Hi Everyone - We have our first TSW7 Preview Stream with the Florida Tri-Rail: Miami Airport - Boca Raton & Tri-Rail GP49H-3 Loco It will take place on Wednesday 2nd September at 19:00 BST on our YouTube and Twitch channels. If you have any questions you'd like to ask us, please post them here. General reminder to please keep all other discussions out of this thread, and remain to questions only. Don't forget to check out the TSW7 FAQs We may not answer all questions on the article/stream, but we will look through this thread in preparation and will look to respond to questions afterwards.
I have 2 questions 1. Why does this route only go to Boca raton instead of all the way Mangonia park? 2. Is there room left in the timetable to potentially add Amtrak services at a later date?
As above, why not go the whole distance otherwise we end up with another Bernina line finishing at an arbitrary point. While congratulations are in order for securing the new licence, why did you decide to go with commuter rail again? We are overdue a decent freight route with some challenging gradients - D&RGW Moffat Road, CP Kicking Horse Pass, a historical Milwaukee Road, even the cliched Marias Pass. Some of us know from Run 8 that Florida scenery tends to be, well, a little flat and boring - so once again what is the LAMPOIL here? What is going to make people want to come back and keep driving this?
1. Why Boca Raton? 2. Why Rotem only? Since you decided it was time for a repaint, what stopped you from adding Bombardier? And please don't answer "because two liveries". 3. Why GP49H comes without new cars? Is adding UTDC too expensive for a deluxe locomotive? What about repainting Bombardier? 4. How many services will GP49H have, considering that there are only 3 of them for the entire fleet? 5. Is the Miami Amtrak station actually there? Will there be any action or it just decoration? 6. What's new in the CSX fleet besides the suspension? 7. I hope you did something with the sounds for Rotem, as they were too quiet and sterile in the Metrolink version. 8. Will the headlights on the F40PH be normal or will it be the "nuclear glow" again? 9. Where is the promised LIRR suspension? Specifically, in light of this route, I want to ask in general: did you discussed an idea of releasing a DLC with only coaches + cabcar without a new locomotive? Like Tri-Rail UTDC with cabcar + F40PH.
I hope they show how freight hauler mode works on the stream ..please do a run or 2 to demonstrate it
I think its going to take a 3rd party developer to do a scenic freight route for USA..all we have now is H.I.S and their first route SP Hayden coming soon so depending on how that route does will determine where they go for any new routes..someone did ask on the roadmap stream yeserday if any new US third parties have signed on they said yes but just to watch in future maps etc for any news ..I have a feeling some new stuff may be announced US wise in the season of reveals in DEC as far as any new US routes DLC freight wise and maybe a few are working on some passenger stuff that DTG wont do...like a certain amtrak loco folks are really wanting...
As for the GP49H i saw in one of the photos they have of a GP49H hauling some of the rock hoppers that come with the route and they prob stand in engines for if there is any problems with other loco s.Back to the picture my guess is that there are Maintinance of way serviceswork train runs with GP49H or they have some runs and scenarios where they fill in for a broken down locomotive on commuter runs
1. Can you share a few more details about the on-site visit? Some pics or video would be great. I'm so glad SFRTA was cooperative and accommodating! 2. From start to finish, how long does a project of this magnitude take to complete? 3. Other than the licensing process, what was the biggest challenge for this project? I'm very happy to see this route and region come to fruition! I'm very eager to try it out, but from the looks of the previews, I'd like to say congrats to the DTG team on this one.
Will the CSX GE AC4400CW, GE C40-8W and the EMD SD40 be ready for substitution at the Tri Rail route?
I'm not sure if this has been asked, but will there be working safety systems on this route, besides just the alerter? If there are working safety systems, will they be present for freight also or just passenger? If not, why not?
I completely agree with this. Safety systems are crucial. On the Stamford route, freight trains lack them, and it ruins the immersion.
