
Road and building placement are either dead on or within 20ft. Extensive use of USGS maps, historical aerials and Google Earth aided in recreating the elevations for hills, mountains and streams. So the grades, while an average between stations,reflect the real - life grades along the route. Work consists of building, testing, research and a ton of 'kitbashing'.Įxtra effort was given to topography and elevations.

As of June 2021 we estimate 11,200 man hours of work.

The son had 183 hours in the game when the route started, was at over 530 hours when work started April 3, 2014. We hope this encourages other people to try their hand at route creation. View all videos in the Bergen Line Video Haus! Matt Peddlesden reviews the Bergen Line on "Train Sim Live" On Jour route was recognized in the Official Rail Works Site here: Night Lighting, extensive use of lighting for overnight operations.Detailed Towns and Cities with accurate streets and street elevations.Deep Scenery, no less that 1250 feet on each side of the track and up to 3 miles in areas.Quick Drives are stocked with Sherman Hill assets and placed using satellite imagery.Includes Free Roam and Quickdrive spawns.6 branch lines (Piermont, Dundee Spur, NJ&NY, Carlton Hill, Montgomery and Maybrook ).

Grades to 1.8% represented where they actually exist on the line.River Crossings: Ramapo, Mahwah, Moodna Creek, Passaic, Saddle River, Hackensack.National Biscuit Corp (Nabisco) Plant in Fairlawn, NJ with 2 sidings and surrounding industrial park.Ford Automobile Plant in Mahwah, NJ recreated from historical imagery with 13 track yard.7 Freight Yards: Hillburn - Suffern Yard, Ford Mahwah, Passaic Junction-Coalburg, Dundee Park, Croxton Yard, Croxton-Intermodal, Campbell Hall, Port Jervis (2) and Harlem Station in the Bronx.4 Passenger Yards: NJDOT: Hillburn, NY, Waldwick, NJ & Hoboken, NJ (2) & Port Jervis, NY.Double Track Mainline, 3-Track Mainline, Super-Elevation.
