Hi Robert, it's an amazing route which offers a lot of potential for scenario creaters like me. Great to see that you have enjoyed and of course many thanks from my end for your positive feedback. Cheers, Coasty

Great little run thoroughly enjoyed thank you

Hi crlynch, great to see that you give this series a try as well and that all worked well. Many thanks for your positive feedback. Cheers, Coasty

Great workshop thanks, all ran well. Enjoyed.

Hi David, Many thanks for the flowers... great to read that you even drove it a 3rd time now.... and I wouldn't be surprised if you have seen little details which you may have overlooked before. Regarding AI it's all about planning and then (countless) testing to ensure that the player never ends up in a dead-end situation. With regards to my creations, you are getting the most out of it when you always aim to drive as close to the line speed as possible.
Hope you will enjoy the 2nd part as well.... Best regards, Coasty

Hi again, Coasty! As I intimated yesterday evening, I have driven this Part again this evening! I enjoyed it SO much yesterday! The AI is absolutely fantastic, and how you get it all to run so perfectly is a complete wonder to me --- but you are so successful with this! Thank you again for all the care that you take so that we don't get AI crossing the path and AI collisions, etc., etc. I want specially to mention that I liked all the track-side construction activity that was going on on the right at one of the first stations (can't remember the name!) --- extremely well done! Thanks again for the lot! And kind regards, David.

Hi David, Great to read that you drive this little series again. The BR155 is my favourite German loco, but indeed, it needs a few miles to get familiar with it. You need to be patient and do NOT brake as long as the tap control is not down to "0" - then you shouldn't get any need to reset the tap control.
Once familiar, this loco is really a dream to drive, but I have to admit it's easy to say for me as I have run this loco for several thousand miles :-)
I really feel pleased and honored that you drive my creations more than just once AND I of course really appreciate to get a feedback, which more and more doesn't seem to be common for the users, to give a feedback (good or critical) to the creator. Hope you will enjoy part-2 again as well and I'm looking forward to hear from you. Best regards, Coasty

Hi Coasty! In going again through my portfolio of scenarios, I have reached your "In the West" scenarios and I have just thoroughly enjoyed driving Part 1. I've enjoyed it so much that I'm going to drive Part 1 all over again tomorrow evening! I just want to savour all the AI activity, especially around Cologne. I think I was concentrating too much on my driving this evening!! But you do have to get used again to driving the BR 155, with its tap changer (and sometimes needing to reset the tap changer)! Thank you SO much for all the work in producing this, especially with all the AI. As I said the last time, you are the MASTER when it comes to producing scenarios --- the overall quality is outstanding! My kind regards, David.

Hi 9736828, Thanks for your positive feedback! Great to see that you liked it!.
Hope you will enjoy part-2 as well. Cheers, Coasty

El mejor escenario que he jugado hasta ahora. Good job!

Hi Laux, Danke für Deinen netten Worte bzgl. meiner Kreationen. Gruss, Coasty

Du bist auf jedenfall ein Geheimtipp. Würde mich über ein Frankfurt Koblenz Güterszenario freuen, gerne mit be- und entlade Modus.:) Die Strecken gelieferten Szenarios von den Publishern können da meistens nicht ansatzweise mithalten, dabei könnten die mit Liebe zum Detail die Leute an das Thema binden.

Hi Laux, Danke für die Nachfrage. Derzeit bin ich noch auf Ideen/Streckensuche. Sicherlich wird wieder etwas von mir kommen, aber es wird noch dauern, weil diese Art Szenarios sind sehr zeitintensiv zu erstellen. Da ich ein "Fracht-Freak" bin und auch gerne die Hauptstrecke verlasse, wird eher etwas mit Gütern/Fracht von mir kommen, als Personenzüge... Gruß, Coasty

Coasty kommt was neues dieser Art von dir? Gerne auch mal mit Personenwagen?

Vielen Dank.:) Hab so ein Szenario bisher im Train Simulator weder finden, noch spielen können. Bei Trainz, dem Schwester Spiel dazu, war das schon als Szenario mitgeliefert worden.

Hallo Laux, kommt mit auf die Liste.... Gruss, Coasty

Würde mich freuen, wenn du da etwas einbinden könntest?:)

Hi Laux, stimmt - bei Hagen-Siegen gibt es mehrere Industrieabzweigungen wo Kohle/Erz beladen werden kann. Gruss, Coasty

Glaube ich hab das sogar auf der Hagen-Siegen Strecke unterwegs gesehen. Man muss für jeden Waggon einzeln den befehl Laden/Entladen beim Erstellen eingeben, sowie ich in einem Forum gelesen habe. Denn im Academy Modus oder auch auf einer Amerikanischen Strecke konnte man einen Schotter/Kohlezug entleeren. Ich mag so kleine Features im Spiel, sehr gerne.

