well with RW decals now free i decided that i would try and make CN's Walker yard in Edmonton AB.......boy was i in for a suprize on how much of a job this will be!
Why i have gone crazy you ask? well.....lets just start off with some basic facts about this yard:
-34 track hump yard
-10 track locomotive shed complete with turntable
-looks like a 10 track car repair shop with a mess of a storage yard around it
-the WHOLE yard measures well over 10kms long
-ive counted over 25 different induistrys around the yard that are serviced by the railway
-connection with CP and edmonton LRT
-i cant even count how many other tracks there are (well over 100 for things like eastbound, westbound, storage etc)
i recomend going on google maps and take a look at the yard, it parallels the yellowhead highway in town (hwy 16, 3 lane in each direction incase you have a hard time finding it.)
well i plan to release the main part of the yard in beta 1.0, just the tracks and no scenery items. this is not going to be 100% prototypical because i dont have ReDem to use for the landscape so extending it to the real thing isnt going to happen...although i think releasing this as just the tracks in V1.0 will give alot of route bulders a good starting point in their fictional routes. what i plan to do is try and get as much of CN's operations around the city as possible ....in 1 lifetime?
i will post screenshots of what i have done later tonight after supper.
(what have i gotten myself into!
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