User:Darkrose289

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Welcome to the inner workings of my Trainz brainz and my latest updates on my primary route and some secondary route projects.

Acknowledgements/Credits

All assets in my routes were downloaded from the DLS or built-in with the Trainz software. Credit and much thanks to all the original and editing authors of the assets in this route and on the DLS. Your hard work and dedication is greatly appreciated and has made my route building projects fun! Thank you also to Auran and N3V for keeping Trainz on track!

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DarkRose Logistics

Created:	02 March 2017 as 'trnz_layout_016' kuid 806504 100001
Last Updated:	30 December 2025 as 'DarkRose_012-012-14'
Current KUID:	Route: kuid:806504:100985 Session: kuid:806504:100989
Asset Version:	12.12.15.16 (map_number.map_version.major_edit_version.minor_edit_version)

This Trainz route was inspired by an HO scale route I created using AnyRail Model Railroad Builder which the last route version update (around 2015) is layout_11_13. This route was named Route_11_13 and was designed with significantly more distance between industries. Part of this route is inspired from a couple of railroad routes in Manchester, CT (using a 1952 topographical map & present-day Google maps) when the rails to the Cheney Mills still existed.

Major updates:

2025

General:

• 10 years of building and editing this route!! (counting non-Trainz-layout-editor time)
• Updated plants and assigned layers for deciduous, conifer, and bushes/flowers
• Move the Engines & Rolling Stock layer to the Session layers
• TM1514: replaced tunnel with bridge and leveled terrain

Baseboard count:

• 1,024 (32 x 32)
• 23.04 km x 23.04 km (530.8416 sq km or 530,841,600 sq m)
• ~ 14.32 miles x 14.32 miles (204.96 sq miles or about 7.54 times smaller than the state of Rhode Island)

Yard 1:

• Updated steel industry track layout and alignments; new signal bridges added
• Steel City Amtrak overpass: Replaced steel through-truss bridges with simpler 2-track plate-girder bridge.
• Added container yard (plans to add container yards in Y10 and Y4)

Yard 3:

• added a bypass route to the West of Yard 3, starts at the east end of Y4 South and ends roughly 1.5 miles (~2.41km) SW of southern end of Y3
• 'modernized' the layout of track to be more realistic and improve yard navigation
• Corrected the curved portion of the 7 tracked West-side yard to make the 22.5° arcs conform to 'Guide Curve 225 Meter CG' and 'Guide Curve 200 Meter CG'
• Updated ballast to 'TS09 Ballast' to match the ballast in 'TRS19 Track 1 Procedural - Seasonal'
• Added an asset: SAP_Chemical_Plant_1_PBR to have more chemical plant scenery; made minor adjustments to the existing tracks to accommodate the Chemical Plant.
• Added two bridges and extended the roads on the west side of the ridge next to the Chemical production facilities; cleared trees and grass from the roads; performed "lawnmowing" along the Y4-to-Y7 bypass route to reduce some of the grass and clutter
• "declared" the small lake a hazardous waste area; added warning signs, and orange plastic construction fence around a derelict building foundation, and rusty corrugated pipes
• added some trucks to haul tanktainers that were already in the yard; added a RHTC to move tanktainers

Yard 4

• Major overhaul of Yard 4
• Yard 4 South (Y4S): added a 2-mile long 31-track wide sorting/staging yard (inspired by CSX mega railyard seen in Modern Marvels)
• Yard 4 North (Y4N): kept the original yard as a secondary CONEX yard, Locomotive Maintenance Facility (LMF), and MOW base of operations; added 12 engine sheds between the CONEX yard and LMF as a holding area for engines ready to return to service

2024

January

• reconfigured track layout for the eastern portion of Yard 10
• created natural blast barriers around POL storage tanks;
• added retaining walls around the main yard (SW potion of Yard 10)
• converted all baseboards from 5m grid to HD grid
• started experimenting with the 'Smooth under asset' with 0.75m radius in some of the areas where two different height tracks are in close proximity to each other

April-May

• 3 Bridges State Forest is now 5 Bridges State Forest
• Improved track alignments, replaced bridges, added two bridges;
• freight lines moved to 15m elevation, passenger line moved to 0m elevation

June-July

Yard 7: ⦁ Added 3 new buildings to the Westover Power Plant; ⦁ replaced and realigned the parking lots; ⦁ added a helicopter pad with stairs to an external upper level door; ⦁ added red warning beacons to the power plant and heli-pad, added color lights to the heli-pad for night operations; ⦁ added a white strobe light to the two hi-rise buildings; ⦁ rebuilt the entire track layout in the yard to fix alignment issues and 'doubled sleepers' on several of the lanes.

