Bucharest - Galati Route Suggestion

Discussion in 'Suggestions' started by maple#1270, Feb 25, 2023.

  1. maple#1270

    maple#1270 New Member

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    Either a route from Bucharest to Galati, or if that takes too long finish it in Ploiesti Sud or Mizil.

    Romania's a country with a very extensive rail network, with beautiful stations ranging from new and old, as well as very cool (and very old) rolling stock.

    Romania's most used electric locomotive (which would be present on this route) is the 060-EA, AKA the Class 40 or 41 (whose only difference really is the top speed). These locos were first made in 1965.
    Because of their age, they feature a very interesting tap changer. Instead of different tap settings, it goes *forward 1, forward 2, forward 3, maintain, advance* (with forward 1, 2, and 3 serving as a way to lower the throttle setting).
    Indusi, the Romanian safety system, is derived from PZB, although it has different modes (Freight, Stopping Passenger and Express Passenger).
    The route, although being just one massive long field, is 120km/h from Bucharest to Ploiesti and then 80km/h.
    Let's not forget about freight, Romania uses the same locos for freight as it does for passenger services, meaning less models to make.

    Train Sim Classic has a strong community of Romanian modders. I have seen multiple of my friends express interest in seeing something like that on consoles, which can't be done with TSC, but can be done with TSW. I'm sure it'd be quite good for sales.

    If this route seems too long, or too boring, or too unusable, there are plenty of other electrified or non-electrified routes in Romania, with over 10 Thousand total kilometres of track. I'm sure it'd be fun to model the Romanian Carpathians, or the vast fields of wheat and sunflowers.
     
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  2. nie Kolejarz#7489

    nie Kolejarz#7489 Member

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    Romania and other Eastern European countries would be very interesting to see in TSW. Poland has a lot of Romanian locos like ST43, so that would be really nice. Carpathian region would be interesting because of mountains, but every other Romanian route would be interesting too.
     

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