Set in 1966, this 83-mile stretch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad runs from Mendota, IL to Chicago Union Station — a hot corridor where freight meets commuter hustle. The full run of the “Racetrack” — CB&Q’s famously high-speed triple-track commuter and freight corridor east of Aurora. There would be heavy freight, including TOFC (trailer on flat car), Manifests, and mixed freights. There would be 50-60 trains per day, There are several yards, those being Eola Yard at Aurora, Clyde Yard in the Chicago area, Zephyr Pit / Roosevelt Road Coach Yards, Mendota Yard. There were also several local industry spurs. Rollingstock EMD E8 EMD E9 EMD GP7 EMD SD7 EMD GP9 EMD SD9 EMD SD24 EMD GP30 EMD GP35 EMD SW9
Now these Locos I would like to see in-game, in my lifetime, I doubt it, But who knows, anything can happen. And yes, with years of grime showing, they have done some work.
This would be a great vintage DLC and maybe a way of getting around the current railroad obstructions as regards modern freight routes. However as noted above, I just don’t see DTG in their current state as having any zest to produce a route of this nature.
I've requested this route a few times too, and I would totally buy this. We could also get this route as a BN early-mid 1990s route with rebuilt E-Units, SD40-2s, SD60Ms, SD70MACs, and rebuilt GP30s/GP35s (GP39Es/Ms/Vs). The version I really want is the Metra/BNSF modern route (with Amtrak included for more operations), but I don't think that will happen any time soon.
