Late 1990's Sand Patch Grade Diesel Pack

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  1. Blartthaniel42

    Blartthaniel42 Well-Known Member

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    So recently I've been thinking about how GWE got the diesel legends pack and how it got a more or less mixed reception and thought to myself, what if there was something like this for CSX Sand Patch Grade. So I though of this idea. A 1990s "legends pack" for SPG. As far a locomotives go I though that this pack should add 3 of them. 2 would be mainline motive power, and the other would be a road switcher or smaller engine. For the first big locomotive, I would love to see GE's AC6000CW. The other locomotive for mainline fright would be the SD50. As far as the last engine goes, I would like to see either GP40-2 or MP15. I'm leaning more towards the GP40-2 because it can be used on mainline freight trains. As far as freight cars go, I would like to see more variety in mixed freight. So adding coil steel cars, bulkhead flat car/ centerbeams, and finally gondolas would be cool. Another thing I really want is TOFC or piggyback well cars to add more variety to intermodal. The cool thing is that all the locomotives for SPG can be used with this pack (granted they only use the yn2 scheme) so there would be a big variety of locos on the route.

    Locomotives
    AC6000CW
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    SD50
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    MP15 or GP40-2
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    Freight Cars
    Coil Steel Car
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    Bulkhead/Centerbeam
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    Gondola
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    Piggyback/TOFC
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    I know this would be a bit ambitious considering almost everything would be new. However, considering that this is the first route in the game and it has only seen one dlc (not counting GP40-2 in tsw because it was made for NEC) it would be cool to see this route get some cool dlc.
     
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  2. aarontheloner

    aarontheloner Active Member

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    Sounds good to me. Love both this and the idea for a 70s Chessie System pack.
     
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  3. JGRudnick

    JGRudnick Well-Known Member

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    I like this idea, but I feel a pack including stock from the 70s or 80s would be better. The 90s was still CSX. If you go back into the 70s or 80s, you'll get to have B&O or Chessie System
     
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  4. aarontheloner

    aarontheloner Active Member

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    I do think the MP15 would make a more interesting addition than the GP40-2.
     
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  5. jedi247

    jedi247 Well-Known Member

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    I'd also like to suggest the SD80MAC.
     
  6. aarontheloner

    aarontheloner Active Member

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    Would make more sense as part of a Conrail pack, IMO.
     
  7. driverwoods#1787

    driverwoods#1787 Well-Known Member

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    How about CSX C30-7 the 7000 series
     
  8. csxfan#8403

    csxfan#8403 Active Member

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    I would like to add in the fallen flag schemes and road slugs
     
  9. aarontheloner

    aarontheloner Active Member

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    Conrail and Chessie schemes would be cool.
     
  10. csxfan#8403

    csxfan#8403 Active Member

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    In addition to B&O and SBD schemes
     
  11. dedh98mosqueto

    dedh98mosqueto Active Member

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    Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe Amtrak was running on the route at the same time. So would I believe it would make sense if they were included in the bundle.
     
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  12. aarontheloner

    aarontheloner Active Member

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    They still are. The route would need an extension to make the Capital Limited workable though.
     
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  13. dedh98mosqueto

    dedh98mosqueto Active Member

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    I think someone suggested that so if you combine his idea with this then we have a larger route with a tad bit more diversaty.
     
  14. aarontheloner

    aarontheloner Active Member

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    Personally I'm in favor of just adding it as set dressing. Make things feel more live even if it is unusable.
     
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  15. csxfan#8403

    csxfan#8403 Active Member

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    I'm all for it.
     
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    MetrolinkF125#916 Well-Known Member

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    This looks awesome, locos like these are a must. I think a pack for CRR would be more reasonable though, since we’re going forward in time kinda like how we went back in time with the diesel legends pack for GWE.
     
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  17. aarontheloner

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    I like this idea. Would also give Clinchfield more variety of traffic.
     
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  18. csxfan#8403

    csxfan#8403 Active Member

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    Why not both? In addition to SPG, it would to take Clinchfield into the '90s
     
  19. dedh98mosqueto

    dedh98mosqueto Active Member

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    Why not the line across the river from the SPG that has a "picture perfect" curve. THe line I am talking about is currently the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. If you time the route right then there would be a new route and engines for both the SPG and the CRR.
     
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  20. aarontheloner

    aarontheloner Active Member

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    Adding a locomotive pack is less work than a whole new route. Especially during Covid.
     
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  21. csxfan#8403

    csxfan#8403 Active Member

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    You're right!
     

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