>>896302So anyone mind explaining to me why there are trainsim routes made of everything except my area? I realize that Train Sim a shit (I mean the one with the overpriced DLC on Steam, not MS TrainSim) but I enjoy running in it. Even Trainz just stops at Avery and then just runs into Montana. In Train Simulator they've got Stevens Pass with Great Northern right of way to the west that runs clear to Everett, Washington, to the south some dingus just made UP right of way in Southern Idaho, and to the east is the fucking Marias Pass. I would make my own route, but getting the SRTM data is a pain in the balls as is keeping it organized. I want a route that runs through Spokane, Washington, one that covers Tekoa and Plummer, and pretends that the Milwaukee Road still runs over the trestle in Tekoa while the Yellow Borg still runs through the town on the old Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation Company right of way. When I had the original Microsoft Train Simulator, I remember getting ahold of a mammoth fucking route that ran from Montana clear up through Sandpoint... I never did explore the damn thing all the way, but I can guess it never went south either.
Apart from my noisy bullshit, I also am seeking some advice. Can anyone think of a way I could get a cab ride on one of the STMA locomotives? I live within easy driving distance of the old Milwaukee mainline, and after the 80s a little company called the St. Maries River Railroad took over the Milwaukee's operations in the area. They have 3 ex-MILW Geeps, all GP9s, and one SW1200 switcher that I assume is ex-MILW. Up until 2003 they pulled logging trains off the line out of Bovill and Clarkia, but now they're just using the line to serve the UP spur at the Plummer mill and to store cars for other roads. Pic obviously related.
