wow, cool i just logged in to post my shots of the same scenerio. looks like you had some fun. those boats look like chaos! i did not think to use double decker stations..alistairgrew wrote:Some pictures from teccuk Calhadras Coal scenerio
I used this map to beta test my coal cars and US locos.
Money was no problem in this scenerio. there was enough cash to tunnel under the whole map and come out the other side, but, that defeated the pourpose of the map in my mind. . my goal was to have 4 railroads and try and keep the route prototypical as possible.
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i started off with ICG for the shortline to the closest coal mine. It started as a terminal station. I had to upgrade it to a ro-ro to keep up with the coal. a bit sloppy, but, it gets the job done.
Next, I built the ATSF line. started with my station. (destroying 1/4 of Cloppenstadt)
Ran a bridge over the river and around the mountain.
Time to move on to the big money, insted of drilling through the moutian, i decided to run the valley.... the trains run through here just a few seconds appart. the next train is usually just 2 signal blocks behind.
comming back out the other side.
Empties rolling out of the mountian and staging to get refilled at the mines. Norfolk Southern on the outside tracks, Soo with the left station, on the inside tracks.
Norfolk Southern coal hotshot#39 with a leased UP SD40-2 passes a train in the valley cut.
Hotshot#39 passes an uphill Soo coal train a few seconds later at the next bend.
I should be done with the challenge in a a few more years, i just need to do the dreaded engine upgrade and let the clock go.
. All my night shots are screenies taken from the game and edited in Photoshop before I post them on here.
