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Hello, I've been a railfan in Winnipeg, Canada for about 10 month and made about 600 pictures, now that I've became an MSTS fan as well, I wanted to bring in most of that, so I decided to change the screens, you know the BNSF, Scots, Hisatsu ones and put in ones that I made in photography. I know that there are many in the download section, but I think more wouldn't hurt.
I'm done know and am wondering what do you think (suggestions, critisism, etc.) before I put it in the download.This goes instead of the tools & Editors one:

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And here's the normal 6, sorry no CP, as I don't have good enought pictures that would work in MSTS, that is the Tabs (Drive train, Tutorial, etc.) cover it up and make it look bad.

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So what do you think? Will anyone download it?

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Sold, I would download.An Idea: For the part that says Microsoft Train Simulator, you may want to try a different font, one that's maybe closer to the original. The pics are excellent.

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They look great but yeah I would change the font that says Microsoft Train Simulator. But good job.Ryan

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They look great and just to be different, I like the font you are using just don't make them quite so big. We all know what the game is. Hell, I wouldn't even put the name in there myself. But that is why I am different I guess. Nice job,TimWestern Maryland
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Good stuff! I'd take it for sure. cheers,
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nice work...Tim Baldwin
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RussianI take anything that you created for CN. I'm a big fan of this railroad. Hope that you will make some and be able to download from the file library of this site.Nice work of each screenshotJohn P. Mackay
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Maybe I've just lived here too longBUTWinnipeg is snow covered for 11 months of the yearGET SOME SNOW IN THOSE PICS !!!Gord ... I'm sure you've seen this guy roaming around Fort Rouge while you worked !!Later

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>An Idea: For the part that says Microsoft Train Simulator,
>you may want to try a different font, one that's maybe
>closer to the original. >I like the font you are using just don't make them quite so big.Ok, will change the font and make it smaller.>Russian>I take anything that you created for CN. I'm a big fan of this >railroad. Hope that you will make some and be able to download from >the file library of this site.Thanks, curently am downloading all the CN and Canadian stuff to make activities for the Blackfoot sub. Might do a few repaints when I gain experience.>Maybe I've just lived here too long
>BUT>Winnipeg is snow covered for 11 months of the year>GET SOME SNOW IN THOSE PICS !!!I've lived in Winnipeg since 1997 and know there's a lot of snow. That's the reason I don't railfan too often then. Sorry about it.>Gord ... I'm sure you've seen this guy roaming around Fort Rouge >while you worked !!Now what's this? I'm sure the security must hate me already for all my spying on them, and you want to make it worse by putting me in the spotlight?

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>Now what's this? I'm sure the security must hate me already
>for all my spying on them, and you want to make it worse by
>putting me in the spotlight? No man, not trying to make it worse .... Although if you " do " get caught by CN Police ( or other ) don't be surprised at the fine !!So you are aware .. Gord is a CN Hogger here in Winnipeg.He's here on the forums from time to timeGreat guy to talk to ............. ALL NIGHT !!Maybe he can help you out with some picsLater russian

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>No man, not trying to make it worse .... Although if you "
>do " get caught by CN Police ( or other ) don't be surprised
>at the fine !! Just how much is the fine? And where exactly can you not go at Fort Rouge yards? Is it ok to go on that dirtroad between VIA and Winnipeg Transit facilities? On my little map (North End of Fort Rouge yards) green is a residential street, yellow continues right into the yard and my questionis is can you go on the blue section? There's a fence throughout between it and the yard, but it's still a good railfanning spot, is it ok to go on it? I took quite a bit pictures there, that VIA picture at the top for instance.