Yard 1: ⦁ moved the 'Steel Industry - Continuous-Process Strip Mill'(CPSM) to the western end of the yard ⦁ added 3 blast furnaces between the CPSM and the passenger train bridge. Each blast furnace has a industry track added to allow drop-off of coal, iron ore, etc. and pick up steel coils, beams, etc.

2023 November ⦁ Added Iron Ore Mine/Tipple near the quarry ⦁ Started using Measuring Wagon Consist (Author: Willem2) to post mile markers along the main route starting at xyz: -9128.13m, -337.79m, 61m. mile marker naming conventions listed below.

December ⦁ plotted 73.68 miles (~ 118.58 km) of main line track

2022 (TRS22) July ⦁ First time using TRS22 ⦁ Base Route Created: 02JUL22 15:02:28 ⦁ Last modified: 02JUL22 17:24:58 ⦁ Mod. Route Version: 12.00.00.01 ⦁ Mod. Route Build: 1 ⦁ KUID:806504:100099 ⦁ Increased total baseboards to 1,024 baseboards arranged 32 x 32; the base has 530,841,600 square meters (204.96 sq miles) of usable space. ⦁ Added markers to indicate baseboard zones and map coordinates. ⦁ The 32 x 32 baseboard is divided into 16 equal zones of 8 x 8 and number using hexadecimal values 0 - F. Numbered assets not associated with a yard are assigned a number where the 1st two characters after the asset type designator is the zone number and then followed by a 3-digit serial number.

2020 (TRS19) March As of 01MAR20 there is almost 125,000,000 square meters (48.25 sq miles) of usable space. I haven't calculated how much track length is running around this route...yet.

2017 (T:ANE/SP1/SP2) August

/*****************************************************************************/ Yard descriptions: 1. Y1 - Steel City 2. Y2 - Black Mountains Oil Refinery 3. Y3 - Chemical Industry 4. Y4 - Dark Rose Logistics and Maintenance 5. Y4N - Consist Staging, Freight rail maintenance, and MOW 6. Y4S - CONEX Sorting Operations 7. Y5 - Forestry, Lumber, and Paper Industry 8. Y5A - Forestry/Logging 9. Y5B - Lumber Mill 10. Y5C - Paper Mill Industry 11. Y6 - Passenger Train Service 12. Y7 - Westover Power Plant 13. Y8 - Waynesburg Coal Mine 14. Y8N - Barnickle Quarry Company 15. Y9 - Northern Electric Company (NEC) Power Plant 16. Y10 - Crude Oil Industry/ Sea Port/ Ice Factory/ Fish products/ Intermodal CONEX

Track Objects naming/labeling convention for this route: Yards 1 - 9: Letter indicates asset type, followed by first 1 or 2 digit(s) for the yard #, two or more digits for serial number. Yard numbers 10 and higher will use the colon to separate the yard number from the asset serial number. ⦁ Example: Yard 1, 89th signal in the yard, gantry mounted = G189 ⦁ Example: Yard 1, 1st signal in the yard, searchlight = S101 ⦁ Example: Yard 10, 96th signal in the yard, dwarf mounted = D10:96

Signals ⦁ B - Bumper/prellbock ⦁ D - Dwarf Signal ⦁ DL - Dwarf Diverge Left ⦁ DR - Dwarf Diverge Right ⦁ G - Gantry Signal ⦁ GL - Gantry Diverge Left ⦁ GR - Gantry Diverge Right ⦁ IS - Invisible signals ⦁ S - Searchlight signal ⦁ SL - Searchlight Diverge Left ⦁ SR - Searchlight Diverge Right ⦁ SC - Signal Controller

Junctions ⦁ Jyxx - y=yard# xx=00-99 ⦁ JC - Junction Controller v3 (kuid:122381:10005) ⦁ JS - Junction Speed controller (kuid2:137715:23001:5)

