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Nalle13 (51 posts)
Nov-23-01, 05:14 PM (EST) "WP Feather River Route - Progress report " I thought I'd share some views from the Feather River Canyon with you all...
Got tracks from Oroville to Spring Garden (90 miles), only 25 miles to go...then it's time for some scienic stuff.
I have a question as well: How do I change the type of tunnel sections? I have the "pointed" kind and I don't like it! I want a tunnel with rounded roof. I read about it a long time ago but I can't find it again.Oh well...on to the screenshots:
Entering the canyon over North Fork Bridge
Approaching Poe
Passing Cresta
One more at same location
In Serpentine Canyon east of Belden
Tried some long trains too...entering Poe
Leaving Poe headed for Pulga
Williams Loop, 50 86-footers (4300') was close...need a few more to make it cross itself! (Sorry, but I haven't made the "bridge" yet)
I also want to say "Thank you!" to Mark Toland for making this excellent inspection vehicle. It just had to get a new paint-job.Enjoy.... Nalle Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: WP Feather River Route - Progre... henry3 Nov-23-01 1 RE: WP Feather River Route - Progre... NickF Nov-23-01 2 RE: WP Feather River Route - Progre... wp713 Nov-23-01 3 RE: WP Feather River Route - Progre... sniper297 Nov-23-01 4 RE: WP Feather River Route - Progre... Nalle13 Nov-24-01 6 RE: WP Feather River Route - Progre... nwman Nov-23-01 5 RE: WP Feather River Route - Progre... SP9800 Nov-25-01 7 RE: WP Feather River Route - Progre... Nalle13 Nov-25-01 8 RE: WP Feather River Route - Progre... SP9800 Nov-25-01 9 RE: WP Feather River Route - Progre... Nalle13 Nov-25-01 10 RE: WP Feather River Route - Progre... SP9800 Nov-25-01 11

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henry3 (249 posts)
Nov-23-01, 05:30 PM (EST) 1. "RE: WP Feather River Route - Progress report " Hi, Nalle!Thanks for the update. I like what I see! A lot!I wish I could help you with the tunnel question, but I'm sure that you've come to the right place.Keep up the good work!Henry Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
NickF (441 posts)
Nov-23-01, 06:30 PM (EST) 2. "RE: WP Feather River Route - Progress report " Wow! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
wp713 (32 posts)
Nov-23-01, 07:12 PM (EST) 3. "RE: WP Feather River Route - Progress report " Excellent screenshots. Do you have any yard shots for us yet? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
sniper297 (937 posts)
Nov-23-01, 09:33 PM (EST) 4. "RE: WP Feather River Route - Progress report " They only have two types of tunnel sections, too tall and too short. I like the look of the round ones from the in cab view, but the train looks odd from the external view due to having the tops of the cars chopped off. And with the addition of the new caboose with the cupola view, the round tunnels make for some even stranger effects. I'm currently replacing all my round tunnel sections with pointy ones, the only way to do it is to select the section, right click to see what it is (and note the grade elevation, if any), then delete it and replace with the same type of the other tunnel section. If you already have them buried underground, hit the "Y" key to unbury one section, replace it, hit the ~ (tilde) key to undo the last terrain move (covers it up again) and move on to the next. You can select track sections thru the terrain if you hit the "W" for wireframe mode.For the tall tunnels, using JP1tunnel1 merged with UKsingletunnel covers the gaps without having to use transfers. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Nalle13 (51 posts)
Nov-24-01, 06:57 AM (EST) 6. "RE: WP Feather River Route - Progress report " I know about making tunnels...I've made 29 so far (tunnel #4 through #34, #12 has been daylighted).
I got the idea that there were another type of tunnelsections, but I've looked in all routes and they're all the same type. As you said, they're too tall...I'll have to make some changes to my tunnel portals, cuz' sometimes the pointed roof shows over the tunnel...
Oh well...I'll work it out one of these days. Nalle Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
nwman (21 posts)
Nov-23-01, 09:46 PM (EST) 5. "RE: WP Feather River Route - Progress report " All I can say is nice work well done.I wish mine was that far along.Keep up the good work. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
SP9800 (121 posts)
Nov-25-01, 04:47 AM (EST) 7. "RE: WP Feather River Route - Progress report " Wow.Something about it makes me want to go back to the real place. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Nalle13 (51 posts)
Nov-25-01, 07:59 AM (EST) 8. "RE: WP Feather River Route - Progress report " That's a pic I haven't seen before...got any more? Nalle Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
SP9800 (121 posts)
Nov-25-01, 05:21 PM (EST) 9. "RE: WP Feather River Route - Progress report " Yes, I do have more. I don't think it would be too great to post them here, though, as there are a bunch and quality suffers when I compress them enough to be under the file size limit. If I wasn't so lazy I'd have my Web site up and running, but I am just that lazy. I suppose I'll post them when I do get the site going. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Nalle13 (51 posts)
Nov-25-01, 05:36 PM (EST) 10. "RE: WP Feather River Route - Progress report " Perhaps you could contact me off-list and we could work something out? Can never get enough pics from the WP.... Nalle
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SP9800 (121 posts)
Nov-25-01, 06:19 PM (EST) 11. "RE: WP Feather River Route - Progress report " If all goes according to plan, I should be able to get the site going in a day or two. I can then get the pictures uploaded, and I'll post links here. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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