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DTG WIP: Miami - West Palm Beach
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 9:26 amby jonmorrie
Re: DTG WIP: Miami - West Palm Beach
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 9:33 amby OpenRailer90
Finally! A Florida route! I suspect this will come with Tri-Rail or Sunrail commuter stock and maybe an FEC SD70M-2 or ES44C4.
Sorry, I didn't read it yet. (Internet is restricted from where I'm typing now)
Re: DTG WIP: Miami - West Palm Beach
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 9:36 amby jonmorrie
tycoonkid9 wrote:Finally! A Florida route! I suspect this will come with Tri-Rail or Sunrail commuter stock and maybe an FEC SD70M-2 or ES44C4.
Sorry, I didn't read it yet. (Internet is restricted from where I'm typing now)
My guess is that it's just the South Florida Rail Corridor, which would be CSX, Tri-Rail, or Amtrak. If it includes the FEC also, that'd be the best treat ever.
Re: DTG WIP: Miami - West Palm Beach
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 11:26 amby bpetit
Hopefully it is not 99% sunny because that would be absurd.
Re: DTG WIP: Miami - West Palm Beach
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:08 pmby rawocd
Very exciting. It's nice to see DTG focusing on commuter rail lines in the US instead of just long distance Amtrak and freight.
Any thoughts on how they will deal with the new central station? I can't imagine that they wouldn't include it, but what fate will that leave Miami's current amtrak station in?
Re: DTG WIP: Miami - West Palm Beach
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:18 pmby JohnTrainHead
Not a huge fan of Florida but this route could be pretty neat.
Re: DTG WIP: Miami - West Palm Beach
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:30 pmby ColoradoRailfan
WHAT, A FLORIDA ROUTE???? Thats Nice!!!!
But seriously, Miami- West Palm? Couldnt they make the route longer? Thats a short distance, like 65-70 miles long.
Re: DTG WIP: Miami - West Palm Beach
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:34 pmby fecrails
Re: DTG WIP: Miami - West Palm Beach
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:38 pmby JohnTrainHead
ColoradoRailfan wrote:WHAT, A FLORIDA ROUTE???? Thats Nice!!!!
But seriously, Miami- West Palm? Couldnt they make the route longer? Thats a short distance.
Meh, 70 miles aint bad.
Re: DTG WIP: Miami - West Palm Beach
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:39 pmby buzz456
ColoradoRailfan wrote:WHAT, A FLORIDA ROUTE???? Thats Nice!!!!
But seriously, Miami- West Palm? Couldnt they make the route longer? Thats a short distance.
70 miles.
Re: DTG WIP: Miami - West Palm Beach
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:46 pmby ColoradoRailfan
Yep edited my post after googling it and finding out it was around 65-70 miles. Lets hope that they will add some FEC trackage.
Re: DTG WIP: Miami - West Palm Beach
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 5:11 pmby fecrails
The screenshot is of the historic West Palm Beach Seaboard Airline Station built in 1925. The view is looking northeast from the west side of the tracks and DTG has done a very nice job on the model!
This is CSX, Amtrak, Tri-Rail track. This route is a very densely populated urban area that parallels I-95, so 70 miles will be quite a challenge to model. This is awesome!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Palm_ ... il_station)
Re: DTG WIP: Miami - West Palm Beach
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 5:57 pmby jonmorrie
Now let's pray for some Viewliners, Amfleet IIs, and a Heritage Diner
Re: DTG WIP: Miami - West Palm Beach
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:07 pmby ColoradoRailfan
And probably for DLC's we can have Tri-Rail F40's, Bombardier cab cars, and a AMTK Silver Star/Meteor trainset.
Re: DTG WIP: Miami - West Palm Beach
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:08 pmby GSkid
70 miles is about half what the long routes are. I have no problem with this if it results in more concentration on accuracy of the route and it's track side objects. Making a 140 mile route accurate scenery-wise is much harder and time consuming.
I'm glad to see a Florida route....water, marshlands, beaches..... good stuff.
