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Re: Southern Pacific: Cab Forward

Unread postby Admiral Leviathan » Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:37 pm

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Re: Southern Pacific: Cab Forward

Unread postby arizonachris » Sat Jun 16, 2012 4:51 pm

If it is G Trax stuff, I know it will be top notch. I have all their locomotives, they are a just great. And, finally a Cab Forward. This is just too great. !*brav*! !*cheers*! **!!bow!!**
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Re: Southern Pacific: Cab Forward

Unread postby ozinoz » Sat Jun 16, 2012 4:59 pm

I love the fact that we will soon see some more steam in RW - boxes just don't do it for me, but the same old problem arises. While it is great to have the AC's for Donner Pass, they existed on the Donner Pass line more nearly 60 years ago. Where are the steam facilities at Colfax, Roseville etc? . It is akin to creating an F1 racing sim and then leaving out the pits! Without servicing facilities, water, turntables etc, it really doesn't amount to a great deal. A similar deal with Sherman Hill. No coal / oil / water / turntables / roundhouse etc and a route full of modern assets / cars / trucks etc. Would be great to see a separate "heritage" version of DP and SH released so that full enjoyment can be gained from the steam assets. Yes I know the trackage has changed in the interim, but it is at least a little closer.

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Re: Southern Pacific: Cab Forward

Unread postby bwfer » Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:18 pm

Right you are! Starting at Roseville an AC won't make it to Norden working at capacity. The Tenders could hold 22,000 gallons of water. Three cab forwards working a standard Roseville Fruit Block (RFB) of 100 loaded 40 foot reefers made water stops at Colfax, Emigrant Gap, and Norden. The two helpers were cut-off at Norden. Downgrade, the road engine made another water stop at Truckee. In addition to the three cab forwards, a Mountain class 4-8-2 or Consolidation 2-8-0 was occasionally used as a point helper to Norden to maintain train speed. Because of their smaller tender water capacity 12,000 or 16,500 gallons required an additional water stop.
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Re: Southern Pacific: Cab Forward

Unread postby railbard » Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:41 am

Well they are upgrading to fix the errors on the line, perhaps they'll throw some water and coal stops into the mix (weird as that will be out of context).
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Re: Southern Pacific: Cab Forward

Unread postby Admiral Leviathan » Sun Jun 17, 2012 11:43 am

To add to the pot of conspiracies, maybe a possible conversion from the '90s to the '40s? Considering the route wasn't very scenicked to begin with, it wouldn't be hard for RSC or a community member to do so. If the assets are available, I would absolutely do that.
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Re: Southern Pacific: Cab Forward

Unread postby ozinoz » Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:46 pm

Watching the video clip, it just reinforces that RSC need to focus on getting both the sounds and exhaust right. These things (along with the big UP power already released) were massive and sounded so. Given that there is already a large artic in service, surely it is a good source for sounds. The sounds of the pumps and exhaust on the clip in Roseville are amazing, as is the exhaust volume; not the little wisps that we seem to be seeing...

That said, I am excited for this. Looking at the released pics for Sherman Hill, it looks like that is already enjoying the new file structures and environmental look, so I might just have to see about using some of the HSC assets and date it backwards if I can...

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Re: Southern Pacific: Cab Forward

Unread postby bpetit » Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:36 pm

No way its RSC's creation. The textures for the cab are G-Trax most definately.
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Re: Southern Pacific: Cab Forward

Unread postby b737lvr » Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:01 am

bpetit wrote:No way its RSC's creation. The textures for the cab are G-Trax most definately.


Which is why I'm not touching it !*roll-laugh*! I honestly don't like their stuff. Way overpriced for the quality of it
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Re: Southern Pacific: Cab Forward

Unread postby thecanadianrail » Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:14 am

b737lvr wrote:
bpetit wrote:No way its RSC's creation. The textures for the cab are G-Trax most definately.


Which is why I'm not touching it !*roll-laugh*! I honestly don't like their stuff. Way overpriced for the quality of it

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Re: Southern Pacific: Cab Forward

Unread postby b737lvr » Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:08 am

blegh. Just the sounds feel like they were imported from MSTS or something and the cab is a bit under detailed !*don-know!*
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Re: Southern Pacific: Cab Forward

Unread postby steve_the_slim » Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:09 am

Whoa...are people actually criticizing non-RSC payware? Never thought I'd see that around these parts.
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Re: Southern Pacific: Cab Forward

Unread postby Pam Brooker » Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:25 am

This and the gas turbines have been on my want list for a very long time.. This is very awesome :)..
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Re: Southern Pacific: Cab Forward

Unread postby arizonachris » Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:08 am

thecanadianrail wrote:Are you high? gtrax steamers are the best available for rw.


Yeah, Brian must be smoking something. !**duh*!! !*don-know!*
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Re: Southern Pacific: Cab Forward

Unread postby b737lvr » Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:14 am

I just dont think they're worth the price they demand for them. The audio mediocre and the visuals are alright. Im gonna wait for a sale
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