Colas Rail Class 56s '56113' and '56203' of the Electroputere LDE 3500 model on the front and rear respectively are in charge of 2 wagon RHTT (Rail Head Treatment Train) service 3S71 on the North Wales Main Line. Starting just outside of Chester, England in the United Kingdom on a lovely Autumns morning they will shortly cross over into Wales on an 85 mile run to Holyhead at the terminus of the line without stopping aside from facing adverse signal aspects. Motive Power: Electroputere LDE 3500 Route: North Wales Coast Revamped Scenario: 3S71 2113 Coleham Lmd to Coleham Lmd Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Train Sim Community AP Track EP Updated Textures, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Signal Enhancement Pack, Reshade
Installment 20 in a multipart pictorial depiction of a mid-Autumn morning stopping passenger service faux Heritage Rail Tour QuickDrive, from Crewe to Holyhead, on North Wales Coast Line, acquired during Steam's Winter 2023/24 sale. Having belonged to LNWR in pre-grouping days, I power the train with a favorite steam-era loco, Caledonia Works' LNWR "Greater Britain", No.3435 "Queen Empress" to be exact, seen in Lilac & Cream livery. Although Greater Britain appears to be a conventional 2-4-2 tender locomotive, it is, in actuality, a 2-2-2-2 three-cylinder compound locomotive. It pulls four LNWR coaches, the last of them an observation coach, which I failed to capture adequately. This installment sees us departing Llanfair and en route to Borogan. Departing Llanfair: En route to Borogan: as above: as above: RWE2, AP S&W2+Clouds+Veggies TO BE CONTINUED . . .
Southern Interloper - Selhurst Class 205 stands in for an unavailable NSE Class 117 on the last Barking-Gospel Oak service of a wet November night. Seen at, and departing, Leyton Midland Road.
A gloomy night of Spring rain sees British Rail Class 31/1 '31183' command a train of 11 YGH wagons loaded with ballast headed for Barnard Castle, England in the United Kingdom. Starting from the railway yards at Darlington the train has the difficult 17 mile climb to make over the Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway stopping only once at the junction for the Forcett Railway to let another train pass. Motive Power: British Rail Class 31/1 / Brush Type 2 Route: Weardale & Teesdale Network Scenario: [BRB] 2. Toffee Apples Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack, Reshade
Marsdonshire Railways Class 377 EMU nears Killymeara with an afternoon Marsdon Central to Portkeane working on 21st August 2025:
Peak Forest Cont.... 6H53 19:37 Ashburys - Dowlow quarry A run from Heaton Norris Junction through to Buxton, then collect single line token (Pic 1) & enter the single track section from Buxton Box - Dowlow Quarry.
A cloudy Summers morning in Los Angeles, California in the United States of America sees Metrolink EMD F59PH '200' operating service 600 hauling 5 Bombardier BiLevel Coaches starting from Los Angeles Union station and heading 25 miles southeast to Fullerton. The train will stop 2 times in between at Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs and Buena Park on the San Bernardino Subdivision of the Southern Transcon. Motive Power: EMD F59PH Route: Pacific Surfliner® LA - San Diego Scenario: [LA59] Service 600 Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Reshade
Installment 8 in a multipart chronological pictorial depiction of a faux "heritage" stopping passenger run QuickDrive, from Southampton to Bournemouth, on Dovetail's South Western Main Line: Southampton - Bournemouth. Motive power is Caledonia Works' LSWR 700 class 0-6-0 tendered steam locomotive. It pulls a short rake of LSWR coaches, which, if memory serves, are from GAD's LSWR 6-wheel Carriage Pack 1, sold through CW (but don't quote me). This mediocre installment captures us en route to, stopped at, and departed from Brockenhurst. En route to Brockenhurst: as above: as above: Stopped at Brockenhurst: as above: Departing Brockenhurst: RWE2 (gimped), AP S&W2+Clouds+Veggies TO BE CONTINUED . . .
Southern Pacific Railroad EMD GP9s '5801' and '5818' lead 6 coaches on a Directors Special passenger service transporting high ranking SPRR officials over the Donner Pass on the Roseville Subdivision of the Overland Route during a late Summers morning full of mountainous haze. The train began at the sidings at Bowman, California in the United States of America and traveled over 3 hours to Truckee with no stops in between traversing 77 miles on the long journey almost always running at a max of 25mph. Motive Power: EMD GP9 Route: Donner Pass: Southern Pacific Scenario: 1] Donner Pass Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, UTS Creations Donner Pass Enhancement Pack, Reshade
To get you in the mood for the upcoming Class 66 V2, here is my best shots of my most recent 66 run to Ratcliffe Power station..... Then a run to Toton
Freightliner Group Class 66 '66614' of the EMD JT42CWR model seen at the Grangemouth Intermodal Yard in Scotland of the United Kingdom preparing to move out with 8 loaded FEAB wagons on a seemingly clear Spring morning that will later become cloudy over the 21 mile trip to Cadder Yard. Motive Power: EMD JT42CWR Route: Edinburgh-Glasgow Scenario: [66 v2] Keeping Out of the Rush Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Alan Thomson Sim AP Track Patch for Thomson's Edinburgh to Glasgow route + Train Sim Community AP Track EP Updated Textures, Reshade
Combined Installments 21 & 22 bring to a close this long-running, multipart chronological depiction of an Autumn morning stopping passenger QuickDrive on Golden Age Developments' freeware West of England Mainline, Phase 2, which extends tracks further eastward to Yeovil Town. Our journey began there, stopping at all stations until the drive terminates at Exeter. Our train is powered by Caledonia Works' rendering of the LSWR 415/0415 class 4-4-2T steam locomotive, commonly known as the Adams Radial Tank. It is seen in Adams Brown livery, pulling six LSWR coaches. This final installment sees travel from within Pinhoe to our terminus at Exeter Station. Not terribly far beyond Pinhoe Station: En route to Exeter: as above: The end draws nigh: Approaching Exeter Station: Stopped at Exeter: RWE2 (gimped), AP S&W2+Clouds END OF THE LINE.
