Tsw2- Great Eastern Mainline London To Ipswich And Braintree

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  1. MrSouthernDriver

    MrSouthernDriver Well-Known Member

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    The 19th Century London Liverpool Street is the City terminus point of the Great Eastern Main Line before the line winds through the suburbs of London and past the Olympic Park, into Essex and on to Suffolk.

    The locos:

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    The British Rail Class 360 Desiro is an electric multiple-unit class that was built by Siemens Transportation Systems between 2002 and 2005. The Class 360 is currently operated by East Midlands Railway and Rail Operations Group.

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    The British Rail Class 90 electric locomotives were built for mixed-traffic duties, operating from 25 kV AC overhead lines and produce 5,000 bhp. They weigh 84.5 tonnes and can typically achieve a top speed of 110 mph

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    The Class 66 is a type of six-axle diesel-electric freight locomotive developed in part from the Class 59, for use on the railways of the UK. Since its introduction the class has been successful and has been sold to British and other European railway companies. In Continental Europe it is marketed as the EMD Class 66


    What’s included?

    • Full 70 mile route from London Liverpool Street to Ipswich
    • Branch line from Colchester to Colchester Town, Witham to Braintree, and Ipswich to Felixstowe Container Terminal and Docks Route landmarks including Stratford, the Olympic Park, Chelmsford, Colchester and Manningtree
    • Greater Anglia Class 360 EMU
    • Greater Anglia Class 90 EMU
    • And The Freightliner Class 66
     
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  2. twiggy#9635

    twiggy#9635 Well-Known Member

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    I would love to see this, it might be a bit too long for DTG atm (unless the new unreal engine allows more length) but I would so love to see the GEML especially with the Class 360 Desiro
     
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  3. driverwoods#1787

    driverwoods#1787 Well-Known Member

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    This is actually a classic train simulator 21 route that needs to be in TSW2.
     
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  4. ARuscoe

    ARuscoe Well-Known Member

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    The 360s could also "layer in" to GWE as Heathrow Connect services as far as Hayes and Harlington
     
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  5. kieronhookway98

    kieronhookway98 New Member

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    GEML would make me purchase TSW2, still currently play the old TS game for GEML.
     
  6. Tank621

    Tank621 Well-Known Member

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    Plenty of freight opportunities with this one and not just containers either with Chelmsford Recp., Marks Tey and Ipswich Griffin Wharf providing some variety.

    Plus of course, plenty of potential DLC options such as the Class 86s for freight, Class 315s for the Shenfield shuttle and the stalwart Class 321.

    The GEML is what draws me to TS most often and to have it represented in TSW would be fantastic.
     
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  7. ARuscoe

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    Always crashed for me, just outside Stratford
     
  8. Tank621

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    I have occasional issues with it but I always assumed that's a result of using the full route mod
     
  9. ARuscoe

    ARuscoe Well-Known Member

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    Nah, the original route is kinda buggy and messes out the memory, been happening for a couple of years at least. It was kinda the last straw I had with TS, hence switching to TSW which worked right up until the last update with no crash bugs whatsoever... had a few since BML though
     
  10. kieronhookway98

    kieronhookway98 New Member

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    64-Bit version of the game solved this issue for me. There's also a route optimisation mod
     
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    formulabee#1362 Well-Known Member

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    Couldn’t do as the hex and hc 360’s wear a different livery and are a different variant

    Also we could have the class 321 as a dlc
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  12. kieronhookway98

    kieronhookway98 New Member

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    Love the class 321's. Living on the route it's amazing to me that they're still going. The Armstrong powerhouse class 321 enhancement pack in TS was excellent. Felt like I was back on the platform with their old great eastern livery. Nearly as nostalgic as the old class 86 Anglia livery.
     
  13. Woroszyl The NS 2000

    Woroszyl The NS 2000 Well-Known Member

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    i agree because of class 90
     
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  14. 43050

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    With class 90s, now you are talking!!!!!
     
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  15. Buggleskelly

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    Won't be as accurate though as the 360/1's consist of 4 carriages, and the 360/2's (Heathrow Connect) were made up of 5. Still a step in the right direction though, at least they would make Paddington a little more "livelier".

    I'm also all for the Class 90's. It's a shame they never got a proper send off from GA, it was all done very quietly. At least they can still be found on freight journeys.

    Maybe the Dusty Bins could be the default train in the new route as they're the backbone of the GEML and have the 360's among the dlc instead.
     
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  16. Jonne1184

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    No matter how often this false claim is made, it is not the Unreal Engine limiting the route length.
     
  17. ARuscoe

    ARuscoe Well-Known Member

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    True, hence them saying "A bit too long for DTG". The "bottleneck" is the amount of devtime given over by DTG rather than any inherent issue with the engine
     
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  18. GarethDavies21

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    Personally live on the Braintree Line,

    If they were to do it. It's likely that the 755/745's would be used. Just because the GEML has loads of stock on it and to condense it down it would make sense, also, who wouldn't want a 745/755 :P
     
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    I think you'd get 720's, 745's and 321's as passenger trains with 66 and 90s on freight.
     
  20. 43050

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    Err… me!
     
  21. kieronhookway98

    kieronhookway98 New Member

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    Living on the GEML myself I'm not a fan of the newer trains on the route, give me an old 321 bin or chattery 156!
     
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