New York Division-Bergen Line - Part Deux!

[cheepskate24]

Great Shots Cheapskate - hasn't been a run like that since ...well, 1968!
And ya got ALCo too

Thanks!
It's nice having a prototypical route to run these monsters. Felt good seeing the old girl stretch her legs on home soil.

[minerman146]

Great Shots Cheapskate - hasn't been a run like that since ...well, 1968!
And ya got ALCo too

Thanks!
It's nice having a prototypical route to run these monsters. Felt good seeing the old girl stretch her legs on home soil.

Felt good seeing the old girl stretch her legs on home soil
Yes, yes it does.

And best of all, is grabbing a view like this one below. You can pull the view out as far as you can and then this wonderful pastoral landscape appears, the home soil of the Erie Railroad. Worth it, worth it and worth all of it!

Thanks Cheepskate - I wont forget what you said - you got it!

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[NStrains]

Great shot there Minerman! I bet it feels awesome seeing that knowing you made this!

[minerman146]

Great shot there Minerman! I bet it feels awesome seeing that knowing you made this!

The awesome I get, is driving in real life around the route and recognizing the places that are depicted on the Bergen. I drove on Twin Arch Road about 2 weeks ago with the younger, never been there, but I knew where I was. My poor son has to endure me saying "Built that, it's on the route.. see that? its in." I stop once he says " Ok, Dad, I get it - you built that!"

If any of you guys ever want to take a day trip and have you minds blown, Start at Suffern at Rt202 and Rt59 and head north on Old RT 17, go past Harriman and keep driving on RT 32 in Highland Mills to the Woodbury Trestle, its a full 20 miles. This is entire path is modeled on the route and you will recognize every single mile of it. Even the darn rock faces on the sides of the mountains. I drive it on purpose at every opportunity and it just blows.me.away. Just seeing Hillburn is enough, but when you see Sloatsburg and then Tuxedo in real life having never see it except for the Bergen.... Geez Louise.

My biggest kick I get is knowing that ex-railwayman knows its real, its like a free trip to America ever time he runs a train on the route. (Please send a keg of Fuller's HSB to my attention sir as this enhances my building and improves the overall appearance of the route)

That reminds me ... its a good time for pint!

[ex-railwayman]

I'm extremely impressed with your English beer knowledge, young man. I remember Horndean Special Bitter when it was brewed by George Gale & Company Ltd, way before Fullers got their grubby little hands on it.....

I'll pop this wee photo up from 2008, a typical English Brewery Dray with proper Carthorses, and they used to drink beer by the bucket, and so did I, once upon a time.......

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[minerman146]

ex-railwayman, though this might not be the right day to say this, and some of my countryman may take umbrage, but I am an out of the closet Anglophile. Regarding Fuller's, I have been blessed to partake when it was hand 'pulled' and cellar temperature at a pub in Sunny South Florida. As you may know, many of your countrymen have sought the sunny weather and tanned South American maidens that reside there. And to my good fortune - they open quite a few pubs there. I also know what kippers are and love them. =)

And to keep the conversation relevant - I want to assure all the 'of-age' riders of the Bergen that the route contains every known, pub, tavern, ale-house, dive-bar and gin-joint I could find.

Ex-Railwayman!

(Beer in a bucket - oh I have a dream)

[ex-railwayman]

On one of my very first holiday visits, back in 1985, I was in Battery Park in NYC near Pier A, I think it was, and New Yorkers had just started their own microbrewery revolution and I tasted a few beers in a couple of establishments, I was quite impressed with their independant brewing developments, I asked one of the bar owners if I could be Chief BETA tester for his products all afternoon, he said yes, but, they wouldn't be free samples as being English I'd drink him under the table, he wasn't wrong........

Cheerz. Steve.

[minerman146]

*ROUTE UPDATED*

The Minermen present:

Route Update Number 171
New York Division-Bergen Line 9.9.0.8: Hamptonburgh

Additions: Farm at Shea Road, Additional scenery to Hamptonburgh Rd, overpasses, cut detail, residential, roads and signals to MP 64.7. Update QDs to farthest Western Markers for 60 to 63 mile runs.

Fixes: No fixes this release

[NStrains]

Minerman, any updates in Carlton Hill?

[minerman146]

Minerman, any updates in Carlton Hill?

None this week and unlikely for the next month. I had planed originally to switch back and forth between the two areas. I ran way out West with my extended forests and am now backfilling the scenery detail. I plan on wrapping clockwise around Campbell Hall (including Pine Bush and Maybrook) and then head down to Carlton Hill exclusively. This should generate approximately 15 new consignees. This will make CH a starting point for local switching and a 40 to 60 car destination for Station to Station runs from Croxton. If and I say IF either me or the scenario builders can devote the time, I predict very engaging freight scenarios though out the entire route. I am so stoked and proud that there will be 61 mile fright runs on this route.

FYI the Graham Line QDs are at MP63 plus, so if you have time do a run and check performance and the scenery out. The farm on Shea Road came out very nice.

Have a great weekend - I am off to Rhode Island so no route work this weekend.

MM

[NStrains]

Minerman, any updates in Carlton Hill?

None this week and unlikely for the next month. I had planed originally to switch back and forth between the two areas. I ran way out West with my extended forests and am now backfilling the scenery detail. I plan on wrapping clockwise around Campbell Hall (including Pine Bush and Maybrook) and then head down to Carlton Hill exclusively. This should generate approximately 15 new consignees. This will make CH a starting point for local switching and a 40 to 60 car destination for Station to Station runs from Croxton. If and I say IF either me or the scenario builders can devote the time, I predict very engaging freight scenarios though out the entire route. I am so stoked and proud that there will be 61 mile fright runs on this route.

FYI the Graham Line QDs are at MP63 plus, so if you have time do a run and check performance and the scenery out. The farm on Shea Road came out very nice.

Have a great weekend - I am off to Rhode Island so no route work this weekend.

MM

Have a good time MM!!! I will most certainly do another couple Graham Line runs. That's where I've been starting out most of the time these days. Every now and then I'll start out in Hillburn so that I can chug up the grade through Tuxedo.

[minerman146]

NS,

That reminds me I anticipated your runs both from Hillburn and from Harriman so the cuties have been updated to go all the way to hamptonburgh Road in case you want to go west

[NStrains]

NS,

That reminds me I anticipated your runs both from Hillburn and from Harriman so the cuties have been updated to go all the way to hamptonburgh Road in case you want to go west

Awesome!!!

Here's a little something for you...

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[ex-railwayman]

You've got the Wye in at Campbell Hall........Fantastic, won't be long now until we can start our freights from here for Suffern Yard.

Was C & H Auto Salvage in that locality in your time period, you'll need to place about 10,000 wrecks in that lot then......

Looking better after every update, keep going Squire.

Cheerz. Steve.

[minerman146]

!*YAAA*! You've got the Wye in at Campbell Hall........Fantastic, won't be long now until we can start our freights from here for Suffern Yard.
Was C & H Auto Salvage in that locality in your time period, you'll need to place about 10,000 wrecks in that lot then......
Looking better after every update, keep going Squire.
Cheerz. Steve.

This month is going to pretty light for route work, with 3 weeks left in the month, and my day job extending into the night, I will be lucky to put a bridge over the Otterkill Creek before Campbell Hall. Time is looking better late August. Regarding, C&H Salvage, it fits all the way back to 1975 (just a bit smaller then). You will get a nice junkyard for certain and all the scenery I can pack in!

MM