Consistently Named German Rolling Stock Please!

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  1. Oelix

    Oelix Active Member

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    Hey there,

    here's something that might be easily fixable (?): The inconsistent naming of the rolling stock in the menus, like the "Spawn"-menu. I'm talking about the German content since that's the one I use most.

    When I sort by name, I should get everything nicely together since almost everything should start with "BR" for "Baureihe", like "BR 110 DB". That's not the case though, since some have the DB in front, some don't have space between BR and the number, or something else is off.

    Examples:
    BR 110 DB - that's how it should be - BR, Number, Operator
    BR155 DB - missing space, leads to wrong sorting
    BR 193 Vectron - should have RP as it's the Railpool version
    DBB BR 365 - wrong order, and maybe related to this being older, "Deutsche BUNDESbahn"? But...
    DB BR 628.2 - ...is from the same era (both from Niddertalbahn)
    DB185.2 - missing space again, also is the Railion one, the other 185s are labeled as MRCE etc.

    Not a big thing, but something I'd like to see changed.
     
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    lewielevy Well-Known Member

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  3. tranquil#5345

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    But BR can also stand for British Rail, so perhaps it would be better for all German stock to start with DB? For example DB BR 110 rather than BR 110 DB. There is already confusion between the British class 101 and the German class 101, they are both referred to as BR 101 but they are totally different. This is only going to get worse as more classes are added.
     
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  4. Oelix

    Oelix Active Member

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    True, though in the system suggested above BR as in British Rail would be an operator, like GWR or NT. I think I remember Matt talking about telling the 101s apart by calling the German one "BR" and the British one "Class", the German and English terms for the same thing. So everything British would be called something like "Class 101 BR", or "Class 43 EMT".

    Also, of course, this can be remedied by setting the filter to show only either British or German rolling stock.

    To make things even more clear, we could also replace the German abbreviation "BR" with "Baureihe". Putting the operator like DB first is not a good idea since you then get locos with multiple operators all over the place.
     
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