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It's not. It comes with the ČD class 843, a Czech railcar from the 90s.


Petr Štefek, CC-BY-SA 3.0 cz

 

Oh, I wouldn't say that. The core content is a bit weaker, yes (the others getting a new route and two locos each while the Germans get one remade and expanded existing route and one loco).
But the "new" route expands upon one of the most beloved existing ones, and the BR 294 has been one of the most requested German locos for a while now. I see great value in it, since it could layer into literally any existing German route, greatly enriching the freight and shunting part on those.
The further outlook is not too shabby either. Stuttgart-Heilbronn could turn out to be a very interesting route with new features (do they dare recreating the Heilbronn tram-train system?). The 140 is another much requested loco and could layer into many, many existing routes as well. The Wittenberge cab wasn't that much requested, but could see widespread use too and sure adds some variety. It can also be used in conjunction with the much beloved Dosto's
Add to this the Expert 145 and Maik's upcoming 420... I think we're off to a good start

Saw that too, a bit disappointing. I'm no expert but I think at least the passenger ambience could have been implemented on older trains without too much hassle. It will be a bit odd if one train's passengers are chatty, and the next ones aren't.
Same goes for the announcements. At least the newer routes (regarding German content, the Frankfurt area ones and perhaps Ludwigsbahn) could have gotten the treatment, to keep them up to date.
Honestly, of all the new features, the "random events" one was the one I least expected to be added retroactively to existing routes

 

Oh that is hellfire!

However I do hope their 750 will use the older sounds prior to the exhaust being fitted with more silencing. In their original guise the 749’s and 750’s sound uncannily like the old BR Type 2 Sulzer Classes 24 - 27.

 

It would be nice if we could now have an extension from Milton Keynes through to Birmingham. As with the new Birmingham to Crewe and Just Trains Crewe to Preston, we could soon drive from London to Carlisle if the extension at Milton Keynes was completed.

 

I agree - part of Milton - Birmingham is sorely missed((

 

Oh fair enough - I'll withdraw my comment.

 

Your not the only one that feel excited, i am also excited as well, especially hearing we are finally going to get the long awaited ask by the us community side a new metro north route, which turns out to be the stamford line. It was between the Hudson Line or the Stamford Line, which they ended up choosing the stamford line. I believe they say they are going to post a new article regarding take a ticket route map that showcase every unannouced route and train. I really do hope that they will add more detail regarding the stamford line. ANYWAY SO EXCITED.

DTG Matt DTG JD: Since the team are going to do the new stamford line, they should really look into improving the grand central terminal ESPECIALLY Because for the previous interation on the Harlem Line, That Grand Central Terminal Does not LOOK Like how its protray in the real world, especially the Lighting of it was awful. Please make this happen.

 

i have a feeling that down the line they will added. i also was disappointed to find that old contents are getting these feature as well. Hopefully they will added once they take care of all the mention route and asset before the Spring of next year. I know that Mod would do something about this.

 

Becareful now you will be accused of patronizing and condascending.

 

I was very pleasantly surprised for this years release. Lots of really neat & interesting (and tbh quite unexpected!) stuff on the way. The 3 core routes all look really good.

I'm hangin' for the Morristown Line for sure. I'm all for some good US content and this is no exception. On RailGuide it says that the trackage up toward Dover is Norfolk Southern? Is that correct, we need more NS stuff as it seems to be on limited time.

Riesa-Dresden was interesting, it's already a great route and now there is even more things to do. Does this make the old map obsolete or is it still a stand-alone DLC?

The Riviera line I'm actually super buzzing about! Is it the same 1 as on TSC which I've watched a few times. Even that one looks good and the layers look very busy on the upcoming DLC.

But the big surprise for me was the new countries that are being introduced, how wild is that!! I don't even really know where they are let alone anything about the train environment etc. Craziness....

The new features if implemented properly should be pretty cool too, gives it more immersive and real world situations other than just ding A-B and back etc.

To be fair overall I think it's the best roadmap/reveal whatever that I've seen so far in the series. If there are trains I'll drive them, I'm not fussy and easily pleased lol.

So long as the DLCs look cohesive and run nicely I'm all good so I'm ready for the next journey.

 

The issue is that any announcements are a train by train route my route basis so it's a huge amount of work just for 1 train. It's like the new lighting