My project update:

**Snuffy** · May 15th, 2010, 15:41

Still no right answers on where this is ... but anyhow, here some updates.

***Gramps*** · May 15th, 2010, 15:44

Nope, don't have a clue as to where it's at, but it is startin to take shape a look real good

**Lionheart** · May 15th, 2010, 16:53

Looking good Snuffy. Making pure terrain must be a real bear... So much to do and add and all..

Bill

**Snuffy** · May 26th, 2010, 17:43

Update.
Overall at this time
Attachment 8831

Close up of the main yard.
Attachment 8832
All those blue dots as you know are switches, most of them are built on a 1.6 gradient. Talk about a b*tch!

***Henry*** · May 26th, 2010, 17:55

Originally Posted by Snuffy

Talk about a b*tch!

whats my wife have to do with it?
LOL
H

**warchild** · May 26th, 2010, 22:44

Originally Posted by Lionheart

Looking good Snuffy. Making pure terrain must be a real bear... So much to do and add and all..

Bill

Hardest parts are switches, tunnels and platfiorms.. Switches are actually easy, but the program has a habit of making you pay for every switch you add with countless numbers of rejoining track together..

**Snuffy** · May 31st, 2010, 12:20

Welp I've laid off laying track for obvious reasons:

**Snuffy** · June 11th, 2010, 19:17

I've been off the track for a bit ...

**Lionheart** · June 11th, 2010, 19:44

Looking good Snuffy!

Those wheels are pretty sophisticated on the insides. Shows some good modelling technique there. In the old days, we would have used Graphics to coat that side and replicate all those curved fins.

Bill

**Snuffy** · June 11th, 2010, 19:55

Compair this one ... to the very first one.

**warchild** · June 11th, 2010, 23:49

Lomg Island from the jersey side???
Everything your doing is looking incredible

.. I'm loving watching this grow..
Pam

**Snuffy** · June 13th, 2010, 04:34

No, Sorry Pam, Not Jersey Shore ... yer too far north, but certainly on the right side of the country.

Thanks for the interest in what's happening with my mess I'm making.

Some of you may be wondering what makes all that gear work ... Well I threw together the boiler for it yesterday.

Here's an update.

**warchild** · June 13th, 2010, 08:40

::chuckles:; it it aint jersey, then its the Chesapeake bay:LOL::... About a half mile from where the confederate iron clad was sunk i'd say..

**Snuffy** · June 14th, 2010, 16:58

Originally Posted by warchild

::chuckles:; it it aint jersey, then its the Chesapeake bay:LOL::... About a half mile from where the confederate iron clad was sunk i'd say..

You're getting a lot warmer ... it is off the Chesapeake but not the bay proper ... and you've nailed the era of the model. It is the ACW.

Here's an update or two:

**Snuffy** · June 16th, 2010, 18:45

**Cloud9Gal** · June 17th, 2010, 16:35

Wow Snuffy! Impressive! I didn't know you liked trains as well.

Good Stuff! Thanks for sharing your project with us!

**Snuffy** · June 18th, 2010, 19:02

Thanks C9G ...

Trains are after all machinery.

And I am as you know, a Mechanical Engineer, who works in the boiler industry ... and oddly this engine I'm working on is a boiler.

Here's an update shot:

**Snuffy** · June 24th, 2010, 04:11

Just the latest ...

**CrashnBurns** · July 10th, 2010, 05:41

Snuffy,

OK, that's GOTTA be the City Point RR.

Crash

**Snuffy** · July 10th, 2010, 07:43

Originally Posted by CrashnBurns

Snuffy,

OK, that's GOTTA be the City Point RR.

Crash

And we finally have a winner!!

Yup, its the City Point landing in 1863/64 When the Union Army was at its peake during the siege of Petersburg.

I plan to eventually expand my railroads from this point and cover more of the other inter connecting rail systems from Petersburg, like the RFP, Weldon, Danville, and P&N.

**CrashnBurns** · July 10th, 2010, 10:05

Snuffy,

My favorite stretch of track! Thought I recognized the engine house in the other thread. Been collecting documentation and parts for some time to make an N-scale layout of that line from Petersburg to City Point. Didn't know this was possible in MSTS! I'll have to dig out my old copy see if I can get it to run on my current PC. Inspirational!

Crash

**Snuffy** · July 10th, 2010, 12:19

Hey Crash,

Yeah, I've always wanted to model it as well only in H-O scale, problem was always money and space. To do the layout justice you know.

Well its quite doable in virtual reality. I got all the DEM info, did some KLM with google and things are going along swell.

MSTS will provide you with much more period equipment rolling stock wise, unfortunately there doesn't seem to be an interest in generating steam era stuff for the U.S. with the RW group.

If I could just get a handle on how to go from modeling to in game, I could provide what the RW sim world is missing. Oh well.

I have a pretty decent map of City Point that's about 3/4"=100' with all the main buildings, the track, and the entire encampment layout. I've been building from that.

Here's an update on the beach yard.

And here's an overall of what I've got so far ...

**crashaz** · July 14th, 2010, 22:07

WoW! Impressive work there Snuffy! Did not know you modeled.

**Snuffy** · July 15th, 2010, 04:08

Originally Posted by crashaz

WoW! Impressive work there Snuffy! Did not know you modeled.

That's not an entirely true statement Crashaz ...

I just can't get my models from the model state and into any game/sim as I know nothing of that phaze of the process ...

**crashaz** · July 15th, 2010, 10:30

I know some members of the TS community. Talon is at sea right now... but I can find some others.

Still muttering under my breath about Aces closing and losing TS2... we got a sneak peek @ SimCon and I could not wait to see it in action. Wanted to see the Great Northern and Santa Fe routes in action. Also a fan of Southern Pacific.

Originally Posted by Snuffy

That's not an entirely true statement Crashaz ...

I just can't get my models from the model state and into any game/sim as I know nothing of that phaze of the process ...