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Hi Route Groupies...Thought I’d share a few thoughts with you about where I hope I can go with MSTS. Of course, something could come along and change all this, but for NOW, this is what I’d like to do...MEET THE KC&G...Concept: A “Johnny-come-lately” competitor trying to earn a living providing transportation from the Kansas City gateway to the Gulf port area at New Orleans. Because of getting off to a slow start in the race from Kansas City to the Gulf, it lost that race to its major competitor (The Kansas City Southern), thus had to settle for the available alternative routing north-south through the mountains of Arkansas.Era: 1969.Economic Status: Filed for bankruptcy early in ‘69. Currently attempting to reorganize. “Fix up and make do” has been status quo for some years.Locomotive Roster: Aging and overworked remnants of their 1st generation diesel fleet comprise the bulk of their roster. Newest power: A few GP18's. Some second hand power has been purchased, as well as some leased power to help them through their tough times. Rostered engines: Alco S2's, RS1's, RS2/3's, RS11's, FA1/FB1's, EMD F3-F9A's and B's, GP7's, GP9, GP18, Baldwin: VO1000Modeled Portion: Ozark Sub. 100 miles of track and trouble from A point on the Arkansas River, somewhere near or between Clarksville or Russelville, Arkansas to up near Harrison, Arkansas. Hoping to model:1. A small division point yard with rudimentary engine service facilities at the "south" end of the Sub.2. Once in the heart of the mountains, I hope to have serpentine trackage on a hogback profile. Ruling grade to be in the 2.5 - 2.8% range.3. Main online industries: Lots of timber products (ties, lumber, poles, pallets mfg'ers, furniture mfg'ers, etc), along with some limestone industries (gravel crushers, lime plants), as well as coal near the Arkansas River.4. Small Ozark mountain towns to predominate. No urban scenes at all.For those familiar with the Ozarks, no need to post pics. For those not familiar but have seen the Applachians/Alleghanies either in person or via the BR Sub, the Ozarks are a lot like them, only smaller. Elevations for the Ozarks range from 400-500' at the Arkansas River level to 2600' or so for the peaks.I still see several tough things ahead for me to learn: Route building, with its DEM'ing, crashes, etc. Learning more about X-Tracks and making a decision. Weathering like I want to simulate. Along this "weathering" line, to give you an idea of the type of motive power I hope to create within MSTS for the KC&G, below are some pics of the remaining KC&G power I had used on my dismantled HO scale KC&G “Ozark Sub” model railroad.In effect, the MSTS version of the KC&G will be the "expanded" version of my HO model layout I had... but this time with "no boundaries"! (i.e. the Ozark Sub will be an actual 100 miles long!)Well, the above is my "goal"... how long it will take to get there, I have no idea. First order of business is to find out why my eMachines El-Cheapo Special's CD-RW won't write. May have to replace the unit. But I see that as a "must"... 'cause it's my understanding that I will HAVE to have a working CD-RW unit to make backups, backups, and more backups!All for now.Andre "Coonskin" Ming
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RE: Meet The KC&G... (Long w/Pics), GMOF3A, Sep-30-02, 08:22 PM, (1) RE: Meet The KC&G... (Long w/Pics), Coonskin, Oct-01-02, 10:49 AM, (2) RE: Meet The KC&G... (Long w/Pics), DKlemm, Oct-01-02, 11:37 AM, (3) RE: Meet The KC&G... (Long w/Pics), Coonskin, Oct-01-02, 11:54 AM, (4) RE: Meet The KC&G... (Long w/Pics), DKlemm, Oct-01-02, 11:58 AM, (5) David..you mean IC, GMOF3A, Oct-01-02, 01:13 PM, (6) RE: David..you mean IC "THE" GULF..., Coonskin, Oct-01-02, 01:26 PM, (8) RE: Meet The KC&G... (Long w/Pics), GMOF3A, Oct-01-02, 01:23 PM, (7) RE: Meet The KC&G... (Long w/Pics), Coonskin, Oct-01-02, 01:36 PM, (9)
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