Below I have compiled a fairly comprehensive list of British types currently absent from DLC lineups. Great Western Express Class 57 and Mk3 Sleeper stock Class 59/0 & 59/1 with aggregate wagons Class 165/1 DMU Class 180 DMU Diesel Legends of the Great Western Class 22 Class 35 Class 42/43 Maybach (42) NBL-MAN or Paxman Ventura (43) Class 117 & 121 DMU Class 123 DMU Class 128 DPU Class 251/261 Blue Pullman sets West Somerset Railway Class 14 Class 35 Class 42/43 Class 104 DMU Class 120 DMU East Coastway Class 60 Class 377 EMU variants as yet unmade Isle of Wight Class 03 and engineers wagons Class 05 Class 485/486 EMU London Commuter Class 33/1 & 33/2 Class 73 Class 455 EMU Class 700/1 EMU Legends of LBN Class 403 5BEL Brighton Pullman EMU Class 423 4VEG GatEx EMU Class 73, 488/2 & /3, 489 GatEx formations Class 460 Juniper GatEx EMU Class 442 5WES GatEx EMU Southeastern High Speed Class 70 (diesel) Class 92 Class 465 EMU variants as yet unmade Class 466 EMU Tees Valley Line Class 56 Class 142 or 143 Pacer Northern Transpennine Class 25 Class 123 DMU Class 124 DMU Class 128 DPU Class 141 Pacer Cathcart Circle Class 318 EMU Class 320 EMU Class 303 EMU (Legends of CCL) West Cornwall Local Class 43 (valenta) with Mk3 coaches Class 50 with Mk2 coaches Class 118 DMU Class 122 DMU Legends of Glasgow Edinburgh Class 126 DMU Class 27 push pull formations Class 47 push pull formations Midland Mainline Class 153 DMU Class 156 DMU Class 220/221/222 DEMU Class 251/261 Midland Pullman sets (Legends of MML) Peak Forest Class 45 in BR Green Class 104 DMU in BR Green Unique Types Class 41 Warship (DLoGW & WCL) Class 70 Electric Locomotive (both variants)(LBN, ECW & SEHS) Class 140 Prototype Pacer Class 210 DEMU Class 252 Prototype HST Class 370 APT-P EMU Class 445 & 446 PEP EMU APT-E GTMU I would like to hear your thoughts and also any further suggestions that I may have missed.
Perhaps some ideas for the alleged release of Preston to Blackpool set during the BR era would be nice to hear. I guess this will come with the Class 142 Pacer and a diesel electric locomotive. Not too sure what else ran here during this time.
how can you release a northern route but not have the 331/195 come on man but it looks like a promising route in terms of location it would also be nice to join up nottingham with leeds and sheffield but i don't think that will happen for another route sadly.
How about Tees Valley Line Class 60 prototype Class 58 Bone. Birmingham Cross City Line Class 196 Class 730 SEH Class 92 the Channel Tunnel freight loco SNCF BB22200 TVM-430 version can layer to LGV this was called Class 22. Service pattern for both locomotives Ripple Lane to Ashford International. Because the in-game timetable doesn't reflect high speed 1 freight.
Not sure what the purpose of this list is? We can't expect all of these to be made, if any given how infrequent loco add-ons for existing routes are nowadays. The most common types would be most beneficial, where they would add the most services to the timetables. Anything more obscure like one-off prototypes would add little benefit as they could only add a small handful of services to play.
It is a list of types that could/should all come to the game at some point. Many of these would better populate existing routes. If DTG are really interested in making money, as any business should be, then perhaps it is time to start working on at least a few of them. I wish to one day see as many TOPS classes brought to life as possible.
Wonderful mate, a fair few of these would be able to cross onto other routes, the 56 on NTP and 25 on PFR jump to my mind straight away.
How about Class 92 on BCC it has enough power to make Lickey Incline easily due to it being two electric locomotives in one due to Channel Tunnel regulations which requires electric locomotives to have duplicated systems.
In just what reality do you see DTG making even half this list,let alone the fact that very few TSW players would have enough spare euros to buy everything you listed.
They should strive to create as many as possible to further enhance gameplay/collectability. As far as purchasing is concerned, I cannot see any issue as people currently only buy what they wish to buy or can afford. TSC has a massive catalogue of routes and types but I very much doubt that everyone owns everything.
