Long Island Railroad (LIRR), Oncoming template project Options

[dgionet]

Hi to all,

I have started to take a look as how I can tackle my next project: The Long Island Railroad (LIRR) route. Quite a challenge ahead! It is a complex network and it is non signalled. In addition LIRR rail stock is very scarce and of low-quality, since many of the motive power and rolling stock has been made early in the MSTS' first years. I have taken some time to run the route to look up at the paths I can use to create templates.

The project will take a similar approach as the ones used for the PRR v2 route templates: each template will be starting from zero and up.

I have concentrated my first template around the Long Island City Car Float area and have created the first SLG activity depicting work between the Car Float area and the EB and WB Classification Yard, a short path compared with others later that should have longer paths.

Here are the first photos of this activity

LIRR1 by Denis Gionet, sur Flickr

LIRR2 by Denis Gionet, sur Flickr

More later.

[dgionet]

Hi to all,

Work is continuing and the number of templates has now reached 14. I still have two or three templates to complete the project. Benny is continuing to test them and sends me reports and everything looks good so far.

Here are shots from a local between the Holban Yard and the Long Beach area with a return back to Holban. Setting out 7 cars and lifting as many took about two hours. Note the way how to make your runaround at Long beach and working out some sidings at this location. The maximum of cars from the initial consist and at its final destination is 8 to allow a turnaround at Long Beach, having some space for 2 or 3 additional cars in case you have to pickup more cars than you leave when reaching Long Beach for the runaround.

LIRR Long Beach local (1) by Denis Gionet, sur Flickr

LIRR Long Beach local (2) by Denis Gionet, sur Flickr

LIRR Long Beach local (3) by Denis Gionet, sur Flickr

LIRR Long Beach local (4) by Denis Gionet, sur Flickr

LIRR Long Beach local (5) by Denis Gionet, sur Flickr

LIRR Long Beach local (6) by Denis Gionet, sur Flickr

LIRR Long Beach local (7) by Denis Gionet, sur Flickr

LIRR Long Beach local (8) by Denis Gionet, sur Flickr

LIRR Long Beach local (9) by Denis Gionet, sur Flickr

LIRR Long Beach local (10) by Denis Gionet, sur Flickr

More later