Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) has taken to their Instagram Page, seems their Instagram social media manager is having a little fun, interested in joining TSW. Hopefully Dovetail Games and Altamont Corridor Express can maybe come to a licensing agreement from this. It'd be nice to see some more American commuter routes that are not in the northeast USA. DTG JD would it be possible to send this to the licensing team at dovetail for them to look into it? For those of you that are unaware, this is the exact way MBTA came into Train Sim World 3, except for Instagram, it was a tweet MBTA posted expressing interest. And here's a more in-depth suggestion thread for the ACE route: Route Proposal: Altamont Pass ( Ace & Union Pacific) Stockton - San Jose | Dovetail Games Forums
If that happened I doubt they’ll do the full line which is around 84 miles or something but I’m tired of seeing F40PH that’ll be a great opportunity to have a Charger SC-44
On one hand, this should be interesting to see how DTG is gonna pull this off from past records. On the other hand, another US commuter route that DTG can butcher like Trenton or Cajon Pass. Either way, I would not be surprised (and not minded funny enough) if the F40 gets reused again, along with Bombardier Coaches attached. While the new loco for this route, not so much high hopes for that.
I'd definitely be interested in one of the smaller US commuter rails like ACE, Rail Runner, FrontRunner or Sounder, especially if they're a bit more on the scenic side. The low amount of services could be a bit of a turn off, as is the case with most US networks outside the NEC to be fair, but of course it's realistic and would fit the feel of a route with relatively low ridership. Plus there'd still be freight. Unfortuntely I also have a feeling that the length would probably be the deciding factor, unless they'd decide to shorten it. But since ACE only operates one line and trains always run the full distance that would be one hell of a cop-out again. With only eight passenger trains per day you'd think it would at least be impossible to butcher the timetable.
I wouldn't put Cajon remotely in the same category as Trenton. It has a few problems, but on the whole it's a pretty good route.
Hopefully, unless they do something stupid like not include the storage tracks that ACE uses during the mid day to store trains just past Tamien Station so there is no shuttle runs between there and San Jose.... Or cut AI layered in Caltrain and BNSF traffic (Caltrain between Santa Clara and Tamien and BNSF traffic at the Stockton Diamonds)
Curious to see train operators requesting to be represented in a game. What would they gain with it? Would it simply be some extra marketing to attract more passengers? Do they want to interest people into driving trains, since they might be looking for more engineers? Or is there some other gain for these train operators?
It's a fairly boring route that's largely snakes through hills that are typically covered with dead weeds. I suppose Niles Canyon gets slightly more interesting but I think there's some historic/tourist train that also goes through there. The trains themselves are basically the same as Caltrain (well, specifically the Bombardier ones), just in a more tacky color scheme. Also keep in mind that most of the trains run either very early or very late so much of the route is in the dark (either pre-dawn morning or night).
Add my dismay to more F40’s. Also, as much as I do like the idea of US content, I just feel like there’s no point in DTG making it anymore, it never gets any effort & is always the lowest quality DLC. I certainly don’t get excited about it anymore.
Minimum effort, recycled trains, maximum profit. Sounds like a perfect candidate, from the bean counters' perspective.
The fact rail operators are trying to get included in TSW and talking about it on socials can only ever be a good thing for the game irrespective if it's a route you'd buy yourself. Let's just celebrate the fact.
Seeing as how the route has so few services, it probably isn’t worth it on its own unless you fictionalize the timetable. So what if (and I’m spitballing here) we take Peninsula Corridor, which at one point was a great route, and: finally fix it Give it the TSW3 treatment, upgrade the clouds etc Give it functioning safety systems Extend the route by adding an ACE from San Jose, and obviously having it terminate somewhere before Stockton (since Stockton is like 80+ miles from SJ), so maybe 5 stops in? Give us the Challenger, not just the F40PH I know they don’t really do extensions in TSW but there’s exceptions (SEHS) and we’d potentially get Peninsula Corridor’s return to greatness out of it. I don’t know what’s feasible and what’s not here, but just throwing it out there
Weirdly enough TSG Media posted this video to their YT page a few days ago. A bit dated, as ACE only had 3 services each way back then, but it does show off a good chunk of the route itself as well as other bits around the line. EDIT: This seems to of been filmed in 2005, alot of changes in railroading since then.
Sweet content man. Looks like somewhat of a leisurely route but I'm sure there's some challenging grades in a lot of areas.
Hopefully the license could be obtained for both TSW and TSC, that way if the route isn't feasible for TSW, at least TSC has the option for the route.
Well, here's hoping for the route to succeed or bust in the future if it happens (though maybe better successful in TSC than in TSW due to the timetable complaints, just saying).
Yeah, that timetable makes it a no-go in TSW. However it has potential in TS without the need for a full timetable.