As usual, three random screenshots from recent TSC runs. The third is rather unrealistic as a 1500v DC unit under the wires at Crewe would result in a pretty large bang but I like the light/shadow effect from the roof. Class 506 is a semi-passable substitute for the unrepresented 304/305/308 AC EMU family, an unfortunate gap in the TSC stock catalogue.
It's a beautifully clear day in Tyrol, Austria during the Summer and Austrian Federal Railways Class 2016 '2016 055-3' of the Siemens ER20 model and is tasked with hauling 14 Sggrss wagons loaded with intermodal freight over the Mittenwald Railway due to ongoing maintenance works on the Munich-Rosenheim Railway. The train is seen starting from Seefeld in Tirol for a 20km southbound journey to Innsbruck Hötting with only one stop in between at Hochzirl to wait for a passing northbound passenger service. Motive Power: Siemens ER20 Route: Mittenwaldbahn: Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Innsbruck Scenario: [ÖBB 2016] 5. Containers to Innsbruck Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Train Sim Community AP Track EP Updated Textures, Reshade
Installment 14 in a multiset chronological depiction of a cloudy Autumn morning passenger run QD between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Picadilly (via Warrington Central). The train consists of Caledonia Works' LNWR Webb Coal Tank No. 1054, in preservation livery, pulling AP MK1 coaches. Most mages are manipulated via Paint.NET (freeware image editor), Wondershare Filmora (payware video creator/editor), or both. This installment sees us departing Glazebrook, en route to and stopped at Irlam. Departing Glazebrook Station: En route to Irlam: Stopped at Irlam: as above: RWE2 (gimped), AP S&W2+Clouds+Veggies TO BE CONTINUED . . .
Railfreight Distribution Class 47s '47283' and '47157' lead a train of 23 TTA tanker wagons on service 6V62 having originated from Fawley, England in the United Kingdom and headed west for Tavistock Junction. The train is seen here around Taunton just having departed from a red signal at Cogload Junction for a 35 mile run southbound to Riverside Yard traveling at a restricted speed of 60mph over the Bristol-Exeter Line during a lovely Summers afternoon. Motive Power: British Rail Class 47 / Brush Type 4 Route: Bristol to Exeter Scenario: The Fawley Tanks Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Alan Thomson Sim AP Track Patch and Replacement Signal Lens Textures for Just Trains + Train Sim Community AP Track EP Updated Textures, Reshade
Back to AP66 V1 for a this scenario, I tried Loco swapping to AP66V2 in another previously functional scenario & got an OOM boot out! Damn TSC playing games with me!! Anyway here is 66086 delivering a load of coal to Hope Cement works seen here at Earles Sidings. JT MML Hope Valley AP 66 AP HHA
John Cameron's Class A4 '60009' 'Union of South Africa' is seen hauling a rake of 6 British Railways Mark 1 coaches along the Brighton Mainline between Gatwick Airport and Three Bridges on a speed test run between London Victoria and Brighton with a landing aircraft shrouded in shadow in the background on a wet Spring afternoon. The train was able to reach a max of 110mph on the roughly 45 mile timed run between Clapham Junction and Preston Park. Motive Power: LNER Class A4 Route: London to Brighton Scenario: A4 BR Union of South Africa Speed Test Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Train Sim Community AP Track EP Updated Textures, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Signal Enhancement Pack, Reshade
Installment 14 in a chronological pictorial depiction of a stopping passenger service faux heritage rail-tour QuickDrive on AP's Wherry Lines - Norwich to Greater Yarmouth & Lowestoft, a somewhat recent purchase when these images were captured during mid-late April 2024. To it is added AP's route enhancement pack. This is the most consistently visually appealing, primarily rural route in my possession. So pleasing that I drove and captured images of four passenger runs in rapid succession. This series showcases the first of those runs, from Norwich to Lowestoft. Motive power is Caledonia Works' "Single-Wheeler" GER P43 4-2-2 tendered steam loco, another recent acquisition when this run was driven, seen in its super-heated coal-burning variant. The train is, admittedly, not ideally suited for stopping passenger duty; the P43 primarily an express locomotive, the consist overlong for the route's often small station/halt platforms. (Coach count is reduced for the remaining three runs.) This installment sees us en route to, stopped at, and departing Somerleyton.. En route to Somerlyton: Cab lean-out, as above: En route to Somerlyton: Stopped at Somerlyton: Departing Somerlyton: RWE2 (gimped), AP S&W2+Clounds+RouteEnhancementPack TO BE CONTINUED . . .
