There’s not a lot of American passenger routes in TSW3, mainly due to most stations and trains having disappeared 52 years ago with the introduction of Amtrak. Passenger rail has been undergoing in recent years, the best example being the first inter-city railway company since Amtrak, Brightline. Brightline’s base city, Miami, has a sprawling railroad network of both freight and passenger, with operators including CSX & the Florida East Coast Railway hauling cargo, and Amtrak, Brightline, and Tri-Rail utilising public services, all in a bright and sunny tropical environment of the Gulf of Mexico. Tri-Rail and the Florida East Coast Railway are the two that own the majority of the track in the area, but CSX and Brightline own a small amount too. I think the best route would be the two lines between Miami and West Palm Beach, with its various industrial branches. The coastal Florida East Coast route was opened in 1896, and the inland Seaboard Air Line route from 1927. Brightline only commenced operations in 2018, but the Tri-Rail commuter service has been around since 1989. Siemens SCB-40 Brightline’s fleet consists primarily of new Siemens Charger locomotives in a gleaming yellow livery, and look quite similar to a DMU, even if they’re not. They boast of speeds up to 130 mph, partly thanks to their streamlined design. Brookville BL36PH Most of the locomotives Tri-Rail operate are of the Brookville type, being their only customer for this locomotive. They have been in service since 2012 and are relatively new, and can reach 82 mph. Alternatively, an EMD F40PH locomotive could also work in this place. EMD GP40-2 These Dash 2 locomotives were built by General Motors between 1972 and 1986, despite their age they are still workhorses seen all over the states. This was the one of the only locomotives that was never ported from TSW to TSW2, but the model wouldn’t have to be redone. Both CSX and the Florida East Coast Railway operate engines of this type. GE P42DC To finish off the list of these locos, all from separate manufacturers, we have General Electric’s Genesis series; which were built for Amtrak in the ‘90s and can be seen on most long-distance services, although they’re nowadays being replaced. This would probably only be additional DLC and make use of Amtrak’s Miami station. That’s the thing. I’ll include a map to give yous a better idea about what the route would look something like. It would be awesome to see sunny passenger rail in TSW3, although there may be licensing issues…
If we get Brightline, the FEC ES44C4 with LNG fuel car and a GP40-2, SD40-2, and/or GP38-2 would be great. Plus, we have most of these engines already in the game (except the GP40-2).
Excellent suggestion! The Miami-West Palm Beach route exists in TSC already and is a blast to run. I would really like to see the soon-to-be-opened Orlando leg as that is all high speed running and includes on of the longest, fastest, most complicated switch turnouts in the country.
