Where Do New Vegas's Railroads Actually Go? (and how they work)

[@nvRanger]

If you like videos like this, I'm putting together a bit of a catalogue: kzbin.info/www/bejne/raeYpGqYh7Ccias Here is a time stamp of you wanna skip the intro cinematic: 1:13

[@someone1tohold]

i LOVE ,TTW. AWSOME MOD. been a long time though.

[@PresAlexWhit]

A channel named "TheArmyOfOtters" made a video 3 days ago titled "The Unexplored Mojave: The Mojave Railroad" which is almost the exact topic of this video it seems. Funny coincidence.

[@nvRanger]

I saw that while I was in the process of editing this together and was like, "DAMNIT!" Hopefully they are different enough, I'll have to check theirs out later.

[@JoMcD21]

Lol, I just watched that then see this and was like, "Ah, hell yeah! More railroad content!"

[@nvRanger]

Double dose

[@d159inu]

I saw this title first, algorithm gods have heard his plea

[@nvRanger]

@@d159inu I do a dance and shake every night to the Algo so I may be a blessed one

[@thegamingglove238]

I love it when KZbinrs talk about video game railroads

[@nvRanger]

its pretty fun, ngl. I have never really sat down and thought about the railroad in this game before

[@marcusmyburgh3766]

10:26 This bit of unintentional comedy, cutting to the ghoul being nothing but a pile of gore without so much as a mention of its existence is why i love fallout.

[@femed1283]

i can't stop laughing at it, don't know why it's so funny

[@MyH3ntaiGirl]

​@@femed1283 Like Hold Up, gotta slap this ghoul, be right back after the cut

[@TrixiePowder]

I don't notice this, but now I can't stop laughing

[@bobskywalker2707]

I live in Utah while my parents live in Southern California, so I’m rather familiar with the highways of Nevada. Playing New Vegas is always such a treat because of all the effort the devs put in, as the game almost perfectly lines up with its real world counterpart.

[@nvRanger]

That makes it even better being directly familiar with the area. When I have visited Vegas I can tell I know a bit about the layout from playing this game which feels strange.

[@bobskywalker2707]

@ yeah, it’s weird knowing how to get around a location without ever going there before

[@Nominal-Lettuce]

3:45 whats really cool about the railroad going to and the train being from Barstow is that the Hub (from Fallout 1) is Barstow, so the NCR is likely to be transporting supplies from the Hub to their holdings around Vegas.

[@nvRanger]

I wonder if the train that fell into crescent canyon was theirs. I was thinking when making the video that they should be working to fix that broken bridge.

[@dajarinn]

@@nvRanger honestly it makes sense, especially since the legion is really close to that location. maybe vulpes inculta was also ordered to sabotage the bridge?

[@nvRanger]

Yes! That would have been an awesome little side note to add to his character and the problems he has caused to the NCR through sabotage

[@shawns.12]

Real world infrastructure topics in video games is a strange niche of content that I never thought I’d like, but can’t get enough of lol great video!

[@nvRanger]

I’m glad others seem to enjoy it. Thanks 🙏

[@shawns.12]

@ as someone who’s watched just about every fallout lore video in general, I really love your videos! I’ve been binging them the last couple of days whenever I have a few moments. Many thanks for the entertainment :)

[@nvRanger]

@ Awesome of you to say, thanks for watching and commenting. Really helps out the channel

[@malaizze]

I desperately need someone to do this for STALKER 2. The logistics of the map seem so thought-out and I want to see someone interpret it.

[@nvRanger]

@@malaizze I have played only about 30 minutes of that and 15 minutes of another stalker game. I know too little at this point, so maybe down the road

[@Robert-hz9bj]

People complained about how "broken" and "buggy" New Vegas was upon it's release. But when you consider the dev team only had like a year and a half to put it together, the sheer volume of detail they were able to put into it is nothing short of miraculous. What a gem :)

[@nvRanger]

Absolutely, I would love nothing more than form them to get the chance to flesh the game out as they wanted with a modern remake.

[@surprisedchar2458]

You didn’t play it on release. It was an absolute mess. That was par for the course for an Obsidian release for a long time. KOTOR 2 was literally unable to be played at release. There was a huge disconnect between the suits making deadlines and the dev teams. Bethesda was helping the devs by teaching them how to work in the engine, but the people negotiating with Bethesda just said yes to 18 months instead of doing actual negotiation.

