Hello y'all! Hope everyone is doing well! I'm a longtime railfan of HSC, surrounding areas, and have been there several times. I was thrilled with the news of the release of this route. I downloaded it yesterday and have played through the trainings, as well as a few of the timetable runs. Overall, I'm happy that I get to run trains on this part of NS's Pittsburgh line and thankful! With the old-school PRR signals still on the line, I'm assuming it is set in the 2018 timeframe? which is right before they started removing them on the line. In 2016, the HSC railroaders museum paid to have the trees cut down on the bank of the curve for a better view. It would be nice if the game didn't have so many trees on the curve itself, so we could enjoy the view coming into Kittanning, into the curve itself. The topography is pretty far off as well on the westerly and easterly approach to the curve. By MG if you look at a topo map, it is a significant hill dropping off from the southerly side of the tracks. The same for the Western approach to the curve. The southern side of the tracks has a good drop-off overlooking the valley. Up until a year or two ago, there were no DPU's on the rear of the trains, they were all manned helpers. They still use manned helpers, but DPU's are being implemented more and more. I wish the trains were longer. a 44 car train going around the prototypical size curve looks small! I hate to nitpick! Overall I'm happy with the addition of the route, and can't wait to play some more!
