Sacramento Northern!

[OldProf]

To those who may be interested Mr. Grout has posted a few cool screenshots of his upcoming route over at: http://www.elvastower.com/

Enjoy!

Could you please provide a more accurate URL? That one is just the home page.

[buzz456]

http://www.gtraxsims.com/

This is a better place. Click on the route and read about it then click on the underlined words and you can see a bunch of pictures,

[DrewG]

Here are a few from the slide show Buzz linked too. This is certainly going to be a favourite of mine.

[bpetit]

Holy. dern.

[Ericmopar]

Sweet.

[AmericanSteam]

At the Western Pacific Museum in Portola, CA 10/9/2016

[goddrauG]

Why would a railroad like this need a geep?

[AmericanSteam]

Why would a railroad like this need a geep?

Sacramento Northern ran freight until 1960. It was owned by Western Pacific. The interurban line closed in 1941 I believe.

[ricksan]

Diesels ran in the northern part of the SN system; we modeled the south end. In spite of that, you're welcome to run diesels there!

Although the south end was a more direct route from Sacramento to Oakland, the steep grades in the Oakland Hills and the in-street trackage through Oakland itself eventually led to WP's decision to run its freight trains the long way around via Stockton. Thus, no more SN.

That wasn't the end of south-end railroads, though. Times change. In our route, as you run north of Concord you're following what today is the BART.

Update: The route is in final QC. Nothing definite on the release yet.

[ErikGorbiHamilton]

Diesels ran in the northern part of the SN system; we modeled the south end. In spite of that, you're welcome to run diesels there!

Although the south end was a more direct route from Sacramento to Oakland, the steep grades in the Oakland Hills and the in-street trackage through Oakland itself eventually led to WP's decision to run its freight trains the long way around via Stockton. Thus, no more SN.

That wasn't the end of south-end railroads, though. Times change. In our route, as you run north of Concord you're following what today is the BART.

Update: The route is in final QC. Nothing definite on the release yet.

Im really looking forward to this Rick!


Those Steeple cabs will work on my version of the RWA.

[AmericanSteam]

With the exception of some MLWAudio enhancements, I think that this will be my last purchase for TS2017. I could not think of a better finale. I will be purchasing TSW after the first of the year.

[OldProf]

With the exception of some MLWAudio enhancements, I think that this will be my last purchase for TS2017. I could not think of a better finale. I will be purchasing TSW after the first of the year.

What's that old saw about counting your chickens before they hatch?

[ErikGorbiHamilton]

Any updates? I've modified the RWA Passenger version to have a part of the road have Overhead Lines installed and wouldn't mind running those boxcabs down the street!

[GERUNIMO625]

A draft version of the manual for the Sacramento Northern is available on the Gtrax website. Go check it out, not to anyone's surprise it looks amazing!!!
As always these folks make outstanding works of art and I for one can't wait to see the finished product!

-Jerry

[ErikGorbiHamilton]

Just read the manual. There will be some USEFUL assets with this route!