[@nvRanger]

@@surprisedchar2458 They were given around 16 months to finish kotor 2 lol. Bethesda was not going to negotiate, they would not let the game release close to skyrim. Silly to think. Taking the side of the corps over the small dev team is an odd stance

[@TheSlothDesign]

These are my comfort videos great video the first minute intro was beautiful

[@nvRanger]

I love that, kind of you to say. Thanks

[@Boppeboy]

You deserve alot more subs for vids like these keep up the good work! 👍

[@nvRanger]

appreciated, I will 🫡

[@armoredgeese9994]

The algorithm reached me and knew I needed more New Vegas content. Love the internal lore man. I can’t wait to see you go from 13k subs to 200k subs.

[@nvRanger]

That would be pretty neat. Thank you and thank the algorithm!

[@Chinchilla2310]

I’d love a series of “post-game” content for NV that shows all these developments take place. I know there’s that old (broken) mod for the independent playthrough where you basically become an ancap president, but I’d like one that focuses on the Mojave politics and infrastructure. It’d be neat to have a functioning rail system and a rebuilt Nipton and Boulder City.

[@nvRanger]

I was thinking the same while working on this project. I think a mod of that scale would be very hard to pull off and remain stable. Imagine a remake in Fallout 4's engine that allows for something like this with the settlement building system.

[@bobskywalker2707]

There’s a mod that lets you rebuild Primm.

[@Chinchilla2310]

@@bobskywalker2707 The Bison Steve one? I have that one, same with Rebuild Nipton. I also have Run the Lucky 38. I feel it’d be cool and make the world feel more alive if there was some sort of connective tissue between mods like these.

[@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63]

@@Chinchilla2310 There's also claim the mojave for a more recent one. I don't think you can rebuild rail lines but at least you can build new stuff in places you clear out.

[@nvRanger]

Have you played claim the mojave? Sounds very cool, I have had it installed, but never actually got around to engaging with it

[@Aguriasu]

Great video! I'm still baffled how much attention to detail went into a game developed in 18 months, like it would be fair and excusable if the railroad didn't make sense, but it would be absolutely practical after being restored (tho I wouldn't recommend making a hole through the walls of Vegas lol)

[@nvRanger]

Thanks! Yea I was amazed to see how it passes industrial work sites as well. Something I hadn't noticed in years of playing.

[@MatthewThompson-n3q]

You could probably make a gatehouse

[@SepSyn]

Another banger video! Love this style of video and the premise Additionally those opening shots were excellent. Music added great atmosphere. Really set the mood

[@nvRanger]

Thanks a lot, appreciate the kind words and feedback!

[@waylennelson6302]

Would love to see what your "five-year plan" would be for the region if the courier does a yes-man ending, think it would be a fun video.

[@nvRanger]

Someone recommended something similar for Mr. House. I like the idea, thanks 🙏

[@Gamesick-go9sr]

One question I want asked is why dosent freeside/north or west have any connection to each directly and almost no crossover quests?

[@nvRanger]

I would imagine that it has to do with different designers working on different areas and trying to keep things a bit streamlined in a cluttered section of the map. I also imagine that they try and give unique identity to each neighborhood with the quests involved in them. It would be hard as players to distinguish them if we were just going all over the place for the relevant quests. Its a good question though, one only the devs could answer.

[@joshanderson9391]

Might also be due to console memory issues. That’s why the Strip is split into 3 seperate parts so maybe that also occurred in Freeside

[@Cakesadamant]

​@@joshanderson9391 that's exactly why Freeside is split up into 2 (technically 3 if you count the Old Morman Fort, which I do) areas. Triangle City has a nice breakdown on the development of New Vegas, if you haven't heard of him, I highly recommend giving it a watch when you're not too busy

[@madalheidis]