Hallo Laux, welche (deutsche) Strecke hast Du gesehen? Wenn die KI das kann, dann geht es auch für den Spieler - und ja eine Diesellok ist dann Voraussetzung (kann ja auch die BR232 sein). Ich vermute bei Konstanz-Villingen gibt es das (habe es aber nie probiert). Gruss, Coasty

Hab gesehen im KI Modus funktioniert das beladen. Ein Szenario mit der Dieselok BR294 oder 218 könnte als doppel oder dreifach Traktion doch die Lösung für so ein Traum Szenario sein?:)

Hi Laux, Danke für Dein positives Feedback. Es freut mich, dass Dir das Szenario gefallen hat. Spontan fällt mir keine deutsche Strecke ein mit einem funktionierenden Container-Kran. Bei den UK-Strecken gibt es ein paar - aber dann benötigt man eine Diesellok, weil die Container-Bahnhöfe mit den Kränen machen eine Oberleitung an der Stelle unmöglich.
Ja, es gibt zahlreiche deutsche Loks, die ich mir ebenfalls (vor allem als "Pro"-Version) wünschen würde.... Gruss, Coasty

Danke "Coasty" für dieses schöne Szenario, mit dem schönen KI Verkehr. Wäre es möglich mal ein Güterzug Szenario zu erstellen, wo man vor der fahrt erst einmal Container beladen muss, welche man am Zielort wieder entladen muss?? Diese Lok ist einfach Klasse, die neuen Baureihen, die mag ich nicht so sehr. Die Baureihe 151 ist auch eine super Güterzug Lok. Leider bietet der Entwickler vR keine Lokomotiven auf Steam an. Eine Empfehlung wären die Baureihen 110, 140, 141,150 die vermisse ich hier im Sortiment.

Hi postman, es freut mich, dass Du Dir die Zeit nimmst auch diese kleine Serie zu spielen. Erneut vielen Dank für Dein positives Feedback und ich hoffe, Du hast ebenfalls ein wenig Spass mit Teil-2 auf dem Weg nach Koblenz. Gruss, Coasty

Wie immer ein schönes, gut durchdachtes und liebevoll ausgearbeitetes Szenario. Danke.

Hallo ***** (5-Star :-), Danke für Dein positives Feedback. Es freut mich, das die das Szenario gefallen hat und ich hoffe, Du hast ebenfalls Freude mit Teil-2.... Gruss, Coasty

Selten so gut durchdachte Szenarien gesehen. Das Intro ist ein Leckerbissen! KI-Verkehr grandios! Bin durch das rail-sim.de Forum auf Ihre Szenarien aufmerksam geworden. Chapeau!

Hi JustWentSouth, Many Thanks again for your warm words - really much appreciated. Great to see that you liked it..... and even played it once more. This is actually a good idea, as then you know what happens and may have more time to see what's going around :-) Cheers, Coasty

I am surprised at the thumbs down opinions. This is truly one of the best scenarios I have encountered in Train Simulator. It is a great mix of dealing with main line traffic and switching. I ran it again tonight and was able to go a little faster which enabled me to encounter even more AI traffic. Fantastic!
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2068757130

Hi JustWentSouth, Great to see that you liked it.... and many Thanks for your kind feedback of course. People seem to have mixed emotion on this scenario as in the meantime I'm collecting quite a few 'thumbs-down'.... but this is life. Hope you will enjoy the 2nd part as well. Your screenshot is really nice :-) !
Cheers, Coasty

This is spectacular! One of the best scenarios I have experienced. Many thanks! I loved the AI traffic:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2067612350

Hi schulz_roswitha, Danke für Dein Feedback. Es freut mich, dass Dir das Szenario gefallen hat. Mittlerweile sind es insgesamt 9 Szenarien mit der BR155 quer durch das Land. Grüsse, Coasty

Hi Erdaepflschaeler, Thanks for your feedback - great to see that you liked it. Cheers, Coasty

ES war wirklich eine Freude diese Aufgaben spielen zu dürfen. Danke sehr habe natürlich danach noch viele von deinen Aufgaben heruntergeladen. Hoffe das mir diese auch solch eine Freude bereiten.

Thank`s for this perfect scenario!!

Hi Cali, Great that you give this series a try - and even better to read that you liked it. Hope you will enjoy part-2 as well .... it won't be boring.... Cheers, Coasty

Great Begin with a 155 loco. the signals are al good at my route and i was at slow speed to a red signal at the bottom . Is ok i was waiting for Passenger Trains at a signal , but is the track free i can go at highspeed ^^ .
The only bad thing ist the new Ara , most Trains are white oder red . no older Trains. But is ok the Scenario is great.. next i make Part 2 .

