I put one already on the workshop. great idea! First strange, but makes sense in 2D. You can distinguish the trains much better, and also the colors have now a bigger impact on the look of a train than with a roof view, as roof often is just grey... Maybe that's the way to go in future... I think BAHN had a similar view.

i think it was you who said something like:"i love nice textures, but i still can't tell which train leaves the depot". when i tought about it and looked at the top down and sideviews of this one, i tought the only way is to take the sideview.

Once I said at least something similar, because I did more care on the texture which I see in the train listing field than the view on map with all those train roofs;-D I even had trouble sometimes to check if my composition was right in the standard roof view, so I think this here is very good alternative. If many people make trains like this, maybe one day something like a double mode would come into game, so you would always have the choice. But it would mean more texture work.

i like your idea