Hello everyone to the thread of my first creation/ route for TSW. The route I'm currently building is starting in Wächtersbach in Germany(Hessen) and follows an small valley to the small town Bad Orb. It has a length ob about 7km and is currently only used by its own steam train, called ''Emma''. Because of that, the track gauge is only 600mm (narrow gauge). Before that, some special old diesel trains were used on the route, when it was still built as 1435mm (normal gauge) track and was closed in 1995. The reopening of the route as narrow gauge accord in 2002 till Bad Orb - Aumühle and was completed to Wächtersbach in 2006. More Information about the route and Its current state, you can find here: dampfkleinbahn-bad-orb.de & wikipedia.org My recreation is inspired by the last political thoughts about a reopening as normal gauge track with regular services every day. Now to the current state of the route. This is the route map in game after roughly 2 days of work. I already laid most of the tracks for the AI-Services in Wächtersbach, which are regional-, freight- and high speed services. At the bottom right, you can see the beginning of track-laying in Bad Orb from where on I will begin my way up to Wächtersbach This is the whole route shown in Google Earth: As you can see, it's definitely not that big. But it's a good start to learn the tools and build a little bit of everything (OHE, level crossings, small junction, etc.) And for the last picture, I got the current situation in Bad Orb for you: Currently, it's just a few tracks, but the before that, I already imported real DEM and also LIDAR data. So the route will be 99,9% real in case of heights. I hope some of you will find interest in this small but interesting route, when the time has come for a release. (Disclaimer: If you take a close look at the pictures, you will find a hint for the next route (but I have to wait for the LIDAR data, which will be published next year))
I love the idea of "prototype freelancing" in Train Sim World! If you'd like any help with realistic signalling and the timetable, I'm studying Transportation Engineering and know a thing or two about both – feel free to DM me.
Here comes the first little progress update: Today I only worked for like 2-3 hours on the route. But as you can see, we are already not that far away from Wächtersbach and made good progress. I assume that tomorrow or the day after, I will finish track-laying and then start signalling in Wächtersbach. Stay tuned! (Did someone already found the hint? If so, feel free to comment your thoughts about it in the thread)
Another day, another update! After roughly 3 hours of further track laying, tracks are now to 90% completed! So, what happened already, and where are we in terms of progress? 1. Track laying is almost completed. We got the hole track from Bad Orb to Wächtersbach and some tracks to do shunting in Bad Orb and Wächtersbach as well. 2. Currently, I'm thinking about rebuilding the AI tracks in Wächtersbach, because these were the first ones I ever laid, and I'm not that happy with them. So sooner or later would be a good time to just do it. 3. When I'm done with the first 2 points, I will start doing signalling and make my way up to Bad Orb. 4. Landscaping and building/ design the actual route (this will be a tough one). This is, where I might need some of your guy's help. There are some points, like in the pictures below, where I need someone to build 3D models of bridges and a little tunnel. When the time has come, I will let you know about it. But if some of you already would like to participate, feel free to contact me and let me know. So, this should be enough talking (and reading for you) for today. I really hope many of you will like this route and for now, take a look at these new pictures:
Little update and announcement! Tracks are finished and tomorrow I'll start signalling. But before that, I decided to give you a first little drive on the route. Don't expect too much, it's still just the tracks and LIDAR landscape. But you get a feel of what the route will may look like, when it's finished. The preview will be today at 18:00 (GMT +1) on my YouTube channel as a premiere. I hope to see some of you and get a first feedback.
Keep it up speaking of Wächtersbach Bahnhof you need passing traffic from Schnellfahrstrecke Hannover Würzburg 146.2 Doppelstockwagen 185.2 403 406 Hauptstrecke Rhein Ruhr ( in reality the German section Hollandstrecke Duisburg Bochum Utrecht Centraal) DB Baureihe 101
Another Update for you! Since the last preview I optimized the track of the route. I integrated super elevation and smoothed out some of the heavy bumps. Also, there are the first few scenery objects like a little tunnel/ underpass under the autobahn shortly before arriving into Wächtersbach, which was previously a wall where you drove through. And the biggest scenery part so far, were the rivers Orb and Kinzig, which follow almost the entire line. They are now represented as well. So, I hope that you are looking forward to this route and because of that, I got the second preview of the route for you. It will be available as soon as 17:00 UTC on my Youtube channel.
Looking pretty darn good! I skipped around in the video quite a bit, so I may have missed something, but are you planning on telling us how you made those beautiful flowing rivers?
These are small squares that are placed together. And with a little bit of turning in the curves and smoothing out the gradients, you get these full rivers. But I needed around 4 hours for the full thing. The asset comes from Niddertalbahn
