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Pacific Surfliner Coming Soon!

Unread postPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:56 am
by fecrails

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Unread postPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:28 am
by dejoh
Don't forget the graffiti and billboards. It wouldn't be L.A. without it. Will there be freight operations also? !!*ok*!!

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Unread postPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:13 pm
by _o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha
That is a passenger only route, right? The MSTS ones (there are two of them) run along the Pacific, so we'll get ocean surf, blowing sand and salty air in Railworks?

Too early to say, but will we get those trains that 3DTrains did for MSTS?
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Still, I'd rather wish RSC would improve and expand their present US routes and consolidate the range of USA locomotives and trains instead of churning out new ones every two months.

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Unread postPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:35 pm
by Bananarama
Nice work on the LA industrial corridor. Now let's see some Surfliner trains along the beach! :D

Although I had an w-i-p F59PHI and Alstom cars here, the above route is none of my doing. This is a huge undertaking - far to big for me to tackle, and judging by the amount of detail being placed, is still a long way off from completion. If going from LA to SD (128 or so miles), this will be one the biggest and most densely populated RSC routes to date, and a tough one to pull off convincingly.

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Unread postPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:06 pm
by imphantum
Ahhh! I don't have the money now but I'll find it for this route!

By the way if you want to get a glimpse at what the route will be like, here you go!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMQ0U1cMbS4

Re: Pacific Surfliner Coming Soon!

Unread postPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:23 pm
by GSkid
This is good news. Unfortunately it's the northern half of the Surfliner route I want from L.A. to San Luis Obispo that's missing. That would take it past my neck of the woods like Surfliner 2 does for MSTS. I'll likely still get it anyways though. *!greengrin!*

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Unread postPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:24 pm
by JohnTrainHead
Can't wait!!! !*YAAA*! Hopefully this means an Amtrak Dash 8 will come with it!!

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Unread postPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 4:20 pm
by Rbsanford
I hope eventually RSC will make something like a Great Plains route instead of just mountain passes and routes in big cities. I would love to roll SD70M-2s through little dusty towns surrounded by farms.

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Unread postPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 4:30 pm
by hertsbob
Aah. Los Angeles - the Venice of the railroads. :D

(unless there are many other cities with similar railroad infrastructure, in which case can you let me know where they are so I can avoid them in future? *!!wink!!* )

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Unread postPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:03 pm
by BNSFdude
Rbsanford wrote:I hope eventually RSC will make something like a Great Plains route instead of just mountain passes and routes in big cities. I would love to roll SD70M-2s through little dusty towns surrounded by farms.

I've submitted the Northstar Rail Corridor to them, I just need enough public support to get them to consider it.

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Unread postPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:06 pm
by buzz456
Rbsanford wrote:I hope eventually RSC will make something like a Great Plains route instead of just mountain passes and routes in big cities. I would love to roll SD70M-2s through little dusty towns surrounded by farms.

Have you D/L Great Northerners routes? Maybe that will keep you until someone else does. *!greengrin!*

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Unread postPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:31 pm
by GSkid
hertsbob wrote:Aah. Los Angeles - the Venice of the railroads. :D

(unless there are many other cities with similar railroad infrastructure, in which case can you let me know where they are so I can avoid them in future? *!!wink!!* )


I would have to say Chicago is clearly the leader in rail infrastructure. All the biggest North American class I railroads (Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, BNSF, Union Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Kansas City Southern) own tracks going to Chicago. It has traditionally been a center hub city of transportation.

L.A. would be more Venice like in climate. In fact there is a coastal suburb complete with canals called Venice.


Rbsanford said....

I hope eventually RSC will make something like a Great Plains route instead of just mountain passes and routes in big cities. I would love to roll SD70M-2s through little dusty towns surrounded by farms.


That's basically what the Sherman Hill route is.

I like the Marias Pass route because it's basically a hybrid cross of the Donner Pass route and the Sherman Hill route. That is... mountain passes on the western half of the route and flat farm plains on the eastern half.

Re: Pacific Surfliner Coming Soon!

Unread postPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 8:09 pm
by buzz456
+1

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Unread postPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 10:21 pm
by Chacal
BNSFdude wrote:I've submitted the Northstar Rail Corridor to them, I just need enough public support to get them to consider it.


Never heard of it. How can we support it?

Re: Pacific Surfliner Coming Soon!

Unread postPosted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 1:15 am
by BNSFdude