Good afternoon everyone. Due to recent Morristown release alongside TSW6, i'm craving for more US now! We've been longing for new "wireless" American rail adventures for a while... Since love your huge diesels, I'd share this old idea of mine: NJT Main & Bergen Country Lines, Hoboken-Suffern end to end. Including that shorter Meadowlands Rail Line. An exciting and busy journey through Hudson, Essex & Bergen Counties (NJ), crossing into Rockland (NY). From Hudson River front to the Hackensack Meadowlands, passing through many suburbs and towns that dotted Passaic River flow. Reaching NJ northeastern edge, gateway to the Ramapo Mountains. Along the way, you'll have to manage all NJT/Metro-North services, based on different route patterns! Plus some local NS freight traffic, including switching at many local customers served! These are NJT Main & Bergen Country Lines: Hoboken to Suffern! GENERAL FEATURES - 45mi/72km real lenght (Main+Bergen), of which 2mi/3.2km already modeled on Morristown. - 4mi/6.4km extra to Meadowlands. - Double track (mostly), excep for Hoboken-West Secaucus (4), Upper Hack Lift (1) & Ridgewood Jn-Waldwick (3). All standard gauge 4ft 8+1⁄2in/1435mm. - Unelectrified, except for Hoboken-Marion Sub. (25 kV 60Hz AC OHLE) & Upper Secaucus (12kV 25Hz AC OHLE). - 60-70mph/97-113kph max achievable speed. - ACSES as safety system adopted. OPERATORS Passenger (joint venture) - NJ Transit Rail Operations Inc(NJTR). - MTA Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co(MNCW). Freight - Norfolk Southern Railway(NS). - Others (CRCX(CSX-NS)/NYSW some areas). ROUTE PLAN Up: general route layout. Down left: southern route node zoom. Down mid: Meadowlands link zoom. Down right: NYSW SD crossing zoom. NJT Rail System Map: https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/maps/RSM_Geographic_071525_web.pdf STATIONS 25 active stations, 2 additional closed. Including Meadowlands "bonus". - Hoboken Terminal - Secaucus (Jn, Low Level) ----Main Line---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --> Meadowlands (Sports Complex) - Kingsland (closed, Jun 2025) - Lyndhurst (new) - Lyndhurst (closed, Jun 2025) - Delawanna - Passaic - Clifton - Paterson - Hawthorne - Glen Rock (Main Line) ----Bergen Country-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rutherford - Wesmont - Garfield - Plauderville - Broadway - Radburn - Glen Rock (Boro Hall) ----Common----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Ridgewood - Ho-Ho-Kus - Waldwick - Allendale - Ramsey - Ramsey Route 17 - Mahwah - Suffern STATIONS PICS Up: Hoboken Main Terminal. Down: Secaucus (Jn, Low Level) Node Station. A) Lyndhurst Station. B) Paterson Station. C) Hawthorne Station. D) Glen Rock (Main Line) Station. A) Rutherford Station. B) Wesmont Station. C) Plauderville Station. D) Glen Rock (Boro Hall). Up: Ridgewood Node Station. Down Left: Ramsey Route 17 Station. Down Right: Suffern Station. Please, put your LIKE here first, thank you! Continue Below...
Page 2 PASSENGER SERVICE Patterns: - NJT/MTA Hoboken-Suffern via both (entire). - NJT/MTA Hoboken-Waldwick via both (entire). - NJT/MTA Hoboken-Port Jervis via both (up to Suffern). - NJT/MTA Hoboken-Ridgewood via Bergen country (entire). - NJT/MTA Hoboken-Spring Valley Hoboken-Secaucus (then AI Only). +Some special services Secaucus/Spring Valley<->Meadowlands. ML/BCL Timetable: https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/rail/2025/06/80002/mnbn.pdf 117Tpd(60Sb+57Nb), 70min via Main Line, 72min via Bergen Country. PJL included! PVL Timetable: https://content.njtransit.