Step into the boots of a Southern Pacific engineer during the golden age of diesel, when SP's Alhambra Subdivision from Los Angeles Union Terminal to West Colton was one of the busiest corridors in the West. This isn’t your wide-open desert railroad — it’s urban-industrial mainline madness: wall-to-wall traffic, tight timetables, and dispatchers pulling their hair out over commuter trains squeezing between SD9-powered drags. This route captures the 62-mile (99km) mainline between LA and West Colton, part of SP's Sunset Route, with two main tracks, long sidings, constant train movements, and a dense mix of freight and passenger ops. La Union Station was a major SP passenger hub in 1966, with multiple daily trains, such as the Sunset Limited, Golden State, and Imperial, and commuter trains. ATSF and UP both had some presence also in the LA area, and both did share track with SP in LA. There were 2 large yards on this route, those being Taylor yard in LA and West Colton yard. There would have been the SP-operated LA–Pomona–Riverside commuter trains with roughly 5–8 round trips per weekday. 50+ freight train would of ran per day including manifest, TOFC (Trailer on Flatcar), COFC (Container on Flat Car), Perishables from Central Valley, Local turns from Taylor to city industries, Trackage rights moves from Santa Fe and UP. SP, ATSF, UP, EMD F7 SP, EMD SD7 SP, ATSF, UP, EMD GP9 SP, EMD SD9 SP, EMD GP20 SP, EMD SD35 SP, ALCO RS-11 SP, ATSF, UP, ALCO RSD-5 SP, ALCO RSD-12 SP, Baldwin AS-616 SP, FM H-24-66
West Colton rail yard would not open until 1973. But if this route was set in 1976 instead of 1966, this would be awesome route. There would be two massive rail yards, heavy freights, locals, and passenger trains. So a bit of everything.
West Colton Yard would be awesome. It would be great to see some SP Black Widow power on this route. I'd also like to see some of the SP's Baldwin, FM, and Alco power, which are needed in game. I am a fan of the FM Trainmasters and SD7/SD9 "Cadillacs." Hopefully we could get some classic ATSF and UP power on this route too. ATSF and UP SD24s, SD45s (also SP), ATSF SD45-2s, SD40s/SD40-2s, U-Boats, Dash-7s, and ATSF Alco RSD-15 "Alligators" (SP had a trio of these too) would be awesome to see as well.
