Introducing: The Southwest Pacific with THRILLING STORYLINE!

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A few sidenotes

What about the people with the poor Pcs. We can't take hi pily counts. Anyway, after you are out of college and settled into life, you might start building routes again, right?
 
Of course, lol! No, just joking. Anyways, sounds great! The storyline is definatley unique. I was just thinking though, by 2025, rail transport will probably be nearly obsolete by then, since more and more is being transported by truck, boat, and plane every day.
 
I thought of the greatest merger NS KCS become the southern again LOL:D but seriously rail travel will be around forever oh yeah another mergerl the Union Pacific merges with the KCS and becomes the Southern pacific and that californa is due for the big one P.S..............MORE SCREENIES PLEASE
 
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My opinion is this. Rail travel will never become obsolete. It takes max. three men to run a train of 100 containers, It takes 100 trucks and drivers to move those same containers.
 
hehehe,
i guess this might be the logo of Burlington norfolk santa fe :D
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i call it the skewered horse logo:p
 
spiffy101 said:
My opinion is this. Rail travel will never become obsolete. It takes max. three men to run a train of 100 containers, It takes 100 trucks and drivers to move those same containers.
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I'm not talking from the railroad's perspective. I'm talking from the customers. Why pay high prices for a long delivery wait, plus, the tendency of your product being damaged or destroyed. Bulk products are the only thing rail transport is good for.
 
I'm not talking from the railroad's perspective. I'm talking from the customers. The customers couldn't care less about the resources involved. Why pay high prices for a long delivery wait, plus, the tendency of your product being damaged or destroyed? Bulk products are the only thing rail transport is good for.
 
Cozmo® said:
No it really is CN that cant keep the trains on track, there's a derailment at least once a month around here by them. Anyways..can we get an update and maybe some more shots?
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ah, well CSX is the same way here in NY, 13 derailments within the last 10 yrs. 5 of which, have been in the past 2 maybe 3 years.
Thats why i dislike CSX.
 
TrainMan12 said:
I'm not talking from the railroad's perspective. I'm talking from the customers. The customers couldn't care less about the resources involved. Why pay high prices for a long delivery wait, plus, the tendency of your product being damaged or destroyed? Bulk products are the only thing rail transport is good for.
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Actually, you have it the other way around. trucks are slower, because:
1. They have to start and stop several times a day
2. They have to drive all of these roads
3. they are slower.
trains gets items on time, and quickly because its one straight shot to the destination, not several small ones,, that take longer to nogate
 
with the way gas prices are i think it way be cheaper to send it by train they pull way more stuff then a truck ever will. before any truck was around railroads built this nation to what it is today they used them in the civil war which is cool to me.
 
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ROFL. :D I'm not being rude, I think Chris's route has a GREAT theme to it, I'm looking forward to it. I'm just telling you the truth about rail transportation. Would you rather have your new 50-inch plasma shipped fastly and safely by truck/air, or have it banging around in a boxcar and will probably arrive late and/or damaged? First off, prices are probably pretty close. And just try to understand this. THE CONSUMER DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE RESOURCES INVOLVED TO SHIP THEIR PRODUCTS!!! In other words, the consumer doesn't care how much gas it takes, or how efficient it is. Assume that trains are just an ordinary thing to you, so, you're NO railfan. Would you really care that it takes less fuel to ship your product? Or would you just want to get the best bang for the buck? Don't get me wrong, trains are WAY more interesting then trucks. I'm a dedicated railfan/enthusiast and train simmer, I'm just giving my opinion. Next time, train15, think before you post.

Anyways, let's just change the subject.

So, Chris, I have two questions, will this route contain desert terrain only? And how many baseboards are you aiming for?
Looks good man keep up the great work!
 
TrainMan12 said:
So, Chris, I have two questions, will this route contain desert terrain only? And how many baseboards are you aiming for?
Looks good man keep up the great work!
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Well. The route from Houston/ Fort Worth to Arlington is mostly lush farmland like the BNSF Red Rock Sub and El Paso to Eastern Arizona is arid desert. Then rest of Arizona is "Red Rock" canyons/ deserts and California is high desert and into Los Angeles is Chapperal. The route will mostly likely be over 225 baseboards. -Chris
 
TrainMan12 said:
I'm just telling you the truth about rail transportation.
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No, sorry, but you are not.

Truck and air transportation could not possibly replace the rail service in this nation. The container traffic from the Port of Los Angeles, and the coal traffic from the Wyoming coal mines are only two examples. Most goods that you are talking about "banging about in a boxcar" indeed do, but first they bang about in a container aboard a ship, and after they bang about in the boxcar, they bang about in a truck. Do you really think that being transported by rail somehow increases breakage? Rubbish.

Perhaps you should also have thought before you posted.

Ed
 
Ok. Stop it! I'm going to be VERY upset if this thread gets locked because of you guys fighting over the future of trains and because of my concept. Stop! -Chris
 
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