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Season of Reveals 2024 - Week 3
Welcome to the final week of Dovetail Games’ Season of Reveals 2024! Featuring brand-new updates and announcements across all of our titles, we’ve been revealing news for Train Sim World, and also looking further at TSW VR: New York & City Transport Simulator: Tram, and still have more to come!
This is our Week 3 article, and you can find a recap of Week 1 and also see our announcements from the Week 2 article.
As a reminder, we’ve created a full calendar that spans December, where we’ll be sharing a new announcement across our socials and communities each weekday, leading up to an extra special reveal this Friday, December 20th. On top of all the amazing announcements throughout the month, we have also been celebrating with weekly community giveaways you can join for free and have a chance to win Train Sim World Add-on keys!
This article will be updated each time we share a new reveal this week, and will help keep everything together in one place - it will also feature exclusive announcements and sneak-peeks at announced TSW projects to conclude each week, so be sure to stay tuned and be sure to follow us on our social channels and community groups for the latest information as soon as it’s shared - See you soon!
Dec 16th Reveal - Update on Manchester Airport Commuter
Hello everyone, we’re starting this week to give you more news about the Manchester Airport Commuter line, a new route coming from the Alan Thomson Simulation team!
Explore 27 miles of track between Manchester Piccadilly and the famous paradise of Alderley Edge. The route includes two key spines, a mainline via Stockport and the Styal line via Manchester Airport, converging at Wilmslow. Both branches offer busy commuter traffic into the heart of Manchester and recently formed of the BEE network.
Included with the route is the Class 323 Northern and Class 66, with additional layers for the Class 350, 390 Pendolino and ScotRail Class 158.
Discover an improved Manchester Piccadilly, featuring a full station concourse including fully explorable Metrolink and taxi rank areas.
Also find multiple modelled depots along the route, including at Ardwick, Longsight, Manchester International & Stockport Sidings. The timetable will make great use of these depots, ensuring every aspect of works are undertaken from multiple movements, shunting, coupling, and wash and fuel runs - meaning the action never stops!
Find some of our previous screenshots and details sharing on Manchester Airport Commuter in our November 2024 Roadmap.
Dec 17th Reveal - Update on Santa Fe Gameplay Pack for Cajon Pass
Today we’re checking in with more news coming from High Iron Simulations team on their upcoming Santa Fe Gameplay Pack for the Cajon Pass route, representative of the early 1990s.
Be taken to a time when “Warbonnet” red-and-silver and striking blue-and-yellow AT&SF diesels powered heavy tonnage and hot intermodals across the legendary California Pass.
It will feature two Santa Fe locomotives, the SD40-2 in AT&SF’s blue-and-yellow freight livery, and the powerful C40-8W dressed in the Warbonnet red-and-silver livery. These will reflect Santa Fe-specific details, including the distinctive inset lower headlight of the rebuilt SD40-2s and the unique “gull wing” cab of the C40-8W diesels.
The pack will also include three all-new Santa Fe freight cars:
- A 350,000-series two-bay cement covered hopper;
- A 36000-series 86-foot auto parts boxcar;
- and a ribbed-side three-bay grain hopper.
The pack will aim to deliver exceptional operational authenticity, with a timetable and scenarios based upon Santa Fe’s actual freight schedules of the era, bringing freight schedules of the 90s, including “Super Fleet” intermodals, manifest freights, unit trains, locals, and switching operations, you’ll be left with a packed timetable and challenging scenarios.
Union Pacific, which via trackage rights shared Cajon Pass with the Santa Fe, will be represented in the pack with an Electro-Motive SD40-2 and with playable timetabled movements constructed from Union Pacific freight timetables (Union Pacific gameplay will require the TSW Sherman Hill route).
We’ll be working with the High Iron Simulation team to bring more news for this pack, and share new screenshots once they're ready.
Dec 18th Reveal - New Screenshots for Spoorlijn Zwolle – Groningen
“Goedemiddag” Hello everyone! As we approach our final reveal, we're continuing our journey through more updates on previously announced projects, and for those of you eager on more screenshots for our upcoming Dutch route, Zwolle – Groningen, you're in luck!
A new country and a new challenge awaits you! You’ll be getting your hands on two new highly iconic Dutch trains with the route – Peering over the raised cab of the uniquely shaped NS ICMm “Koploper”, and dashing between commuter towns with the modern NS SNG3, you’ll have a great entry to our first Dutch content!
As for the route itself, we don't have any screenshots to share yet, but you can expect a twin-track electrified mainline running between two major cities and exploring the rural landscape of the Netherlands over a staggering 105km of track, with 8 new stations to explore!