So, I noticed during one of the shots of the side of the locomotives that they read "Barstow Express AT&SF". The AT&SF, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (most well-known as just the "Santa Fe"), was a real railroad company. But strangely enough... They didn't have tracks to Vegas. The closest they ever got appears to be off the bottom of the NV map. Although, while I am unable to confirm whether it was an AT&SF subsidiary, there was a company that branched from their lines through Ivanpah and nearly to Primm. The real company that goes through Vegas is the Union Pacific, who are also the origin of that shield design on top of the station in Freeside at 15:36, although that may be down to nvRanger's mod, I'd need someone to confirm. The Union Pacific got control of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad, who had originally built the line through Vegas. The LA&SL met the AT&SF off the bottom of the map, however, at a junction in Daggett, appropriately enough, near Barstow, bringing us in somewhat of a chaotic information loop back to the name on the engines (which appear to be EMD E-Units, either E7, E8, or E9s, probably E8s for both statistical and AT&SF historical reasons) in game. Thanks for reading that wall of text, to those that do.

[@nvRanger]

The station in frreeside does get its design from the Tale of Two Wastelands mod. You can access Fallout 3 by taking the train inside the station. Perhaps the devs of that mod are familiar with the rail lines of the area. Great information, someone else mentioned some similar info (not exactly the same). I find it really cool, but I don't know much at all about it. Perhaps the NCR is resonsible for bringing those locomotives into the region. I should mention that I do not believe the one at calville bay has the Barstow branding in vanilla. It may in a shot or two of mine due to a retexture mod (my fault).

[@wesleylowe4256]

New Vegas was clearly rushed but you can tell they poured love into the game and built a world first then filled that world with as much content as they could given the time they had, rather than just throwing a bunch of stuff together without any forethought. It’s really quite sad because you can feel a little bit of that touch in fallout 4, but it feels like instead of fleshing everything out at some point they just decided to slap a bunch of interesting areas into the settlement system, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing but doesn’t exactly entice players to ever go back except to juggle resources around before you unlock that one perk that lets you establish supply routes which isn’t exactly fun. Then you move to starfield and you have like 2 locations you’d ever want to go. I think I’ve revisited a base I made like once. It’s just so barren it’s actually physically annoying

[@nvRanger]

It’s funny because the Fallout 4 settlement gets a lot of heat because of the other lacking elements but I would love that system in new vegas to build upon the world after you beat the game.

[@GingerGuy43]

imaginary wife wake up, another banger just dropped

[@nvRanger]

you'll get her one day king 🫡

[@UraniumFever76]

Great video and an awesome intro!

[@nvRanger]

Appreciated 🙏

[@nvRanger]

This makes me want a quest to clear the tracks and get a functioning train to take you across the Mojave btw I used this mod www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/83902 by Spifferino for the base map I built upon!

[@hambonethegreat9547]

Needs to be a mod

[@Decumos]

I know, right? A mod that adds functioning trains would be gold!

[@UlyssesCrab]

The way I’d do this would be to make the quest givers The Followers. Maybe the group in the railway tower is there to find a full map of the rail lines of Nevada. The introduction quest is to go and find the rail map, maybe in one of the rail stations. Once you give them the map they then task the player with working with clearing teams. The motive for The Followers could be to establish a trade relationship with the Boomers, once done the rail line is then operational and you can take a train from the Boomers in the north to the tower in the centre(ish) then down to near the Mojave Outpost. Then throw in a few side quests about clearing other disruptions to open more stops and help maintain the railway. And a couple of scavenging quests to find parts! That’s how I would structure the quest line anyway.

[@deezboyeed6764]

The only difficult part would be the animations to be honest, it wouldnt be too difficult to get everything else in. Even more so if you skip the animations and make it essentially fast travel points

[@deezboyeed6764]

@UlyssesCrab the scavanging quests could be one of those repeatable ones where you earn little bits of xp and money or maybe discounts on travel fees, something too make use of unused scrap items in the game.

[@seoteltrut]

13:31 I'm imagining Motor Runner getting his fiend buddies together, saying " What if we took the trains, and pushed them somewhere else?"

[@nvRanger]

lmao

[@BrownBrass5k]

Great video very in depth. On one of my many playthroughs I was legit curious to see where the tracks go. I remember that I would follow tracks to be met by a dead end and always wonder what's beyond that. Crazy to see that attention to detail.

[@nvRanger]

Thanks! Dangerous trail to follow as well. Definitely could of half-assed it and many people wouldn't have noticed, but they went the extra mile.

[@BrownBrass5k]

@nvRanger exactly and that's what I appreciate about the devs.

