Great Circular Indian Rail Challenge

http://gcirc.wordpress.com

Enough said

plan ahead

getting out of india might be a problem

pakistan wont let you north to china and its dubious if you can go west to Iran with the current state of afgahnistan.

Allegedly there is a ferry from pakistan to dubai and the UAE but cant find it on the web

1st render

traffic light variations

ATLS wouldnt be compatible with 4 or 5 aspect so they are omitted

Single Mast:

Single 3 aspect

Double Right 6 aspect

Double Left 6 Aspect

Double 6 asp tram

Double 6 asp bus

Dual Repeater Masts:

as above but x2

Typical Intersection:

4 way: 12 Dual  + 4 Single (16)

T intersection: 6 Dual + 3 Single (9)

Dual Carriage way incur an extra Single per direction on the island,

4 way: 12+4+4 (20)

T intersection: 6+3+3 (12)

So for a 4×4 city block thats 512 installations

(32×4 way intersections(x16))

traffic lights 01

1st Render, learning 3dsmax and object management

Pause…

Want to build some Indian cars while I ponder and read over some more books. I have never looked at India with any interest before

India rethink

After a bit of reading on India, by mark twain, gandhi and some others I might want to rethink my route. I want to take in only some sites

Calcutta

The Kumbh Mela…

possibly Allahabad, Hardiwar, Ujjain & Nashik for its pilgrimage history.

• In fact the railway stations for these 4 towns was designed around the demands of these pilgrimages and the millions of people who would come every 4 years.

Chennai, in a nation with few cars, aparently it is the car capital

Hyderabad

Mumbai & Matheran

Pune

Jaipur

Agrah for the Taj Mahal

Chandigarh (le cobusier designed it) , and of course

New Delhi

Calcutta south

Trains in the NE have a bad rap, poor maintenece etc.

routes south

Junction @ Kharagpur

South coastal route, to Bhubaneshwar, Orissa Privince

West to Jamshedpur, Raipur then south, bypassing Orissa through the mountains

Distances in hours south:

Bhubaneshwar 7h

Vishakhapatnam 14h

Chennai 28h

Calcutta

Howarth Junction is the central station.

From Raxual its a minimum 18 hours trip.

Indiarailinfo is the best resource.

Train 3022 is the express from Raxaul to Howarth Jn.

• 1000-0400+1 | 693km | Sleeper Rs 140 / AC2 Rs 239

Currently the trains for today was running 4 hours late at Muzaffarpur and 2.5 hours late just outside Calcutta.

Google Earth tour of 3022‘s route.