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I'll repeat my recomendations for the Woltersdorfer Straßenbahn with its Gotha four-wheelers from the 1950s and 1960s and the Schöneiche-Rüdersdorfer Straßenbahn, especially as both systems are just a couple of stations away from Karlshorst on the S3. For the bus enthusiasts, there is one...

The NS has at least quite decent data (right down to the unit numbers) available for passenger trains (used on sites like https://treinposities.nl/ and apps like "NL Train Navigator").

The german high-speed line between Cologne and Frankfurt has two stations that resulted from local politicians having been given too much of a say when it comes to local trains stopping at "their" station. The "very important" (it even has a cathedral) Limburg was granted a station in the 1980s...

Due to the german regulations concerning workwear (if workwear is required, the time for changing clothes is considered as worktime and needs to be paid accordingly), the amount of railwaypeople required to wear an uniform has been reduced to mostly customer facing staff (e.g. guards and station...

I'll throw in Verviers Central for passenger trains, especially for the classic belgish EMUs on the stopping services. The services between Aachen and Spa are all formed of type 66 EMUs with camshaft control gear dating from the 1960s. Reference photo of a classic EMU at Verviers Central...

I'd suggest making the whole line fit for at least two trains per hour to enable a basic service of one train per hour and leave plenty of capacity for eventual other traffic.

The dead obvious area in the UK where no Sprinter (as in classes 150, 153, 155, 156, 158, 159 and 950) has ever been is Northern Ireland.

I'd bring the whole existing network up to the current european standards (25kV electrification, UIC GC loading gauge, ERTMS).

Another international entry (the Isle of Man is not part of the UK after all): The Terminus Tavern in Douglas with the beer garden overlooking the Derby Castle terminus (and from the right tables also the depot) of the Manx Electric Railway and the Douglas Horse tram.

The basic requirement for a passenger train stopping at a station is to have all doors at the platform either stopping with the front of the train at the end of the platform or "out of experience" (e.g. with the front of the train next to the bin), so it is up to the driver without an H-board...

The german pacific (012 104) was repatriated and is approaching its return to service. The french pacific also ended up in Germany but as a static exhibit at the Bahnpark Augsburg.

There have been a lot of changes in eastern Germany after the reunification resulting a drop of traffic caused by both competition on the road and significant changes in population and economy (a lot of the eastern german industry went down the drain). Yet, some bits of the magic of the eastern...

I spotted one of the first M5000 for Manchester Metrolink at the german-dutch border near Venlo in 2009.

Germany has the problem that the many children of the Wirtschaftswunder (1950s/1960s) are nearing their retirement and those people make up a rather large part of the railway workforce. Education standards were also significantly altered with far more people finishing school with the "Abitur"...

For international stations, I'll throw in Dortmund Hauptbahnhof. Platforms from south to north are: 2-8, 10, 11, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, 26 and 31 Overview of the station: https://www.bahnhof.de/resource/blob/1033318/394b1c59e325a30558aff6e0e15d892a/Dortmund-Hbf_locationPdf-data.pdf Track plan...

The 7164 is 50mm long and the 7185 is 62mm long. https://www.stummiforum.de/viewtopic.php?t=38934

Both are possible options. DB Netz has 2641 "Stellwerke" (both traditional signal boxes and IECC controlled installations). The "traditional" signal boxes (mechanical and electromechanical) are manned and operate the equipment in the direct vicinity. The power signal boxes can control...

The last semaphore signal of the Netherlands was decomissioned in 2006.

Apart from the usual "the IoM is not UK" thing, car 3 has been out of service since being destroyed in the 2016 runaway. Yet, it is very close to very likely the oldest complete classes in regular service on the british isles as the MER has all four Winter Saloons (built in 1899) and one unique...

The DB online career system can be a bit weird from time to time and it is possible that they have just forgotten to change the status. Contact them and ask what's going on, if you are in doubt.