East Coast Way Remaster Discussion Thread.

Unless someone is working on remastering them as a passion project in the background, I suspect that JT would likely be involved in a remaster of both routes. Given that their hands are full with Preston to Crewe and Cumbrian Coast, I think we might be waiting a while for remasters on these routes. As someone who lives on the Tees Valley line, I think that the route is too short and I would prefer an extended version. The route length limits it's potential as a UK freight network style route similar to Clinchfield Railroad. The line branching off from Marske just before Saltburn is a very scenic coastal freight only line to the Skinningrove steel works and Cleveland Pottash mine at Boulby. Additionally the Bishop Auckland line is needed to complete passenger services with the Weardale line up to Eastgate to have complete end to end services with the class 31 up to the cement works.

Edit: not to mention the pacer would be needed on a remastered Tees Valley line. 1989 was the last year that the class 101s were in service so it is unrealistic to only see class 101s on the line at this time. Either the 142 would need layered in from Blackpool Branches or a separate class 143 pacer loco add-on would need to be made in Provincial and Tyne and Wear PTE liveries.

 

I would also like this, in particular up to Bishop Auckland

 

So, Thomas getting his own game, GWE remaster tomorrow, East Coast Way remaster in a couple of weeks and they finally fixed the broken TSC update this week. Yeah, I´m happy for a change. Keep up the good work DTG.

 

All we need now is a fix to the blurry textures issue

 

And a million other bugs and we will basically be sorted!!