March 2024 Newsletter
Happy leap day everyone! This one extra day bought me enough time to put together this newsletter 😁
February was a pretty unproductive month for me unfortunately. Between being sick at the beginning of the month and spending more than 2 weeks with my family to be with my grandfather in his last days, I wasn't able to accomplish much. I hate to use that as an excuse but that's the reality of life I suppose - it happens.
The good news is that the P&B is looking really great. Scenery is basically complete and the signals are going in. Once we get all that fine tuned I can direct my attention to configuring the industries and adding all those pesky trackmarks. I'm still aiming for a Spring/Early Summer release.
Once the route is "done" (releasable really, it'll never be done), the plan is to review the loco roster and make some changes. I already have an idea of what loco's I plan to retire and there's been plenty of discussion in the Patreon section of my discord about which loco's should be added, but if you have any suggestions leave them below! I'd love to hear what you guys think the P&B could use for power. Keep in mind the route is set in the early 90's so diesel power only.
Patrons and Youtube fans have been instrumental in helping to bring this all together and for that I am grateful. Without your support and enthusiasm I don't think this project would be anywhere near the level of completion it currently is.
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Patreon Benefits:
Executive: The P&B update will be available around the 3rd or 4th once I make those adjustments we just discussed during this week's hangout. Route downloads will be available throughout the month as we make changes to the signaling, track configurations and so on.
Dispatcher: This month's livestream will be Wednesday the 13th at 7pm EST. Usually it's the first Wednesday of the month but I'm doing the N3V live stream on the 5th and I'd like to avoid doing back-to-back streams.
Project Manager: This month's asset is once again another generic city building. Great for any northeast town. It'll be available by early or mid month since I'm only getting started on it as you're reading this post.
Station Agent: Weekly Wednesday (7PM EST) should continue as scheduled all month.
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That's all I have for now. As things progress with the P&B I hope to do some more public livestreams to show everyone what I've been working on and get that hype train going for release 😏