Welcome to THE BREITSPURBAHN Simulation for scratch! {disclaimer: This project is in no way intended to glorify or support the actions or ideology of Nazi Germany. It is solely a virtual recreation of a locomotive concept that was never built, presented for historical and creative purposes only.} I call this a simulation as of yet because I do not think it can qualify for a game in its current state. (E.G There is no destinations or mini games) -=CONTROLS FOUND IN GAME AT BOTTOM RIGHT=- This is by my accounts, the most accurate replica of the Breitspurbahn on scratch to date (7/20/2025) Despite my best efforts, everyone needs to keep in mind that i've never attempted a project of this kind before in complexity. Rigorous testing and hours of image comparison has lead me to this result but you may still find bugs and problems... updated last: 9/13/2025
Since reparations due after World War I had to be paid, the German railway company Deutsche Reichsbahn lacked money for appropriate expansion and sufficient maintenance of their track network and rolling stock. Commercial and civilian traffic increased due to economic stimulation after the rise of the NSDAP and Hitler's seizure of power. Deutsche Reichsbahn was now faced with a serious capacity problem. As a result, in part driven by its military objectives, the government began to prepare plans to modernize the railway network and increase transport capacity. Hitler believed that the standard Stephenson gauge was obsolete and was too narrow for the full development of railways. Also, as Hitler envisioned the future German empire as essentially a land-based Empire, the new German railways were imagined as a land-based equivalent of the ocean liners and freighters connecting the maritime British Empire. Hitler embraced a suggestion from Fritz Todt to build a new high-capacity Reichsspurbahn (imperial gauge railway) with notably increased gauge. Objections from railway experts – who foresaw difficulties in introducing a new, incompatible gauge (and proposed quadruple track standard gauge lines instead), and who could not imagine any use for the vast transport capacity of such a railway – were ignored, and Hitler ordered the Breitspurbahn to be built with initial lines between Hamburg, Berlin, Nuremberg, Munich and Linz. The project engaged commercial partners Krauss-Maffei; Henschel; Borsig; Brown, Boveri & Cie and Krupp, but did not develop beyond line planning and initial survey. Throughout World War II, 100 officials and 80 engineers continued to work on the project.
