[Weter]

Jan. 4 2023 Release of Version 2.0 anounced!
http://www.trainsim.ru/download/45/
Now the route reaches Kostomuksha town; and also, some of it's existent areas were improved.
Overall length is about 900 km for now.
TDB was being rebuilt in some points, so paths from v1 may appear to be broken.
See also about previous version

Readme said:

Route Suoyärvi V2 (Суоярви)

Version 2.0
This partially real-like route is based on stretches of Octyabr'skaya Railway's Petrozavodsk department:
- Kuznechnoye (Karalahti) - Suoyärvi-I - Petrozavodsk (Petroskоi)
(which is the part of Piskaryovka - Tomitsy line)
- Matkaselkä - Värtsilä
- Suoyärvi-I - Ledmozero - Kostomuksha
- Brusnichnaya - Lendery
Location - Karelian Republic of Russian Federation.
Overall route length is about 900 km. Most is unelectrified.
(except for Petrozavodsk - Tomitsy sections (25kV AC) and Kuznechnoye station (3kV DC).
Service:
The entire route is served by the Suoyärvi Locomotive Depot, which also has a point for replacement of locomotive crews at Sortavala station.
At Elisenvaara station, a locomotive crews headcamp of TCh-12 (Leningrad-Finlandsky depot) is based and serves the Elisenvaara - Kuznechnoye section.
The Suoyärvi - Tomitsy - Petrozavodsk section is also served by locomotive crews of TCh-25 Medgora, which has a branch depot at Petrozavodsk station.
On the Suoyärvi - Kostomuksha section, there are change points for locomotive crews on Sukkozero station (TChP-76 - branch of TChE-30), Kostomuksha-Freight station (TD-55 - branch of TChE-26 Kem')
Cargo work is split down by the shoulders:
- Kuznechnoe - Sortavala,
- Sortavala - Suoyärvi-I,
- Suoyärvi-I - Tomitsy - (Petrozavodsk-Freight),
- Suoyärvi-I - Sukkozero,
- Sukkozero - Lendery,
- Sukkozero - Ledmozero,
- Ledmozero - Kostomuksha.
Freight train formation stations: Kuznechnoe, Elisenvaara, Sortavala, Matkaselkyä, Värtsilä, Suoyärvi-I, Suoyärvi-II, Lendery, Ledmozero,
Ledmozero-II, Kostomuksha-Passenger, Kostomuksha-Freight, Kostomuksha-Kombinatskaya, Tomitsy, Petrozavodsk.
Passenger traffic is represented by intercity, regional, suburban, tourist and retro trains.

Rolling stock:
Diesel traction: (Д)М62, 2М62(У), 3М62У, 2ТЭ116, 2ТЭ116У, ТЭМ2, ТЭМ18ДМ, ЧМЭ3, ТЭП70(БС).
Electric traction: AC sections 2(3)ЭС5К, 2(3)ЭС4К, ВЛ80(С,Т); DC section ВЛ10, ВЛ15, ЭП20, ЭП1М.
 
Requirements:
1. MSTS-bin v 1.8.052113 / ORTS
2. XTracks v 3.20 or higher
3. NewRoads v 4.0 or higher
4. Any *.PDF-files reader
 
Other notes:
Route will be installed in Suojarvi V2 folder
Only summer, winter and night textures are available so far.
 
Changes since Suoyärvi 1.0:
1) Line Suoyärvi-I - Kostomuksha, including branch to iron ore refinery's quarry have been built.
2) Signaling by КЕ is used.
3) Scenery around Petrozavodsk, Sortavala, Ruskeala and some other places is improved.
4) White nights implemented (only with МСТС, as ORTS doesn't use *.env-files completely).
5) Trackwork was replaced in some locations, hence TrackDataBase is different. 

Cast
Route authors:
Александр Александров (ak130)
Павел Барышников - (Паштет)
 
Signaling, catenery, etc.
Константин Елисеев (KE)
 
Scenery objects:
Authors of original objects:
Павел Барышников - Паштет
Антон Музланов - brainmd

Authors of objects used on the route:
Тимофей Адамайтис - Timas
Павел Аленчик - DaveMurray
Виталий Алёнкин - malchik
Игорь Бекиров - NFive
Роман Бирюков - Ромыч РЖДУЗ
Герасимов Валентин - Героин
Роман Власюк - RoM
Андрей Воронин - Happiness
Алексей Гребнев - Grebnev
Алексей Егоров - RVR
Игорь Заборин - Zabor
Дмитрий Ион - Prapor
Александр Комисаров - Nexus
Алексей Кадерский - Vilexon
Илья Колганов - Bigpunk
Юрий Луцкевич - Yura
Виктор Михайлов - awaken
Рудиченко Александр - Riddik007
Антон Савенко - HESoft
Евгений Санто - Evgeny S
Субботин Станислав - BIGMAN
Рауль Петерсон - Raul
Евгений Цельмер - Joden
Михаил Ярославцев - E69
and many others.

