Australian Railway Stations

[STD]

Very beautiful photo! Thanks for the info! I like the way you approach - photo of a real terrain, then the embodiment of the ideas in the game. Cool !

[GarryG]

Thanks STD,

On my travels yesterday I looked at entrance of Cardiff, Cockle Creek, Teralba, Booragul, Fassifern and Awaba. They just had a pathway that lead to a car park, onto the streets or to a bus stop. Some had a garbage bin but no gardens, beautifications, seats or anything like that.

I'll check a few more next few weeks or so and see what they all look like and maybe make some different entrances, bus stops, maybe a bus terminal be good, car parks things like that.

Cheers

[GarryG]

Until I get chance to get more photos of station entrances etc .. I will work on the footbridges and other projects.

The new footbridges I been playing with I making them so they go at the end of platforms .. not on the platforms.

This way they can be used with any platform set you wish .. not just what I make but other sets such as the default, Dutch set and should also work with other sets.

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Making several sets so they can also be joined to Waypoints.

I meant to do this with the footbridges I released in AuzStations Part 2 but I forgot.

Seen some footbridges with ramps and not stairs .. see if I can do some of these too.


Cheers

[STD]

Good luck with implementing all of what you're thinking ! And about the bus terminal and car park is a great idea. It will be interesting in the future to see . Still as a variant - to make in the future a set of Australian roads, including bus stops, and truck stops. You will decide how best to proceed.

And to what a month you have the opportunity to travel around the stations? When the weather begins to change usually?
Interesting to learn about changes in weather conditions. We have in September is usually half a month to + 20-22 degrees Celsius, and then gradually begins to get colder. Another is the so-called "Indian" summer period up to one weeks. This is the period when there is a warm day in early autumn. It usually occurs in late September or early October. I can not say exactly the date of occurrence.. But autumn is different - often it rains and cool in the afternoon to + 10-15 degrees Celsius, usually in October. And November is almost winter. Often the temperature is negative and it's snowing. Slush happens in the beginning of the month. That's why I'm interested in your weather. Still, it's the southern hemisphere

Regards

STD (Aleksey).

[GarryG]

Good luck with implementing all of what you're thinking

Thinking one thing .. implementing is another .. but hope to be able to do the things I mentioned.

Weather here: Summer is from December to February, Autumn March to May, Winter June to August, and Spring September to November. Depends what part of the country you live to what temperatures we get in Summer as can range between mid 20s to into the high 40s. Winters snows some places and temps can get well below zero.

Place I live Newcastle some times snows in the mountains near by but not where I live. If no rain and not to cold on Tuesday will do some travelling and see what photo I can get.

Cheers

[GarryG]

Been fiddling around with the footbridges.

Done them to face all 4 directions that go at the end of platforms and also some as Waypoints.

There are some non-track tile footbridges included with them.

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You should be able to use these with any platform set not just the platforms that I did.

Waypoint footbridges and the platform ones can be combined together so that you can run your passenger trains via the platforms and fright via the other lines.

If you like to test what I done with these today here the file.

Cheers

[andythenorth]

Nice work GarryG. One day I be retired, so much sprites I can do. In about 40 years maybe

[GarryG]

Nice work GarryG. One day I be retired, so much sprites I can do. In about 40 years maybe

Thanks Andy .. you lucky you go so many years to go before your older It just all my birthdays I been having that making me old in age but not in looks .. I more handsome now then what I was when I was a teenager

Started working on the subways and this is how they probably will look on the platforms.

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Will put them on several platform types and also on non-track tiles.

Also like to make some street entrances a bit different. I looked at Google Earth at East Maitland Railway station to see what the street entrance looks like, should be able to make it but I like to go see in person and get some closer photos of it. Hope do that Tuesday weather permitting.

[GarryG]

Been making some subway entrances from the streets also bus stop and looking at a newsstand.

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Still need to do the other side of the tracks for subway entrances.

Do you think the little building would pass as a newsstand selling papers and magazines?

Cheers

[Quast65]

Do you think the little building would pass as a newsstand selling papers and magazines?

Yes!!

[STD]

Do you think the little building would pass as a newsstand selling papers and magazines?

Yes!!

I also believe . Of course Yes!!!

