Well in that I have no idea. This could be an opportunity for you to take your own route build for a NYC mainline. There's probably thousands of photos out there from different eras that could inspire you. I'm probably the most noob that ever noobed in Trainz but that never stopped me from obsessing over my routes despite my b***ing on the forum how much the game irritates, or RTFMing the crap out of the Wiki making me want to quit daily. There is something very satisfying about building the route you want. You may only fancy just being a driver, but there's nothing to stop you from building that dream NYC mainline. Imagination is a terrible thing to watse in my book.
Joe (Approach Medium) inspired me a lot in my very short time with Trainz 22 PE (I've only managed a meager 2450+ hours in just 1 year of constant playing). I picked up a lot of cool tricks from him. Though in those early vids he only had Surveyor 1.0, but I figured out the techniques for Surveyor 2.0 because I was bent on doing it. Eventually I figured out my own techniques (especially yard ladders, signals, rolling hills and so on).
I learned something back 22 years ago in college from my business managment instructor. He told me "if you want to succeed, you've got to surround yourself with the best."
The best routes come from your imagination, and taking chances. So again. Build that NYC high speed and freightline how you want it to be. There are no perfect routes, and the only bad routes are the ones that never get built.
