Columbia Valley Pacific

[buzz456]

CVP Maple Leaf no underscore.jpg

[mindenjohn]

I vote - without the underscores.

[AmericanSteam]

+1 more

[harryadkins]

Good suggestion.

[gtrtroger]

So, we now have a new category for routes. It’s called the “Craftsman Series”, and I vote this one in to start the category! Needs to be added to the RWA website front page. Excellent work!

[august1929]

Ground textures and detail absolutely fantastic. Beautiful work Wayne - thank you so much for sharing.

Box Cab on lease from the Sacramento Northern











Rod

[georgian22]

I would like to take time to compliment you on a well-designed route, that captures the realism of many eras. Your attention to meticulous detail is quite obvious, accompanied with the labor of many hours, to accomplish your final product. Hats off to you and anyone else, who may be part of tremendous feat! Congrats!

O'brian

[RudiJaeger]

Thanks so much for this route and all the wonderful assets. Many of the objects are ideal for the route I'm building, right down to the shiny green glass insulators on the telegraph poles, and I felt like a kid at Christmas when I went through the inventory; even has the elusive cat-tail reeds for those back-water ponds. I especially like the trestle-work and log objects, and the mill with the log flume ramp; and the weathered concrete textures are spot-on. As this route exemplifies so well, it's the little things that can make a product a cut above. It's a joy to sit back and watch a consist roll through the winding scenery; seems like a surprise around every bend.

Excellent work to all involved!

[Chacal]

Apart from the RS-1, what 1st-generation diesel would the CVP be likely to have bought?
For a small outfit like the CVP, it would have to be 1930s and 1940s used engines.
I'm thinking Alco HH series, S-2 (limit case), Baldwin VO series, GE 44, EMD NW series, SW1, FT, F3.

[Fireexplorer249]

I've been really enjoying this route the past couple of days. This route is truly stunning. Far beyond what many if not all of the route DLCs on Steam could offer. Thank you Wayne for this masterpiece and the time you have put into this route. I must say, fall on this route is a true feast for the eyes.

[wacampbell]

I am glad you are all enjoying the route. Thanks for the kind words.

... what 1st-generation diesel would the CVP be likely to have bought?

I'm not much of an expert. I'd like to see any of the ones you mentioned.

[harryadkins]

From an operational standpoint, the one thing this route needs is train order signals. I suggest operators would be located at Yale, Columbia, Odessa, Grand Bend, and Adams Bay.

Harry

[TheR62Fan]

Would the CVP have bought an early Geep as well? I could see a GP9 on the line, or maybe a GP38 or GP40 for 2nd gen power? GE could have sold U18Bs or other lightweight power to the road as well.

[MaineLines]

Looks like the CVP survived into the modern era and the station agent drives a nice classic car.

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[mindenjohn]

I would also like to compliment you on this excellent work. The advance screenshots promised much and you have certainly delivered. Perhaps a repaint of a couple of the Sacramento Northern boxcar electrics would indeed fill the hole in the roster, right era and who knows they might have got a couple cheap from an inter urban.
It looks good in the modern era as well.