Hello Dovetail, I am going straight to the point; Add the CN Mesabe sub. It is a great route with many challenging grades and ore docks in Duluth. The route spans from Duluth, MN to Largo, MN. It has many ore trains a day as well as some manifest and unit trains sprinkled in. I (and many many others) absolutely love the type of power used on it, that being the SD40T-2/SD45T-2's and the C40-8's. I think this route would be an amazing addition to what you already have in TSW3/TSW4. And honestly, I know I'm not the only one getting tired of running the same trains only on different routes with different power, and this route would completely changed how people view the game. "They'd go from, man this is so boring with constant Gevos and the same railcars every route." To, "Man, I love this new Add-on, the hundred ore cars being fully loaded with 3 tunnel motors (or a tunnel motor and C40-8/vise versa) and massive grades is very challenging, I really enjoy having power I love with a challenge. And the switching at the Ore docks and proctor yard?! Man! this add-on is the greatest ever!!!" (slight exaggeration) I personally believe adding the Mesabe sub with new SD40T-2/SD45T-2's (im just going to refer to them as tunnel motors), new Ore cars, a new engine to customize, AND a nice challenge would be perfect for what we are imagining for TSW4. Sincerely, Nash Railfan P.S. Pretty please
This would be an awesome route with a couple of cool locos. It would be cool to see a steam-era (1940s-50s) version of this route and get a DM&IR M3/M4 Yellowstone, ex-B&LE 2-10-4 Texas, a 2-10-2 "Santa Fe", and 0-10-0 or 0-10-2 heavy switcher. For DM&IR diesel power, I'd suggest an SD9, SD18, SW9, SD38/SD38AC/SD38-2, RSD-15 "Alligator", and/or an Alco C630.
I literally just made this suggestion last month.... https://forums.dovetailgames.com/th...issabe-subdivision-ex-dmir.76474/#post-756491
