Hello community, I am currently building the route from Freiburg (Brsg) Hbf to Elzach. In the following posts I will share the progress of this route. Today I am going to introduce you into the Elztalbahn. The route is located in the south west of Germany in Baden Württemberg. Freiburg, the start of this rout is the biggest city in this region. The mainstation is part of the Rheintalbahn (Mannheim-Basel (CH)-Konstanz). It is one of the bussiest railways of europe featuring express, commuter, local and fright trains. There also starts the famous Höllentalbahn, the steepest mainline of Germany and the Breisacher Bahn to the border of France. The Elztalbahn is part of the Breisgau S-Bahn network and operated by the SWEG with Br 8442 (Talent 3) EMU´s. The S2 starts in Freiburg following the Rheintalbahn northwards. In Denzlingen, the actuel Elztalbahn branches off towards the Schwarzwald. The route now enters the Elztal. Between the mountains the railway follows the river Elz to Waldkirch. Trough residental areas the route goes deeper into the valley. The villages are getting smaller, the mountains higher. The track finally ends in Elzach. Here now some facts aboute the route: Lenght: about 30km Stations: 14 safety systems: PZB, LZB (Freiburg-Denzlingen) Services driveable: S2, RB26, RB27, S1/S11, S10 Services AI: fright, RE7, EC, ICE, TGV electrified singeltrack (Denzlingen-Elzach) Please note, I do not know if I will ever share this route. I am a beginner and have to learn how the editor works. I also do not have that much time for building. However, I try my best. Currently the route is much further developt than shown in this post. The next update will be about the Landscape, stay tuned.
Here now some new updates. I generated all the terrain with LIDAR data. The mountains along this route go up to over 1000m. I also made a landscape material with 3D grass and build some rivers. Here now some pictures from the editor:
Hello guys, it has been a while since my last update. Unfortunatily, I have some issues with TSW and the TSW Editor, but that´s not the topic of today. As you were able to see in the last update, I built the tracks and finshed them. The track network goes from Freiburg St.Georgen via the mainstation to Kollmarsreute. In addition to the line to Elzach, the freightyard and its connecting tracks to the industrial area has been built. Maybe, some shunting services will be possibel in future... I also added the S-Bahn tracks from Freiburg-Wiehre to Freiburg-Landwasser via the mainstation. After building the tracknetwork, I started the signaling and built overheadwires. I also made some test drives. The following Images will show you some of the proggress. I hope that I will solve the TSW problems until the next update.