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/rail/2025/06/80004/pasc.pdf 38Tpd(19Wb+19Eb), 5/6min driveable section. FREIGHT SERVICE Freight service on this route is limited and local focused. Consists of a few manifest or dedicated services (necessity/period). Both lines are involved. NYSW & CSX interchange available. NS (NJT tracks->Southern Tier): - H55 Suffern-Passaic (Mon-Fri)[turn] local. - H56 Suffern-Saddle Brook (Thu-Sat)[turn] local, to NYSW. - H70 Croxton-Campbell Hall (Sun-Thu)[turn] mainline. - H80 Croxton-Kearny (Mon-Sat)[turn] local, to CSX. - H88 Suffern-Saddle Brook (Mon only)[turn] local, to NYSW. Stock involved: hoppers, gondolas, tankers, Boxcars & Center-beams mainly. ROLLING STOCK PASSENGER ▼Alstom Comet V Commuter railcars [single-deck; trailer+cab car](new/to be included) Both NJT & Metro-North guise. TRACTION ▼EMD GP40PH-2/2B, GP40FH-2M & F40PH-3C Diesel-electric locos (new/to be included) In their respective NJT/Metro-North guise. LAYERS ▼Bombardier ALP-45DP Bi-mode loco + MultiLevel Commuter coaches [bi-level; trailer+Cab car](already ingame) ▲EMD GP38-2 "low short hood" & GE ES44AC Diesel-electric locos (already ingame) In their respective NJT & NS guise. LAMPOIL This route would easily pass through the DTG process, including part of an existing route, plus an excellent two-way layering capability (Morristown/NY-Trenton)! ROUTE PICS A) Lower Manattan NY Financial District (Hudson River front). B) Jersey City skyline (next to Hoboken). C) Hoboken Rail Yard (NJT). D) Croxton Yard/intermodal terminal (NS). A) Hackensack Meadowlands (across namesake river). B) Upper Hack Lift Bridge (Main Line). C) Jacknife Draw Bridge (Bergen Country). D) Meadowlands Sports Complex & MetLife Stadium. Continue Below...
Page 3 A) Meadowlands Station (limited service/during matches). B) Former Kingsland Station (1918-2025). C) Former Lyndhurst Elevated Station (1928-2025). D) Lyndhurst Draw Bridge (Main Line). A) Paterson Branch (NS, partially abandoned). B) Passaic Jn Yard (NYSW, low level). C) K102 Bridge (Main Line). D) NYC skyline from Ridgewood Crest Rd. A) "The Hermitage" Mansion (Ho-Ho-Kus, 1847). B) Iconic Waldwick Yard Signal Tower (Erie RR, 1886). C) Mahwah Old Station Museum (& its Caboose). D) Suffern Yard (NJT/NS), northern edge of this route. ROUTE VIDEOS NJT/MTA Main/Bergen Country/Port Jervis Lines trainspotting (Oct 2024). NJT/MTA Main/Bergen Country/Port Jervis Lines mega trainspotting (Feb 2025). Trains at Ho-Ho-Kus (Jul 2025). Trains at Secaucus & Hoboken (Dec 2024). All RIGHTS and CREDITS to the original authors. CONCLUSIONS Would be amazing to see this made in TSW! Both about chronic lack of US diesel experiences in the recent past and to providing American users with those much-needed (and much requested) NJT diesels! Counting on you, DTG! This is an easy corner pocket for you! If you like my suggestion, feel free to comment below here. There may be some inaccuracies, since I'm not local! Caravatt .
Totally agree, would be a great step forward and a nice change of pace for US! Yes, very sad that cActUsjUiCe wants to leave... His work on recent US signaling has been remarkable!
Great choice and would just be a fitting DLC to pair with Morristown and NYT..I mentioned the same thing here, https://forums.dovetailgames.com/threads/njt-main-bergen-county-line-hoboken-suffern.93398/ but you have gone into great detail that I hope DTG take notice! Hopefully without cActUsjUiCe for future US DLC the next person who gives the signaling some work has the same passion he did!
Finger crossed about that INTEGRATION Also wanted to introduce the NJT's "Heritage" fleet. They've recently reskinned some of their units to celebrate local, iconic railroads/operators of the past. Current affected fleet: EMD GP40PH-2: 4101 "NJDOT", 4109 "Jersey Central" (commonly seen here) EMD GP40PH-2B: 4202 "PRSL", 4208 "Conrail" EMD GP40PH-2B: 4210 "ERIE" & Bombardier ALP-45DP: 4519 "Erie Lackawanna" Plus two ALP-46 Electric locos & Arrow III Railcars! Hope this has been helpful, as it would be a nice "touch of class" to the roster! Have a great Sunday everyone!
Bring It On and your Rolling Stock is exactly identical to this one the Raritan Valley Line here we have the PL42AC
It should also include the Pascack valley line, it is only 30.6miles itself and just adds service variation and kind of completes the northern lines for NJT
Yep, PL42AC is another key stone here. NJT uses ALP45/PL42s mainly today! And yes, Raritian Valley would be another solid choice! Are you local? Was thinking about this in an early stage, but only 38Tpd+2 specials wouldn't justify that extra effort required! Put in these runs anyway, just to spice things .