I have been dabbling in German Freeware routes and wow what great ones there are. It never ceases to amaze me how talented they are to lay three way turnouts and double slips apparently effortlessly and under wires as well. I am enjoying some of the works from the EZY group at the moment in particular Bad Spendau - Querleben (in DDR mode). The rural branches always appeal to me maybe I'm an old rustic at heart. There are semaphore signals and I mostly understand the colour lights except there is one type that really baffle me - it has all the colours and I have no idea which aspect I should be looking at! Still I get by and its fun driving the V100s, Ludmillas and Taigatrommeln. The pics show a typical station in the countryside (there are towns on the route) , this one is Fuertherstaedt. The pesky signals are also shown. If anyone can advise which aspect I should be looking for I would be grateful.
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Fowler Class 3F '47279' operates a morning northbound 2 coach passenger service starting at Oxenhope, England in the United Kingdom and traveling 5 miles to Keighley with 3 stops in between at Haworth, Oakworth and Ingrow (West). After arriving at Keighley '47279' runs around the 2 coaches for a southbound return run. Motive Power: LMS Fowler Class 3F Route: The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Scenario: Autumn Gala Part 2 Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack, Reshade
Continuing on through the lovely Autumnal morning Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Fowler Class 3F '47279' after operating the previous northbound service has since ran around it's 2 coaches at Keighley, England in the United Kingdom for a roughly 4 mile return southbound run to Oxenhope with 4 passenger stops in between at Ingrow (West), Damems, Oakworth and Haworth. After arrival at Oxenhope, '47279' runs around to the other end of the 2 coaches once again to travel 4 miles back north to the yard at Ingrow (West) stopping 3 times in between at Haworth, Oakworth and Damems. Motive Power: LMS Fowler Class 3F Route: The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Scenario: Autumn Gala Part 3 Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack, Reshade
Union Pacific SD40-2 forms an afternoon Monument to Castle Rock passenger working, seen a few miles south of Larkspur:
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Standard Class 2 2-6-0 '78022' hauls 6 coaches with 5700 Class '5775' assisting on the rear. The train is operating a southbound mid-day service starting in Keighley, England and travels 4 miles southwards to Oxenhope with 4 passenger stops in between at Ingrow (West), Damems, Oakworth and Haworth. Motive Power: BR Standard Class 2 2-6-0, GWR 5700 Class Route: The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Scenario: Autumn Gala Part 4 Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack, Reshade
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Jubilee Class '45596' 'Bahamas' hauls a 6 coach long midday express service originating from Keighley, England in the United Kingdom where first of all the locomotive had to couple up to the consist of coaches. From there the train ran 4 miles nonstop south to Oxenhope with only one stop in between at Oakworth. Once at Oxenhope, '45596' 'Bahamas' uncoupled from the consist, filled up on water, recoupled to the other end and took it a mile southwards for a stop at Haworth. Motive Power: LMS Jubilee Class Route: The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Scenario: Autumn Gala Part 5 Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack, Reshade As you can tell halfway through the run I noticed I was using the incorrect regular passenger headlamp code instead of the express passenger code.
Installment 23 in a seemingly endless, chronological depiction of a mid-autumn morning stopping passenger service faux Heritage Railtour QD, from London to Peterborough, on ECML London - Peterborough route. Motive power is Caledonia Works' GER T69 4-6-0 tendered steam loco, seen in LNER B12 Lined Black Livery. It hauls what QD terms the 1936 Queen of Scotland Coach Set. As such, I selected Queen of Scots for the loco's headboard. We travel the "slow" track, allowing stops at all stations along the way. As with installment 22, this short installment finds us traversing a rural landscape en route to Peterborough, our terminus, which we arrive at several installments later. En route to terminus: as above: as above: as above, only more so: RWE2 (gimped), AP S&W2+Clouds+Veggies TO BE CONTINUED . . .
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway West Country Class '34092' 'City of Wells' hauls a 6 coach stopping passenger service starting at Keighley, England in the United Kingdom and works it's way 4 miles southwards to Oxenhope with 4 stops in between at Ingrow (West), Damems, Oakworth and Haworth in the early afternoon. Motive Power: SR West Country Class Route: The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Scenario: Autumn Gala Part 6 Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack, Reshade
When you upload 13 images in one hit to a forum where the max is 5 what do you expect.? That goes across the board for all threads Split them in to separate posts of 5 each, you will have no problem. Have you ever considered entering the Unofficial Screenshot comp? If you like posting screenshots to the wide public audience then this is a chance to show off the best of your images to the theme of the week?
