SP Shasta Route Expansion

[Kist]

Sean did a stunning work on Mullan Pass and Shasta Route, and also the TS team on others. I'm pretty sure we'll see much more content from both of them at anytime, one which I'm looking forward will be the ''Union Pacific La Grande Subdivision'', but unfortunately it's has been more than 1 year since the last info and update about that route here on the forum .

[geepster775]

There probably is a new SD40T-2 coming, and perhaps some MK rebuilds that would fit the era.

[CivilEng]

Considering the quality of the first version of the Shasta route, I'll be looking forward to this one. Between the McCloud Railway, the SP, and the BN, there's a few interesting possibilities for equipment to go along with this update.

[cfriedri]

Really looking forward to further expansion on this route, Sean! I'm sure you and the TS team already have a pretty good idea of what locomotives will be included, but to throw it out out there anyway, I'd love to see some new SD40T-2s and anti-climber equipped SD45T-2s. Maybe even a bonus worn D&RGW SD40T-2 for consist variety?

[trainlover2923]

I'm surprised that no body has asked for some SD9's.....believe it or not those units were still in use back in that time period. Yes I would like to see some SD40T's both in SP and DRGW paint. But alot of the local work was done by SD9's. So I hope those will be included

[BurlingtonNorthern11]

I like the idea of some SD40Ts in DRGW/SP paint. Snoot/Regular variants would be neat. TS lacks some older EMDs so it would be nice to have some SD9s.

[Orbita]

SP's SD9's (aka Cadillacs) are true workhorses. The Shasta route was a haven for those old 567 Roots blower beasts. The fact they lasted until the railroad's end goes to show that those were built to last. Definitely would want to see TS make an attempt alongside 3DTS, BLW, and CLW's takes on those old beasts.

[R. Steele]

For those interested in the BLW SD9 West Pack >>> http://www.valleypass.com/Sales/SD9W.htm

[TrainSimJack]

For those interested in the BLW SD9 West Pack >>> http://www.valleypass.com/Sales/SD9W.htm

I bought a BLW pack once and the textures seemed really low resolution. I suspect it was what people used in the early era of MSTS.

Are all BLW products roughly the same or were higher texture resolutions used in later years?

[CSRX]

I bought a BLW pack once and the textures seemed really low resolution. I suspect it was what people used in the early era of MSTS.

Are all BLW products roughly the same or were higher texture resolutions used in later years?

If those are low resolution, perhaps I should just stop doing photo texture work as well....

[dcarleton]

I bought a BLW pack once and the textures seemed really low resolution. I suspect it was what people used in the early era of MSTS.

Are all BLW products roughly the same or were higher texture resolutions used in later years?

Everything related to MSTS started out plain and improved dramatically through the years.

[rdayt]

MSTS came out in the days of Pentium processors and a max of 512mb of RAM so everything was designed to work within those limits.
512 textures were huge in the day but pale by comparison to the 2048 or 4096 in use today.
You just can't get a lot of detail in a square of pixels 512x512.
That is what BLW was making models for. And doing a heII of a job they were.
I think I read somewhere that BLW was updating some of their work to meet current standards but that was a while ago.

Randy

[TrainSimJack]

MSTS came out in the days of Pentium processors and a max of 512mb of RAM so everything was designed to work within those limits.
512 textures were huge in the day but pale by comparison to the 2048 or 4096 in use today.
You just can't get a lot of detail in a square of pixels 512x512.
That is what BLW was making models for. And doing a heII of a job they were.
I think I read somewhere that BLW was updating some of their work to meet current standards but that was a while ago.

Randy

Thanks, This helps with context a lot.
If anyone has info on any of BLW's updated works I'd be interested to check out one of the newer models.

Thanks!

[trs666]

...If anyone has info on any of BLW's updated works I'd be interested to check out one of the newer models...

Thanks!

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

[eric]

The UP Mega Pack and City of New Orleans packs are definitely much higher detailed models than some of the older models.