Columbia Gorge – Screenshots

Here's a few more shots of Columbia Gorge. This time we are on the Washington side of the river near the town (??) of Hood. Hood is the end of the line for phase 1 on the Washington side. No, this doesn't mean I'm done! I got tired of working on the Oregon side and decided to go to the end of the line on the Washington side and work Eastbound.The first two shots show the confluence of the White Salmon River and the Columbia.

The next shot shows one of many dense forest regions on the route. This is just a couple miles east of Hood.
This is the fish hatchery at Hood.
The last shot shows Hood. This was apparently an operating lumber mill at one time but now is a bunch of rusting metal. Since I didn't have access to any rusty buildings, this is what you get!
Cal Rasmussen
Beaverton, OR
(My email is in my profile)Columbia Gorge Route (Phase 1 UP side 95%, BNSF side 90%)

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It looks like the truss bridge would be a little low for double stacks.High train, low bridge, something has to give... Steven
s_masters@shaw.ca

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"Uh, Dispatcher.. We had to stop at White Salmon.. the bridge is kinda low for the double stacks...."

Brian E. Bundridge
NALW Quality Control Manager

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I'll have a look at that. That was the only small truss bridge I could find. I'll do some more looking. Thanks for spotting it. And to think, beta testing hasn't even started, yet!Cal Rasmussen
Beaverton, OR
(My email is in my profile)Columbia Gorge Route (Phase 1 UP side 95%, BNSF side 90%)

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You're using a back road hay bridge. It is not designed for trains. Check for a 100ft or 125ft truss bridge that should work in that location.SRV Ron

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Looks very nice.http://groups.msn.com/MSTSNarrowGauge

Jonathan Lewis
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WOW! That's great. I recognize White Salmon - and it's been many a year simce I was there. It's exciting to see places in MSTS and recognize them. Great work, Cal! (Even if your bridge is too low! )Timtimmuir@wcn.net

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Willamette Valley Route
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The bridge isn't too low, he's just modeling the wrong era! There should be an SP&S 700 crossing that bridge! No double stacks or other ridiculous loads at all.Very nice scenes Cal, I too, recognize the places you are modeling, and will look foreward to being able to play on the North Bank Route.

Steve T.

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Hi Cal,When are you going to quit teasing us and release Columbia Gorge? Bill Burnett

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CalI have been down both sides of the gorge on AMTRAK and it is a nice route. Unfortunatly the UP side is without passneger trains now since the Pioneer was cancelled. There was some talk a while back about running the Pioneer on CNW and UP tracks all the way from Chicago to Portland but nothing came of it. You can tell how long ago this was because the CNW was still operating at the time.Looking forward to the route.Be Seeing you.
Michael

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Cal,Looks like you are getting close now. Looking forward to seeing the whole route soon.What is the filename of that building? Was it part of the original 6 routes?Martyn T. Griffin
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LAST EDITED ON Oct-08-03 AT 12:52 PM (EDT)

I replaced the bridge with another one from the same Ron Picardi kit as the first. None of these cars cleared the original bridge.Martyn, which building are you referring to?Cal Rasmussen
Beaverton, OR
(My email is in my profile)Columbia Gorge Route (Phase 1 UP side 95%, BNSF side 90%)

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The one(s) that should be all rusty.Martyn T. Griffin
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Looks great Cal This will be a "must have" for sure!!!Bill BZak aka Longhairedwizard"The Keystone Works"

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Cal has found the right one. There is a rusty one in the kit.The rusty tin, SRV_RealTinSiding.bmp, is available for anyone using a modeling program to create the larger buildings. It was photographed from a tin sided sliding shed door. Just be sure to tile the texture for a more realistic effect.SRV Ron

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LAST EDITED ON Oct-08-03 AT 10:02 PM (EDT)

Martyn, all the buildings in the Hood area are either default buildings or Enocell. There are about ten buildings in all. I may look at Ron's rusty cowbarns to see if they could work.Cal Rasmussen
Beaverton, OR
(My email is in my profile)Columbia Gorge Route (Phase 1 UP side 95%, BNSF side 90%)

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Cal,Check out the rip-rap in these shots: http://www.msts-online.com/dcforum//DCForumID73/18.html. Miles and miles of that needed in the Columbia Gorge.David Beach.Palouse & Lewiston

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Looks good Cal!Definately captures the feel of the area. For the rusty buidling you might be able to enlarge a small rusty building using shape file manager - Ron did some cattle, chicken and hog barns with a rusty version, and they really look great - not sure how it would look "enlarged" - but animals aren't included, so this might get you where you want to go - without reskinning or starting from scratch.Mark
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Your route is looking great, Cal! Cheers!
Marc - 3DTrains
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Very pretty!I love mountains and forests. Those screens really do it for me.

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OK first of all im VERY sorry for using this name(i cant get my other one to work) but i just had to say that route looks awesome. i live about 20 miles from there in battle ground WA. it really remindes me of the gorge. will this route be free-ware or pay-ware ? It looks AWESOME!!!!!!!!! also will ther be bonivelle dam and the dalles dam, ect??

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LAST EDITED ON Oct-10-03 AT 12:21 PM (EDT)

It's freeware. Phase 1 includes the The Dalles Dam but stops just a few miles short of Bonneville Dam. Bonneville will be included in phase 2.Cal Rasmussen
Beaverton, OR
(My email is in my profile)Columbia Gorge Route (Phase 1 UP side 95%, BNSF side 90%)

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Sounds awesome. in phase 2 will there be the BIG Union Pacific yard in portland near the fremont bridge and will there be the BNSF yard in vancouver? also will the file(s) be under 10MB? cuz i have dial up.... sorry for asking so many questions but im really exited!!!!!

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Sorry, but the route is only going as far as the edge of Troutdale on the UP and Vancouver,USA on BNSF. Right now, the zipped size of the route is about 600 mb! I know that number will be reduced significantly when I run Route-riter on it. There are a ton of scenery objects which I installed but am not using. Those will all be removed. I think I can also remove quite a few tiles that are not needed. It is way too early to determine any of that yet. Phase 1 will include all tiles for entire route. The tiles for phase 2 have already been DEMd. Phase 1 will include the Mt. Hood RR branch up to the switchback. Phase 2 will include the entire Mt. Hood branch all the way to Parkdale. Do a search in this forum (including archives) and in the screenshot forum for more pictures of Columbia Gorge.Cal Rasmussen
Beaverton, OR
(My email is in my profile)Columbia Gorge Route (Phase 1 UP side 95%, BNSF side 90%)

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thats cool i used to live in vanc. thanks for all the info.

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LAST EDITED ON Oct-10-03 AT 09:39 PM (EDT)

i saw the pic of the wye at the bridge and i was CONVINCED. looks EXACTLY like the real one. also i just had a cool idea..... i think it would be cool if wind surfers in the river. once again AWESOME work....

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Find me some MSTS windsurfers and kite surfers and I'll put them in. I haven't found any.Cal Rasmussen
Beaverton, OR
(My email is in my profile)Columbia Gorge Route (Phase 1 UP side 95%, BNSF side 90%)

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i got my name to work again...... yeah thats only problem cuz i dint think anyone had made any windsurfers. o well

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