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I noticed on the Northeast Corridor Route just north of Perryville there is a set of tracks not accessible to the player they just cross the main line and really go nowhere. I built a yard in the area and a branch line linking to those tracks for the heck of it, but i'm wondering what railroad company uses them irl? Is that like a Maryland Metrolink Line or somethin? I don't live on the East Coast therefor i'm not familiar with any of the railroads over there other then Amtrak.
If you are on the CSX line, and are referring to the tracks that go underneath (I think they go under, been a while) that is the old PRR line, now belonging to NS. The line is reachable from the Amtrak portion of the route, and is NS's route to Harrisburg Pa. NS has trackage rights on the NEC from Alexandria Va. to that point. It has been a while since I ran the route, but I think this is what you are talking about.Chris Bogley Syracuse New York www.msnusers.com/AshleyPhotography www.msnusers.com/tehachapirails3rd shift Production, Krispy Kreme, Syracuse NYAmtrak "American Eagle" Activity Pack, Summer 2004
I forgot about CSX, thanx. The tracks go over the NEC line at least in MSTS they do, I first noticed them in the route editor when I was building that yard just west of Perryville (I turned that branch line that runs to a train shed right there into a large yard). When I noticed the other set of tracks I decided to link to them for some reason I thought they were a B&O line but didn't B&O get bought out?
The B&O line (now the CSX Philadelphia Sub) runs parallel to the NEC, so the tracks you're probably talkign about are the NS's Port Road.The B&O became part of the C&O, which became part of Chessie System, which became part of CSX.Chris Denbow - Baltimore, MD TKW Paintshop Technician
"I built a yard in the area and a branch line linking to those tracks for the heck of it.."You'd best be very careful in regards to adding trackage to a route that has objects linked to the track data base. It is all to easy to trash a route that way.IF you want to experiment in such a way, make SURE you have a complete, full back up of the functioning UNALTERED route at your disposal. You will eventually need it if you keep altering existing track w/track objects in place.Safest course is to remove linked objects from the tile(s) you're working on, or removing all of the linked objects from the entire route prior to tinkering.Have fun, but be careful.Andre MingVisit V Scale Creations Forum at: http://www.3DTrains.com
>You'd best be very careful in regards to adding trackage to >a route that has objects linked to the track data base. It >is all to easy to trash a route that way. Way ahead of ya there I made a backup of the route before I made any changes. Normally when I add to an existing route I try to steer clear of changing anything on the main line usually just build branch lines and stuff. Most I might do is extend the main line if I feel up to it. The NEC Route is one that could use expanding preferably from Philadelphia to New York City but I haven't felt up to that task yet. So for now i'm just building things here and there mostly working on that yard in Perryville. I see what yer saying though I've had that happen to me before and ended up having to reinstall Train Simulator didn't enjoy that one.
