Additions to the Adriana County RR
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2022 8:39 amEdit: Feb 26 2023 - The CNW stock used in some of the scenarios has a Dropbox link in the last posting on Page 6 of this thread.
Adriana County RR - West Ridge Route
This is a variation on the magnificent route developed by Mark Howarth (Lt. Bligh). Originally a Steam Workshop route subsequently revised and made available through the RWA library I have married the two and fiddled around. The credit for this route lies with Mark Howarth as without his fine work none of this would exist.
Early in the year I was finally able to get the Marias Pass DLC when it was made available to the R-O-W following agreement on the BNSF licensing. This enabled me to fully enjoy the ACRR and it was well worth the wait. I am however a tinkerer and tinker I have. The end of the line at the Veonette Ethanol plant led in the North east direction and looking at the original trackplan "led" towards Claiborne so I thought "what if". Cloning the ACRR I then tried a few variations leading to what I have here.
The story goes:
In the 1960s the through route from Monticello Junction via Veonette to Claiborne was abandoned and all traffic sent via Marlane. The opening of the plant at Veonette in the early 1990s caused the re-opening from Monticello Junction to Veonette but no further. In the 1990s the success of the Ethanol business plus an upsurge in Henderson traffic as well as the continuing heavy traffic from Delray to/from Claiborne was causing severe congestion especially during the harvest season resulting in elevators suffering serious service difficulties. The missing link over the West Ridge was approx 5 miles with the old trackbed in reasonable condition so the line was re-instated. This route shortens the distance from Delray to Claiborne by 5.02 miles and almost doubles the ACRR capacity. Most of the direct traffic now uses the West Ridge and most locals the Marlane route resulting in much improved service levels.
When the line closed in the 1960s the West Ridge Sawmill was a very small customer with very old plant. This has been re-vitalised following the re-opening and contributes lumber, woodchip and sawdust traffic to the route. The increase in traffic of stone and timber products from the Henderson branch caused delays at Marlane when trains for Delray had to reverse direction with engine movements adding to the problems. A South to East avoiding line has eased this enabling through non stop working from the Henderson Branch to/from Delray and points in between. The considerable increase in demand for timber products resulted in a timber loading siding being added on the west side of the passing siding at Banks, again resulting in improved service provision.
The original ACRR (a workshop route) used only DLC available from DTG, I have tried to keep to that but in some locations have deviated so as to fulfill what I wanted to do. All items used are available from either DTG DLC or the RWA library, use TS tools to identify if you have any missing items. This freeware and the original copyright is Mark Howarth's (Lt. Bligh). Many of the scenarios are Mark's although I have amended a few to suit the revised track plan, my initials (JH) are on them purely to identify and so you know who to blame.
I will be submitting this to the library soon.
Adriana County RR - West Ridge Route
This is a variation on the magnificent route developed by Mark Howarth (Lt. Bligh). Originally a Steam Workshop route subsequently revised and made available through the RWA library I have married the two and fiddled around. The credit for this route lies with Mark Howarth as without his fine work none of this would exist.
Early in the year I was finally able to get the Marias Pass DLC when it was made available to the R-O-W following agreement on the BNSF licensing. This enabled me to fully enjoy the ACRR and it was well worth the wait. I am however a tinkerer and tinker I have. The end of the line at the Veonette Ethanol plant led in the North east direction and looking at the original trackplan "led" towards Claiborne so I thought "what if". Cloning the ACRR I then tried a few variations leading to what I have here.
The story goes:
In the 1960s the through route from Monticello Junction via Veonette to Claiborne was abandoned and all traffic sent via Marlane. The opening of the plant at Veonette in the early 1990s caused the re-opening from Monticello Junction to Veonette but no further. In the 1990s the success of the Ethanol business plus an upsurge in Henderson traffic as well as the continuing heavy traffic from Delray to/from Claiborne was causing severe congestion especially during the harvest season resulting in elevators suffering serious service difficulties. The missing link over the West Ridge was approx 5 miles with the old trackbed in reasonable condition so the line was re-instated. This route shortens the distance from Delray to Claiborne by 5.02 miles and almost doubles the ACRR capacity. Most of the direct traffic now uses the West Ridge and most locals the Marlane route resulting in much improved service levels.
When the line closed in the 1960s the West Ridge Sawmill was a very small customer with very old plant. This has been re-vitalised following the re-opening and contributes lumber, woodchip and sawdust traffic to the route. The increase in traffic of stone and timber products from the Henderson branch caused delays at Marlane when trains for Delray had to reverse direction with engine movements adding to the problems. A South to East avoiding line has eased this enabling through non stop working from the Henderson Branch to/from Delray and points in between. The considerable increase in demand for timber products resulted in a timber loading siding being added on the west side of the passing siding at Banks, again resulting in improved service provision.
The original ACRR (a workshop route) used only DLC available from DTG, I have tried to keep to that but in some locations have deviated so as to fulfill what I wanted to do. All items used are available from either DTG DLC or the RWA library, use TS tools to identify if you have any missing items. This freeware and the original copyright is Mark Howarth's (Lt. Bligh). Many of the scenarios are Mark's although I have amended a few to suit the revised track plan, my initials (JH) are on them purely to identify and so you know who to blame.
I will be submitting this to the library soon.
