The absolutely longest routes (freeware and paid) that take a lot of hours to complete?

[CheeseDealer The Profitcat]

I know most routes are pretty long (usually 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes), but I am looking for the cream of the crop: Routes that take so long (either by the sheer length or just the speed limits) that they would take from 4 to 8 hours just to complete one route (or just a small part). Every train type is fine for me, but I prefer diesels.

Are there any routes like this?

Any suggestions are welcome.

[Darloman]

Just Trains' Western Mainlines with the Extension Collection is the longest as far as I know. They are seamlessly connected.

Western Mainlines by itself is very long.

I'm not sure if any US or Canadian routes are as long, but they are commonly slower because of speed restrictions.

[benhhng]

NEC have some scenario is long too.

[CheeseDealer The Profitcat]

I will make sure to check those routes out! Thank you for the suggestions.

And thank you everyone in advance for the route suggestions, I really appreciate it!

[Rudolf Jan]

Donner pass is by far the longest, maybe not in miles but it has low speed limits. It is not the best route, but not very bad either.

[wacdag]

At 400 miles you could consider the ECML merge if money isn't tight and you have all the routes and their own requirements.

https://alanthomsonsim.com/?download=the-east-coast-mainline-merge

[OldAlaskaGuy]

Bergan line New York Division is huge. It is workshop and uses only assets available through Steam if you are looking for US content.

[TeplowoznyManiak]

Stevens Pass (USA) is about 4 hours to ride from end to end, also Canadian CMP route pretty long - 3 or 4 hours

[JustWentSouth]

One of my all time favorite scenarios is called Changing of the Guard by chesterrailfan. It’s a beautiful and interesting 3 hour run over the Soldier Summit with Salt Lake extension.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1845033638

[TeplowoznyManiak]

also, due to merge possibility, there's merged routes like Marias Pass+Montana Hi-Line, but I'm not fan of such things... hardly anybody can play Train Simulator continuously for 7-8 hours

[electronx]

Donner Pass is fairly long, 131 miles, takes about 5 hours to drive one end to the other.
Canadian Mountain Passes is 159 miles, takes almost 6 hours.
The nice thing about these is a good mix of quality and quantity. CMP is slightly more versatile in terms of surroundings, but Donner Pass has quite the transition as well, took me a westbound full run during Le Mans 2018 to realize.
The Pacific Surfliner is somewhere in this area, too, 130-150 miles, 3 hours for a stopping service. Freight speed limits are lower (4+ hours?) although it doesn't really happen.

There was a recent South African freight route which spans over 200 miles. Not really 2020 quality expectations but sounds interesting anyway.

Western Mainlines and ECML were mentioned with 300 and 393 miles respectively.

[VanZan_75]

Originally posted by Darloman:

Just Trains' Western Mainlines with the Extension Collection is the longest as far as I know. They are seamlessly connected.

Western Mainlines by itself is very long.

I'm not sure if any US or Canadian routes are as long, but they are commonly slower because of speed restrictions.

^ As Darloman says , The Western Mainlines ( Just Trains ) with the various add- ons , is the longest route I have / am aware of . Penzance to London = 6 HRs game time / driving .