Route Update: Donner Pass Southern Pacific Route

Discussion in 'Route Suggestions & Proposals' started by AndTheBest, May 20, 2021.

  1. AndTheBest

    AndTheBest Active Member

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    Hello everyone, I know that the Donne Pass route there is already and it's of the 22 December 2012, I think it would be nice to see it has updated to 2021, with the same locomotive, but with new texture of the 2021, new feature and everything update to 2021.
    For example the Southern Pacific GE Dash9-44CW updated with a new texture, it would be nice to see both Souther Pacific Dash9-44CW in Clean texture and Dirty texture, same for the GP9, SD40T-2 and SD40-2, for the passenger cars for everything.
     
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  2. Blacknred81

    Blacknred81 Well-Known Member

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    I honestly would rather see a new Southern Pacific route, Like the Sunset Route, with places such as Beaumont Hill, Lordsburg Subdivision and West Colton Yard.......

    However the SP equipment is in dire need of better paint, if the Donner Pass stock was to be used in a new SP route.

    Also the Southern Pacific never owned any SD40-2's, RSC were very lazy back in the day and just threw that in there as a stand in. Southern Pacific did own SD40's , which some were later rebuild as SD40R's as part of the GRIP rebuild program. Later SP would acquire 30 more SD40's thru Morrison Knudsen in the 90's which were classified as SD40M-2's.
     
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  3. NEC Railfan

    NEC Railfan Well-Known Member

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    My guess is the reason that the dev team did that was because they didn't research much on the differences between the SD40 and 40-2, and said, "Ah whatever it's the same loco." But now we do have a "proper" SD40 from the Clinchfield to use.
     
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  4. AndTheBest

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    Plus, I think it would be nice to see the Southern Pacific AC-9 in two paint scheme Black and Daylight with all their number.[​IMG] [​IMG]
     
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    jedi247 Well-Known Member

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    A Cab Forward is necessary for a Donner Pass update. For another SP Route, we need an SD7 or SD9 Cadillac, SD45, GP60, FM Trainmaster, E8 or E9 A/B, and an updated GS-series 4-8-4. Maybe a GS-1 through GS-6 pack could be made.
     
  6. AndTheBest

    AndTheBest Active Member

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    And what about the AC-9 of the Southern Pacific?
     
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  7. steammaster4449

    steammaster4449 Well-Known Member

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    AC-9's never saw use over Donner.
     
  8. Blacknred81

    Blacknred81 Well-Known Member

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    The only lines that the AC-9 saw service on was the Sunset Line between Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, and the Modoc Line between Northern California and Oregon.
     
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  9. Cyclone

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    The U.S. rail network is over 250,000 km in size, the largest of the world. Show me more of that instead, please. If anything gets redone, it's Cajon Pass with an extension to allow a San Diego to Barstow journey. Or Los Angeles to Barstow passenger service through San Bernardino. And only because it's the first route and hard to get outside America now. Possible, but hard.
     

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