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CPR_Malice_96th, I know my last questions are unreasonable, but could you make an attempt to answer them? Spring break is coming up and I'll try to be there at the station as much as I can.Now about the replacement screens. Sorry I took so long, but I was building my site and had lots of schoolwork to do.I've made it smaller, but couldn’t find the right font... so returned to Times New Roman. Which do you think is better?
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Morning RussianThe first one is better. However the colour is still a little borong.I would reccomend maybe the colour needs to be changed more than anything.Now onto your questions.The fine last time I recall is up to and including $5000.00 FOR TRESSPASSING !!From your map ( I know exactly where you are talking about )I can't say for certain, but it looks OK.Now I don't rememeber the exact numbers, BUT the railway owns so many feet to the left and right sides of their track ( I am thinking 10ft )BUT ... If it is more and you meet up with CN Police who have had a bad day ..... Chances are you are going to get hasseled.NEXT !!Don't let anyone tell you ANY differentCN Police are REAL PoliceThey CAN and have every right to question youThey CAN and will chase youThey CAN arrest youThey CAN shoot you ( Yes they have 9mm weapons )Basically what I am getting at. If there was a " No Tresspassing " sign beside a 7-11 and Winnipeg Police were to question you about the " whys " of you being there. You'd stay and answer their questions.I hope that you'd do the same for CN Police.I am only stressing this point as I know in one of the other forums ( railpictures.net ... I think ) Anyways .. you stated you ran fromthem beforeBAD IDEACN Police for the most part understand railfanning ..... BUT guaranteed If you runAnd get caughtYou're getting the MAX fine available.Just for funs sake .... go up to your parents and tell then you need to borrow $5000.00 todaySee what their responces areHave a good week railfanning Russian .... Just keep it safeLater

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Great pictures Russian! Try here...
http://www.railpage.org.au/steam4me/trainsim/tutorials/splash.htmlYou can get the original Train Smiulator text from the original loading screens there Cheers,
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adamb, thanks for the link, very usefull tutorial, but I think I've got that knowledge through trial and error and some forum help. As for the color, I was thinking of something differnt, with smaller writing.>From your map ( I know exactly where you are talking about
>I can't say for certain, but it looks OK.Thanks, I've seen CN crews and VIA people there, but they didn't approach me, so it's probably ok. Just cheking. >Now I don't rememeber the exact numbers, BUT the railway
>owns so many feet to the left and right sides of their track
>( I am thinking 10ft ) Intersting, so you could be standing too close to trains on the Portage JCT hill?>Chances are you are going to get
>hasseled. I know, had a few mean looks thrown at me, when I railfanned in one spot without moving 10 meters for 40 minutes (it was a busy day), so I moved on.>They CAN shoot you ( Yes they have 9mm weapons ) Now that's intersting! Don't get any wrong ideas, but have any railfans actually been shot while doing their hobby? Boy, now I understand while some railfans are armed - literally!>I am only stressing this point as I know in one of the other
>forums ( railpictures.net ... I think ) Anyways .. you
>stated you ran fromthem before That was CP, yes I'm from there, and have learned on my mistakes (at least I think I did).>CN Police for the most part understand railfanning True, they seem decent, hiding behind some MOW equipment while I take pictures!>Have a good week railfanning Russian .... Just keep it safe Thanks, will try to be out and about as much as I can next week.BTW, I've been to Fort Rouge often, at least once a week during summer, and sometimes 4 days a week... My point is, if they (security for the most part) see you so often, do they sort of get used to you, or are you a "potential threat" no matter how often you railfan there?Thanks for answering, nice talking to you. >The first one is better. However the colour is still a
>little borong. >I would reccomend maybe the colour needs to be changed more
>than anything. I know, having real trouble picking anything better thought... So I've come up with these choices, which do you think is better, black, gray or white color?

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cngord, just curious, are these guys Railway Police or they just drive around on patrol duty? Photo taken today @ about 1:10. You wouldn't happen to be in one of those would ya?PS. If your boys seen me on camera, I railfanned from about 1 to 2:30PM, am kind of big and dressed all in green.

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Russian,
Mow truck not to worry, btw i'am not in the truck. Pizza Hut is a good location and you are pretty much safe there. The other blue dots i would say behind the Pembina Hotel is safe as well there is a sidewalk crossing there.
On top of the Pembina overpass would be safe as well, but not down on the dirt road. As far as the road between transit and via that's a no no, cn property. I have seen people get tickets there from cn police. Were not trying to rag on you just trying to save you a bunch of trouble. Yes i agree, people doing stupid things around trains, but those are the things that spoil it for everyone who wants to take pictures. Just be safe and watch were you step.
btw nice pictures.Later!
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Thanks Gord, so basically its ok as long as I stay off the dirt roads? That's good enought for me, get enought action from public property, thak you for explaining that to me.>btw nice pictures. Thanks, I've taken 14 today, of which 12 are "good". Here's a little thread on that from another forum: http://www.railroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?s=079cc69afed3edfa06803687ab86e984&postid=108130#post108130

