As much as I would love to see the class 800s gwe is staying as it is based in 2015. This has been confirmed by the developers
And as regards Heathrow Express, sure I read in another thread the licence for the trains and livery was declined by BAA.
Suggestion 2 ECML So if the route started from Kings cross to Doncaster which should give a nice journey time for High speed trains trains would be class 387 electrostar top speed 110mph Which would run from Kings Cross to Peterborough which is an express service Along with Class 365 networker top speed 100mph Which is used at peak-times from Kings cross to Peterborough which is also an express service Class 313 I know it is no longer in service but I quite liked these trains on the ECML and it would be that much of a problem since they only came out of service last year October These trains would run from moor gate/kings cross to stevenage or Welwyn Garden City These are the stopping/express service trains I would like to see There are other commuter trains that would run between London and Peterborough such as Class 700 desiro city And Class 717 desiros city These units replaced the 313 and run the same service as they did
High speed trains LNER Class 91 DVT mark 4 coaches LNER class 800 bi mode LNER class 801 emu Hull trains class 802 bimode First east coast trains class 803 Which could do the London to Doncaster as I suggested which would be quite nice in my opinion because the length of high speed time would be nice This is listing 8 different trains so If DTG made the London to Doncaster it should have the class 387 (because they have made the class 377 and 375 as well as the 387 is in production so it should be easier to model) ,313 (because the SN 313 is in production) and 91 (for a high speed train to start with) Starting off would be the class LNER class 91 for high speed Great northern 387 and/or the class 313 starting from finsbury park Class 365 as add on LNER CL 800/801 , Hull trains 802 and East Coast trains class 803 as a add on bundle because there similar trains and it would just make more sense to put them together like a great western legends type of packages PLEASE READ THE BELOW (I am aware of the length of this route is 144 miles long and is out of reach for now If this route would be made now it would go to Peterborough)
I could’ve sworn I seen someone saying here that they can’t get the Licensing to do Heathrow Express. I heavily doubt they’re doing anymore with the current GWR Route. Although, they could reskin the Class 377/375 to GWR and let us use it as a replacement for the Class 166. And I would love to see the Elizabeth Line in TSW.
Yeh they can't get licesing to do heatrow express. They were planning in doing a route in great western experess to heathrow but couldn't due to licesing.
The 387 wouldn’t require a full rebuild, and the Elizabeth Line one wouldn’t either if they only do the Branch via Shenfield or Abbey Wood... Which would require... an unfinished route...
I'm now thinking the class 387, 365 and 91 to start of with Class 800/801/802/803 LNER/hull trains/east coast trains at300 pack The class 700 and 717 as a desiro city add on Then a class 313 stand alone add on In it's fcc livery GN branding as a separate dlc Pricing The ECML kings cross to Doncaster would be £29.99 with the class 387,365 in Great northern livery and class 91 in its current VTEC red livery LNER branding All other trains would be addons Classes 800/801/802/803 I wouldn'tmind paying £15.99 as it is 3 trains rather than the normal 1 train for £11.99 The class 700 and 717 would be either £11.99 or range from £12.99 to £15.99 And the class 313 would be either 11.99 as it's one train or 5.99 as it is a reskin of the current southern 313 in production The only difference is the numbering the livery and there is a working pantograph Possibly of classes 317 and 321 making appearances along with a LNER HST these trains are not needed but will probably be wanted
I like this idea of the ecml. The price you said also seems fair. On the gwr front though. If dtg are gonna make an albeit incorrect representation of gwe in the 70s that anybody hardly wanted for gwe dlc. Then surely that should open up the possibility for them to make a fully electrified version of the gwe route with the 387s and 800s, the branch lines with the 165 and a longer version since that's what most people wanted so hopefully in the future a electrified version of the route will come
But you already know they haven't change the route or done much to the locos either to make the diesel legends pack, and what you're suggesting is new locos and route changes...
And they said they weren't gonna do route extensions but did an about face on that statement so I wouldn't be suprised if a electrified gwr route comes in the future
They want to do that when they get the tech in. They said it in a stream after saying many times they weren't gonna do them. It's the right decision and there is clearly a market for that.
Hopefully if they do extensions they'll switch to doing ecosystems rather than standalone DLC so we can get extending and expanding multiple timetables covering freight, local, regional and IC I'm just going to round up the flying pigs...
I predict it will probably be standalone dlcs sadily as sam has said that a route extension would have to be standalone dlcs for players who may not own the oringinal route. For example if they extend ska to Frankfurt from Koln HBF that would give us the Koln- Frankfurt High Speed line which is 94 miles and we can do 300kph. If you own ska and own the Koln Frankfurt high speed line, you combine both routes and bam, ska is extended and the route would go from Aachen HBF to Frankfurt (Main) HBF. Now if you don't then you won't get the extension. It seems reasonable I think although the name of the route probably would have to change
And what I mean is that when they've done that they could do the lines to Siegen from Koln and Frankfurt then extend onto Kassel etc etc so rather than it being "DLC here, DLC here, DLC here" you get a network built up and can run any service on the lines in that area be they local, regional or IC
Now that would be a good idea. A network of db lines would be cool or a full rail network in general would be cool
Some Routes I’d like to see Pittsburgh Line- Johnstown to Altoona, PA in Conrail era legendary route over the Allegheny mountains. Includes the Horshoe Curve Reading Blue Mountain and Northern- a U.S short line in eastern PA. Hauls mostly coal and operates two steam locomotives Union Railroad- North Bessemer to Mon Valley works. Short line industrial railroad in Pittsburgh, PA delivers ore to the mills.