B&M RR route template siding markers Options

[AT RR]

Hope everyone had a safe and fun holidays.

I just down loaded the new B&M route with the intent of making template. The problem is over 75% of the sidings do not have markers and the tracks that do they are crowded together so you can't use the full length of the siding. There are tracks that go over to the Portsmouth Navy yard and there could be a whole days work over there, if there were markers.

The Question is: How hard is it to add markers and name them and or move them to make room on the siding so I can make a template? This is a great route for all the New England Railroaders, not the entire B&M but almost all of the lines in southern NH with a nice yard at Portsmouth.

Thanks.

Peter

[AT RR]

Jim,
looking foward to the route updates. I may be able to help with info on the B&M as I'm from north of Boston and currently live in west of Boston. The B&M main line now Pan Am Souther, runs right by may office window. Its too bad this is not part of the route that is modeled and the hill outside my widow some times requires helpers.

Peter

[jrmeindl]

Jim,
looking foward to the route updates. I may be able to help with info on the B&M as I'm from north of Boston and currently live in west of Boston. The B&M main line now Pan Am Souther, runs right by may office window. Its too bad this is not part of the route that is modeled and the hill outside my widow some times requires helpers.

Peter

This past week I received permission from Paul to add the markers and names to the sidings. I'll begin this project within the next couple of weeks as soon as I complete the Cajon 4.1 template. Peter, thanks for the offer. The motive power will be the biggest challange. There really isn't much available for the routes era. I'll be in touch.

Jim

[AT RR]

This past week I received permission from Paul to add the markers and names to the sidings. I'll begin this project within the next couple of weeks as soon as I complete the Cajon 4.1 template. Peter, thanks for the offer. The motive power will be the biggest challange. There really isn't much available for the routes era. I'll be in touch.

Jim

Jim,
Thanks I will help where I can

Peter

[jrmeindl]

This past weekend I started to work on the B&M route. First up, I've been exploring the route to take a look at the sidings and the lay of the land. There are some areas that have few sidings and others that have more. About half of them don't have names but do have buildings associated with the siding to give it a realistic appeal. The route won't be able to handle AI traffic. The signals are scarce and the passing sidings are quite short. Those are also not signaled. Speed limits are between 25 and 50 MPH, although, they are not marked so it changes rather quickly. I'll see what I can do about that while working on the sidings. Right now they don't show up even in the track monitor, so I had a few derailments along the way. I think, with a template, the activities will be quite interesting since we can have the whole route available to switch, similar to the ABL with a path designated for the whole route. For motive power, I've looked at a few locomotives in the library and selected a couple that fit close to the route era. I've done the same for the rolling stock but will mainly stick with the shorter cars. Some of the curves are quite tight in radius. If anyone has any other ideas, please PM or email me with those suggestions.

Jim