3DTS West Colton Route Released

[crstagg]

They have great acts. with the other routes. They need to put a pack together so more people are interested. Just my opinion...
Dave

That's how they are going to make more $

[ronaldparkin]

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Hi Charles, Spot on.

That's how they are going to make more $

Got offered 4 addons for Railworks the other day and it came to just over £100,even i'm
not that rich.

Regards

RonP

[ckawahara]

What about activities?

Bet DW will have activities posted on their web site about the same time that the first CD's begin arriving in the mail.....and those crazy template guys at Skyline might get a template started.

[Robkeb]

Bet DW will have activities posted on their web site about the same time that the first CD's begin arriving in the mail.....and those crazy template guys at Skyline might get a template started.

I hope you're right. IMHO a route is as good as its activities.

Rob

[CP9524]

With regards to activities, you may want to check DW's website.

[ckawahara]

With regards to activities, you may want to check DW's website.

Nice "coming soon" notice, but I did not see anything related to the last post regarding activities. Am I missing something?

[dcushing]

Yes. Under "New Releases & Comming Attractions" Scott has a banner for West Colton Activities. If 3DTrainStuff holds true to past form, then the first CD's won't be in the mail till next Wednesday, so that gives him almost a week to get something posted. I don't know it activities are goint to warrent a whole CD, so maybe they will be available for download. I'm also guessing the "repaints for owners of the SP Pack 1" might also be available at the same time.

Duncan

[snootnose]

3DTrainStuff is supplying the route only. Scott is supplying rolling stock and activities. He has been putting A LOT of time into activity creation so as not to disappoint you guys.

[trainman_47]

For 35 bucks and no rollingstock or activities, I sure HOPE its one hell of a nice route! And since they only mail out CDs once a week, WHY no option of a download?

[Train-a-Mania]

WHY no option of a download?

Bandwidth is not free, my friend.

[emd645e3c]

Bandwidth is not free, my friend.

And neither is postage to the other side of the rock.

I don't why you can't chose cd or d/l. Even if the d/l costs a bit more, I'd still go that path.

Steve

[Robkeb]

Yes. Under "New Releases & Comming Attractions" Scott has a banner for West Colton Activities. If 3DTrainStuff holds true to past form, then the first CD's won't be in the mail till next Wednesday, so that gives him almost a week to get something posted. I don't know it activities are goint to warrent a whole CD, so maybe they will be available for download. I'm also guessing the "repaints for owners of the SP Pack 1" might also be available at the same time.

Duncan

Thanks, didn't see that banner before.

Rob

[dcushing]

By doing just a little bit of research I find the possibilities of this route are endless. They have placed the route in the 78 to 95 time frame which allows the use of both the SP serif font as well as the speed lettered units seen after the D&RGW buyout in 1988 and the Kodachrome scheme seen in the mid to late 80's. On the Sante Fe side you have the yellowbonnets that were seen for that whole time frame, and then can bring in the Superfleet after 1989. Activities can be created by era, bringing in newer locomotives and freight cars as they were introduced. I quick look at the wikapedia listings for EMD and GE give the introductory dates for the different diesels they produced, and there is a pretty good freight car chronology here in the file library. And I'm sure there will be non-purists (myself included) that will insist on running UP and BNSF as well.
I guess if I had one wish for the route it would be a good SP SW1500 or MP15AC/DC for the hostler duties. My computer desktop at work is a picture of a pair of back to back SW1500's moving a U33C/SD45 set towards the classification bowl.

[pinpuller]

I guess if I had one wish for the route it would be a good SP SW1500 or MP15AC/DC for the hostler duties. My computer desktop at work is a picture of a pair of back to back SW1500's moving a U33C/SD45 set towards the classification bowl.[/QUOTE]

I agree.

[pinpuller]

I guess if I had one wish for the route it would be a good SP SW1500 or MP15AC/DC for the hostler duties. My computer desktop at work is a picture of a pair of back to back SW1500's moving a U33C/SD45 set towards the classification bowl.

I agree.[/QUOTE]

Perhaps Scott of DW, sometime in the future, will be able to do a remake of his great CSX MP15. Of course it would have to have the SP's unique lighting package and number boards.