Special thanks to:
Anton Alfyorov - Killer, Anton Muzlanov - (brainmd), Vladimir Polyakov - (Mashinistvova), Valentin Justin - (Valik_UZ), Konstantin Eliseev - (KE), Artyom Prokhorchuk - (Prokhorchuk), and also GoRails project, trainsinsim.ru - for help in creating and testing the route, and for moral support: thanks to you this release happened!

Uploaded: 4 jan. 2023 9:11:21
Size: 1,6 GB (2.19 when installed without redundant files)
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Original Readme:

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Маршрут "Суоярви V2"
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Маршрут построен по мотивам участков Кузнечное-Сортавала-Суоярви-Петрозаводск, Суоярви-Лендеры, Суоярви-Ледмозеро-Костомукша Октябрьской железной дороги. Общая протяженность маршрута около 900 км. Большая часть маршрута на автономной тяге, за исключением участков Петрозаводск - Томицы (переменный ток) и станции Кузнечное (постоянный ток). Профиль пути, путевое развитие, расположение мостов и переездов соответствует реальности.
Весь участок обслуживает локомотивное депо Суоярви, имеющее также пункт подмены локомотивных бригад на станции Сортавала. На станции Элисенваара базируется колонна локомотивных бригад ТЧ-12 (депо Санкт-Петербург-Финляндский) и обслуживает участок Элисенваара - Кузнечное. Участок Суоярви - Томицы - Петрозаводск обслуживается ещё и локомотивными бригадами ТЧ-25 Медгора, имеющим филиал депо на станции Петрозаводск. Hа Участке Суоярви-Костомукша имеется пункты смены локомотивных бригад по станциям Суккозеро (ТЧП-76 филиал ТЧЭ-30), Костомукша-Товарная (ТД-55 - филиал ТЧЭ-26 Кемь).
Грузовая работа разбита по плечам: Кузнечное - Сортавала, Сортавала - Суоярви, Суоярви - Томицы - Петрозаводск, Суоярви-Суккозеро,
Суккозеро-Лендеры, Суккозеро-Ледмозеро, Ледмозеро-Костомукша.
Станции формирования грузовых поездов: Кузнечное, Элисенваара, Сортавала, Маткаселькя, Вяртсиля, Суоярви I,Суоярви II, Лендеры, Ледмозеро, Ледмозеро II, Костомукша-Пассажирская, Костомукша-Товарная, Костомукша-Комбинатская, Томицы, Петрозаводск.
Пассажирское движение представлено скорыми, пассажирскими, пригородными, туристическими и ретро-поездами.
Эксплуатируются тепловозы следующих серий: (Д)М62, 2М62(У), 3М62У, 2ТЭ116, 2ТЭ116У, ТЭМ2, ТЭМ18ДМ, ЧМЭ3, ТЭП70(БС).
Электровозы: 2(3)ЭС5К, 2(3)ЭС4К, ВЛ80(С,Т), ВЛ10, ВЛ15, ЭП20, ЭП1М.

Маршрут требует наличия:
- XTracks 3.20
- NewRoads 4.0
- MSTS-Bin 1.8.052113
- Adobe Reader

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Авторы маршрута:
Александр Александров (ak130)
Павел Барышников - (Паштет)
Сигнализация, Контактная сеть и др.
Константин Елисеев (KE)

Авторы оригинальных объектов:
Павел Барышников - Паштет
Антон Музланов - brainmd

Авторы объектов, используемых в маршруте:
Тимофей Адамайтис - Timas
Павел Аленчик - DaveMurray
Виталий Алёнкин - malchik
Игорь Бекиров - NFive
Роман Бирюков - Ромыч РЖДУЗ
Герасимов Валентин - Героин
Роман Власюк - RoM
Андрей Воронин - Happiness
Алексей Гребнев - Grebnev
Алексей Егоров - RVR
Игорь Заборин - Zabor
Дмитрий Ион - Prapor
Александр Комисаров - Nexus
Алексей Кадерский - Vilexon
Илья Колганов - Bigpunk
Юрий Луцкевич - Yura
Виктор Михайлов - awaken
Рудиченко Александр - Riddik007
Антон Савенко - HESoft
Евгений Санто - Evgeny S
Субботин Станислав - BIGMAN
Рауль Петерсон - Raul
Евгений Цельмер - Joden
Михаил Ярославцев - E69
и многие другие.
Отдельное спасибо Антону Алфёрову (Killer), Антону Музланову - (brainmd), Владимиру Полякову - (Mashinistvova), Валентину Юстину - (Valik_UZ), Константину Елисееву (KE), Прохорчуку Артёму (Прохорчук), а также проекту GoRails, форуму trainsim.ru за помощь в создании, тестировании маршрута, и за моральную поддержку - благодаря вам этот релиз состоялся!

