Coming Soon Rio Grande’s legendary Soldier Summit

[qwhite451]

http://www.engine-driver.com/article/sh ... -simulator

[JohnTrainHead]

Aww, it's not the Moffat road.... but it looks nice in the pictures.

[Ericmopar]

That just might make me consider buying another route in the future.
Some of those textures look nice and could be usable elsewhere.

[JohnTrainHead]

Hey whatever happened to that DRGW SD45 that DTM was making?

[BoostedFridge]

Hey whatever happened to that DRGW SD45 that DTM was making?

If there was ever a time to release it, it would be in conjunction with this DLC.

I'm really excited about this route! I imagine the locos will just be reskinned versions to the Donner units, perhaps with the 'new' braking physics.

I'm equally excited for the potential for Utah Railway operations. We already have GP40, F45, and SD45 locomotives represented in game, so potential for reskins abound!

[Bermúdez]

Text taken from the article:

Coming this spring, Dovetail Games’ Soldier Summit route will include D&RGW’s dominant heavy freight locomotive of the 1980s, the six-axle (C-C), 3,000-horsepower Electro-Motive SD40T-2 (Rio Grande owned 73 such units), along with a selection of era-appropriate freight rolling stock, including a D&RGW caboose. Also included with the route will be an Amtrak California Zephyr train set (EMD F40PH locomotive and Superliner stock). Plans for additional DLC ideally suited to this new route are in the works, so watch for future announcements here at Engine Driver on that, as well as for additional articles on the Soldier Summit route and its operations.

[jwtheiv]

Bermudez beat me to it. There's definitely some intriguing things being mentioned. I'm going to guess we'll see a minor upgrade on the current Zephyr model as part of this, but that's just a guess based off what we've seen in the past (eg the Acela).

[bpetit]

Doesn't DTM have an DRGW SD50 that they are planning to do?

[luifeldur]

I like new route in the work
would be nice to see an sd45-2 emd on this route as DLC also

[Griphos]

This looks like a good one to me.

Nice new terrain as well. Cliffs that look like cliffs.

[Bananarama]

Looks nice, but DTG are not licensed to use ScaleRail nor its textures beyond Sherman Hill.

[Derek]

Non of Scalerail assets will be used and all is work in progress.
The textures I do believe have been generated from our latest research trip, but will contact you directly.

However lofts will be used to represent the track. ;)

cheers
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[OpenRailer90]

I'm beyond disappointed with this version's included rolling stock. The old MSTS Maple Leaf Tracks version included a lot of locomotives. Why can't they also include an SD50 in the route package for some diversity in the base scenarios (Except if DTM is doing it)? As for the California Zephyr trainset, it may not be the same one as the DLC pack for Donner, so those who want to play the Donner workshop scenarios will have to buy that one just like the Mannheim Karlsruhe ICE3 and Bedford St Pancras 319.

Looks nice, but DTG are not licensed to use ScaleRail nor its textures beyond Sherman Hill.

Looks like some of us will have to pay extra for a standalone ScaleRail conversion. Don't know why it is that because ScaleRail looks great. What I am interested to know is how to do a drop-in ScaleRail conversion similar to what people on the German forums have done with the German routes.

[cor726]

I really like that this is planned to be set in the 1980's. It's a time period that is lacking in the game imo. The screenshots look great.

[_o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha]

What do we have for Rio Grande rolling stock appropriate for the period?
DRGW ran F7, GP7/9, SD7/9, GP30, GP40(-2), SD40T-2, SD45, SD50 units.

Do all these units have DRGW specific details? DRGW used some of UP's and some of SP's specs when it came to customizing its all EMD fleet.
Most noticeable are headlights and plows.

DTM's old GP30's came in DRGW scheme. The new ones don't (yet?)
VRC's GP40's?
DTM's SD45 is a framerate killer and a PITA to repaint.
Can a SD60 be "backdated" into a SD50?

Looking forward to this route, hopefully Hack and DTG can come to terms over the use of ScaleRail. Naughty boys, those DTG route builders, showing a route with assets they don't have a licence for.