Freelanced/fictional Railroads

LAST EDITED ON Dec-29-03 AT 07:47 PM (EST)

Does anyone else besides me have a freelanced/fictional railroad that you use on MSTS (besides the obvious, well-known ones, like the ADFRR, Rich Garber's rr's, etc.)?My fictional road is the Chesapeake, Potomac & Allegheny, and pretty much acts like the B&O, C&O, WM, Chessie and CSX never existed.CP&A GP60 4007 (new paint scheme, since 1991)
CP&A GP60 4206 (new paint scheme, OLS)
CP&A GP40-2 6033 (old paint scheme, used from 1979-1991)
CP&A e/b Mixed Freight M346 (horrible shot, horrible computer!)
Chris Denbow - Baltimore, MD
TKW Paintshop Technician

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RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, CRSD40, Dec-29-03, 07:48 PM, (1) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, csxt602, Dec-30-03, 05:33 PM, (2) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, SVTS, Dec-30-03, 06:54 PM, (3) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, ATF1224, Dec-30-03, 07:23 PM, (4) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, CPR_9102, Dec-30-03, 08:32 PM, (5) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, cnw8717, Dec-30-03, 09:44 PM, (6) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, ATF1224, Jan-02-04, 11:19 AM, (17) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, keiffer, Jan-02-04, 03:16 PM, (19) Haulin' grain on the Indiana Northern, Railfan727, Dec-30-03, 09:56 PM, (7) RE: Haulin' grain on the Indiana Northern, NS5237, Dec-31-03, 00:03 AM, (8) RE: Haulin' grain on the Indiana Northern, zachattack, Jan-01-04, 02:44 PM, (14) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, Coonskin, Dec-31-03, 02:22 AM, (9) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, BNSF4999, Dec-31-03, 09:39 PM, (10) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, Railfan727, Jan-01-04, 01:25 PM, (11) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, cnw8717, Jan-01-04, 01:57 PM, (12) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, BNSF4999, Jan-01-04, 02:28 PM, (13) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, CPR_9102, Jan-01-04, 03:46 PM, (15) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, Jonatan, Jan-01-04, 06:50 PM, (16) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, CPR_9102, Jan-02-04, 02:18 PM, (18) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, Kip, Jan-02-04, 03:39 PM, (20) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, csxt602, Jan-03-04, 01:26 PM, (21) RE: Freelanced/fictional Railroads, cnw8717, Jan-03-04, 03:30 PM, (22)

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Nice scheme, thought of the old Coudersport & Port Allegany RR when I first saw them.-----------------------------

Kyle Norek, Milepost 76 on the NS Buffalo Line
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Thanks Kyle. Got the color scheme from the Maryland Midland, only I used a darker blue. For some reason, in the screenshots, the orange stands out alot more than in the sim. It's not as bright in the sim.Chris Denbow - Baltimore, MD
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Nice shots Chris. Having lived in Maryland and dating a girl from Libertytown, I never got to see the Maryland Midland RR. How 'bout uploading those for us?Chris Bogley
Syracuse New York
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As (I THINK) most of you know that I have the Western Illinois & Iowa Railway.

The Norfolk Southern Winston-Salem District

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I got the LSN Lake Superior & Northern.... which is from Marathon to Lake Huron.The GLW which is in Canada from Quebec to Alberta and in the US around Nebraska/Kansas going south from Steinbach, MBLSN has some stuff in the File libary but it is the older paint shemnChris Wilson
MP 63 CP's Heron Bay Sub
Marathon, Ontariowww.greatnorthrails.com
EMAIL: chris9102@shaw.ca

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LAST EDITED ON Dec-30-03 AT 09:46 PM (EST)

Iowa Central Railroad. Fictional line in Iowa which has no date for finish. If i could upload pics they would be below this.cnw8717

Iowa Central Railroad V1.0 Tracks: 100%
Roads: 50.0%
Scenery: 15%
Signals: 0.0%

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Here we go, finally got a good shot to post..

The Norfolk Southern Winston-Salem District

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Lookin good Jake.

