New release.. PLEASE KEEP IT CIVIL..
Thank you
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New release.. PLEASE KEEP IT CIVIL..
Thank youDave Edwards
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Looks interesting...definitely will take a close look...it will be a nice add-on to CN Bala Sub from MLT...
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For a price of only $30, somehow I sense there will be some additional (modern) stock and activities packs to followComment
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Heck, it could be a mini route with:
13 High Detail Locomotive models, including CN's unique GP40-2L(W), SD40-2W, SD40, and GP9RM
Over 70 different freight carsComment
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I could have really gotten into this one had it been set in the modern era. While the route itself looks really nice, I see nothing really new for rolling stock or engines.Comment
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The installer will not allow me to selected the mini route folder that I want to install to. Its "default" route folder that it selects is the wrong one. (?)Comment
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Are these stock items not modified for Open Rails? I thought that was Streamlines "Mission Statement" now? I have to say it doesn't seem too bad a stock pack for $10 ? What else does ten bucks buy you nowadays.... it would barely buy you a couple of beers over here
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Does the route contain any passenger facilities? Did this sub ever have passenger traffic in earlier eras?Geoff
Dorset - near The Swanage Railway.
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Geoff -- Yes that line have passenger train -- VIA The Canadian to Vancouver from Toronto or from Vancouver to Toronto as well.
JohnComment
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Here is the schedules page
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I agree with Rory, the equipment looks like the older stuff that most of us already have. Route by itself for a reduced price sounds great to me.
I was disappointed to see that the locomotives are the old paint schemes, we only see some, only they are doing Switching Duties and/or short way-freight, even the larger engines.
This will not be a purchase for me, unless they do the Route as a separate unit at $20 USD, which today is $27 CDN.Comment
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For those wondering why the early 1990's was selected as the era, the following piece from the route manual explains it:
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This route is based on the early 1990’s Canadian National Railway operations, while it was still a government-owned corporate entity. CN became a publicly traded company in November of 1995. In the year that followed, privatization, CN divested itself of a number of secondary main lines and branch lines in an effort to improve their operating ratio, reduce overhead, and increase value to their new shareholders. The Ruel Subdivision begins in the small railroad community of Capreol Ontario, which is located about 20 minutes north of Sudbury. In the early 1990’s, two main lines converged at Capreol; the Bala Subdivision coming north from Toronto, and the Alderdale Subdivision coming through Algonquin Park to the east. Trains bound to and from Montreal used the Alderdale Sub until it was abandoned in late November 1995.
Capreol, in its heyday, was a significant terminal, with everything needed to maintain steam engines and rolling stock. In the diesel era, a locomotive shop was built on the north side of the yard, which remains there today, although no longer operated by CN. At the east end of town, CN heavy Mountain 4-8-2 #6077 is on display, now part of the Northern Ontario Museum and Historical Centre. Capreol itself, was built almost entirely around the railroad. In fact, the very existence of the town is due to the presence of the railroad. To this day, CN remains the largest employer in the town. The location of the town was initially to provide the best converging point of their two main lines coming from Toronto and Montreal.
Of equal importance is its proximity to Sudbury, where some of the worlds largest nickel and copper deposits can be found. This has provided the railroad with a consistent flow of traffic in the form of nickel and copper ore, as well as sulfuric acid and slag ballast, both by-products of the smelting process. Capreol became a staging area for all that traffic. The largest volume of that traffic heads south into the industrial regions of southern Ontario. Some of it heads west as well, to customers like Algoma Steel in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, where nickel is mixed with chromium to make stainless steel.
West of Capreol, the line enters the Canadian Shield which is heavily forested, and sparsely populated. The line heads northwest to Foleyet and Hornepayne; and then turns west at Nakina to Sioux Lookout, and ultimately enters the Canadian Prairies at Winnipeg. In the early 1990’s, the majority of CN power east of Winnipeg were the ubiquitous GP40-2L(W) and SD40-2W locomotives, all sporting CN’s flashy Safety Cab. The Safety Cab was developed in the early 1970’s as a way of providing better crew comfort and protection. These cabs are also referred to as Comfort Cabs. The concept CN spearheaded would ultimately form the bases of all wide cab locomotives we see in operation all over North America today. Also present were countless standard cab SD40s, and less frequently, MLW/Bombardier locomotives. This remained the standard until the late 1990’s when CN began purchasing new EMD SD75i and GE C44-9W locomotives in large quantities.
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We can do a route only option, as well, with only paths included. I just figured the CN purists out there would want the safety cab engines
Cheers,
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