[@MrAbyss23]

First time seeing your channel. I love the editing, narration, and the overall content. Keep it up

[@nvRanger]

Thank you very much, will do 🫡

[@GigaChopp]

It's funny, just the other day I was playing New Vegas and I too was mapping the railroad. My friend walked in and asked what I was up to and I just responded: "I want to know where it ALL goes."

[@nvRanger]

You’re ahead of the game then.

[@frostythebiker17]

Loving these videos. Glad the algorithm suggested this channel 😁

[@nvRanger]

Praise the mighty algorithm 🙏 thanks for the kind words

[@bashkim765]

I find it crazy how much new vegas youtube content there is ❤

[@nvRanger]

I love it, saw MutantMods uploaded minutes after me. We gotta keep the community around this game alive.

[@bashkim765]

@nvRanger the core fanbase is always out looking for more new vegas

[@wukazii3418]

This was not what i was expecting when you said you had some stuff coming up but im all for it. Keep it up

[@nvRanger]

Thanks. Gotta change things up from time to time.

[@ravenwagner3494]

First video I've watched on your Chanel, your into and music choice is more then enough for a like, sub, n my comment. Big fan of FNV content so plz keep it up!

[@nvRanger]

Very kind of you to say, thank you. Will do 🫡

[@nevmooo]

Great vid!! discovered your channel today and ive binged it a bit, awesome stuff dude! and imagine what the ncr would pay for this map should they win against the legion lol

[@nvRanger]

Thanks! and yea I’m holding on to it till we see who wins 💰

[@Momo_Bunnie]

Less than 1 minute in, and I'm already in love with your editing. This is fabulous, great job!! And a little over 20 mins later and I agree with my initial thoughts, the editing is so good. The map construction details are great that you've put together, and the ghoul humor at around 10:25 is just perfect fallout cheek. Fantastic work here 👍

[@nvRanger]

Thanks 🙏 kind works really go a long way. That ghoul had it coming

[@Alencar1911]

Great video! There's an old quest mod called New Vegas Railroads that touches on this part of the NCR.. Maybe It's time for some modders to revive NV trains!

[@nvRanger]

Thanks! I saw that when looking for some mods to support the video. I'm afraid to put it in my load order and break my game so I'd definitely love an updated iteration

[@Alencar1911]

@@nvRanger It works fine. Not very in depth, though. Cool new loc, some interesting quests, but It's worth looking into at least once

[@nvRanger]

Got it, appreciate the rec

[@FG-ww8rc]

The visual of a bunch of whacked out fiends moving a rail car Amish style gave me a pretty good chuckle.

[@nvRanger]

😅

[@TheArmyofOtters]

Wanted to give a shout out to you nvRanger! Excellent video, so informative and really professional. My video isn’t nearly as polished. Hope to not steal any of your thunder, you deserve it. Cheers to all of those making New Vegas content 🍻 🦦

[@nvRanger]

Ayyy my man, enough room for the both of us, no doubt. Appreciate the kind words. Onwards and upwards to both of us! Might need to commision your army of otters to get this rail line back up and running.

[@ryankasch5561]

The comments around the area of new vegas is interesting because games rarely make settings where its actually a world thats a shadow of its former self, when that was quite a common experience in post roman history and elsewhere in world history. The city of Rome had 1 million people in 100 AD, then only 50,000 for large parts of the middle ages. Living in new Vegas, looking on the trains and old buildings, probably feels a lot like a Roman walking through the overgrown coliseum.

[@nvRanger]

Great parallel, I haven’t considered that angle before.

[@jaredweber9407]

I love a video that digs into the lesser seen parts of video games that developers put work into. The channel AnyAustin has done a few similar videos related to fallout games

[@nvRanger]

AnyAustin is awesome, love his stuff. Very interesting niche, I’m glad others enjoy it.

[@bernhard7087]

Do you ever post your maps? I love daydreaming about building up fantasy locations and having the map would be really cool for that!

[@nvRanger]

That's a great idea, I don't . I'm no artist, not even a particularly good map make, but perhaps down the line I'll try and compile everything in a data base of some sort.

[@bernhard7087]

​@@nvRanger that would be awesome!

