After over a year of very slow development I can finally publish the first segment of my "pet project", a route of some parts of the Great Northern Butte Division, centered around Great Falls, MT. Version 1 will cover just half of that town, all of the west bank of Missouri river will be modeled and scenicked. So that would cover the huge GN yard, the GN car shops, engine facilities, the small yards and grain facilities on the southern end of the Smelter Line, the interchange with the Milwaukee Road pretty much in the center of town, the joint MILW/GN stock yards, the refinery just north of town and the Anaconda copper smelter with its maze of spurs and its own small ("Little Chicago") Yard.
All parts on the east bank of the river will be missing. Tracks and siding markers will be present, but scenery will not. The MILW and GN depots will also have to wait for a later version.
If all goes as planned I should have this route ready in a few days or so.
Cheers,
Michael
PS: Some preview shots.
A GN ore train leaves GF Yard. (Yeah I know, the lead engine is running in reverse.)
Passing over the highway to Helena, MT.
Already on the Smelter Line, crossing the Milwaukee Road
The big downtown elevator
Approaching the refinery
Passing through the refinery
Still in the refinery
And on to the copper smelter
More of which you can see here:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3539
I had started the upload of the public beta.
