[chripsch]

Hi gents!

After viewing so many of your screenshots I want to share some of me with you. They`ve been taken on the Bridgton & Saco River RR. I am currently rebuilding this Maine 2-ft line. Ca a third of the scenery is on place. Anyway I must still build all its rolling stock ;-)

So enjoy the ride with Monson RR No 4 and some SR&RL coaches by Sandy River Tom.


Cheers,

Christian




Bridgton Junction - our train



Leaving the Junction



Crossing Hancock brook



and passing Rankins mill



creeping up the hill



and ruuning along the shores of Barker pond



squeezed in between thick forest and water.



Finally we cross the end of Barker pond



before we arrive at the flagstop of Twin Lakes.



Through thick forests,



cuts



and potatoe fields



we`re arriving at the "Notch" having a first view at Hancock pond.

[Sandy River Tom]

Hey Christian!
You keep layin' track & I'll get the Car Shop Crew busy building the rolling stock!

The Monson RR only took 3 years; we should be able to get the B&SR released in . . . . maybe 5 years! :rofl:

[natlam]

Hello Christian,

The screenshots are promising, good luck for the rest of your work.

Cheers
Nathalie

[chripsch]

Hi Nathalie, Hi Tom!

Thank you very much for your praise and your wishes :-)
I hope it doesn`t take 5 years. ;-)

1 year would be fine :-)

The MRR took that long because of corrections, corrections
and corrections again :-(

I hope I didn`t do so much errors like at the MRR ;-)

Looking forward for the rolling stock!

Cheers,

Christian

[atsf37l]

This is going to be a fun railroad to run!

:rofl:

[chripsch]

Glad to hear that you like the busted and still running! :rofl:

Today I finished the area around the station of West Sebago:



Cheers,

Christian

[natlam]

Hello Christian,

chripsch, on 02 December 2011 - 12:56 PM, said:

Today I finished the area around the station of West Sebago:

And Polar Express Tickets are Now on Sale! :blink:

Cheers
Nathalie

[Sandy River Tom]

I think that screenshot of West Sebago is gonna be my Xmas card this year!

[chripsch]

Sandy River Tom, on 03 December 2011 - 06:05 AM, said:

I think that screenshot of West Sebago is gonna be my Xmas card this year!

Hi Tom!

You make me getting red in my face :blink: Thank you for your great
compliment :jawdrop2:

And what about Maines most famous water house? It was photographed quite
often in the railfan hiday of the B&SR. The SR&RL head several similar ones
but unfortunatually they didn`t see the start of the railfanning era.

Cheeers,

Christian

[chripsch]

Hi Ladies and Gentlemen!

I thought its time for some new pics. I arrived at Perleys Mills where I hope
to finish the work tomorrow. Also all my sawmills got better suiting ground textures.
My old ones had the "brown" painted to a much to large area. My new ones got some fresh
sawdust...

Recall: In the early 20ies sawmills where still a very lucrative biz.

Cheers,

Christian



Smalls Mill



Rankins Mill



Perleys Mills (still under construction)

[Noisemaker]

Looks like a great route Christian! :rotfl: And yes, sawmills were prevalent up into the 80's I'd say. A street just north of me that paralleled the 'Belt Line' had many sawmills that survived and did great business long after the rail line was pulled. I fondly refered to the street as 'Lumber Lane'. Now they've all been kicked out and fancy condo's for the aged have been put in. So now I call it 'Alzheimer Ave.' ;)

You smell that wood son? I love the smell of cut wood in the morning! It smells like.... Victory. (Robert Duval from Apocalypse Wood)

[CRQ5508]

You're really capturing the look of that part of Maine. Having summered on the shores of Sebago Lake (literally, ten feet over the town line from Standish, Maine) for many years now, you're doing a great job capturing the feel of eastern Maine. Unfortunately there isn't a trace of the B&SR around the lake anymore, not that I've seen anyway. There are a few historical markers, but that's about it. Keep up the great work.

[thegrindre]

Hey! Cool, another 2 footer in the works.

I want to know where that good looking water is coming from?

:rotfl:

;)

[chripsch]

Hi all :-)

Great, that you like my work in progress ;-) And I am glad that I am able to recreate
the landscape of a country 8.000 kms away from my home :oldstry:

I hope I proceed this way :rotfl:

@Rick: The water is custom-made. I wrapped a watertexture from Trainsim on a static plain
and made even my own river-system from it ;-) ...because I hated it to be not able to
recreate minor water-runs ;)

Cheers,

Christian

[chripsch]

P.S.: If there`s some interest in my creek-system I`ll pack it in a file and load it up.
I need just a beta-tester before ;-)

Cheers,Christian