[@crazyash1999]

One cool thing I’ve noticed is the locomotives have AT&SF marked on the roundel at 3:57 - Also known as the Santa Fe railroad. Irl ATSF Merged with the Burlington Northern to form the BNSF, so ig we can infer that in fallout that merger never happened

[@nvRanger]

Interesting. Do you know when the merger happened? Was it post New Vegas or long before. Definitely could be an aspect of the alternate timeline

[@crazyash1999]

@ quite a bit before New Vegas! iirc the merger happened in 1995. Also of note, The Union Pacific mainly operates the track in Vegas, and the BNSF runs along I-40 into Barstow irl. Not unheard of to see a BNSF loco in Vegas tho, but it is rare.

[@nvRanger]

Very cool, thanks. Someone else just mentioned the Union Pacific and it seems the TTW mod used something approximating their logo for the station in Freeside. I love the detail and context that you guys can add to this given your knowledge on the subject.

[@natelavallee4034]

You should collab with AnyAustin

[@captainrumia2607]

While Repconn does have a guided tour, I think a lot of the employees might also be using the train station. The Rock Crushing plant might have originally be used for crushing limestone to be used at a concrete plant, or for crushing other stones into gravel, possibly for cement (mix of concrete, sand, and gravel) or train track ballast. Or for crushing ore-bearing stone to be used at the steel plant. In any case it seems like a useful place given that it's near a trainline with such things. Just something to keep in mind if you do get into office for the NCR. As for the train wall, I guess I shouldn't underestimate the capabilities of a large quantity of weirdoes tripping on hallucinogens, stimulants, and synthetic steroids.

[@nvRanger]

Good point about employees who might be using public transit as locals. I hope I don't get into office for NCR, I think being a KZbinr would be more fun😅

[@captainrumia2607]

@@nvRanger Just for that, I'm voting for you anyway.

[@nvRanger]

I’ll take it. My platform is “Trains”

[@michaeljamesmccabe]

I'm filing this in my reasons why I can make an Independent New Vegas thrive. We get the railroads working, plenty of jobs, trade, food and water, building material, and safe supply lines.

[@nvRanger]

Yea it helps the case for such. Lotta work to do, but not impossible.

[@MondoSchizo]

Awesome video I love the railroads of fallout! I was fascinated reading about fallout 4's trains, and how they had functioning freight lines just before the events of the game! I hope we'll someday finally be able to see trains (or any terrain vehicle for that matter) in action in a fallout title (^_^)

[@nvRanger]

Thanks!, I'll have to look into 4's train situation. Work love to do a similar video for that game. Definitely agreed, train travel through Fallout (or metro) would be particularly fun

[@cedrickarter5680]

They lead to the bisected body of a british jockey, such a sad fate for him 😢

[@knowyou6117]

Love the music at the beginning of the video man I love FNV wish they would remaster or remake it on newer hardware

[@nvRanger]

thanks! completely agreed, we need a proper remake

[@matthewharpel2994]

I added the 1000th like :) Great video!

[@nvRanger]

Satisfying, thank you very much

[@MrMclovin1995]

Hell yeah another banger. Love watching your vids while playing Fallout, makes it double the Fallout lol. Quick question: what HUD/UI mod are you running in this vid? Looks clean af

[@nvRanger]

Thanks! That is M.U.X. Check my mod list for a link or just type that in the nexus

[@MrMclovin1995]

@@nvRanger sick appreciate it dude. might actually use the fo1/2 one!

[@nvRanger]

@@MrMclovin1995 great set of options available, and if you're using MO2 just right click the mod and reinstall to bring the fomod back up and change it

[@Magicwand2300]

Damn buddy your on a roll

[@nvRanger]

Thanks, we gonna keep it going 🚂

[@seantaylor6257]

I love the opening music

[@nvRanger]

Good stuff, link in the description if you’re interested

[@Aaron_Red_Ran_Anger]

full length family guy video essay when????

[@nvRanger]

if you pay really close attention, you'll realize i have been hiding a family guy message in every video. It is weaved into the very fabric of each video, this one included.

[@Aaron_Red_Ran_Anger]

@@nvRanger i watched the video twice and havent seen any family guy can i get a hint? or a timestamp

[@nvRanger]

No, no you cannot

[@mfwfingerprintsareunrecogn172]

13:28 the fiends ripped their entire stash of psycho in one go to muster the strength to move the train cars 😂

[@nvRanger]

thats a solid theory, psycho and buffout mix to get that hulk strength.

