I have had with ALL gantry signals at junctions. If path is thru link one they show green/red. But if thru link two or three they show red/red. However a 'tab' gives an OK to proceed.
I have not been able to find a solution.
Note that sometimes it is not the problem signal but can be a preceding signal or the next signal causing the issue.
Where there is no junction and a gantry signal you might try the 'ABS' of 'ADV signal as the are zero link signals.

james,
I have to do some more testing on this. I installed Tri-lights (2 head 4 light) from NJCL on the signal bridge between Ridgewood Platform and WJ Tower. This signals face East and they are showing divergence. I tested 2 of the 2h3L Sherman Hill Gantry and one came up bad with Red/Red. I need to recheck them all. Perhaps these signals cant handle moving 2 tracks over. Rail breaks give us RED/RED that we get can get approval to pass. I have seen that many times before on the route. The work that I have done, because of your request and Jalsina's as well, has vastly improved signal performance through Ridgewood Junction. I can see it! Its so different that, to be frank, I didn't know that my signals actually work until now. I am getting, Green/Red, Green Blinking/Red/Red, Red/Green/Read, Yellow/Yellow/Red and more. Even the signals before are warning of divergence. All I have done is for signals that handle divergence is check all divergence boxes except for 1, and remove all speed indications from signals and replace track.