While the Harlem Line is Beautiful it is missing ALOT of stops . It goes All the way to North white plains true but there are stops after that like Valhalla all the way to Dover Plains where are those stops Dovetail? With this finding I find it hard to call this route complete . When I buy a route in TSW2 I look up the route in real life to make sure all stops are portrayed especially in American routes as I live in the USA and expect that all stops on a given route are actually there and not just HALF of them like in Harlem Line . The route is NOT complete but what is there is accurate or close to real life. If Dovetail fixes this the route would be more realistic and not feel half baked . I know this may sound like alot to ask for but Dovetail I live in the USA and a half baked route is not cool though I do enjoy the run between GCT and North White Plains I just need all the rest of the real life stops in the route to make it complete feeling.
The harlem line is a very long route it's about 132km no route has ever been that long due to time constraints just like with great Western express you don't stop at Reading and it goes for a majority of the routes in the game. Longer routes taker longer time and as they are longer there is more things to do but they still have to release something
Well it wouldn't have made sense to make the full Harlem line from GCT to Wassaic since they didn't make the diesel trains that run from southeast to wassic. The electrified section from GCT to Southeast which would've made sense is just 53 miles of mostly surburban scenery once out of The Bronx. There is really nice scenery north of North White Plains but ultimately DTG chose to make the route short because of self imposed time constraints and not detail because there are missing landmarks and many corner cuts in terms of detail on this route. The Harlem line is ultimately a half baked route because alot of trains do go to southeast ultimately and some trains that do "terminate" at north white plains do end up going further north to southeast yard and not to the North White Plains yard
