Industrial Districts In Trainz

The Vitis Sub is known by local railfans to pass by a rather fascinating industrial mini-park in Kathleen, FL. But that park can promote a huge challenge when switching.

CR582 north of I-4 is just north of the Superior Carriers transload and another warehouse. The warehouse takes roughly 5 to 6 spots, and I believe that number and the commodities vary so the train has to match up car with spot. Superior Carriers is like Transflo and takes a lot of corn.

This takes 4 tracks and 20 or so 16k tanks, and an occasional covered hopper.

And on top of that.... there's a gradient between the two. Get your dynamic brakes out.

Lance Mindheim covered switching by corn cars to be possibly difficult as the right grade of corn has to match in a blog entry about tight layouts. He is by the way in charge of a model railroad layout of Miami, basing off its eccentric qualities.

Now, CR582 is the newest area I began on in Trainz, to take a short break from Valrico which I worked on all weekend.

The fun part of Trainz is you can simulate anything for chump pennies and nickels per day, and all you pay for are a good computer, hardware, the game itself, and any payware of your desire.

I guess the argument here is that V-scale is an extremely effective means of model railroading and practicing the switching ops CSX does. You can still practice the same hurdles and obstacles a CSX crew goes through 5 days a week. That's what makes simulations fun.

Like the switching layout I intend to work on, Trainz can do the same work and will for Auburndale, Plant City (east of Park Rd.), Tampa (Transflo and Drew Park), and here.