Markers and Triggers ⦁ HT - Horn trigger ⦁ P - Priority marker: Priority Level:Priority S/N (yard # sequence #) Pn:y#s##:: P1:600; P2:302; P3:406 ⦁ T - Trigger (built-in) ⦁ TC - Trigger Clickety Clack ⦁ TD - Track Direction Marker ⦁ TI - Schedule Station Info Trigger ⦁ TM - Track Marker (if not otherwise named; i.e. Y4 T1 E = Yard 4 Track 1 East); mostly used to test or time train movements. ⦁ TX- Trigger (ASB Crossover Trigger TRS19) ⦁ TXC - ASB Crossover Corrector (planned for deletion from route)

Track Circuit ⦁ Y#:0 - Track Circuit Detector ⦁ Y#:# - Track Circuit Insulator

Mile Markers Mile Markers (KUID:39134:100325 by bnsf50) Note: since the main route encircles almost the entire map, the mile markers do not indicate compass point headings but they do indicate whether the train is traveling towards an area's limits or away from it. Of course every time I tweak any tracks with mile markers the measurements need to be redone (rolling my eyes so hard I can see my brain).

Main Route: Obverse: [Named Area],[Region],[Distance] ⦁ Ex: MR,CT,0.0 is Manchester, Connecticut (CT), 0.0 miles heading towards MR,CT,0.5 Reverse: [Distance],[Region],[Named Area] ⦁ Ex 1: 1.0,CT,MR is Manchester, CT, 1.0 mile heading towards 0.5,CT,MR ⦁ Ex 2: 5B,SF,0.0 is 5 Bridges State Forest

Mile Marker Short Titles: ⦁ 5B SF - 5 Bridges State Forest ⦁ BM OR - Black Mountains Oil Refinery ⦁ BQ PA - Barnickle Quarry, Pennsylvania (PA) ⦁ CV BC - Cowichan Valley, British Columbia ⦁ DW No - Desert Wye, North ⦁ DW So - Desert Wye, South ⦁ EH CT - East Hartford, Connecticut (CT) ⦁ GE NE - Greenhills Express, North East ⦁ GE SE - Greenhills Express, South East ⦁ KB CV - Kinsol Bridge, Cowichan Valley ⦁ KF LC - Kestrel Forest Lumber Company ⦁ MR CT - Manchester, CT ⦁ RL Y4 - Rose Logistics, Yard 4 ⦁ SC PA - Steel City, PA ⦁ SY Y10 - Skagway Oil Co., Yard 10 ⦁ WG PA - Waynesburg, PA ⦁ WN NY - Watertown, New York (NY)

Enjoy!

<3 ~~ Dark Rose ~~ @>-;---

Single asset and consist groups

E&RS railcars ⦁ (kuid2:124017:5013:4) ⦁ (kuid2:404894:100330:1) ⦁ (kuid:480583:100243) ⦁ (kuid:806504:100173) Half-mile CSX MOW

  kuid:806504:100961 Y6 T6 N 961 kuid:806504:100962 Y6 T1 N 962 kuid:806504:100963 Y6 T2 S 963 kuid:806504:100972 Y6 T4 S kuid:806504:100973 Y6 J616 Left kuid:806504:100974 Y7 T1 kuid:806504:100975 Y7 T2 kuid:806504:100976 Y7 T3 kuid:806504:100977 Y7 T4 kuid:806504:100978 Y7 T5 kuid:806504:100979 Y7 T6

Y1 Steel City ⦁ Y1 Plate Mill T2E ⦁ Y1 Plate Mill T3E ⦁ Y1 Plate Mill T4E ⦁ Y1 Plate Mill T5E 7x DT&I Coilcar 3x Mill Gondola, 52', Railgon Coilcar CR worn # ⦁ Y1 Plate Mill T6E ⦁ Y1 Plate Mill T7E

Y2 Black Mountains Oil Refinery ⦁ Y2 Engine Facility T1 Chessie System #7605 EMD SD40-2 ⦁ Y2 Engine Facility T2 CR #6428 EMD SD40-2 ⦁ Y2 Engine Facility T3 CR #6032 GE C40-8 ⦁ Y2 Engine Facility T4 ACL #670 SW1500 ⦁ Y2 Engine Facility T5 SP SD45 (tandem) ⦁ Y2 Engine Facility T6 CSX #538 SW1500 ⦁ Y2 N T6 Consist 904 ⦁ Y2 S T3 Consist 901 ⦁ Y2 S T4 Consist 902 ⦁ Y2 S T5 Consist 903 ⦁ Y2 S T8 Consist 905

