by rarecommonsense » Mon Mar 04, 2019 11:52 am
dern.. beat me to it, by 4 minutes lol.. had to delete mine, since there's no point in having 2 posts about the same thing.
BUT.....
Finally, one of my two topmost requested routes/dlc.
I have not posted in the forums in such a long time. But, this brings me much joy.
I am rather slightly disappointed about the endpoint, as it is only half of the MNCR route, though I'm not surprised by it, as I have called it, almost a year ago, when discussing this route on a proposal. Having been quite observant of the business practices as of the last few years, giving a portion of the routes in an effort to maximize profit, Which I'm not personally knocking, except that the distance from NYC to Poughkeepsie, is a little over 70miles. We got well into the 70 mile range with the NYNH, although, missing two major branches. So, I don't get why only half of 70+-mile length of a commuter line. Which would have been pretty sufficient, and gave the Diesel locos more of a purpose. Though, Albany would still be welcomed in a future extension. Hopefully, the next time an extension is done, we'll be taking this all the way to the States capitol.
I seriously hope, they provide older M-series cars for this route, as well as NYNH, as a heritage pack, as they all look strikingly similar in style, albeit with some notable differences. Not to mention, they're truly iconic to these lines.