Hi David, Wow - what a feedback.... but first of all: Welcome back and I hope you had a great time off. Many Thanks once more for your kind and comprehensive feedback. Great to see that you liked it and also recognised the tiny little things around. Indeed a 'busy' area but you obviously had no issue to cope with the traffic :-) Hope you will enjoy the 2nd part as well. Hope all works fine again when you have replaced your graphics card. Best regards, Coasty

Well, Coasty, you have produced another CRACKER of a scenario! Man, this is wonderful stuff! I DO like rush hours and being in the middle of it all, and you certainly have us in the middle of a rush hour getting through Cologne in this one. I think I ought to have heeded your advice and reduced my graphics settings as you suggest, but I'm hoping to install a new graphics card tomorrow, so I'm hoping I might not need to reduce the settings at all! I wholeheartedly agree with Jim Sinclair's comments below --- it is a miracle that you can successfully manage to cram so much AI traffic into a scenario as you've done in this one! You are indeed the MASTER of this aspect; but you're also the master at filling the sidings with interesting stock and placing all the personnel and machinery around the tracks. Your video intro is superb, too, especially with the lighting as the sun is about to come up and the great cathedral bathed in the glow! Kind regards, David.

Hi Jim, Many Thanks for your kind feedback. Great to see that you enjoyed it - even that much that you did the first 15mins twice :-)
To avoid any fiurther confusion I just changed the name for the required DLCs to "Koln-Koblenz" - thanks for bringing this up again as I missed it when Scouser already flagged it.
I hope you will enjoy part-2 as well .... whenever you have time of course. Cheers, Coasty

Hi Coasty! Well, you have created yet another EXCELLENT scenario for us to play and enjoy! In fact, I enjoyed the intro and first part so much, I replayed the beginning up to Task 4! I don't know how you cram so much AI traffic into a scenario, but you are The MASTER at doing it! Oh, like Scouser888 stated below, I also had some trouble finding this scenario in the game. I was looking for a route by the name of West Rhine: Cologne-Koblenz, which I never found. Somehow I figured out that it's listed as Koln-Koblenz, and while I know this isn't your fault, I still have to wonder about the vast difference in the route name? Again, a very entertaining and challenging scenario, and I sincerely thank you for all the time and effort you put into this new series! On to Part 2, but it may be a day or two before I can get to it. :-)

Hi Scouser, Great to see that you finally found it in your library and for giving it a try. Many thanks for your kind feedback, great to see that you liked it and also recognised the tiny little things around such as the intro camera or the 'early warnings' - much appreciated. Cheers, Coasty

Hi Codyandrex, Many Thanks for your feedback - great to see that you liked it and I hope you will enjoy the 2nd part as well. Cheers, Coasty

Well, I have to say, that scenario was a superb creation. First of all, let me tell you where I found it. As indicated by wadawes, it is listed under Koln-Koblenz, which in my scenario list is listed after Konstanz-Villigen, go figure? Anyway, getting back to the scenario, in my opinion, everything was impressive, from the opening intro to all the on screen messages, warning of upcoming speed limits, most appreciated. It seems to me that Coasty spent a lot of time and effort creating this scenario, for us to enjoy, which is most appreciated.

I can just agree to the positive ratings below. I also liked this first part a lot. Everything was explained in detail! There was a high, but still realistic amount of Trains. VERY GOOD JOB.

Hi Budweiser8, Initially the BR155 (incl. the Habbins) was a separate DLC, but since quite a few years it is merged with the Koln-Koblenz-Route.
Pls check whether you see any CAREER (!) scenarios for the BR155 on the Route.
If NOT, then indeed it is a missing item for you and you need to contact DTG and raise a ticket accordingly and I'm convinced they are able to help you.
Btw if you owe the Airport-Link-Extension (which is NOT required for this scenario) then you should see CAREER scenarios for the BR155 as well.
Hope this helps as the BR155 is well worth to have it in the library. Cheers, Coasty

Hi, i get this message : could not load scenario.
Cause i've got no DB BR155 and no Habbins Wagon.
I already check my locals files who found over 5607 missing files !
So it install the 155 blue one, but not the DB red livery.
Are u sure that i don't need the "airport raillink" route ?
Cause i got all the needed routes and euro locos...
So what's wrong ? Any idea to fix it ?

Hi tonix, Many Thanks for your kind feedback. Great to see that you liked it and I hope you will have some fun with the 2nd part as well.... See you in Koblenz :-) Cheers, Coasty

Top szenario like a great " train movie " . much content & interesting story. all works fine. big thank you