About The Munich–Mühldorf railway is a 84.676 km (52.615 mi) long main line in the German state of Bavaria, which opened on 1 May 1871. It runs from Munich East station via Markt Schwaben and Dorfen to Mühldorf. The travel time between Munich East and Mühldorf is currently about an hour. The 21.1 km of line between Munich East and Markt Schwaben is double track and electrified. Between München-Riem West junction and Markt Schwaben the Munich S-Bahn does not have separate tracks and so S-Bahn trains have to share the line. The line speed there is currently 140 km/h and in places only 120 km/h. Electrification ends at Markt Schwaben. The 45 km of line between Markt Schwaben and Ampfing is only single track despite substantial passenger and freight traffic. The section from Ampfing to Altmühldorf has been doubled Rollingstock Passenger DB 245 DB 218 DB 628 DB 423 (s2 services) Freight DB 247 (class 66) ex-freight DB 217 DB 225 DB 232 & 233
Awesome suggestion! Lot of stock variation, diesel & electric. European shed would be cool to see, different handling than the 66! Bavaria is an area where there hasnt been lot of contect yet either!
Honestly, at first when I saw this, I wasn't too much into this idea. But the more I think about it, the more potential emerges. With 74 km from München Ost to Mühldorf, it would be one of the longer routes, which is good. Although the "feel" of the route along most of its run (at least between Markt Schwaben and Mühldorf) would be very Maintalbahn-ish, since it's a single-track, mostly straight-lined, diesel-powered main route going through mostly rural/slightly urban terrain with speed limit of 120 km/h. Regardless, this route has much more to offer than Maintalbahn, in my opinion. In the electrified part from München to Markt Schwaben, the regional service is held up by the S-Bahn München, the current S2 line. Bonus wish: Add the small branch from Markt Schwaben to Erding, it's only about 14 km and would give the S2 a proper terminus! Ingame the 423 is the obvious choice for these services. Perhaps at some point even supported by the eventually-finally-someday-after-an-eternity-to-be-released 420? Regional traffic between München and Mühldorf has long been and still is a domain of the 218 with Dosto's, supported by 245/Dosto's and pairs of 628. Since the 218 and 628 will be soon/are already ingame, those are an easy choice. One particular thing this route would have to offer which Maintalbahn hadn't, is an abundance of freight traffic. The part between Markt Schwaben and Mühldorf is known to be one of the most densely frequented single track rail lines in Germany, in large part to all the cargo hauls to and from the area around Mühldorf and Burghausen. Depending on the era, those services would be dealt with by 218, 225 (simply put a "cargo 218"), 232 or 247 (class 66) as shown in the original post. Especially in the electrified part, there are also some shorter cargo hauls happening to and from Feldkirchen, Heimstetten and especially the container terminal near Riem. The 185 could be the loco of choice here, for example. There are also some shunting opportunities for the omnipresent 363 especially in Mühldorf, rearranging freight trains mostly. Fans of fast long-range trains do get the short stick here though, as far as I am informed there's no regular IC/EC traffic. Occasionally some are being diverted along there, but only if there's some trouble on the Rosenheim-Salzburg route. Those redirected IC/EC's would then be pulled by 218(s) with the regular electric loco tagging along "cold". Could make for some interesting scenarios for the 218, though Overall, this route could offer a little bit of everything for (almost) everyone. I'd gladly buy it
I‘m reviving this thread because it’s (as far as I know) the most recent Mühldorf suggestion, and I just keep thinking about how cool this would be for the game. Mühldorf is known as a sort of “diesel paradise” here in Germany because it is one of the last (relatively) big interchange stations that is still completely non-electrified. Under the Südostbayernbahn brand of Deutsche Bahn, you’ve got big trains with massive modern diesel locos coming from Munich, and smaller trains (DB BR 628 and 642) going to interesting locations like Landshut, Passau, Burghausen and even Salzburg on smaller, idyllic branch lines. And don’t forget about all the BR 218 units standing around in Mühldorf, and the freight trains hauled by German BR Class 66 locos! You’d basically only have to develop 1.5 new locos (the huge diesel loco for the Munich passenger trains and the German Class 66 variant) to portray the entire vibrant Mühldorf diesel scene. As for route extent, tons of possibilities exist. Going to Munich is the obvious one, ideally paired with one of the shorter branches so the DMUs could also be used for more than just AI and stabling moves. But you could also choose multiple of the DMU branches and create a real Südostbayernbahn network route. For example, combining the Salzburg and Landshut branches allows for a direct journey from Austria all the way to Lower Bavaria that is more than 2 hours long, without posing a big challenge scenery-wise (the most complex section from Freilassing to Salzburg can be completely reused from the Rosenheim-Salzburg DLC). In my opinion, a route making use of some of the various Südostbayernbahn lines around Mühldorf would be a great way to leverage existing rolling stock and scenery to create something truly unique.
