Cheers everyone! I have done a few suggestions in the past, but they always have been a bit... well, let´s just say small and uninformative. Today I would like to make a suggestion for this really amazing route, that would fit perfectly into TSW2! It also was published for the TS a few years ago by Aerosoft. So here we go: General information on the route: The route is part of one of the most important railways in Europe, the corridor Rotterdam (Netherlands)-Genua (Italy) that runs through four countries: Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy. Especially freight trains are running here, but also a ton of regional and especially long distance trains. The part we are talking about is directly above the swiss border, from Basel to Freiburg im Breisgau. On this section of the route there are about 300! trains per day, including ICE, IC, EC, RE, RB and a looooooot of freight. The route itself is about 89 km long and most of the line is equipped with LZB. Freight trains usually take 40 minute runs, regional trains from 40 to 60 minutes and ICE around 30 minutes non stop. Regarding the speed limits, most of the route has a limit of 160km/h, a small part even 250 km/h. But the most important part is, that (like on BRD) there are two routes on this line! This map shows the route from Karlsruhe to Basel, but the part we are talking about is from Freiburg to Basel at the bottom. As you might have noticed, there is a small green line called "Katzenbergtunnel". That is a 9385 m long tunnel with the 250 km/h speed limit. Most of the freight trains (about 140 per day) and all the ICE,IC, EC and a small amount of RE services (about 60 per day) run through this tunnel. This tunnel was opened in 2012 to avoid all the trains running through the villages on the old line and to be faster, but even today a lot of freight trains and most of the regional trains run on the old line. And if the Katzenbergtunnel is closed, then also the ICE and other trains run on the old route. Before we go on to the other parts of the route: I would set the route in about 2015/2016, due to more interesting trains back then. Stations on the line: Freiburg (im Breisgau) Hbf Freiburg St. Georgen (Line from the freightyard coming in) Ebringen Schallstadt Norsingen Bad Krozingen Heitersheim Buggingen Müllheim (Baden) Auggen Schliengen (with split of high speed line through the Katzenbergtunnel and the old line) Bad Bellingen Rheinweiler Kleinkems Istein Efringen-Kirchen (exit of the Katzenbergtunnel) Eimeldingen (connection of high speed line and old line) Haltingen connection to the freightyard Weil am Rhein Basel Bad Bf Trains running on this route: Long distance: ICE 12 (Berlin – Braunschweig – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg - Basel (– Bern – Interlaken Ost) ICE 20 ((Kiel –) Hamburg – Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe – Frankfurt – Mannheim – Karlsruhe –Freiburg - Basel (– Bern – Interlaken Ost) ICE 31 (Kiel – Hamburg – Bremen – Dortmund – Wuppertal – Köln – Bonn – Mainz – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg – Basel) ICE 43 ((Amsterdam – Duisburg bzw. Dortmund –) Köln – Frankfurt Flughafen – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg - Basel) ECE 85 (Frankfurt – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Ringsheim/Europa-Park – Freiburg – Basel – Milano EC 30 (Kiel – Hamburg – Dortmund – Duisburg/Wuppertal – Köln – Koblenz – Mannheim – Karlsruhe – Freiburg - Basel – Zürich IC60 ((Basel – Freiburg – Baden-Baden –) Karlsruhe – Stuttgart – München EC 6/7 (Interlaken - Bern - Basel - Freiburg - Karlsruhe - Köln - Düsseldorf - Bremen - Hamburg) EC 8/9 (Zürich - Basel - Freiburg - Karlsruhe - Köln - Düsseldorf - Bremen - Hamburg) and a few more... regional trains: RE7 ((Karlsruhe –) Offenburg – Lahr – Herbolzheim – Emmendingen – Freiburg – Bad Krozingen – Müllheim – Weil am Rhein – Basel Bad Bf) RB27 (Freiburg – Bad Krozingen – Müllheim – Weil am Rhein – Basel Bad Bf) RB27 ((Freiburg – Bad Krozingen –) Müllheim – Neuenburg) Freight trains: International freight national freight (solo) locomotive runs shunting at Basel and Freiburg AI: ICE at Basel and Freiburg (ICE) EC at Basel TGV at Freiburg RE at Freiburg and Basel (Dosto) S at Freiburg and Basel Swiss S (from Luzern-Sursee) at Basel (flirt) IRE at Basel (Br612) RB at Basel and Freiburg Freight Rolling stock: The trains we already have and would fit on this route: Br143 wth Dosto on RE and RB and freight services Br146 with Dosto on RE and RB Br112 with Dosto on RE and RB (not sure on this one) Br101 with IC coaches on IC and EC ICE 3M on a few ICE services Br155 on freight services Br185.5 on freight sevices Br185.2 on freight services Br182 on freight services Br363 for shunting Br204 for shunting Vossloh G6 for shunting every freight wagon Trains that could be added: Br111 for RE and RB services (with N-Wagen or high entry Dostos) (on this picture with N-Wagen) Br401/ICE1 for most of the ICE running on this line Br152 for freight services Br120 for IC and EC services This one would also fit perfectly with the following one: IC-cab car for IC services Br185.1 for freight services Eaos Sdggmrss Pictures of a few stations: Freiburg: Müllheim (Baden): Katzenbergtunnel: Istein: (note that this also happens a few times: when the Katzenbergtunnel is closed the ICE also run the old line like it was before 2012) Basel Bad: Conclusion: Well, you have seen and read a lot on this route now, but if you would like to know something more, just reply in this thread and I will take a look at it! In my opinion this route has to come to TSW. It is a more rural line, has a very long tunnel, almost only LZB and high speed limits, along with a ton of trains and two very big stations and freight yards. I can only recommend this route to everyone who hasn´t got it for the TS classic and would love to see this one in TSW2. But what do you think of this route? Have you got a different idea of rolling stock on this route? Have I forgotten somthing? I am happy to read any reply Cheers! (Pictures and informations are mostly from Wikipedia)
