Donner Pass Wishlist

[dcushing]

If Railsim (or someone) plays their cards right, this route could be a moneymaker for a long time. If they are willing to expend a little effort producing additional DLC (much like the arrangement 3DTrainStuff had with Dieselswest.com for the West Colton Stock) they could have a gold mine. First off, there need to be Tunnel Motors, both SD40T-2 and SD45T-2 as well as straight SD45s. If Railsim is going to throw in Southern Pacific Dash 9s, then they might as well make a SP SD70mac package. GP9s will be great, but there also need to be GP40-2s as well s the gool old Cacillac, the SD9. Then there is all the snow removal equipment, rotary plows, spreaders, flangers and the snow equiped GP38-2s that they used. And colors: just think of the options with the SP Gothic Lettering, Speed Lettering and the kodachromes that were still seen during this time frame. The freight equipment should include 50' double door box cars and HiCubes, 60' bulkhead flats, 86' flats with "Golden Pig" trailers and af course SPFE reefers. Lets not forget the Golden West Service blue stuff that showed up during this time. The (hopefully) soon to be released F40PH would be perfect for the California Zephyr, then throw out a few U30s, U33s and U36s, some foreign power (UP and D&RGW) and they will be syphoning from my wallet for months to come. Right now, this is just wishful thinking but I know the talent is out there to make this dream come true. Sorry if I've been rambling but I think these would sell.

Duncan

[micaelcorleone]

That's a good list!

The way I see it:
Tunnel Motors: most important, must have
SD70Mac: SP never had Macs, they had 25 SD70Ms; yes, please
GP40-2/GP9/SD9: not so important in my opinion
Snow Equipment and snow equipped GP38-2s: also a must have
F40PH: yes, please
U-Boats: in development by Oovee

As far as freight cars are concerned, there should be a good mix of all kinds, of course in SP coat.

[harryadkins]

SP Bay Window cabeese
SP smooth side passenger cars
Alco PA locomotives

[PapaXpress]

SP Bay Window cabeese

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I have stopped repainting them. They will be ready, when BLLW fixes the problem with the windows.

[MontanaRails]

Really good list! Yeah, this could be a really cool product line. I just hope they dont include too many things in the base route, because IF they were to release all of that, the route would be about $200. I hope they're all small packs, so we can pick and choose. But since it already has a release date only about a month away, I doubt theres going to be anything specialized with it. Unless they've been working on this in secret for a long time, I would be very surprised if its not the default SD40-2 (no tunnel motor) and all default equipment - just repaints.

[Csxgp38-2]

The new speeder MDurdan is making would look nice in SP colors.

[BNSF650]

Yes it would be a money machine for them if they do add all this payware.. U Boats SD45'S SD40-TR and GP40's

[kevhead]

Tunnel Motors

[SCLALINE]

If Railsim (or someone) plays their cards right, this route could be a moneymaker for a long time. If they are willing to expend a little effort producing additional DLC (much like the arrangement 3DTrainStuff had with Dieselswest.com for the West Colton Stock) they could have a gold mine. First off, there need to be Tunnel Motors, both SD40T-2 and SD45T-2 as well as straight SD45s. If Railsim is going to throw in Southern Pacific Dash 9s, then they might as well make a SP SD70mac package. GP9s will be great, but there also need to be GP40-2s as well s the gool old Cacillac, the SD9. Then there is all the snow removal equipment, rotary plows, spreaders, flangers and the snow equiped GP38-2s that they used. And colors: just think of the options with the SP Gothic Lettering, Speed Lettering and the kodachromes that were still seen during this time frame. The freight equipment should include 50' double door box cars and HiCubes, 60' bulkhead flats, 86' flats with "Golden Pig" trailers and af course SPFE reefers. Lets not forget the Golden West Service blue stuff that showed up during this time. The (hopefully) soon to be released F40PH would be perfect for the California Zephyr, then throw out a few U30s, U33s and U36s, some foreign power (UP and D&RGW) and they will be syphoning from my wallet for months to come. Right now, this is just wishful thinking but I know the talent is out there to make this dream come true. Sorry if I've been rambling but I think these would sell.

Duncan

[UPSD70ACe]

From the looks of the screenshots it looks like the Route will be released fairly soon I hope.

[MadMike1024]

That's a good list!

The way I see it:
Tunnel Motors: most important, must have
SD70Mac: SP never had Macs, they had 25 SD70Ms; yes, please
GP40-2/GP9/SD9: not so important in my opinion
Snow Equipment and snow equipped GP38-2s: also a must have
F40PH: yes, please
U-Boats: in development by Oovee

As far as freight cars are concerned, there should be a good mix of all kinds, of course in SP coat.

Look at my last batch of 50' boxcars, all were laid out with Donner in mind. Oh... did you mean like this winterized GP38?



I need to retrograde the lettering a bit, and there is a project in the works to put the upper light back and either block off the lower light, or put in a tri-light.

[emdsd90mac]

So, I RCS working on Donner Pass or private party? I remember countless times driving over the pass and always loved the views of the trains. All of the snow sheds are impressive. Sign me up for this one.

[PapaXpress]

So, I RCS working on Donner Pass or private party? I remember countless times driving over the pass and always loved the views of the trains. All of the snow sheds are impressive. Sign me up for this one.

RSC is working on the route and some new goodies like tunnel motors

A few of us are switching gears to push out some era specific repaints (since RSC has not mention anything about doing this).

[Csxgp38-2]

I'm making a SP M/W speeder if my C&O one works out alright.

[emdsd90mac]

I can hardly wait for this!!!