Sasquatch

While a BNSF intermodal struggles upgrade at Caliente, sasquatch watches happily:

New Cajon Pass route

With the old one being deleted, I decided to start north instead of south this time. It will cover about five miles of the Needles Sub, starting at Hidden Springs and going West to Daggett and Barstow, Then it will go south on the Cajon Sub down to Colton. Here is a pic. from Hidden Springs:

As with all pictures, you may click it to enlarge it.

In-n-Out

Weird, huh?

The biggest screw job?

Okay, my computer just gave me the biggest screw job I have ever encountered. No, not on TS2010, where they usually happen, but on TS12. For some reason, it deleted BOTH Cajon Sub and Daggett-Edwards. AND the DEMs that I put them on. For some reason, it deleted every DEM and routes placed on DEMs in the entire game! I will just stick with Kingston Island...

Kingston Island: Sounder Eastern Sub: Exploring the Eastern station

Trainztalk is back!!!

Okay, I know that Sounder, in real life, is a commuter railroad in Washington, but in my world, it is the Kingston passenger service, along with the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #2. Sounder(on KI) is getting new cars, which are actually Metro North cars, but once again, pretend.

Okay, so on Kingston Island so far, there are three Sounder stations, but I am planning on there being about 35 total. There are two Amtrak/Sounder stations, and one Sounder only station so far. At milepost 4.7, there is a point where the freight and passenger tracks split, and they do not join back together until Lane. When they are separate, The passenger tracks go right along the southern beaches, and the freight tracks so about 5 miles to the south of the north beaches. The only freight trains that go along the passenger tracks are when there is a train that has a problem that needs to be maintained at the Marianna yard, locals that need to end up at the Marianna yard(L-ESPMAR, L-MARESP, L-KENMAR[the Kingston local that goes between Kendrick yard and Marianna], and the C-ESPWSP rock train), and trains that are rerouted due to a problem with/on the freight tracks.

These are the Sounder stations that I have so far:
Eastern Seaport
Eastern Village
East Marianna

At the Eastern Transit Center, all Sounder and Amtrak trains, and Bosch Lines buses stop here.

A look down the Station Access Road:

An overhead look at the station, with a sounder train 209 parked on track 4(many trains originate here).:

Waiting to cross the street to get to the platform:

NOTE: The station is before milepost 4.7, so both passenger and freight go through the station.

A family happily waits for their train, Sounder 107 so they can go watch some good beach volleyball action at Waveside station:

Meanwhile, A woman who just shopped in the Eastern Village walks to the stairs to get to train 107 so that she can meet up with a friend at Sierra Beach so they can watch some of the surfing action and have a lunch on the pier:

Quiz over

...And there were only four guesses.
1. I expect all readers to vote/guess, polls are ALWAYS on the sidebar
2. None of you guessed the correct answer. The answer was A(Walong.

Just an update

Hi. My computer/monitor just gave me another screw job. Thanks for autosave. The Riverside Industrial lead is easy. I just started laying signals(no, NOT crossing signals). That is all.

TS12 Mojave Sub: Tunnel 2

After getting a screw job resulting in me losing a 30 minute's worth of work, I decided to take a break from Cajon  Sub, and play around with the built-in Mojave Sub

A BNSF stack train emerges from tunnel 2

NOTE: I was very happy to be able to get this shot, as, for some reason, tunnels make the computer's frame rates drop down to 1.5 FPS. >:(

Cajon Pass so far-the start-part 1

This is all I have so far:a house, a school bus barn, a Stater Bros. warehouse, a LARGE parking lot for the Stater Bros., A portion of Barton Rd., Terrance Ave, and part of La Cadena Dr., and a few trees and textures:

As with all pictures, you CAN enlarge them by clicking on them.

Goodbye Daggett-Edwards, hello Cajon Pass

I am putting a boring desert route on hold to work on a more exciting California desert route. I am now doing Cajon Pass. This one will go from just south of Colton(including the diamond intersection with the UP Alhambra/Yuma Sub) to the Barstow Yard, where it will then meet with the BNSF Mojave/Needles Sub.

Here is my mere progress so far:

I am already working on the Barton Rd. overpass, which is a major pain. I need to make sure every overpass and tunnel has enough clearance for double-stack container trains.The Barton Rd. overpass just barely made the cut for that test.

New quiz up!

Wow... today is a busy day for posts on here! Three posts so far today!

Anyway, Trainztalk's first poll is up! It is a quiz poll, not an opinion poll. The poll is located on the side bar. For those of you that know the Mojave Sub well, this quiz will be gravy. For those who do not know the Mojave Sub at all, good luck! The poll ends at 11:59 AM CST on July 15, 2011.

Wow ... hoy es un día de trabajo para los puestos de aquí! Tres puestos hasta el momento actual! De todos modos, primera encuesta Trainztalk es para arriba! Se trata de una encuesta de cuestionario no, una encuesta de opinión. La encuesta se encuentra en la barra lateral. Para aquellos de ustedes que conocen la Sub Mojave así, esta prueba será la salsa. Para aquellos que no conocen la Sub Mojave en absoluto, ¡buena suerte! La encuesta termina a las 11:59 AM CST el 15 de julio de 2011.

My routes... Daggett so far!

The route that I am working on between Daggett and Edwards Air Force Base is back up, and in TS12 with all amazing Desert Textures and Desert Plants from Mojave Sub to use! This route, once it is finished(which will take a while) will be merged with the Mojave Sub that came with this version of Trainz(TS12). I am currently working on vegetation in Daggett. Here are some progress screenies:
The UP Los Angeles Sub where it merges with the BNSF Needles Sub:

What will be Historic US 66 will be once I am done:

I already completed the western part of Santa Fe St. with all of the street side vegetation:

And, the Daggett-Yermo Rd. crossing at Milepost 737.8:

Yes, this is a route that I am working on. This is based on a real route.

Joshua Trees

I do not know why I find Joshua Trees amazing:

Taken from the Mojave Sub that came with TS12.

TS12 Mojave Sub: Woodford-Tehachapi Rd.

This is the exact view that I had when I went train spotting on the Tehachapi Loop. Taken from Woodford-Tehachapi Rd. at the historical landmark. This screenshot comes from Trainz(of course, because this is the Trainz blog! You may click all images to enlarge them.

Vacation

I am on vacation. I will be back this weekend.

Star ratings

Introducing Star ratings! I am testing this just like I am testing reactions on Crossing Talk! Just like +1 and reactions, this can be found on the bottom of each post. It goes on a scale of 1-5 stars, just like most star ratings systems.

+1 system

At the very bottom of each post, currently on my Traintalk and Trainztalk blogs, is a new +1 system. If you liked the post that I made, simply give it a "+1"! If you hated it, then don't give it a +1!

Trainz pictures on Crossing Talk

Effective today, I will not be posting any more pictures of Trainz railroad crossings on Crossing Talk. All Trainz screenshots, even those with Crossings in it, will be featured on Trainztalk(this blog). I just find it too hard to split them up into two categories.

TS12 Mojave Sub: Welcome to Mojave!

A view of the yard from a residential street:

A pit stop at Shell

Next, a pit stop at McDonald's

A view of the Trona/Searles line(When we go out there in real life, I will try to catch one ;)

TS12 Mojave Sub: Welcome to Tehachapi!

Welcome to Tehachapi!

A look down Green St., with the Tehachapi depot to the left.

A look down Tehachapi Blvd.

A look down the tracks at Green St., with a train in the distance!

A look at the train near the square:

Another look down the main road:

Looking at the train from a couple pics. up at Green St.: