Bnsf Tehachapi Pass Bakersfield-mojave

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  1. dnold4

    dnold4 New Member

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    So as many of us have heard DTG now has a BNSF license globally for TS but I doubt they passed up on a TSW one so I am suggesting the perfect first BNSF route for TSW2 Tehachapi Pass! obviously we have this route on TS and its 68 miles long so perfect for TSW2 as Sherman Hill for TSW2 is 76 miles long. The locos I would like to see on this route are BNSF ES44DC's and BNSF GP38-2's. As for rolling stock the same rolling stock that's used in the TS version. 45831713.IMGP4679.jpg BNSF_2273_Lincoln,_NE_3-13-14.jpg
     
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  2. mattk#4569

    mattk#4569 Active Member

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    I’d love to see this
     
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    driverwoods#1787 Well-Known Member

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    If made ES44AC ES44DC standard Genset dlc
     
  4. Woroszyl The NS 2000

    Woroszyl The NS 2000 Well-Known Member

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    What about Foreign Power layers from Sand Patch Grade, Sherman Hill and Cane Creek?
     
  5. pugilist3

    pugilist3 Active Member

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    Absolutely would like to see Tehachapi Pass!
     
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  6. redrev1917

    redrev1917 Well-Known Member

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    This would be a day1 purchase fpr me regardless who made it. I really hope it doesnt take DTG half as long to secure global license from BNSF for TSW2 as it did with TS1
     
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    Blacknred81 Well-Known Member

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    A reminder that Tehachapi Pass is actually owned by Union Pacific, not BNSF, but BNSF has trackage rights from Kern Junction in Bakersfield to Mojave. And the Mojave Yard is UP only.
     
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  8. dnold4

    dnold4 New Member

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    Yes I should've but Bakersfield to Mojave in the title too
     
  9. redrev1917

    redrev1917 Well-Known Member

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    So heard on tonights stream from Matt, that the BNSF license includes TSW.
    No plans announced but its a start
     
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  10. dnold4

    dnold4 New Member

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    oh that's awesome! I'm sure we will see a BNSF route in the next year or so what time of the stream was it mentioned in?
     
  11. jedi247

    jedi247 Well-Known Member

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    I'd like a classic ATSF Tehachapi Pass with F7s in both SP Black Widow and ATSF Blue/Yellow Freight liveries (and also Warbonnet passenger livery), Alco RSD15s in both SP and ATSF liveries, and GP7/9s in both liveries. DLCs could include SP Cab Forwards, SP and ATSF Alco PA-1s, and others.
     
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    Lamplight Well-Known Member

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    Timestamp for your convenience.
     
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  13. OldVern

    OldVern Well-Known Member

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    Definitely yes, though the Run 8 version will take some beating. And if they do it, please set slightly historically before recent double tracking and other improvements. As with Run 8, populate the various industries en route so we can run the locals out from Bakersfield and Mojave.
     
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    I think that’s awesome BNSF can be in TSW2 and I like the idea of Tehachapi. You can have both BNSF and UP. I would what’s in Run8 to be in TSW2 is defect detectors. I don’t know if DTG can include them.
     
  15. jedi247

    jedi247 Well-Known Member

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    Other DLCs:
    -SP/ATSF GP20s
    -SP/ATSF GP30s
    -SP/ATSF GP35s
    -SP SD7/SD9 "Cadillacs"
    -ATSF SD24s
     

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