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Hi Russian,
Tim is correct about the heavy fines for tresspassing. Working at Fort Fouge from time to time i have seen CN police give some people $500.00 fines for carrying their bike over the tracks at Portage Jct which i think is the min fine. CN police are federal police like RCMP so they could give the city cops a ticket. As far as the gravel road at the north end of fort rouge close to via there is a sign as you turn in off Osborne cn no tresspassing. This road continues along the tracks to portage jct and beyond this is all cn property.
The big empty field on the west side of portage jct is also cn property, as well as the road behind Pizza Hut.
As far as the via people seeing you their property is fenced in,so it really no bother to them unless a via trainmaster sees you chances are he will be on the cell phone to cn police.
I know for a fact that cn police make their round at no set time so you might get lucky and not get bothered, but don't count on it.
The other thing you may not know there are seven camera that were installed last year and cn police can see you as well as everbody at Symington yard. I was working at fort rouge on night back in the 90's and a young boy tried crossing between the train and it stated to pull he lost a leg and we had to deal with that all night not a pretty site blood everywhere, guess he won't do that again!
I would't count on anymore pictures at portage jct unless you just won the lottery and you are feeling lucky.Later!
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>The Screens look nice, but for the text how about two
>different colours, either fade from one to another or have
>the Text outlined. Small things like that can make a large
>difference. I'll experiment with that, thanks for the advice.>90% of the time when I see an engineer in the loco, he is
>waving. As long as you don't get any crews angry or worried,
>they probably will not radio in about you.True-true, I has a few radio me in, but most were nice.>As far as the gravel road at
>the north end of fort rouge close to via there is a sign as
>you turn in off Osborne cn no tresspassing. I thought the only sign was at the residential street turn off... I'll railfan there today and will look for sure.>This road
>continues along the tracks to portage jct and beyond this is
>all cn property. I know, don't treespass there!>The big empty field on the west side of portage jct is also
>cn property, as well as the road behind Pizza Hut. I've attached a little map I draw in paint. "P" if for public and "CN" is for itself. My info for that is from here: http://www.trainscan.com/fan/wpg/cn.html
Is my understanding correct, or are some areas in "P" owned by CN?
The big blue dots are places where I railfan (exaclty), is it ok to be there or is one of them off-limits?I've inserted the behind Pizza Hut location, becuase it's one great place! I photograph just before the "No treespassing" signs, thus not crossing them, so is that still treespassing?>The other thing you may not know there are seven camera that
>were installed last year and cn police can see you as well
>as everbody at Symington yard. I've seen some of those cameras, and since they can see me there regularly (between VIA & Winnipeg Transit on the dirt road), but haven't made any moves, isn't it ok to be there?

>I was working at fort rouge
>on night back in the 90's and a young boy tried crossing
>between the train and it stated to pull he lost a leg and we
>had to deal with that all night not a pretty site blood
>everywhere, guess he won't do that again! I've seen people do that so many times! By far the worst is one guy diving under a moving hopper at Portage JCT... Yet they get nothing and I get framed for taking pictures...>I would't count on anymore pictures at portage jct unless
>you just won the lottery and you are feeling lucky. You mean the actual MOW depot, not the blue dots I put on the diagram, right?Sorry for asking so many questions, but I have about 200 pictures just from the blue dot areas around Portage JCT, so want to know is it ok to continue railfanning there? I obviously don't want any trouble.

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>I know for a fact that cn police make their round at no set
>time so you might get lucky and not get bothered, but don't
>count on it. That's true, just seen them there today. Thanks for all your advice.About the topic... I'm really tight for time right now, maybe something will be done next weekend. Sorry guys.

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CPR_Malice_96th, I forgot about this picture I took this winter waiting for CP's Christmas train... Yes, I do know what they look like!

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The Screens look nice, but for the text how about two different colours, either fade from one to another or have the Text outlined. Small things like that can make a large difference.
Interesting reading about the RR Police. One place that would probably be considered the riskiest of places I railfan, on the Dundas Sub near the Via station, has people walking across the tracks every few minutes. I think (hope) if there were police in the area that they'd bust the trespassers, and not the legit railfans.90% of the time when I see an engineer in the loco, he is waving. As long as you don't get any crews angry or worried, they probably will not radio in about you. I've even talked to some people at the Woodstock CP station and the Via station asking when certain trains were coming through and what I was doing. No one has asked me any questions. The lady at the Via station asked if I had a scanner or not, lol.

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