Lol, my adoptive parents are Ducks, I would have to go there and take photos. Also, that's really cool about the M7. Is it like a sit and ride simulation? figured out the Crescent line from New Orleans runs all the way to NYC. https://www.amtrak.com/crescent-train I may have been watching a documentary about trains last night, and it showed it.
A rhetorical question. When approximately will we see the first results of this thread? We're already having a good time. But let's be honest, we're here primarily for results. Well, right now we're talking about frequent community requests. But they've been like this since the dinosaurs era. The New York City Subway, the Hudson Line, the Genesis, Chicago, Freight, etc. And they continue to give us commuter only routes. I'm not against good coomuter routes, but here most people are asking for something else. If someone from the DTG finds the time, please leave a note here on behalf of the DTG. So that we don't have to argue anymore about where X is and why after all these years it's not in the game. Like: no Metra license, Amtrak long distance set is financially unprofitable for TSW, freights from A to B are boring, etc.
I'm just happy I can help a little. Y'all are a great community. I've had a lot of fun so far and everyone is willing to teach me stuff and talk to me about your concerns. This is a Community Manager's dream community.
A definite thumbs up for diesel fuel. I really like the LIRR itself, but if they also offered diesel...
I can say that I'm here because the US community was not listened to nor was anyone truly invested in this community. Its hard to be invested from an ocean away. Some stuff I can see are routes-Morristown had a huge update today that just took some time-being looked into more seriously. If US players want routes that they would buy and invest in, those will definitely move to the top of the list. That basically rings true for Canada too. Based on what I've seen here and across socials North American routes are the top of the request list. Basically to me routes are a way to travel without leaving home, and give me the chance to do a job I will probably never get to do. Edit: I dont mind asking a non-community team member to chime in. I'm just going to bring all the suggestions up to them.
To be fair though, didn't they use the BR Class 450 or similar sounds from TSC for some of the LIRR and Harlem equipment. There should be enough reference material on YT which would allow the sound engineer to knock something together from existing material. And yes, MTA might not agree to DTG placing microphones all over a Subway unit on an official recording trip, but that doesn't mean (other than the risk of getting mugged) someone can't travel on the trains and discreetly obtain reference samples. There is a ready and willing audience for a NYC Subway route and it's time we heard solutions, not problems.
Actually, there Quebec French, and rest of Canada French, very different, rest of Canada French very close to International French, Quebec French is very different, in fact many French people (from France, Belgium, etc...) have difficulty understanding Quebec people, and vice-versa
It seems like you answered your own rhetorical question. You already know the reasons why we don't have long distance Amtrak, Metra, etc. because these topics have all been brought up and been addressed before. Let's look at it logically. We get two US routes a year, and we already know what they are. DTG probably also knows already what they're doing for the TSW7 open as well. So, at best, these community ideas, if anything is to come from them, would be realized sometime in 2027. And, anyone who has been around long enough has already heard about why DTG hasn't done most of these things in the first place. And who did we hear it from? Mostly, from Matt. Presumably, now that we have a community manager, we will have less interaction with Matt. I mean, if not, then what even is the point? But, if that is to be the case, then the reality is that all we have been given is an added layer to communicate with the DTG team. I don't really see how an added layer improves anything, when we previously had more or less direct interaction with the EP (although, I can certainly see how it benefits him!) Hey, I listed the routes that I would like to see too. I'm not against having some fun train talk, and even some wishful thinking. But nothing will come of it. Are you trying to tell me that DTG is going to totally change their approach to freight that has been discussed ad infinitum over several years and addressed by the EP himself in several different threads, because the new community manager wrote it down on a piece of paper? Some people even thought that Candace might be a bot, even though DTG presented her as real, because they don't trust DTG enough to tell us the truth about whether or not somebody is actually a person. That's how broken this community is. DTG doesn't even make that much US content, so why we even need a community manager to represent players who've heard it all before for the sake of content that barely exists is beyond me. Good luck Candace.
My grandfather's family immigrated from Quebec, and he would speak to me in Québécois French when I was young. All I could do was just smile and nod lol.