[Weter]

Well, let's get started.
I've used search for removing redundant *e.raw, *n.raw *.thm *.bk - files, reducing disk space used.
Pleasant bonus is presence of real timetables and track profile charts in *.PDF-format.

For the first glance, on v1-created part of route, only the new grass have been planted.
Worse, that old grass was lost on some places... Or, i'll check LOG-file.
http://www.elvastower.com/forums/uploads/monthly_05_2021/post-11269-0-67862000-1619916060_thumb.jpg
Let's compare in Version 1 (see image above) and now:

Trackwork is mostly the same. Some MOW vehicles have been appeared.


Due to auto-placement, used for trackside grass, it appears along bridge at least in one place.


It's so similar, being not randomized, shifted or mixed with any other sort of grass, that makes visual stripes along the right of way - quite an ugly impression.

As only one passage of auto-placement was used - we can see, how grass disappears very sudden, looking farther from track.

Furthermore - the grass itself is very nice.

More granite monolyts, though

Same place of V1 route:
http://www.elvastower.com/forums/uploads/monthly_05_2021/post-11269-0-33897300-1619913600_thumb.jpg
Usage of two kinds of grass with different height looked better.

Looks like, authors hurried up a lot for some reason - as being so careless.
http://www.elvastower.com/forums/uploads/monthly_03_2022/post-11269-0-59424600-1648488486_thumb.jpg
So, where is the yezha grass? Now, trackside is looking so bare :(

Water is still unstable - it's middle layer still disappears from time to time.

Cars, being frozen besides some crossings are still there.

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So, I'm disappointed a little: if it's a time shortage, they might not deal with already built part's re-decoration, rather making things worse, than they have been in V1.
I'll hope, errors will be corrected, but will correct them too, as soon and as far, as I able to do.

[Weter]

Okay, let's try from other end: the capital of Karelian Autonomous Republic - Petrozavodsk city.









In some better, eh?
However, cities are minority for 900'km route.

[Weter]

Kostomuksha station's passenger facilities


MOW base

[Weter]

Post#2 updated
Here are 20 paths - for exploring the route from almost all of it's ends
(except iron ore-concentrating refinery - see below)

Attached File(s)

•  Suojarvi_v2_Paths.zip (29.67K)
  Number of downloads: 337

[Weter]

This looks like the route, included into route.


https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%88.jpg/1024px-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%88.jpg
Details-later.

[Weter]

https://www.youtube....xtor1974/videos

[gammaray84]

This route is a beauty. Thank you for sharing. :sign_thanks:

[Weter]

Thank you for feedback too.
This encourages to continue timetable definition work.

[Weter]

Happy New Year!

[Weter]

The look of branch to Värtsilä appears to be improved in ver.2, though, tracks farther are removed.
We'll try to follow it with retro goods train, starting from Matkaselkä station on the mainline.

Branch (as built in route) is about 24 km long and has interesting profile.

Here we go. Our horses pair today is TE3-1313 @2x2000hp. 30 cars behind.

So-called "new/High-cab", borrowed from passenger modification TE7.

Prepare to go uphill

Permission to occupy stretch received.

Suojärvi node to the right, border station Värtsilä - to the left.

Leaving station; Low north winter Sun.

On the slope. Matkaselkä's (even 8) entrance signal with invitation head.

Cozy warm cab.

[Weter]

Whistle post before crossing


Profile broke-down. Welded tanker car. Buffers removed.

Winter afternoon.

Piquet poles are purposed to mark-up every 100m of line's track.
For unambiguously mentioning every part of stretch.

Crossing itself

Descent continuing. Check brakes.





Signaling (scripts&shapes) by Konstantin Eliseev (KE)

Inspired with Randy's style. Greetings :)

[eric from trainsim]

I installed this route over the summer, and it's a beautiful piece of work.

[Weter]

Hello.
Appreciate Your feedback.
Yes, I overall have impression like that, but count to see next version, further improved.
Some things "ask to be finalized", some have been turned worse, than in previous version.
Particularly - to sort out trackside vegetation, to fix water appearance (bottom texture is missing).
Adding of fixed Autumn and Spring *.env (now cause ORTS crash), plus completion for seasonal textures would be great too.
The idea is great, the performance - too. Authors indeed do tremendous work, so let's wish them to be enjoyed.

GitHub hosting of project could help volunteers to add: I see many things along the tracks, I could fix (rotation, shifting of objects)
If only such editions could be integrated and reviewed/approved - that could ease authors of tons of routine, saving from early burnout and sparing energy to advance the route.

Currently, I still use ver.1 for development of timetables, seeing it simpler and more nice about vegetation.

[Weter]

Have tested ability to haul this train to it's destination. Done. Kept speed about 50kph.
https://www.elvastower.com/forums/uploads/monthly_01_2025/post-11269-0-34238400-1736207027_thumb.jpg