[@armchairwarrior963]

There is also a bright brotherhood corpse after you pass the powder gangers before solan. its under the railway bridge.

[@nvRanger]

Good call

[@ToxicWhiteoutGaming]

What an awesome intro! I love this game man

[@nvRanger]

Thanks dude! Lookin forward to add some more NCR territory to my game

[@unanimouslivingstaircase5533]

That intro will live in my dreams. Your videos are incredibly high quality. Incredibly comforting. Perfect to fall asleep to. Keep grinding king.

[@nvRanger]

Love to hear it, I will no doubt 🫡 thank you!

[@Reefer-Rampage69]

The intro was amazing. Made me want to go back and start my 15th play through 😂

[@nvRanger]

Hell yea, thanks for saying!

[@cedrickarter5680]

Btw this video reminded me of the cartography series of radking but for NV (i know he did some for NV but ngl those are just sum of thr game's main quest and some side quests instead of actually looking at the map and analizing the enviromental lore)

[@nvRanger]

I haven't seen those but I'm sure they'd be up my ally. The devs put in so much work to create an authentic Vegas region.

[@FazeWiderApe]

7:10 yo nvRanger! Where'd you get that RPG mod from? I've been looking for an rpg mod for a while now. Also great video, super informative as always, keep it up man!

[@nvRanger]

That is from a recent release with tons of great explosives www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/89503 Appreciate the kind words, thanks.

[@csb78nm]

It's going to be interesting to see how Fallout Season 2 is going to treat the area around NV.

[@nvRanger]

It's gonna be wild in either direction. Good or bad, I imagine I'll be saying "holy shit"

[@beccat4613]

Imagine the people of the Vegas region seeing the NCR pull up for the first time in a full LOCOMOTIVE.

[@nvRanger]

For real. They could tell something big changes were coming. Fun to think about

[@funrun07haan50]

Ranger station charlie has a train track and a tunnel i really really wanna know where does it lead to bc it a unmarked train track

[@funrun07haan50]

U forgot that one

[@ArxCyberwolfPC]

What UI mod are you using in this video? Specifically for the compass, health bar and notifications.

[@nvRanger]

Think MUX is doing most of that. There’s a UI section in my mod list if I’m forgetting to mention something

[@ArxCyberwolfPC]

Thank you!

[@nvRanger]

you got it!

[@funrun07haan50]

U forgot one train track 😢 the one that leeds from ranger station charlie towards the back of gibson scrap yard toward helios one But the important part where does the tunnel leed to on that specific train track bc its a fresh track they ar building it it looks like

[@lobstergod8993]

Not a train related question but do you have a list of the mods you used in the video at all?

[@nvRanger]

In the description my friend 👍

[@lobstergod8993]

@nvRanger I should of looked there first I'm a idiot lol

[@nvRanger]

No not at all. I rarely look at video descriptions

[@Shishkeba]

The south tunnel might actually go to the Big MT and was destroyed by the Think Tank after Elijah use it to escape or Elijah destroyed it after is escape (dont remember) 🤔

[@nvRanger]

Interesting, but I thought the Big MT was near The Divide?

[@daylightsavings7186]

can you do an economic report for mr houses upcoming 5 year plan which maps all the forces of production in new vegas? all potential farms, factories, industries, infrastructure, etc and what has the most potential for developmwnt

[@nvRanger]

That’s a great idea, I’ll add it to my idea list.

[@danger_0795]

one thing that annoys me about the railways in this game is that the sloped tracks change elevation way to steep. Real trains need very low gradients to allow them to climb since their steel wheels don’t have enough friction to climb anything to steep

[@nvRanger]

That’s fair, another person noted the same. The likely reason is that the games map is a scaled down version of the real region, so what irl might be a gradual change over many miles is condensed into a much shorter span. Also, cheap explanation is maybe future sci-fi trains can do it

[@funrun07haan50]

Where does the ranger station charlie raild road leed to?

[@nvRanger]

I blew it and missed that one.

[@funrun07haan50]

​@@nvRanger😭😢u forgot the best one but other then that amazing video

[@DonIgnacioA]

Aw man, we are missing the DLC railroads!

