That would be mid-2000s then. I think it would be a tall order as the commuter services would need 321s and 360s and you'd be adding a 90 and its DVT along with a DBSO. Not that I'd complain, it would be a great DLC but it would be more JT's style to go for the 80s or 90s with one type of intercity with the 86 and a new DBSO, a new Class 321 for the slower services, add a coach to the 314 for a 315 as part of the pack for Shenfield stoppers and then add a Class 312 as an additional piece of rolling stock later on (a la WCML and the 86). Plus, the 321s could be repurposed as either 320s for Cathcart Circle and Glasgow to Edinburgh. The 312 could be used further down the WCML for a backdated version of Euston to Milton Keynes with 86s, 87s and 313s. The later 360s have only appeared on Heathrow Express (which wouldn't go to Heathrow) and if there was a modern MML from St.Pancras to Bedford.
The blue sky one between them is the main poster / image for the WCMLS Route from last year. Another looks like a US loco. Not sure about the rest though!
I agree that endless GWR “cucumbers” lol would get old pretty quick, for the same reason as ECML without 91’s.
The blue one is San Bernardino Line. The dark one is the US pack: Acela + NYT Route. Just nothing to see there.
Im all for taking a core UK route away from rivet and giving it to JT. At least we’ll get guaranteed quality and actually some ai traffic coming the other way.
I think the recovering the GWR license is not such a big deal as it once was now all UK passenger operators are being nationalised anyway and all equally within the foreseeable future. For that reason I think SWR is in with a decent shout. Some have said Waterloo wouldn’t look busy enough - why not? Presuming it would come with the 450 or 455, the latter most likely as the dlc train because it will sell like hotcakes, and the in game 158 could happy represent their 159’s. Enough types for a busy terminus. The other advantage would be bringing much needed life to Clapham Jct where the MildMay 378’s could also be bolted on whilst they are tinkering.
SW is a good shout, I think we'd see a 159/444/450/701 combo though as much as I'd love a 455. I assume the Timetable would include plenty of ECS test runs for the 701 and a couple of scenarios based on a software failure.
I remember hearing that they plan routes a year in advance, and SWR only became nationalised in May, and I imagine they plan routes in which they are guaranteed the licence. That is unless they set it in the SWT era which would be spectacular, but I can't really see it because SWT stopped in 2017 which is 8 years ago now and right now DTG only really make content set no earlier than present day. That said, the roadmap article said "expect the unexpected", so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Something GWR/TfW (yes Wales, looking at you!), SWR (a bit early to me, given its recent renationalisation) or maybe TPE! Personally, I'm not a big fan of SWML, don't ask me why! Couldn't give you an answer about! As for "Take a ticket" routes, could imagine: c2c, Chiltern or anything NT related!
Did the 90s ever work with the ONE DBSOs? I thought that the 86s and Mark 2s were directly replaced by the Class 90s and Mark 3s cascaded from Virgin.
Yes, the DBSOs outlived the Class 86s and were finally withdrawn in 2006, one of them even managed to get itself repainted in the hideous "One" livery. The 90s ran with Mk2s and Mk3 for a while. It was a very gradual transition, starting with the removal of the Mk1 buffet cars around 1998/99. I don't think a DVT ever run with a Class 86 for Anglia though. Well, I never saw one.
