2nd Gen Dmu Pack

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  1. ghawk2005

    ghawk2005 Well-Known Member

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    150/2, 153, 158/159 pack with a good selection of liveries. Armstrong powerhouse do about 20 in their packs.
     
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    sophieclarke1983 Well-Known Member

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    Fabulous idea I’d definitely buy this in tsw2 we sure could use this sprinters are severely lacking and you’d think by now the amount of times sprinters mentioned DTG would finally take note fingers crossed your excellent idea comes to fruition I’d buy even if was a higher price
     
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    ARuscoe Well-Known Member

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    I think that DTG should concentrate on getting the "bread and butter" units like these in game and then they don't need to do so much work later on as people would have the stock. I'd include the 170 even though that's not early 90s because they get everywhere as well
     
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  4. ghawk2005

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    oh most definitely happy to pay a higher price ( slightly ) for a few more liveries in a pack. Rather than £12 for one loco and one livery, we could have a sprinter pack with 3 or so sprinters and multiple livery choices for £25 etc. I’d be very up for that. It could pave the way for future releases.

    Option 1 - one loco one livery, original £11.99 price
    Option 2 - forementioned loco and classes similar with a multitude of liveries. £20-25 etc

    That gives plenty of choice for people then.
     
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    ghawk2005 Well-Known Member

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    sorry forgot this, and also the 156 but I’d settle for just a few haha. 150/2 would probably be the most usable one through most British routes as it has been on many different lines all over the decades.
     
  6. ARuscoe

    ARuscoe Well-Known Member

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    I would happily have them develop the base units irrespective of route, and then layer them into routes as they come on stream, but anywhere near Bristol, Birmingham or up North would need virtually all of them for various time periods.

    I'm sure there are similar locos and consists for most regions of Europe, not sure on the US
     
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    theorganist Well-Known Member

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    I would like to see some Sprinters very much but we haven't really got any suitable routes for them at the moment. The upcoming Cornish route by Rivit being an exception.

    They wouldn't be seen on SEHS or ECW, neither GWE (you might see one at Reading but not running down to Paddington) or WSR (unless as a guest at a diesel gala). NTP is pre-Sprinter, TVL would have seen Pacers rather than Sprinters in the time period depicted. Cathcart Circle would only have them as a fleeting glimpse at Glasgow Central or the approach lines.
     
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    ARuscoe Well-Known Member

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    And GWE is post-52...
     
  9. driverwoods#1787

    driverwoods#1787 Well-Known Member

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    Pretty much the entire pack can be given 1989 paint for TVL services. Remember these trains for actually ordered to replace the ageing Class 101 Daisy DMU and 1950s design
     
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    theorganist Well-Known Member

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    Sprinters didn't run on the TVL certainly not in 1989. A Pacer/Railbus class 143 would be the most suitable for TVL.
     
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    formulabee#1362 Well-Known Member

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    Three words: we need sprinters
     
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  12. twiggy#9635

    twiggy#9635 Well-Known Member

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    Could not agree more
     
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  13. driverwoods#1787

    driverwoods#1787 Well-Known Member

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    Good Point and you are missing Another Second Generation diesel multiple-unit the Pacers which are perfectly suited for TVL if the 1989 paint is included. In real life both Pacers and Sprinters were ordered to replace ageing 1950s Class 101s
     

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