Unless we actually one day get Heathrow Express branch added, I see very little point in the dedicated Class 332 EMU as there is no logical endpoint because they don't stop at Hayes and Harlington.
(It's a driverwoods special - a fact that is technically true but has literally zero value for anyone or anything)
A 60 probably could though it would have to be a layer from another route as there would be very few services on this route. Of course this is pressuming they still run up lickey as I haven't been there in years.
I don’t think 58s ever worked into Teeside, if they did it was certainly not often. Same with the 92s up Lickey
All round the Class 56 would be the top of my list (despite my love for Sulzer Type 2’s and Class 50’s). Would be at home on TVL, NTP and GWE. We also do need another heritage DMU, preferably the 104 but I would settle for a 108 or 117. EMU wise, well any and all of the classic BR SR DC units would be on my wish list, along with a 303 for Cathcart Circle. But sadly as others have intimated, it seems original thought and enthusiasm for servicing existing content have gone out the window at DTG TSW department, in favour of pushing the latest 15 mile commuter yawnfest.
If we got new types to use, there might be interest from new players in some of the existing routes as there would be so much more to do than is currently the case. This is why we often hear negativity towards the older routes as there is only so much that can be achieved. To use DTGs point that they are a business with the need to make profits, this is a perfect opportunity to do just that. Many routes, with the exception of LBN seem vastly underpopulated and deserted compared to their real world counterparts.
Nice list, it would be nice to see some of this made. A class 421 for a backdated or legends for BML would be useful. A class 108 for NTP as well. There is also a whole roster of steamers which could be built for SOS and PFR. I can't imagine any case where a class 92 would have worked up the Lickey, unless some kind of test. There is no freight which would start or end at Bromsgrove where the OHEL ends. I hope we do see an uptick in loco/stock DLC for existing and future routes it has been lacking in recent years. The class 700 and mystery German DLC are hopefully promising signs.
Once again a great suggestion elarthur hope majority of these dlcs get made one day. Though maybe you could add a br class 153 dlc for TVL you'll only need to change the year it's set slightly but from what I've seen on a old video most stock currently used on the line were around on the line at the time.
The class 101's were long gone from the area by the time the 153's were introduced, a new timetable with the 153 instead of the 101 would work well.
We used to hang around Reading station a lot in the early seventies and seeing the Hymek 35 and Warship 42/43 classes coming through was very common. I would love to see those and the silver painted Pullman class in TSW which we really looked forward to seeing pulling into the station . In it's day it looked space age to the other engines...a sad day when they were taken from service.
There has been quite a bit of discussion on the forums over the years about what the Blue Pullmans sounded like, as there don’t seem to be many (any) recordings in existence. Opinions vary from a slightly muffled Hymek, to similar to MTU engined HSTs.
Possibly, but it could do a bit on the other lines and it wouldn't hurt to add it in for some variety.
The engines were the same NBL-MAN units as found in Class 22 Baby Warship (single), Class 41 Warship (pairs), and Class 43 Warship (pairs). Sadly none survived of any of these classes. However, Class 22 Society have one power unit for their proposed Baby Warship new build project which I strongly recommend looking up.
The 331 doesn't operate on the glossop line. If it came out it would probably do AI services around manchester piccadily
Yes any of these would be a great addition particularly the class 25 on the trans pennine route and class 27 and 47 on the push pulls and the 73' s on the Gatwick Express . I remember these trains so it would be great to actually be able to drive them thanks for suggesting it
That's only at Piccadilly, I believe that the only trains that operate to Glossop and Hadfield are the 323s currently.
323 239 at Glossop on a Hadfield to Manchester Piccadilly servicec 158 847 at Manchester Oxford Rd on a Nottingham to Liverpool service 195010 at Guide Bridge on a Manchester Pic to Rose Hill service Yes your wright the 323,'s work the Hadfield trains .The 331's work the Mancheter Airport services .The EMR Class 158 s work the Nottingham to Liverpool services on the through Platforms at Piccadilly its usually a pair of Class I58's They only work on part of the route so it will be probably why they are AI only .TPE trains travel on the Glossop line between Manchester Pic and Guide Bridge but they don't stop anywhere .Also you the get class 195 on the Rose Hill service as far as Guide Bridge not sure if they will ever include it in the game