Keith
NS Fan
"The way to be safe is never be secure"

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LAST EDITED ON Dec-30-03 AT 10:00 PM (EST)

In the late 1970's, the newly-created Conrail abandoned hundreds of miles of trackage throughout Indiana, in order to eliminate duplicate routes which once competed with one another. Unfortunately, many areas were left without rail service, leaving the local industries with no convenient way to get their products to market.My new Indiana Northern Railroad (reporting marks INOR) is based on these abandoned routes. Most of the lines radiate out of Logansport, IN which was once an important hub for the Pennsylvania RR. The main lines run from Logansport to Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus, and Louisville. Also, the former Erie between North Judson and Huntington is included.The Indiana Northern was founded by a group of northern Indiana businessmen who realized how severely the region's economy would be hurt by the loss of local rail service. From these humble beginnings, the INOR grew to become a successful regional system reminiscent of Wisconsin Central or Montana Rail Link.As the company became more successful, all trackage was upgraded to allow 60 mph running, with heavy continuous welded rail, frequent long passing sidings, and CTC signaling installed. Grain is the lifeblood of the INOR, but manifest freights, and hotshot intermodal and autorack trains are frequent sights as well. CSX and NS will also have trackage rights, and the TP&W route west of Logansport provides a convenient route around Chicago's congestion for BNSF's hot intermodal traffic to and from the East Coast.A loaded grain train is headed eastbound on the Kokomo Subdivision just out of Walton, IN:This is the original paint scheme, introduced at the company's founding in 1976. Six basic colors were used: red, green, blue, orange, yellow, and purple.Here's the current INOR paint scheme, introduced 1995. It also appears in six basic colors: maroon, red, orange, purple, green, and blue.

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I work the WI&I Railink Eastern Div. The WI&I Eastern Div. currently owns about 10 miles of track seving the towns of Manassas, Eloree, Creston, and Daleville. Industries served along the line include coal loading facilities, an oil refinery, 2 paper mills, as well as many warehouses and grain elevators. The WI&I also has trackage rights on CSX from Ridgeway Ohio to Anderson Indiana. Here is the WI&I Locomotive Roster:
--6 SD40-2's--
WI&I #3010
JLCX #4109
JLCX #4703
LLPX #4406
LLPX #4417
LLPX #4405
--4 M420W's--
ex CN #2513
ex CN #2557
ex CN #2564
ex CN #3536
--1 AC4400CW--
CEFX #1007 Here are a few Roster Shots:

John - SC MP95

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>This is the original paint scheme, introduced at the
>company's founding in 1976. Six basic colors were used: red,
>green, blue, orange, yellow, and purple.
Sounds more like the rainbow road... hey, I guess that would make it a "RR"

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"Does anyone else besides me have a freelanced/fictional railroad that you use on MSTS?" Well, indeed I do (did)! Seeing as you seem to be interested in diesels, I'll post pics of the fictional diesel route I was tinkering with as a learning tool many moons ago: The Kansas City & Gulf, Ozark Subdivision, circa 1969. It was a competing line to the KCS, and had to take the tougher shot through the Ozarks. Was theorized to run from KCMO to New Orleans. I was modeling it during a reorginazation attempt right after they'd filed bankruptcy.Here's a couple of pics of an Alco RS11 I painted/grundged for the KC&G. It's sitting at small service facility for helpers at Limestone, Arkansas. (Also had some fictional steam stuff.)Andre Ming
THE Big Cheese and Great Poobah of V Scale Creations

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Railfan727!!!!!
When did your INOR come out?
Illinois Northern has been around since mid 1999 and uses the INOR reporting marks. If yours came before 99 i'll change mine but otherwise those reporting marks are taken and I'd ask you to change yours to avoid confusion with the Illinois Northern.Thanks

Kevin V.