[@nvRanger]

Will have to be a different video. I know Old World Blues has some. I don't think Dead Money or Zion does, and I honestly can't recall if Lonesome Road has any

[@alexandre007opa]

Why fictional universe infrastructure captivates me so much is beyond me 😅 but i love it

[@nvRanger]

I'm glad others do as well, this niche is awesome.

[@kosmaskepler6211]

The intro is pure cinema! n_n

[@nvRanger]

Thank you 🙏

[@stag6161]

8:33 I was waiting for him to mention this, but right here is a good example of a huge problem for trains, they can't change gradient like this, i can promise you've never seen a functioning railroad dip wildly like this, take a look next time you see a rail road, they have to keep them level, even a 2% grade is a massive deal for a train to traverse and it needs way more space than this, Bethesdas real bad about putting tracks in the world, like Grey garden and oberland station

[@nvRanger]

Interesting, thanks for the information. There’s another point similarly unrealistic on the way up towards Boomer territory and down towards Gypsum. Perhaps Fallout has futuristic/sci fi trains though, worth considering.

[@BumBumTheBarbarian]

12:15 this rock crushing plant is one of my favorite places with nothing going on in it

[@nvRanger]

That whole southwest corner just outside of the more urban area of Vegas is cool. Very little reason to go there in game other than to explore and try and make sense of a lost world.

[@chuckplainview4085]

And Barstow is the hub I believe right? So that first railroad line goes to the hub?

[@nvRanger]

Yea I put a note in right around that point saying Barstow is The Hub. Very cool little detail connecting New Vegas to the original Fallout

[@thomasweeden2683]

Railfans: Heavy breathing

[@nvRanger]

i love the fervor

[@Diemund1]

what graphics mod is this?

[@nvRanger]

Mod list in description but mainly desert natural weathers, neutral weathers, and new vegas reloaded

[@JiF_cos]

I adore the intro sequence. We're all here because we love the world of Fallout NV so why not admire it for a minute?

[@nvRanger]

Thanks for saying. Especially easy to enjoy with a couple visual mods to draw attention to the excellent world design.

[@Fordf150fourwheeldrive]

I’ve never understood the story of gta 5 until I watched dark viper au

[@DergZaks]

I dont understand how can people say legion has better logistics and economy when its literally just a primitive raider gang and meanwhile ncr has trucks, trains, planes, manufacturing, utilize heavy machinery for resource extraction and processing, citizens wealthy enough to travel on vacation to gamble in vegas. They are one of the only few factions in the entire franchise to actually have standard issue and mass manufactured equipment they are actively producing They are essentially a modern industrial nation on a UN peacekeeping mission in a war torn african nation

[@nvRanger]

I agree with aspects of what you’re saying here BUT We don’t know too much about the Legion in their homeland And the NCR is on a war of conquest, not peace. Aaron Kimball, the current president, was a general and war hero in the “pacification of the Mojave” which is the NCR’s military campaign to annex the region.

[@amokone]

Man wake up, man see nvRanger Video, man klick Video, man happy Good days

[@amokone]

By the way, i Fell asleep to the Sound of your voice multiple Times now, normally i have Problems to get myself asleep, so thats a good Thing on the Sidenote 😁

[@nvRanger]

glad the video helped, thank you for the kind words 🙏

[@MatthewThompson-n3q]

I'd be curious how these compare to fallout 3 and 4, NV had different level designers after all

[@nvRanger]

Absolutely, I'll get there at some point but I'll probably make similar videos to this one for those games, then compare them in a separate one

[@paybacksuper3670]

need fallout 4 version of this from road to railroad.

[@nvRanger]

Fallout 4 videos of this type are definitely in the works

[@matthewleblanc2451]

That intro twas dope bro 😮👌👀

[@nvRanger]

Thank you 🙏

[@equimanthorn6185]

Any Austin, is that you?

[@nvRanger]

i'm his evil twin, Every Daniel

[@JustAGamerA]

Real life conductor. whatcha wanna know about railroading.

[@nvRanger]

Would some of those dirt/sand piles risk derailment? Do you take a steam deck or switch with you?