If you’re running the sprinter services, you can expect this to take about 70 minutes if you visit every station!
We can’t wait to experience this new journey with you to the Netherlands next year, so expect more information in the coming months.
Dec 19th Reveal - New Details for Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn: Mannheim - Kaiserslautern
It’s time for another new update in our Season of Reveals – today we’ll be checking in on the announced Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn route!
From the complex up and under of track in Mannheim you wind into the hills and gradients - For those hearing about this scenic twin-track adventure for the first time, get ready to mix gameplay between winding hills and gradients, with faster express operation as you travel the 65km length track between Kaiserslautern to the city of Mannheim.
Set in the early 2010s, enjoy glorious scenery as you discover the 16 stations along the line with a full run in the BR 425 EMU, and also includes the DB BR 111 for regional traffic, and DB BR 406 ICE 3M for the high-speed traffic.
For those of you on Gen 8 platforms who weren't able to pick-up the recent Gameplay packs for Train Sim World 5, this is also a chance to grab the modern BR 111 (with updated pantographs) included in the route.
Stay tuned for more details on our development for Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn add-on across our channels!
Week 3 Bonus - New Screenshots for the Cargo Line Vol. 3 & Vol. 4 Packs
As our weekly bonus reveal, coming in ahead of the final annoncement tomorrow, Skyhook Games has provided us with a range of fresh screenshots for the upcoming Cargo Line Volume 3 and Volume 4 packs!
These packs have previously added new liveries, detailed rolling stock and wagons, as well as brand-new scenarios to routes in Train Sim World, and you can expect more of that to come in the upcoming add-ons. Sit back and enjoy the close-ups!
Cargo Line Vol. 3 - Intermodal
Cargo Line Vol. 4 - Military
Both of these packs are moving towards final development and are having beta tester feedback implemented before moving onto further testing. We'll be sure to check back in when they're closer to being released, with new details on what you can expect.
As a final teaser from the Skyhook team, here's a sneak peek at a new unrevealed add-on we'll be announcing in the new year...
This now leaves us with only one more door on our season of reveals calendar, our grand reveal. We've seen lots of speculation, what do you think it could be? Don't miss out as we share the news tomorrow at 14:00 UTC, and we'll see you there!
Dec 20th Reveal - Mattel’s Thomas & Friends™ is coming to Train Sim World!
We’ve made it! A chock-full calendar of festive treats. We’ve shown you updates, Add-ons, work-in-progress teases, and released new content for Train Sim World... but, seeing as it’s the season of giving, we have one final surprise for you...
We are delighted to announce that Mattel’s Thomas & Friends™ is coming to Train Sim World!
In collaboration with our friends at Mattel, Thomas & Friends™ Visit the West Somerset Railway will be an Add-on coming to Train Sim World next year. Naturally, the star of the show is Thomas the Tank Engine, with his friends Annie and Clarabel joining him. Adding an element of mischief is Diesel and the Troublesome Trucks. What will they get up to?
Unlike previous Add-ons, the gameplay here is entirely story-driven, with a fun narrative that follows the adventures of Thomas and his friends during their visit to the West Somerset Railway.
Stay tuned tomorrow as we sit down with a special guest to talk about this new, exciting collaboration. Hopefully, they’ve saved some mince pies for us!
We’ll also talk further about this very exciting release in the new year.
In summary:
- Mattel’s Thomas & Friends is coming to Train Sim World!
- Add-on title = Thomas & Friends Visit the West Somerset Railway
- The Add-on will require both Train Sim World 5 and the West Somerset Railway route Add-on
- Included characters: Thomas the Tank Engine, Annie, Clarabel, Diesel and the Troublesome Trucks
- Gameplay will consist of a multi-part story with a fun narrative
- Tutorials for Thomas & Diesel will exist in Training Center
- An additional timetable will feature the Thomas & Friends characters
- The characters can be driven on any route Add-on using Free Roam
- The Add-on will release in 2025
Our Dovetail Fireside Chat spotlight, with more information on Thomas & Friends™ coming to Train Sim World, is now live!
Hosted by Jamie, our resident Thomas fan in the Community, join Executive Producer Matt Peddlesden and special guest Ian McCue as they explain more about bringing Thomas to Train Sim World, and Ian's involvement with Thomas & Friends over the years.
And, if you haven’t already, you can grab Train Sim World 5 now to prepare for Thomas’ arrival, with our Free Starter Pack and great value bundles.
The West Somerset Railway route Add-on, which was remastered back in February, is also available on all platforms to buy in preparation for this future Add-on.
From everyone at Dovetail Games... Happy Holidays! We hope you all have a healthy, safe, and joy-filled time. We can’t wait for what’s in store in 2025.
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