CN Yellowhead Pass from Milepost Simulations

[Cardinal51]

RailFanTV also has a video on this route.



The scenery and engines look great. Would love to give it a go. How much resource does this route take in comparison to other routes ?

I have driven the following routes: Sherman Hill, Norfolk Southern Coal, Norfolk Southern N-Line, Miami - W Palm Beach, Feather River, Clinchfield, Donner Pass, Hudson-Line.

[Schnauzahpowahz]

Thats exactly ^ whom i was referring to. He's the "temporary community mngr" or something. Its all cheek though stuff - thats great if one likes his schtick, ones entitled to that.

His whole thing is an attempt at humor, which again is fine, but i dont think he goes over certain details. I for one wish Matt P would show off new stuff, least he translates finer points of routes/stock



What exac do you mean resource? It runs smooth as butter if youre referring to performance

[dr1980]

Eye candy.

Great shots Buzz! Could you share a bit of information on what settings and other addons (shaders/clouds?) you’re using to get it looking like that?

[Cardinal51]

. . . . .What exac do you mean resource? It runs smooth as butter if youre referring to performance

I mean how smooth does it run / or not. How a computer-resources hog is it / or not. Can the resources required be compared to any other route ?

[buzz456]

Eye candy.

Great shots Buzz! Could you share a bit of information on what settings and other addons (shaders/clouds?) you’re using to get it looking like that?

Here are my settings and I'm using RWEnhancer. It's a great add on as far as I'm concerned.

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[buzz456]

A few more then I'll switch over to screenshots.

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[dr1980]

Thanks Buzz, I’ll have to play around with RW Enhancer again, I ran into an issue with it a while ago (long enough ago that I can’t remember what it was) but I’ll reinstall as those shots look impressive.

On the question of performance this is definitely not a taxing route on your computing power, to be expected given that it’s not really in any dense scenery cities etc.

[buzz456]

Just a FYI I don't have any real dramatic settings on the Enhancer.

[Chacal]

This route looks much better than the previous Milepost ones.

[BoostedFridge]

This route looks much better than the previous Milepost ones.

Agreed. His use of terrain painting and irregular asset blocks for the trees on the hillsides does a nice job of emulating the forestry cut blocks.

Can anyone with the route verify if the 'destination' markers at the control points end before the signal 0 link for their direction?

[jalsina]

Beautiful screenshots with very nice skies, Buzz (as well as the two in the page before).
This is really a good and very scenic route.

[CN2899]

its a great route i ll need to knock up a CN style coal train 224 cars in either 2x1x0 or 1x1x1 with the AC4400CWS or 3 mile long psr stack train or 1x1 manifest
1x1 152 bethgons

[Schnauzahpowahz]

When were F bodies phased out of CN... the route is set in the 80s but im wanting to skin out some f7s w Buzzs CN zebras

I ran from the west end today in some GT skinned sd40-2s and i honestly dont think ive enjoyed a TS session as much, stopped at Moose lake.

The route is just stunning. Flat out. That southern line with the steeper grade. Views for days

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[ElphabaWS]

When were F bodies phased out of CN...

CN rostered F7s until 1989.

[Schnauzahpowahz]

When were F bodies phased out of CN...

CN rostered F7s until 1989.

Wow really. I looked but didnt look hard enough obviously