Greetings all,
For my next route project, I am pursuing Southern Pacific's Shasta Route, specifically the entirety of SP's Black Butte Subdivision between Dunsmuir, CA and Klamath Falls, OR set in the mid 1990's. To avoid any confusion right from the get go: this route will be payware through TrainSimulations, and is only in its beginning stages, so there is absolutely no timeline for completion yet. As of tonight, track is complete for about 75% of the route approximately, scenery just getting started. Loooong way to go.
This route, like Mullan, will be designed specifically for Open Rails. Throughout my Mullan Pass project, I learned a lot and made plenty of mistakes, and I hope to capitalize on all that was learned to make this project a less bumpy ride, but only time will tell what ultimately happens.
As a bit of an intro to the route: The route features a grueling, twisting 2.2% max mountain grade climb up out of Dunsmuir via Cantara Loop, an incredibly scenic section of the route that circles right around the base of the massive stratovolcano known as Mount Shasta, many miles twisting through the arid pine forests on the east side of the Cascades, some flat, high speed sprints across agricultural valleys, and two major yards (Dunsmuir and Klamath Falls). This route is mostly rural, and is one of the most scenic routes in the western United States.
I chose the 1990's to focus in on the unique and exciting final years of Southern Pacific operations: A time when modern power like SD70M's and GP60's mingled with older tunnel motors and the like; the high priority PCX (Pacific Coast Express) intermodal trains and Swift Roadrailers ran on the I-5 Corridor; Dash 8-32BWH "Pepsi Cans" lead the Coast Starlight; sugar beet trains ran out of the Modoc Plateau and off the McCloud Railway heading for California; and much more.
Just one screenshot for now, to kick off this project: Three GP60's storm up the grade between Andesite and Cougar with the eastbound Swift Roadrailers, with Mount Shasta dominating the background. (I can't figure out how to properly embed photos in the current forum software, so here is a direct link).
https://www.flickr.com/photos/156798...in/dateposted/
For my next route project, I am pursuing Southern Pacific's Shasta Route, specifically the entirety of SP's Black Butte Subdivision between Dunsmuir, CA and Klamath Falls, OR set in the mid 1990's. To avoid any confusion right from the get go: this route will be payware through TrainSimulations, and is only in its beginning stages, so there is absolutely no timeline for completion yet. As of tonight, track is complete for about 75% of the route approximately, scenery just getting started. Loooong way to go.
This route, like Mullan, will be designed specifically for Open Rails. Throughout my Mullan Pass project, I learned a lot and made plenty of mistakes, and I hope to capitalize on all that was learned to make this project a less bumpy ride, but only time will tell what ultimately happens.
As a bit of an intro to the route: The route features a grueling, twisting 2.2% max mountain grade climb up out of Dunsmuir via Cantara Loop, an incredibly scenic section of the route that circles right around the base of the massive stratovolcano known as Mount Shasta, many miles twisting through the arid pine forests on the east side of the Cascades, some flat, high speed sprints across agricultural valleys, and two major yards (Dunsmuir and Klamath Falls). This route is mostly rural, and is one of the most scenic routes in the western United States.
I chose the 1990's to focus in on the unique and exciting final years of Southern Pacific operations: A time when modern power like SD70M's and GP60's mingled with older tunnel motors and the like; the high priority PCX (Pacific Coast Express) intermodal trains and Swift Roadrailers ran on the I-5 Corridor; Dash 8-32BWH "Pepsi Cans" lead the Coast Starlight; sugar beet trains ran out of the Modoc Plateau and off the McCloud Railway heading for California; and much more.
Just one screenshot for now, to kick off this project: Three GP60's storm up the grade between Andesite and Cougar with the eastbound Swift Roadrailers, with Mount Shasta dominating the background. (I can't figure out how to properly embed photos in the current forum software, so here is a direct link).
https://www.flickr.com/photos/156798...in/dateposted/
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