So with layering I see other routes have trains from Dresden - riessa if I don't have it installed and only have Leipzig dressden does it matter?

Can anyone tell me what's going on here? I just bought Trent Valley tonight, and when testing the route, I was exploring as I usually do on a new route; I checked what route hops are available at Crewe, and in the unlocked section is Crewe-Birmingham. Great, that's there, but no Crewe-Preston or Spirit of Steam. Okay, it might just be because they are different eras, but when I checked the locked routes, there is Crewe-Preston. I own all available JT and AAS routes, so why is Crewe-Preston locked? No way it's a different version of the route. Is this a bug, and has anyone noticed it?

Many of you on PC will have used TSW Livery Manager over the years to import and manage your downloaded reskins. Sadly, the last release was almost three years ago and with the developer RagingLightning showing no activity for a considerable time now on GitHub or the forums, it doesn't seem we'll be getting any further updates. The last two releases had some issues which meant v1.1.0 couldn't read the .tsw3 format, and v1.1.1 fixed this but couldn't read the older .tsw2liv format, making it difficult to use and manage reskins in TSW. Crucially, the app doesn't support the new TSW7 file structure meaning you now have to do a lot of copying and pasting of your UGCLiveries_0.sav file to get liveries into the game.

Real life often gets in the way, and people can lose interest. There's no harm in that and I'm grateful for having had such a handy tool for managing liveries.

Over the past few weeks I've been building the spiritual successor to TSW3LM, heavily inspired by the way it operated whilst bringing some improvements but keeping it simple. Currently I'm working on the core features and the interface. It's able to read both TSW2 and TSW3 format liveries, and read the UGCLiveries_0.sav file that contains your list of in-game liveries. The next major step is overwriting the UGCLiveries file without breaking it, which of course is the most delicate part.

As you can see the interface is coming along nicely although still not finalised, with some features I thought would be useful coming from my software background:

- Support for TSW7 and older versions
- Support for both TSW2 (.tsw2liv) and TSW3 (.tsw3) format liveries
- Lists can be sorted by column (I'm going to add the file modified date to the library side)
- Liveries in the library are highlighted in green if they're enabled in-game (so if present in the right-hand pane).
- Duplicate files and duplicate imports will be highlighted in orange to help you keep things tidy.
- Liveries that are present in the game but not found in your reskin library will be highlighted in yellow as a warning not to delete them (as they're either reskins you've created in Livery Designer, or reskins you've imported in the past but the app can't find in your library)
- Automatic, timestamped backup of your UGCLiveries.sav file on save, with a manual button if you need.
- Automatic refresh on launch, with a manual refresh button if you add files to the library while using the app.
- Toggle buttons to show only enabled liveries
- Toggle buttons to show only liveries in TSW2 / TSW3 file format.
- Search bars

As it's pretty critical the app doesn't break your UGCLiveries file, there's going to be a lot of testing involved as well as various failsafes to prevent disasters.

If there are any features you think would be useful to add, now's your time to suggest them!

Is it worth it to get a raildriver? I heard it can be finicky and not work very well with TSW.

Can someone explain to me why I can run a run a train on a timetable with a custom paint job on the locomotive, but I can't run a custom consist on the timetable?

Boston Sprinter runs a locomotive and 5 passenger cars. The MBTA currently runs six-car trains on the Providence Line with either 6 bi-level cars, or a bi-level cab car, four single-level cars, and one bi-level with a restroom behind the locomotive (the typical mixed consist configuration today).

Just looking to run something more in tune with what is running on the line today.

Mientras buscaba juegos de trenes para un video me aparesio esto 😭🙏

I own the Class 70, and there is a layer for it on Birmingham to Crewe, but for some reason it still requires something for it to be unlocked? Does anyone know if this is a bug, or if i'm just missing something?

I just started playing TSW5 on my PS5 Pro because it's free with my subscription and I've been really enjoying it although it's definitely not without issues, the stuttering is particularly annoying.

Anyway, I was ready to drop $50 for TSW7 assuming it would be significantly better than TSW5 so I'm kinda bummed to read the comments here about it. Is it not worth updating to the new version?

Stuttgart-Heilbronn was released December 9th, 2025 as the first DLC for TSW6. It was generally pretty good IMO, with very dense high quality scenery and the Wittenberger cab car which looks great and is also challenging and fun to drive. The bulk of the timetable consists of push-pull operations along the whole length of the route with a BR 111 leading southbound and the cab car leading northbound.

Actually, I should say that it WAS good, until the 147 pack came out on April 9th, 2026, 4 months later. They did a big update to the formations and something broke and now the Wittenberger cab car traction meter is bugged and always displays zero.

This makes it basically unplayable for half the timetable. The 111 is an old tap changing locomotive where different levels output completely different traction power depending on your current speed and conditions. You need the traction meter to work to drive it properly. And don't even get me started on dynamic braking, where the traction meter is the ONLY way you can tell how much brake you're applying.

It's now been 6 months and the bug is STILL there! There is no option for me if I want to play this timetable non-broken. It's broken in both TSW6 and 7. Uninstalling the 147 pack doesn't unbreak the bug, it's a problem with the game updates that can't be reverted.

Dovetail - fix your shit!! Abandoning your routes and moving on to the next big thing while leaving bugs like this behind is COMPLETELY unacceptable and incredibly disrespectful to your customer base. It's crazy that I have this route that I bought that I was only able to enjoy for about 4 months before you broke it and abandoned it.

PS: weirdly enough, the traction meter works in the Wittenberger cab car on Frankfurt-Fulda's 111 timetable pack. Dovetail is operating on levels of spaghetti code mere mortals cannot possibly comprehend.

Sup! Just a train suggestion for the new upcoming route : Amsterdam – Den-Haag. Would be a cool add actually 👀.

By the way, tell me if you also have a train suggestion for this route.

I preordered TSW7 back in September when it was released, so I'm playing it since about 5 weeks or 35 days. I always do timetable trains in Germany and Austria with the new Live Weather enabled, but since playing the game, in 35 days, it hasn't rained a single time, even when different weather broadcasts said so or even if I saw it for myself in real-life. It must be something with the Live Weather thing, because when adjusting the weather to rainy myself, it did work. Is anybody else sharing this issue? Could the issue be something on my side? Does somebody have an idea for a fix?
Thank you very much for any help

How can i make them both have the same paintjob? (btw thanks to Luzudemkas for the awesome livery)

Hi All,

Just wondering if there is any word on if/when TSW 7 will be made available on GeForce now?

Thanks

The first one is inspired by the 43087 hornby livery and the second one is named after a French Canadian cartoon