Who Think That Dtg Should Start Creating Longer Realistic Route, This Year?

I don't think an international German-Austrian route is out of the question. Austria uses essentially the same signals and safety systems as Germany, so DTG wouldn't have to do new ones from the ground up; and since the OBB has partnered with DTG before I can't see licensing being an issue. And the workhorse locomotive of the OBB is the Eurosprinter Taurus, which would amount to little more than a reskin of the existing BR 182. One possibility is the main line München-Rosenheim-Kufstein-Innsbruck; another is the scenic Alpine Garmisch- Mittenwald-Innsbruck run.

 

DTG or third party? I agree the route is feasible but I doubt if DTG would be up for it with what they have said and done so far.

 

The easy ones to reskin are 1116 and 1016 due to them being identical to DB BR182 but the 1216 needs to be a scratch built design due to it having 4 pantographs like the MRCE BR185.5. The other locomotive needs to be introduced is Vectron ÖBB 1293 001-085 Italy equipped Belgium Netherlands 173-200. Introduce them on German routes that will change the timetable Schnellfahrstrecke Köln-Aachen 07:30 Köln Hbf 08:15 Aachen Hbf Hauptstrecke München-Augsburg Railjet 63/66 20:43 München Augsburg 21:13 return is 08:43 Augsburg 09:13 München Hbf. Nightjet EN40490 Hans Albers Innsbruck Hamburg Altona with EN424 421 Innsbruck-Brussels/Amsterdam 22:50 München Hbf 23:23 Augsburg the return trip for that one is 06:28 Augsburg Hbf 07:28 München Hbf. The most recent Nightjet ÖBB on Hauptstrecke München-Augsburg is EN468/469 This one doesn't stop at München Hbf but goes to München Ost from Augsburg Hbf. The way to play that train is ÖBB 1116/1016 1216 player control to München Pasing AI off map to München Ost. Because the existing 185.5 runs the Nightjet Wien Hbf Paris est on Karlsruhe Appenweier-Strasbourg Paris Est section.

 

As an aside, this afternoon I finally added the Bakersfield Sub (Bakersfield to Fresno) to my Run 8 collection. That means if I so desire, I can drove a continuous 516 miles from Fresno to Seligman. Then on top of that you have the routes from Mojave and Barstow respectively down into LA.

DTG should start thinking along this sort of modular approach. In terms of scenarios or timetables - give us the editor and we will create our own.