Virginia & Truckee Railroad

[buzz456]

I'm not meaning to criticise your excellent work, but that crossing in the first image of your last post would probably look better with just the road over the rails wouldn't it? This is one of the things with some routes that stands out as being unrealistic to me.

Or maybe lower it a bit, so that only the top's visible. Also, a bit of the embankment is protruding through the road loft.

You must be kidding. You either don't understand that this is a WIP or you are a ..............

[SAR704]

I don't personally see myself as an retard, dimwit, moron, imbecile or whatever the dots actually mention. I simply overlooked that fact that it's a WIP. Nobody's perfect.

[dleeboy]

Here is the fix this is the best I can do with it. Remember this is a three percent grade at that spot. And that is why it looked like that with the first screen shots.

[dleeboy]

Working on Virginia City trying to recreate it with the assets that I am using. Clear Creek assets help a lot. I think what I am using comes close to what is there in real life.

[dleeboy]

Detailing this part of the route really isn't necessary since it is away from the track. But just in case someone wanted to stroll down Virginia City I am putting it in. I my not detail all of it was part of Virginia City. Here are screen shots from the same area as the others but with detail in them now.

[dleeboy]

Thanks This route is based on the real Virginia And Truckee Railway located in Nevada. Here are the routes I am using for assets.

Rascal and Cottonwood
Colton and Northern
Soldier Summit
Feather River
Stevens Pass
Clear Creek

I am trying to recreate it as close to the real one as I can. As a route builder you can always put in your artistic choices. But I try to come close to the real thing. Here are some screen shots from my latest work. They are around the Carson Eastgate Depot.

[jpetersjr]

I wish I could run it one day, but frankly I don't have all those assets. I want to get Clear Creek soon so that wouldn't be a problem, but definitely can't afford all of the rest.

As well, not to mention, some of them aren't available any longer, I'm not sure it Rascal and Cottonwood is still available for purchase.

I have that route, but don't run it much.


But if you'd like some custom assets I can build you some if they're vintage, and I have some assets from my Zephyr Route that might just fit on this.

[goddrauG]

Rascal and Cottonwood is still available for purchase.

[Chacal]

You must be kidding. You either don't understand that this is a WIP or you are a ..............

He's offering a suggestion to make the route better, which is what the RWA forums are for.

[buzz456]

You must be kidding. You either don't understand that this is a WIP or you are a ..............

He's offering a suggestion to make the route better, which is what the RWA forums are for.

Yeah well some of us who spend thousands of hours route building call it nit picking.

[Ericmopar]

There is a simple explanation as to why Dave's grade crossing appears that way. You can't rotate a hwy surface (longitudinally) to match the grade of the tracks. It's simply not something that can be done, like tilting plants or buildings etc.
The road surface will follow a grade, but if the grade of terrain or tracks are perpendicular to the direction of the road, you will have one side higher (or lower) no matter what a person does. The exception is roadway over terrain, a person can then snap to terrain or snap to roadway. When track is involved it gets way more complicated.
If you have multiple lofts crossing each other of any kind, it gets way more complicated.
Another way to put it, is we can't put in an off camber roadway. The editor just won't do it.

[dleeboy]

The reason I am using both rascal and Cottwood and Colton and Northern. Is that in the asset folder they are both combined at least mine are. So I would just pick one but I don't know witch assets are witch. So I have to use both that is the reason for six routes for assets. I planned for Five like my Niles Canyon route. But I needed some of those assets to make this route. This will be a Workshop route when I am finished with it.

This route will be for those that like to run scenic routes. There won't be any sidings for industries. But there will be sidings. In my research for this route the original Railroad was abandoned in the 1950s. The Heritage railroad started in the 70s. There are two runs on the route. One from Virginia City to Gold Hill and one from Carson City Eastgate Depot to Virginia City. The Scenic railroad plans on extending there route to Carson city in the Future. Using Google Maps overlay you can see where the track used to be. So I could extend the route all the way to Carson City from where the end of the line is as of today. But for now I will finish it from the Carson Eastgate Depot to Virginia City for now.

I don't have a grade map for the route. I am using Google Earth as a guide. So for those that run it some day and say the grades are off I am doing the best that I know how to lay the track grades as best as I can. I am using Google Maps Elevations in Meters to Lay the track. I look at Google Maps and gauge the distance and start from there. If someone has an accurate Grade chart for the route and are willing to share it I will try to incorporate it in the route.

[dleeboy]

Here is a video from Carson Eastgate Depot up the tracks pass Highway 50 a bit. Of my Virginia Truckee Route.

https://youtu.be/v9dtvKfnlKY

[Boss1]

Great video! The route is really looking good.

[BKRR605]

Great video! The route is really looking good.

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