Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Amtrak With Train Sim World 2

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  1. pipanminuta#9703

    pipanminuta#9703 Well-Known Member

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    DB BR 187 (but not from dtg)
     
  2. erg73

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    We have it here :)

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  3. Cramnor

    Cramnor Well-Known Member

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    Can you actively chose it or is it random if you get the train with this livery?
     
  4. TinTin_57

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    You can choose it
     
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  5. Isaac101

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    I've just received the free update for the Amtrak 50th anniversary livery and I'm speechless. I don't know what to say. All I can say is Dovetail you've done an amazing job creating this livery especially as it's sponsored by Train Sim World 2. Wow! Thanks again dovetail for making brilliant routes and locos for us to enjoy especially this one. Many thanks from Isaac101

    Here's a video of the amtrak 50th anniversary livery update I made. Enjoy
     
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  6. neddyie116

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    Still no update here on Steam?
     
  7. Michael Newbury

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    Just starting to update now on Steam
     
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  8. Krazy

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    I just realized that this update added the Amtrak depot services to the service list! Neat.
     
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  9. breblimator

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    Oh, this is nice :)
     
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  10. PegasusLeosRailwayFanatix

    PegasusLeosRailwayFanatix Well-Known Member

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    Despite the fact that they released this livery, there are still problems with the service, I am still being held by a red light, and then when I contact the dispatcher it said denied, no route available. They still didn't fix any red signal problem at all yet. When will this fix be coming out? It's not only this route but other routes as well. :|
     
  11. metro north railfan 224

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    I think that's because you need to wait for another train to clear the block.
     
  12. metro north railfan 224

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    I'm not sure I understand.
     
  13. neddyie116

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    In Southampton Street yard there were two in this livery both 662 on PC?
     
  14. AtherianKing

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    I’m guessing it’s to do with because its selectable so numerous locos can have it (if you can select it so can the game) but as it’s number is 662 this involves both of them keeping the same numbers

    it’s the same way if you create your own livery, multiple in the route can have it as it’s up to the game load to select what it uses
     
  15. neddyie116

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    Right I understand you!
     
  16. appledates#4945

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    Being from the north east I love some good Amtrak liveries and this one is great! Thanks DTG!
     
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  17. PegasusLeosRailwayFanatix

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    I waited so long, also look at the map to see if any train was blocking my path but clearly see nothing.
     
  18. breblimator

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    More services is always nice.
    Amtrak depot's moves were previously cuted out.
    Now they are back (playable).
     
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  19. Nielsen

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    Livery is the last thing this route needed. I just tried another Amtrak service, but had to quit halfway through (as expected).

    Half the distance between Providence and Route 128 I was once again held up by caution signals for no apparent reason, so arriving on time just wasn’t going to happen. How many years will it take for this issue to get sorted?
     
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  20. LeadCatcher

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    Amtrak is notoriously late - more so on their long distance runs over NE commuter but timeliness is not what you think about when it comes to Amtrak. Not saying the signaling does not need to be reviewed - but what I do in such runs is just assume there is either an emergency slow order - track repair or whatever and go ahead and follow the signaling as a driver would have to do in real life in such a situation.

    It is up to you how you approach the simulation and like I stated, it would be great to get the signaling be correct, but when life presents you lemons - you have a choice to either enjoy and make lemonade or just suck the sour fruit. I choose the former and enjoy myself.
     
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  21. Nielsen

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    TSW is not comparable to life throwing lemons at you. It's a product we paid for, so DTG is accountable for delivering something that works within the defined boundaries of the simulation.
     
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    So let me guess we just going to have to wait for this route to be fixed especially the red signal.
     
  23. LeadCatcher

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    There you go -- sucking on the lemons again -- happiness is in your control - choose however you want to react since the situation isn't going to be changing immediately - if it causes you so much angst - I would suggest another pass time - come back in a few months to see if it has been rectified -
     
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    So your solution is to just pretend that the bugs, in a product that you've paid for, don't exist?
     
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  25. JustWentSouth

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    I don’t mean to speak for LeadCatcher. However, for me, it’s something more like accepting that any software is going to have bugs. I wish this game were bug free and, admittedly, some bugs bug me more than others. However, there are so many things in TSW to enjoy and appreciate, even with the bugs.

    This game is my escape. If I focus on the bugs and not on the enjoyment, the game is not doing its job in my life.
     
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    You're right, and I enjoy the game as much as anyone. But I don't ignore or gloss over the major bugs, some of which go back many months, if not years. If we do not bring these up to the developers, we become enablers and they have no incentive to fix the problems. For many players, they can be game breaking, preventing their enjoyment and that's not fair play by anyone's standard.
     
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  27. Nielsen

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    Really? We are actually on the TSW forum where criticism related to the game is supposed to be posted. There’s no need to be so dramatic.

    As for waiting a few months to see if the route has been fixed… Already waited several months by focusing on other routes since this was launched, and here we are still, but now with an additional livery. Go ahead and live by your life lemons analogy, but it doesn’t apply to a contract between buyer and seller. Important fixes on every Rush Hour route are overdue.
     
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  28. Rutger Luiten

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    I saw on youtube that a console player had 25 services with the acs 64, but I only have 16 services on PC. I don’t see the depot runs.
     
  29. TinTin_57

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    I can see the depot runs ok, I'm on PS5
     
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  30. Crosstie

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    They are there on PC now.
     
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    Not pretending anything - just working around them and not throwing my toys out of the pram as they say..
     
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  32. driverwoods#1787

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    1 to 1 with the real locomotive
     
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    Looking at that real life livery DTG really needs to find some money to go big and expand to more international routes Imagine the release of TSW 3 advertised on multiple trains around the world for launch. I know it's not gonna happen but a man can dream. :D
     
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  34. Rutger Luiten

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    Are you using Steam or Epic?
     
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    Another picture of the real locomotive!

    Amtrak 50 anniversary.jpeg
     
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    Who ever came up with the idea of putting a retro amtrak livery with tsw2 advertisement on a real train..., i like it a lot ;). Makes the franchaise special in a way.

    Perfect for a annyversarry
     
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    The retro livery is due to Amtrak is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
    So several of their locomotive fleet - including the GE P42s - were painted with special different schemes.

    amtrak-p42-50th-anniversary-dark-blue-_100.jpg

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    So I believe DTG idea to include the game and their company in a real loco is great!
     
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    Please notice the picture I posted, it is not mine!. The author is: Steve Barry.
     
  39. mrchuck

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    If they do a Amtrak Ge p42 locomotive they’ll have to build a new route like the Amtrak Downeaster from Boston to Portland Maine.
     
  40. Callum B.

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    Surely I can't be the only one who finds the special livery downright ugly? Maybe the retro AEM-7 paint scheme would look fine on its own, but I am quite repulsed by the rest being just a moving billboard advertisement. To each their own, I suppose.

    Cheers
     
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    Just wondering where you get this from. I can't see it on Steam.
     
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    On Xbox to spawn 662 Amtrak 50th anniversary directly press X button there you can get it directly. Doing regular spawn on foot will take ages to spawn it
     
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    On TSW2
     
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