Rock Island Railroad route?

[eric]

My stand-in for the Rock was always the La Salle, Rockford and Central.

[Coonskin]

With fours hours to go on the live link, thus far there has been 38 of 100 downloads.

To me it's looking like the Wormhole app can certainly be usable for low demand routes such as is would be the case with several of my stagnant project routes. In addition I think Wormhole will work great for beta uploads. (i.e. Routes that are actively being improved, depending on mood/inclination, and thus an upload to Trainsim would be out of date within days/weeks/months, depending.)

Andre

[dlfrenchmd]

I was working on Rock Island from Colorado Springs to Limon and beyond, but the terrain crashed after a lot of work and I haven't brought myself to redo it. Yet. I will go back and try again when I finish my current project: Santa Fe from Belen to El Paso. Hope to have it out in a couple of months.
Dan

[rdayt]

This would be great, What era?

Randy

[dlfrenchmd]

Trying for a generic 60s to modern like T&P.

[jbtower]

Trying for a generic 60s to modern like T&P.

Perfect

[SD40-2]

Here you go:

The link is good for the next 24 hours or 100 downloads, which comes first.

Have fun!

Andre

Well dang it, I missed out. Will there be other opportunities to get the route?

[Coonskin]

Well dang it, I missed out. Will there be other opportunities to get the route?

You snooze, you lose! LOL!

Perhaps next time I offer an incomplete route or a beta route download, I'll make it a new topic so it has better notification.

Andre

[conductorchris]

I missed out too - because I have to draw the line somewhere . . .
The Rock Island in Enid Oklahoma fascinates me because I remember the hopeful coverage of the new post-Rock short lines in The Shortline Magazine. All that got rolled into what eventually became the Union Pacific, i believe, but for a spell it seemed - from a distance - to be quite interesting.

One thing I love about the sim - and Paul Charland's routes in particular - is entering the milieu of another era . . . not just the trains, but the whole mood. Like Andre and the Link-and-pin trains I guess, although I tend to find myself around 1956-1982. I know I'm not the only one.

Nor is Oklahoma the only place a magazine article sparked my interest. My attention to the Fonda Johnstown & Gloversville owes itself to a 1979 model railroader article. In fact I think I might be able to trace my whole career back to that article. It was really inspiring to me and shaped my view of the railroad industry and what was possible and what was possible for myself. I remember being fascinated that Walter Rich was only 26 when he became president of a railroad. At that point in history it seemed like there was a viable career path of saving cast-off branch lines and righting the errors of the railroad industry (which were many then). It was motivating. Especially for someone young and innocent.

Christopher

[JSMR]

My stand-in for the Rock was always the La Salle, Rockford and Central.

Thats a good one too. Thanks for mentioning it.

Man, I'm going to be busy over the next 15-20 years on all these routes.

[rfranzosa]

I missed out too - because I have to draw the line somewhere . . .
The Rock Island in Enid Oklahoma fascinates me because I remember the hopeful coverage of the new post-Rock short lines in The Shortline Magazine. All that got rolled into what eventually became the Union Pacific, i believe, but for a spell it seemed - from a distance - to be quite interesting.

One thing I love about the sim - and Paul Charland's routes in particular - is entering the milieu of another era . . . not just the trains, but the whole mood. Like Andre and the Link-and-pin trains I guess, although I tend to find myself around 1956-1982. I know I'm not the only one.

Nor is Oklahoma the only place a magazine article sparked my interest. My attention to the Fonda Johnstown & Gloversville owes itself to a 1979 model railroader article. In fact I think I might be able to trace my whole career back to that article. It was really inspiring to me and shaped my view of the railroad industry and what was possible and what was possible for myself. I remember being fascinated that Walter Rich was only 26 when he became president of a railroad. At that point in history it seemed like there was a viable career path of saving cast-off branch lines and righting the errors of the railroad industry (which were many then). It was motivating. Especially for someone young and innocent.

Christopher

I remember that article, Christopher!


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[cuontv]

[QUOTE=rfranzosa;n2332664]

I remember that article, Christopher!

Me too, reading the MR article while riding the bus to school! Then the wild twist of meeting Walter Rich decades later right before he passed away at a historical society meeting.
-Tom

[Coonskin]

conductorchris

For me, I saw my Rock Island route as having the potential to different sort of payware product, and it would have been. Plus, I was taking care to follow the lay of the land so there was a roller coaster profile as it should be, instead of just laying long tangents "close enough" from hump to hump and then hitting the "Y" key. Running the route you see and feel the roller coaster effect of running across the prairie as it should be. Plus, the maximum speed of the subdivision being 50 MPH with long trains, that would also have been something very different from my other VSC products of the time.

I also thought that Gaetan would have created a superb commissioned pack for it. (Aimed at the early 1970s but to include some engines in early period of "The Rock" re-imaging.

But it just didn't come to pass.

Andre

[dcarleton]

Of course, Gaetan did release a fine Rock Island pack in 2010.

http://www.valleypass.com/Sales/RI.htm

Will go good with the route.

[rfranzosa]

I would really enjoy creating some of the eclectic passenger equipment the Rock had….


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