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LAST EDITED ON Jan-01-04 AT 01:54 PM (EST)

I haven't painted any freight cars yet... the only place the reporting marks show up so far is in the filenames for the locomotives.At this stage of the game, a reporting-mark change is not an unreasonable request. I simply didn't realize INOR was already in use.Would INRR be an acceptable choice? It's not in use by any prototype railroad, or any free-lancers as far as I can tell.While we're on this topic, it would be great if someone could maintain a list of what reporting marks are in use by free-lancers, to help prevent this sort of thing from happening in the future.My apologies...Bruce Bridges

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LAST EDITED ON Jan-01-04 AT 01:59 PM (EST)

I would be willing to maintain a list of freelanced/fictional railroads. With there name and reporting marks. Also the area of which they operate,and the time frame they are in. Thats only of course if you want me to. cnw8717

Iowa Central Railroad V1.0 Tracks: 100%
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hey Bruce-
Its not really your fauly as I havent released any freight cars in IN yet....so you had no way of knowing...INRR is fine...Im actually debating changing mine to ILNO or INRY....but we'll see. Lol I didnt see youre line had "been around" for longer than mine lol until after i made my earlier post (leave it up to me to miss something lol!)
Thanks for your willingness to change though!Best of luck in the world of route building....

Kevin V.

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I like the idea of a list on reporting marks but that may be tough as there are so many people around and I got 2 railways. And I betcha everyone else has 1-3 fictional roads. Mabe just focus on the big ones... who knows. Or the INOR's just ake a n aggreement.Kinda neat reading this eh.Chris Wilson
MP 63 CP's Heron Bay Sub
Marathon, Ontariowww.greatnorthrails.com
EMAIL: chris9102@shaw.ca

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LAST EDITED ON Jan-01-04 AT 06:52 PM (EST)

I don't have any screens of mine but I can tell you about 'em.Cornerian Rail: Their diesel engines and coaches and cabooses are in a rust brown color. Steamers are black. Logo is a diagonal piece of track with the lettering "C.N" in big silver letters and "Cornerian Rail - We haul for Corneria"Katinan Rail: Diesel engines and coaches and cabooses are all gray with a thick line of black across. Logo is a running fox with the slogan "Deliveries swifter than a running fox"MacBeth Mining Co: Their diesel engines and steam engines are in a very dark red. They are in general very dusty, dirty and sooty. They have the lettering "MacBeth Mining" on the sides in big capital letters in Impact font as well as M.B.M.C on the sides of their tenders. Logo is a mining pick and a shovel with M.B.M.C in the middle.I hope you like my paint schemes. /JonatanSteam rules!

Never trust computers. If you do, they will betray you.Keep those "diseasels" away from me!

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Here is GLW Q107 speeding across the Pukaskwa sub which goes from Wawa, ON to Marathon, ON.here are a few picsAlso here is the route MAPChris Wilson
MP 63 CP's Heron Bay Sub
Marathon, Ontariowww.greatnorthrails.com
EMAIL: chris9102@shaw.ca

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To the original poster: Very nice livery scheme. Looks very original. If I hadn't known better, I would have naturally assumed it was a "copy" of the real thing. Well done. I myself have a fictional RR (actually two) Priest River Railroad (PRRR) and Mt. Cascade Mining Company (MC). With a route to boot in Hoodoo Pass. Look at this web page of my livery schemes on loco's I use. http://home.kendra.com/comet61/models.htmKip
The Priest River Railroad "...it's so fictional, it's almost real"
Author of Hoodoo Pass "Cascadia"
Look for Hoodoo Pass 3.0 "Cascadia Expansion" in Spring 2004

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>I would be willing to maintain a list of
>freelanced/fictional railroads. With there name and
>reporting marks. Also the area of which they operate,and the
>time frame they are in. Thats only of course if you want me
>to. Great idea! My marks for the Chesapeake, Potomac & Allegheny are CPA for freight, CPAZ for intermodal trailers and CPAU for intermodal containers. My railroad is currently celebrating it's 150th anniversary (two units are in the paint shops in Baltimore currently receiving commemorative paint jobs, CW44AC #150 and SD40-2 #8150) this year (2004) and run on CSX's current system, of course, in my freelanced world, there is no CSX, WE are CSX. Chris Denbow - Baltimore, MD
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Finnaly I shot i can upload of the Iowa Central Railroad.cnw8717.

Iowa Central Railroad V1.0 Tracks: 100%
Roads: 50.0%
Scenery: 15%
Signals: 0.0%

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