Absolutely - blue & grey Mk1s are sorely missing from the BR routes now! They way the game’s going though I feel it’s quite likely we’ll see them sooner or later, it seems BR Blue is more popular than DTG initially thought and now that we have two 3rd party devs on it things are looking pretty hopeful. I’m optimistic on that score, at least. Athena - the less said the better…
Was playing the OG last night and it’s still a great route. The detail is pretty low compared with recent routes but it still creates an effective atmosphere. That old lighting model is rough though.
The only reason I've not uninstalled the Athena DLC is because it's the only Blue/grey mark one stock we have. JT have dabbled with the Blue/grey RMBs so I can imagine they'll release something with Mark 1 carriages before long, possibly next project after Cumbrian coast.
http://pixelpunkstudios.blogspot.com/2026/08/announcing-northern-trans-pennine.html The class 37 changes are detailed in here
I think the Class 37 is ripe for an Expert model. Would be nice to have this as the first brit expert train in the game.
There was a mod which reskinned some Mk1s (I think they were SoS ones) and subbed them into the timetable in place of the Mk2s, even if we can't get some built specially it would be nice if something like this could be done. IIRC they had 70/80s era seat moquette, the only downside to them was they were vac only which stopped them being used in my railtour formations. Regardless, I'm just happy that this is happening One thing to bear in mind is that devs talk, there is usually some kind of plan as to who is doing what, I'd see this as a very positive sign for more 1980s BR stuff in future Now dare we bring up the debate and speculation as to "where next?" my money is on Leeds-York-Scarborough Sorry just had to get that one in there first, diving for cover now
To make things clear, the remaster is FREE to those who own NTP. The 37/0 is a paid loco DLC, with 2 new wagons and timetable. Signals are not on the current scope to fix, same with track, due to the amount of work thats been required to bring the route up to standards we all expect and our own internal standards. We may look at signals post release however so my words dont get twisted
Hopefully whenever this remaster releases, someone does a before and after video, with the exact same service. Old on the left and new on the right, I think Richy Rail does something like that but I've never really watched them as he jumps back and forth between the two.
Loving the sound of the remaster! Love the route as it is so will be great to see it reworked! My one concern is the new timetables and getting blurry textures? Are things looking okay at the moment?
