Heavy PRR traffic at MG interlocking

[@johnallen9593]

Absolutely loved this video it was like a trip back in time to when I was a boy.

[@andrewkoenigsberg8087]

So cool!! Excellent work!!!

[@truemac808]

Excellent video with a nice mix of traffic. It would be nice if JR decided to release this route in the future. Would love a place to run all of the Pennsy steam from K&L.

[@warrencleversy2773]

Excellent time travel video of the Pennsylvania railroad's past!

[@johnallen9593]

A window into the past magnificent.

[@WAB-bx3ee]

Was wonder where those GATX tank cars @3:54 are from? Those are NICE!!!

[@jcalmx]

unfinished JR content

[@WAB-bx3ee]

Oh ok! Thank you

[@PRR5406]

The realism is fantastic. At first I was almost taken in.

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

Simply amazing! One thing you do need is a bridge signal for Number 3 Track. Your dwarf is quite correct on Number 4. Also, I am not sure if they used the "double red" stop indication in the steam era. These graphics are better than any color movies from those days. Nice job.

[@gilbertporter4992]

I have to ask, what location on the PRR is depicted here? Near horseshoe curve?

[@jdgfilms9595]

Wonderful video! Gotta love the PRR. P.S, How did you get JR's Unfinished Horseshoe Curve route? Are they Planning on releasing it?

[@jcalmx]

thanks! but how i got it is I am in JR.........

[@jdgfilms9595]

Really? How did you get in, did you buy thier pass?

[@jcalmx]

Lol no, you have to be good enough at building models/routes/scenery ect. and they will ask you to be apart of JR. i make routes to sell at JR,

[@jdgfilms9595]

Oh, I don't like to talk about my self but i think i'm pretty good, probably not even close to as good as you tho. My only problem is i can find high detail trees, i use speed trees and sometimes billboard trees on my routes. What do you think is better? I've always wanted to be a part of JR my whole life. Do you think maybe you can give me some advice? :)

[@kpen9764]

How did u acquire those PRR signals and gantry, currently looking for PRR Pos sig's but i come across different looking ones.

[@jcalmx]

they are made by Jointed rail. i am in jointed rail.

[@kpen9764]

@@jcalmx ohhhh, im guessing behind payware? dont see them on the website, Nice video by the way :)

[@victoriacyunczyk]

@@kpen9764 They might be with the Monongahela & Western Pennsylvania route.

[@hudson_productions1769]

how is this still not finished not even the gatx tank cars its been 2 damn years

[@jcalmx]

because the creator doesnt care what you want. we dont owe you or anyone anything.

[@onionhat9141]

hey Justin is this the same route that was on trainz forge?

[@jcalmx]

Nope

[@onionhat9141]

Cool

[@ryanrailfan4253]

Now where do you find those signals

[@christherailfan5851]

Jointed rail

[@panniertank96-matt95]

Which route is this from jointed rail?

[@christherailfan5851]

The horseshoe curve route but it is not done yet

[@FrehleyFan3988]

I'm not even going to ask were you got it. Dont even tell me where you got it from!

[@ooofisbored]

Conrail Gp-40 Guy jointed rail

[@daveevans2527]

Impressive - so close (simulation quality and "modeling"), and yet so far... Signals locked in stop isn't the only problem. I do not think the red snake eyes appeared until well after the steam era? And definitely not with only Circle Keystones in evidence. And then many "operational" flaws for this era.... Speeds in general - movies of the east slope during the steam era do not show drag speeds, and a 1945 traffic study provides hard data to confirm this - most freight trains climbed the grade at about 15 mph during this era. Just too much traffic to run that slow up the hill. PRR was a lot smarter than many give her credit for. Lets see - a solo helper drifting downgrade with a cabin - nope, a double header moving upgrade at drag speeds with three cabins in trail - nope. (With so much traffic most steam era photos show multiple helpers coupled together drifting downgrade at reasonable speeds naked - no cabin.) The 1945 traffic study did capture a solo L1 pulling, err racing, 8 cabins up the hill (due to an imbalance in EB vs, WB train counts throughout this era.) A double header working hard to take a loaded hopper train down grade. Nope. Everything downgrade would be on the brakes (so smoke and squeal), cylinders using their sniffers(?), stacks almost silent (you could probably hear the generators), lots of main rod clank (when they are not pulling a train), and no double headers going down grade (and no helpers either.) The PRR's real challenge going down the hill was runaways - and they actually had a speed trap at the top of the hill, with automatic torpedo deployment, if trains were clocked too fast coming out of the tunnels! The PRR checked elapsed times based on tower sheets - going downhill in less than minimum time got you in trouble. Today NS leaves helpers on the rear with their dynamic brakes on just to help maintain control. Also, solid block of PFE reefers - very doubtful. Needs to be a lot of FGE reefers this far east. Save that solid PFE reefer block for a hill out west of the Mississippi on that road that in an earlier era was led by a president that Alexander Cassatt couldn't stomach.... And a nearly infinitely long string of MTY hoppers heading upgrade with a double header on the front and two more pushing - nope. Traffic data and tonnage ratings shows that WB MTY hoppers could be either 50 cars (One loco on the point, with no help), or a little over 100 cars - one loco on the point and one pushing. The one possible exception (not sure this happened in the steam era), were WB iron ore trains out of the Philly ore pier destined for Johnstown and Pittsburgh. H21/25's loaded to max (iron ore would not be visible, it was so dense compared to coal), combined with tonnage ratings for four steam engines, might reach 60, maybe 70 hoppers max. But it would still go up the hill much faster. I think the ore drags heading up the Shamokin branch, (which lacked the traffic to require higher average speeds), ran faster than this. Leave the drag speeds to other railroads ;-) BTW, during WWII, nearly 100 passenger trains a day passed MG tower, and nearly all freights were relegated to the number 2 (downhill), and number 4 (up hill) tracks. One of many reasons the freights hustled up the hill. Passenger trains, up and downhill, would be doing 25 to 30 mph. One or two of the longest WB passenger trains might be triple headed. Nearly all single headed heading down hill. Vegetation is very 80's and later - in the steam era the Right of way would be all cinders (although the limestone ballast edge would be visible), lots of scraggy/half dead trees near the tracks. But that may be asking too much - that ROW would mess up any later era simulations. For the ultimate realism - lots of brown brake shoe dust between the rails on tracks 1 and 2, and sand between the rails on tracks 3 and 4. Give them an A+ for effort, but a B- for operational accuracy - which shouldn't be that hard to fix, except for realistic signal operation -I do not know if the software can do that, and then a steam era RoW appearance may just be a bridge too far. Still, very impressive. And oh so close. Loved it, but fix the operational issues and it would really look like a step back in time - and in Color! (although because we lack color movies of that era, converting to B&W might be even more "realistic" ;-)

[@FrehleyFan3988]

Is this Microsoft train simulator?

[@jcalmx]

LOL, no its trainz 2019 simulator

[@FrehleyFan3988]

@@jcalmx so this is trainz: a new era?

[@ooofisbored]

Conrail Gp-40 Guy no you dumdum there’s a new game called Trainz railroad simulator 2019

[@FrehleyFan3988]

@@ooofisbored oh...

[@thatonetraindoge]

I wish my computer could handle the graphics but instead it would just explode from it lol

[@paulsikoris9696]

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