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Skyline User's Forum _ Templates _ Central California Traction-circa Summer 1982

Posted by: dgionet Sep 5 2022, 04:57 PM

Hi to all,

Last month, I have started to plan a new project for the California Central Traction (CCT) route project during the pre-merger years. It took a while to find an appropriate timeframe, taking into consideration the availability of downloads for the appropriate timeframe, also the paint schemes, etc.... To accomodate the project, I have created some new engine renumbers from ATSF & WP, now available in the TS file library.

Initially, the timeframe was set in the late sixties, but changed it twice to have it finally set in the Summer of 1982, just a few months prior to the Western Pacific (WP) & Union Pacific (UP) Merger. During that era, the CCT, the Santa Fe and the Stockton Terminal & Eastern (ST&E) railroads were running along on the CCT route. The UP-WP merger has been approved a while ago and some UP engines started to mix with WP engines in Stockton. In 1982, Cabooses were being phased out of the railroad network. In this template project, cabooses are optional, not part of this package. You can add them yourself in the traffic consists or with your player engines.

Some work has been done to add sidings to the route to maximize its potential. There are 10 templates and about 110 serviceable sidings. Testing has started

Here are shots from activities generated by AG

https://flic.kr/p/2nJLGXMhttps://flic.kr/p/2nJLGXM by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nJT9wYhttps://flic.kr/p/2nJT9wY by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nJLGUqhttps://flic.kr/p/2nJLGUq by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nJT9udhttps://flic.kr/p/2nJT9ud by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nJRABehttps://flic.kr/p/2nJRABe by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nJRAzFhttps://flic.kr/p/2nJRAzF by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nJSNH3https://flic.kr/p/2nJSNH3 by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nJT9njhttps://flic.kr/p/2nJT9nj by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nJTMFPhttps://flic.kr/p/2nJTMFP by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nJTMEBhttps://flic.kr/p/2nJTMEB by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

More testing to come as well as making the README file


Posted by: dgionet Sep 13 2022, 07:50 PM

Hi to all,

Testing is continuing and goes well. An 11th template has been created, bringing some cars to the CCT shops and retrieve some repaired cars, leaving them in one of the CCT Shop Yard sidings. Will try to have pics of this new project later.

Here are more shots from a few acts generated with AG.

https://flic.kr/p/2nLzfPxhttps://flic.kr/p/2nLzfPx by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nLyGU4https://flic.kr/p/2nLyGU4 by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nLx4suhttps://flic.kr/p/2nLx4su by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nLx4sehttps://flic.kr/p/2nLx4se by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nLx4s4https://flic.kr/p/2nLx4s4 by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nLyjqAhttps://flic.kr/p/2nLyjqA by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nLx4rNhttps://flic.kr/p/2nLx4rN by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nLx4rxhttps://flic.kr/p/2nLx4rx by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nLyGTnhttps://flic.kr/p/2nLyGTn by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nLx4rhhttps://flic.kr/p/2nLx4rh by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

Getting close to release, hope in a few weeks time.

Posted by: Harlank Sep 14 2022, 04:04 PM

Looks great Denis!

Posted by: dgionet Sep 16 2022, 10:07 AM

Hi to all,

Here are some shots from the latest template, mentioned on my previous post. It takes about one hour to complete.


https://flic.kr/p/2nM5washttps://flic.kr/p/2nM5was by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nM4jSThttps://flic.kr/p/2nM4jST by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nM4jSNhttps://flic.kr/p/2nM4jSN by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nM5VtThttps://flic.kr/p/2nM5VtT by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nLYv7mhttps://flic.kr/p/2nLYv7m by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nLYv76https://flic.kr/p/2nLYv76 by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nLYv6Qhttps://flic.kr/p/2nLYv6Q by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nLYv6Khttps://flic.kr/p/2nLYv6K by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nM5w9vhttps://flic.kr/p/2nM5w9v by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nM5w9khttps://flic.kr/p/2nM5w9k by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr


More later

Posted by: dgionet Sep 23 2022, 10:14 AM

Hi to all,

The template project is now ready and can be requested, using the usual E-mail.

Here are some more shots from 2 activities generated with AG. The number of templates has reached 14.

The engines used here are not part of the default downloads. For both acts, one or two WP GP20 are the default player engines. Here, I have swapped them with engines from the Belanger Locomotive Works/ZosaTrains (BLW/ZT). If you have them or other engines, you can always swap engines with AG


https://flic.kr/p/2nNrEiChttps://flic.kr/p/2nNrEiC by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nNxEsphttps://flic.kr/p/2nNxEsp by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nNyCMvhttps://flic.kr/p/2nNyCMv by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nNrEjjhttps://flic.kr/p/2nNrEjj by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nNwtXmhttps://flic.kr/p/2nNwtXm by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nNwtXrhttps://flic.kr/p/2nNwtXr by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nNyCNChttps://flic.kr/p/2nNyCNC by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nNwtY3https://flic.kr/p/2nNwtY3 by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/2nNxEtShttps://flic.kr/p/2nNxEtS by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr


Here's the template image coming with the package

https://flic.kr/p/2nNrYg1https://flic.kr/p/2nNrYg1 by https://www.flickr.com/photos/150924424@N08/, sur Flickr

Enjoy the package and happy trainsimming

Denis

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