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| Would Montreal (Wellington tower) interest anyone? Yesterday at 20:50 #161007 | |
fbfree
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A large NX style interlocking was in operation covering the Montreal Terminals subdivision of CN rail from 1943 through 2000, the Wellington tower. A decent description of the area can be found here, or this magazine article. The tower covers both Montreal Central station (opened with the tower), the older Bonaventure Station, entrances to multiple coach and freight yards, with fringes at Turcot yard (and roundhouse in the steam era), at Victoria Bridge, and at the Mount-Royal tunnel. At its peak, over 450 movements per day were timetables, operating with 3 stations for Levermen, a Bridge controller, under the supervision of a Movement Director. Notably, operations into Central station were performed by a fleet of 18 electric locomotives, with locomotives exchanging just off the terminal fringes. I feel this would be an excellent introduction to North American train operations, with a variety of eras, traffic, train dispatching, lift bridge operation, and historical significance. For the eras, they'd likely cover 1) Bonaventure Station open (1943 to 1948), 2) Steam era (1948 to 1961), 3) Turcot yard consolidated (1961 to 2000). There might be one other era when the west canal spur closed. This would be a fairly long project on my part (probably take 2-3 years) unless I get local help. I'd dig through some of the archives of the Canadian Rail Historical Association and old aerial images in my spare time. It would also require coding for Canadian Rail Operating Rules signalling. Would people find this interesting? What features would you want to see in such a simulation? To get started, it may also be possible to set-up a smaller simulation more quickly, for Val Royal tower on the Deux-Montagnes branch, which would chain into the Wellington Tower simulation. Last edited: Yesterday at 20:52 by fbfree Reason: None given Log in to reply |
| Would Montreal (Wellington tower) interest anyone? Yesterday at 22:18 #161008 | |
DaveHarries
1298 posts |
It is always good to be able to explore other parts of the globe when playing SimSig and I always say the bigger the area the better. NZ would make an interesting addition and I hope we will get more from Aus at some point too. Dave Last edited: Yesterday at 22:18 by DaveHarries Reason: None given Log in to reply |