Trainz 2022 - Wallace Branch - Ep 26 - Burke Mining District

Burke, Idaho, is now a ghost-town, with just a couple remaining structures, plus the gigantic concrete and steel hulks of the former Hecla-Star mine. Once, this bustling town was packed with buildings and railroad tracks, including both the UP and NP running up the main street. Narrow gauge tracks ran along the side of the hills, shuttling ore down to concentrators lower in the valley. Perhaps most famously of all, trains passed directly through the lobby of the Tiger Hotel, a large bunkhouse above the two largest mines. 0:00 Introduction 1:00 Hecla mine (Blender) 3:44 Placing the buildings in Trainz 9:45 Placing the roads and tracks 14:00 Sawmill 16:00 Town 18:30 Texturing and details 31:50 Tramways 32:50 Historical markers, Frisco mine 35:00 Outro Next week, we'll be filling in a few more details along the route, but it's not done yet! Stay tuned, and see you next time.