With the old NEC from TSW2020 now a thing of the past, and several mentions for an amtrak route being made in the future by DTG, and the new capability for highspeed trains, it seems like a perfect storm for DTG to make a new NEC route for TSW2. With my own preferences in mind, I was wondering what the community wanted to see before anything gets added to the roadmap. Keeping in mind the limitations of how long a route can be, in terms of time to produce, I have chosen these six routes as potential builds for TSW2. All of them apart from the old NEC and New York-Stamford include high speed. One that I haven't seen suggested yet is Providence-New London which would bring high speed and fantastic waterside scenery as well Boston-Providence (about 40 miles) Washington-Baltimore (about 40 miles) The old TSW NEC (New Rochelle-Newark Airport) (about 35 miles) New York-Trenton (about 60 miles) New York-Stamford (about 40 miles) Providence-New London (about 60 miles) Personally, I would like something different than what was in the first NEC. The old Acela would be a wonderful addition, and running it at high speed would be fantastic. Therefore I would like to see either Washington-Baltimore or Boston-Providence created for TSW2. Both these routes also offer commuter services that could be added later, giving them more capability.
I say NY-Philly. The Connecticut section up to NH has a speed limit of what, 90? The old nec section has no stops. If they add NY-Philly, you also have the option of NJ Transit and SEPTA services as well. Plus a section where you go 125-135 mph.
I hope that DTG's lines in the United States will expand from west to East until the railway lines cover the United States. Europe I want to drive Eurostar from Germany to London. After that, there is no need to download the customer service, as long as there is a network, the server can be connected to online services
NEC is needed. We also need a few freight locos, like a CSX ET44AC, SD70MAC, SD70ACe, or ES40DC/ES44DC/ES44AC for heavy freights and a Genset, GP38-3, SD40-3 or GP60 for switching and locals. For passenger services, an Amtrak Avelia Liberty or Acela Express is necessary, as well as NJT, SEPTA, and Amtrak ACS-64-powered commuter services. Also, ditto on the Eurostar route and the cross-country US network.