[Alberth]

the news-stand looks fine to me, the stairs are a bit subtle, perhaps have a fence around the hole that stands out?

a cover against the rain would work too, probably

[GarryG]

Thanks fellas.

I based the subways on this photo I took at East Maitland. If I change the shade of either the stairs or the fence they should stand out better. See what can be done.

See if can design a second set with awnings.


Cheers

[Alberth]

Wow GarryG, compared with the real thing your graphics look very precise.

My point is perhaps mostly that a player is not standing right next to the entrance like you are, he is flying 50m in the air, at a distance of a 100m or so. That is our viewing point in the game. Unfortunately it is a little difficult to take pictures from that position, but as you can imagine, at that distance, details are lot harder to see, so as you say, maybe exaggerate things a bit to make more clear what it is.

[GarryG]

Wow GarryG, compared with the real thing your graphics look very precise.

Thanks pal.

Try make them as close as possible to how they are in real. It is difficult even with the photos I take to get the angles right .. often that why it takes me several goes to get what I want sometimes taking weeks to do.

I'm a bit like if in school .. not stick to the same subject all day and every day, like to have variety to keep it interesting .

Seeing if I can do the entrance and car parks to Awaba Railway Station. The awnings in this image are not the correct ones

[GarryG]

Some improvements to Awaba Station.

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The awning with the front platform is part of the non-track tile .. also shown on its own.

I think the green grass can be removed to allow normal landscape background to be used.

Hope to visit some small suburban stations today in the Newcastle network and get some more station entrance ideas.

[GarryG]

Jumping between ideas at the moment.

Last 2 days been going on a few train rides looking at Station ideas and entrances.

In the Newcastle suburban network between Waratah and Maitland there are 4 railway lines .. 2 for passenger trains and fast freight and other 2 for coal, wheat and other slower freight trains. Some platforms are Island Platforms and some single sided platforms like this photo of Thornton Railway Station.

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Platform between lines is like a Island, but only one side is a platform.

This where I up to at moment.

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Can't release the test file just yet as I have some test idea in it that either needs finishing or removed.

[GarryG]

Been adding a few more items to the Single Island Platforms.

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Still some work to do to them and a few minor errors to fix.

If curiosity got the better of you .. you can try what I done to date.

The there are 2 sets footbridges one set will allow joining to Waypoint Footbridges.

The footbridges at top of image I have the railings wrong way around on the platform. Will fix tomorrow after some sleep.

The station building in the middle platform has another part to it, but have roof alignment to fix if wish to join them together.

Will also find some more Island Stations and some non-track tiles .. a few of them full set not yet completed.

[GarryG]

Lost internet here on Tuesday and not get back till Thursday, so to fill in time I did 3 days of train travel visiting different railway stations.

Tuesday: I visited Cardiff (that is where I start and end my rail journeys), Hamilton, East Maitland, Telarah, Maitland, Victoria Street, and Thornton.
Wednesday: Cardiff, Wyee, Morisset, Broadmeadow.
Friday: Cardiff, Dora Creek and Adamstown.

Worse part about visiting all these stations gives me more ideas and gives me more projects to work on.

Dora Creek I think be a interesting station to model for the game.
The waiting area is similar to many other stations I been to but the platform is see through. It build on steel posts, not the usual brick or concrete.

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The station entrance is via the end ramps. To get from one platform to the other you go down under the bridge. There is a road as well as the river under that bridge.

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Maybe one day I get all these ideas finished.

[GarryG]

I had to split AuzFakeSignals into 2 files.

Wasn't expecting to add so many new stations and platforms.

AuzFakeSignals:

See Page 7 viewtopic.php?f=26&t=76390&start=120#p1190062 detailing what these are and how to use them:

Has Lower Quadrant and Upper Quadrant semaphore signals and added today Colour Light Dwarf Signals.

Also has Sign boards such as: Whistle Posts, Point Indicators and Speed Boards as Waypoints.

Still have a few more to add before I can release it on Bananas.

AuzFakeSignals.grf

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auzstations_4_v001:

This has the platforms and stations mention in posts above.

auzstations_4_v001.grf

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Now I got them separated I can work on them better and finish a few ideas I have.