Y3 Worldwide Plastics & Chemicals DES ⦁ Y3 Engine House CR SW1500 #9507 ⦁ Y3 T1 Consist 907 ⦁ Y3 T2 Consist 911 ⦁ Y3 T3 Consist 908 ⦁ Y3 T4 Consist 912 ⦁ Y3 T5 Consist 909 ⦁ Y3 T6 Consist 913 ⦁ Y3 Warehouse #1 W Consist 910 ⦁ Y3 T2 Rcvng: 3 ea - TUME-300513-Boxcar-50ft-CN ⦁ Y3 T4 Rcvng: 3 ea - TUME-300506-Boxcar-50ft-MILW ⦁ Y3 T6 Rcvng: 3 ea - TUME-300510-Boxcar-50ft-UP ⦁ Y3 W#1 W: 1 ea CR SW1500 #9507; 3 ea - TUME-300511-Boxcar-50ft-GN

Y4N Freight Maintenance and MOW ⦁ Y4 Engine Shed A CSX GP40-2 YN3 ⦁ Y4 Engine Shed B CSX C40-8W yn2 (ex-CR) ⦁ Y4 Engine Shed C CSX GP40-2 YN3 ⦁ Y4 Engine Shed D SP SD40T-2 ⦁ Y4 Engine Shed E UP C40-8 ⦁ Y4 Engine Shed F ⦁ Y4 Engine Shed G ⦁ Y4 Engine Shed H ⦁ Y4 Engine Shed I ⦁ Y4 Engine Shed J ⦁ Y4 Engine Shed K ⦁ Y4 Engine Shed L SP SD40T-2 ⦁ Y4N Enginehouse T1 CSX Weathered SW1500 #583; SP SD45 ⦁ Y4N Enginehouse T2 EMD SD40-2 CR (CSX PATCHED) #8872 ⦁ Y4N Enginehouse T3 ATSF SD45; MILW-SD40-2-176 ⦁ Y4N Enginehouse T4 ⦁ Y4N Enginehouse T5 EMD SD40-2 Chessie (B&O) #7605; ATSF SD45 ⦁ Y4N Enginehouse T6 ⦁ Y4N T01 E Consist 916 ⦁ Y4N T04 W Consist 914 ⦁ Y4N T09 W-mid Consist 915

Y4S Container Exchange (CONEX) & Sorting Yard Y4S T01N W Consist 920 Y4S T02S W Consist 921 Y4S T02S C Consist 924 E&RS MARC MP36PH-3C Y4S T03S C Consist 925 E&RS MARC Siemens SC-44 Charger Y4S T04N W Consist 919 Y4S T04S W Consist 922 Y4S T05N Consist 918 Y4S T06N Consist 917 Y4S T07S C Consist 926 Y4S T10S C Consist 927 Y4S T12S W Consist 923

Y5 Forestry, Lumber, and Paper

Y6 Passenger Rail Maintenance

Y7 Westover Power Plant

Y8 Waynesburg Coal Mine

Y9 Northern Elec. Co. (NEC) Power Station (kuid:806504:100937),Y9 T3 937 (kuid:806504:100938),Y9 T4 938 (kuid:806504:100939),Y9 T5 939 (kuid:806504:100940),Y9 T7 940 (kuid:806504:100941),Y9 T8 941

Y10 Skagway Oil Co. ⦁ E&RS POL railcars - Consist ⦁ (kuid:806504:100942),Y10 T1 (J10:51) 942 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100943),Y10 T1 (B10:51) 943 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100944),Y10 T2 (B10:52) 944 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100945),Y10 T3 (J10:53) 945 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100946),Y10 T3 (B10:53) 946 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100947),Y10 T4 (J10:54) 947 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100948),Y10 T4 (B10:54) 948 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100949),Y10 T5 (J10:55) 949 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100950),Y10 T5 (B10:55) 950 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100951),Y10 T6 (J10:56) 951 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100952),Y10 T7 (J10:57) 952 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100953),Y10 T7 (B10:57) 953 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100954),Y10 T8 (J10:57B) 954 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100955),Y10 T8 (B10:57B) 955

Y10 Ice Factory ⦁ E&RS Reefer railcars - Consist ⦁ (kuid:806504:100956) Y10 Ice Factory T2 956 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100957) Y10 Ice Factory T3 957 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100958) Y10 Ice Factory T4 958 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100959) Y10 Ice Factory T5 959 ⦁ (kuid:806504:100960) Y10 Ice Factory T6 960