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TRAIN SIM WORLD 4 | BR 218 LOCO DLC | EARLY ACCESS FIRST LOOK | #TrainSimWorld4 #TSW4 #BR218
The classic BR 218 diesel is coming 25th June and in this early access video I am running the loco between Hamburg and Lubeck.
The current German rail network is defined largely by long, high-speed electrified lines, hosting a range of powerful electric locomotives. But that wasn’t always the case! A fleet of powerful, noisy diesel-hydraulic locomotives once roamed the tracks, with the DB BR 218 taking up both passenger and freight duties on both main and branch lines.
Prototypes of the 218 were first built in the late 1960s, before the main run of locos entered service between 1971 and 1979. They became staple locomotives running across West Germany due to their impressive power output of up to 2800hp and a top speed on 140 km/h.
Like many German locomotives, their use was extended over many decades through until the early 2000s, with many examples still being active today. As time progressed, they slowly began to be replaced by more efficient DMUs and electric traction as more parts of the network switched to electrified lines.
The primary route for the DB BR 218 loco Add-on is the Train Sim World Compatible Hauptstrecke Hamburg - Lübeck route Add-on. Here players can operate the 218 in timetable mode across 29 services:
15x RE83 services that run from Hamburg to Lübeck (Kiel) hauling n-Wagens
1x RE83 service (11446) from Hamburg to Lübeck hauling a BR 112 and Dostos
2x RE85 services that run from Hamburg to Lübeck (Puttgarden) hauling Dostos
11x freight services that run between Rothenburgsort and Lübeck using included freight
The 218 leads on northbound services. In addition, further services include:
16x RE83 services that run from Lübeck to Hamburg using the n-Wagen cab car
1x RE83 service (11447) that runs from Lübeck to Hamburg using the Dosto Cab Car, with a 112 in the formation
1x RE83 Depot service
2x RE85 services that run from Lübeck to Hamburg using the Dosto cab car
With the DB BR 218 and all other layers, Hamburg - Lübeck now has 271 playable services.
In addition to the BR 218 layer, with this timetable update; owners of Niddertalbahn will find that the DB BR 628 in its modern red livery also now appears as AI at Lübeck Hbf - the 218 is not required for this additional layer.
4x Scenarios are also included for this route covering both passenger and freight operations.
Players with both Hamburg - Lübeck and Maintalbahn will be able to operate additional services on the more recent Maintalbahn route Add-on. This is to represent a period between December 2017 and 2018 where Westfrankenbahn required additional traction to replace a DB BR 642 that had been allocated elsewhere. A DB BR 218 was provided.
There are a total of 19x RB88 and a handful of shunting depot services. The 218 operated RB services instead of RE, as in reality, RE services on the Maintalbahn operate on a request-stop basis, but the Dostos have no ability to request a stop and the 218 driver wouldn’t be able to see it, whereas the RB services are all stoppers anyway.
Players can also enjoy an ‘express’ style service in Free Roam to recreate the occasion of a 218 rail tour which arrived on the line in 2019. These locomotives (albeit in liveries not represented in-game) also ran along lines in Linke Rheinstrecke and Niddertalbahn which players can choose to represent in Free Roam.
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Thanks to Dovetail for providing early access as part of the Ambassador programme.