[@JustAGamerA]

@@nvRanger Landslides IRL are a derailment. Most of the stuff shown in game though would take less then a day to clear. A modern railroad could have the whole mojave as we see it in service and running trains within a week. Honestly, with the exception of the large rocks, most of those slides could be cleaned up in under an hour. In a pinch you really only need to clear off the top of the rail, and enough room on the inside of the rail so that the flange on the wheels doesn't ride up and derail. I work locals mainly, so I leave my yard with cars for customers and go up and down the main line placing new cars for them, and pulling the cars they need shipped out, and go back to the yard I started in. I'm at home in my own bed every night. no need for a steamdeck/switch for me since i don't spend any time in hotels. PS: its not a locomotive car. Its just a locomotive or engine.

[@nvRanger]

@ Awesome, thanks for the info. Sounds like a good deal if you get to sleep in your own bed. I'll keep the locomotive correction in mind.

[@basicallyhell4150]

came here from otters video

[@nvRanger]

Very cool, hope there’s enough difference to warrant more railroad talk.

[@basicallyhell4150]

@@nvRanger it was verry good also watched your video on fallout 3s roads , verry good

[@nvRanger]

awesome, thank you!

[@HYDEinallcaps]

8:56 Black.

[@nvRanger]

Huh?

[@Idarak1]

mate did you need to pad this out with a 1:10 intro of absolutely nothing?

[@nvRanger]

Took hours to make, honestly longer per minute than the rest of the video. Anything but padding out 🫏 god forbid you don’t get the content shoved right into your withered brain that has had its attention span melted.

[@CrobatmanIamthenight]

Any Austin is that you???????

[@nvRanger]

😅I’m his much smaller channel evil counterpart. Kind comparison

[@chrisrichards2350]

All hail Joov

[@zeejoo]

Sorry bro, but 1:13 of intro music youre gonna lose me every time

[@nvRanger]

I can live with that. Skip forward of find some other content. All the same to me

[@ikeduno7973]

It was sublime and new. I appreciated the change. It felt like a bit of pre-docu meditation. My attention span is more than sufficient for this.

[@laccless]

u got the attention span of a 11 year old. get off tiktok for a change

[@elephanttower8347]

i fw u bro but that intro was like 45 seconds too long

[@nvRanger]

I understand

[@collegiatebuilds4505]

I know you already know ArmyofOtters already posted a video of railroads of NV while you were editing this one. However, should you at least point out Otter’s version in the description despite informational differences?

[@nvRanger]

Why? Got nothing against him and we have spoken amicably, but he’s not sponsoring me. I haven’t even watched his version. Strange of you to tell me to do something like that. What goes in my descriptions is up to me. Suggestions are one thing, telling me I should do something that has nothing to do with you isn’t appropriate.

[@collegiatebuilds4505]

@ it’s just good ethics and PR in my opinion, also because of timing

[@nvRanger]

What does ethics have to do with it? I haven’t watched his version, but I’m to send people to content approximating my own without validation. That’s nonsense, I don’t understand your angle or your concern.

[@collegiatebuilds4505]

@ it’s about building discussion and community. Simply put. I think we should share what others think about a certain topic; I.e. railroads/roads in New Vegas. Are you afraid you’ll lose viewership? You create content, content is meant to be shared and projected.

[@nvRanger]

My video doing well will help his in the algorithm and vice versa. You on the other hand have very little relevance in the sharing of either. You just over-value your opinion. Description links will not make a relevant shift. Well constructed descriptions help SEO. Your ignorant blathering backed by projecting your agenda onto others only helps by adding comments and engagement to my video, further “sharing” it.

[@zentran2690]

That intro was way too long but never the less good video.

[@nvRanger]

its a one off thing, some like it, some don't. I don't think a minute is too much. Its not a channel intro, just a video specific one.

[@JustDiptych]

Train good, car bad, vertibird worse.

[@nvRanger]

I way rather ride a train in Fallout than any of those.

[@Nikatine]

Hi, trans women!

[@jerrygarcia7404]

A minute plus intro? No thanks

[@nvRanger]

Lmao people struggling with a minute is hilarious. Go to KZbin shorts my man

[@existencehurts94]

POTENTIAL! THIS IS WHY THE INDEPENDENT ENDING IS VALID! RUN FOR OFFICE NVRANGER🫵

[@nvRanger]

President Ranger inbound 🫡