Class 47 D1661 'North Star' on the West Somerset Railway route pulling passengers from Williton to Minehead during the annual Diesel Gala.
Lots of Southern Pacific diesels at rest in the sheds and sidings. (I had to brighten the image because it was quite dark and hard to see the locomotives) Original Unbrightened Screenshot:
I've not driven trains much lately, but did manage to get two decent standard-scenario runs this evening. The first is a GWR/BR Large-Prairie hauling passengers on Riviera in the 50s, on a sunshiny winter day: In contrast to the above, a milk run in heavy snow on a bleak winter day. We're on the GNoSR. Our train is pulled by a CR class 812 in BR livery. It is seen paused awaiting a signal to clear:
Two images from a BR 45xx pulled dusk passenger run along West Somerset Members Edition V3 route. I hoped to have a larger pool of images from which to draw but, as luck would have it, the game crashed with an out-of-memory error within a minute of capturing image 2. This post and its immediate predecessor document my adaption of AP Sky & Weather Pack. I harbor mixed feelings toward it, feeling that the game's default skies and weathers are better in certain situations. However, APS&W is a clear winner in others. After ironing out a settings conflict between APS&W and RWEPRO, favoring RWE, I'm happy with the pair in combo:
Three captures of a (standard scenario) girder delivery run on Weardale & Teesdale, the train pulled by an LNER J26. It's again a bright winter day, snow blanketing the landscape. Image three, taken leaning out of the cab, might poetically be captioned "steaming into the sunset", but considering the time of day and train configuration, I'll stick to facts and label it "tailing into mid-morning".
1) A Class 101 makes a quick station stop just outside Bristol 2) An NJT GP40PH visits the mountains with a special 3) EWS 33 030 takes a PCA consist towards Settle 4) EMD SD40T-2s lead up Donner on a cold, foggy winter day 5) An oceanblue-beige E18 with its fast service from Norddeich Mole towards Frankfurt on a heavily overcast, snowing afternoon
A J50 paused at a station waiting for the track ahead to clear during a passenger run on West Somerset Railway. This drive worries me in that it constantly froze, on its own bringing up the menu each time. I could hit CONTINUE and it did, for some seconds before freezing again. I drove this scenario twice before, long ago. It didn't misbehave back then. Be that as it may, at least I got a decent screen capture from the run: Thanks to Hayward.John48, I now know that the below image was captured on Nottingham Netherfield. "An 4F is leaving Nottingham London Road Low Level Goods as a train passes overhead, having passed through London Road High Level en route towards Netherfield & Colwick." I present it as an excellent example of what AP Sky & Weather does with dawn / early sunrise skies: (What I can say is that the image was captured near the beginning of a freight run.)
Though captured only yesterday, I shamefully can't recall what scenario / route the below image is from. Worse for posting purposes, the image copy that ought to be stored under User/Name/Pictures, which specifies the route in its file name, isn't there. Whatever it is, I present it as an excellent example of what AP Sky & Weather does with dawn / early sunrise skies: (What I can say is that the image was captured near the beginning of a freight run.) I think the route is Nottingham Netherfield. The 4F is leaving Nottingham London Road Low Level Goods as a train passes overhead having passed through London Road High Level en route towards Netherfield & Colwick.
A little change with some passenger runs. I prefer freight mainly but occassionally like a bit of Amtrak and the like.
2 Southern Pacific EMD SD40T-2's are pulling a caboose full of workmen to check the line because of a snow storm on the Donner Pass: Southern Pacific route.
3 Southern Pacific EMD SD70M's pulling a heavy mixed freight train from Roseville to Colfax, where it will wait in the siding for a helper train to be attached due to the heavy load on the Donner Pass: Southern Pacific route.
Here are some more Southern Pacific EMD SD70M screenshots on the Donner Pass: Southern Pacific route.
A Class 101 in BR Blue livery on the East Coast Main Line route, heading from Darlington to Newcastle.
A Class 101 in BR Blue-Grey livery on the East Coast Main Line route, heading from Darlington to York.
Mortu 5 it would be useful to know on which routes the shots were taken. Some maybe psychic but more are not.
Milwaukee Alco RS3 drops off 2 boxcars of paper for the Printers at Lincoln Park - Chicago Goose Island & Northside Switching Route (Workshop) and slightly doctored. CSX GP30 heads off from Altizers en route for Dover - Ohio Steel 2 Route A pair of Conrail GP30s depart from Massillon Interchange with a manifest for Dover Yard - Ohio Steel 2 Route
Yes, I do sometimes or I write a description of scenes or shots, but other times I like the screenshots without any text. It just depends on how I feel. Just comment if anyone is interested in info from shots and like Triznya above has done, many others will advise as I will too when I am on next. Triznya was correct by the way too
A Grand Central Class 180 is doing a test run from Peterborough to Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line London-Peterborough route.
Just bought the Semmeringbahn route on the DTG Weekly Sale, it's my first Austrian route and I have to say I've fallen in love with this route already. I love mountainous scenic railways like this! Here are some screenshots from the first scenario in the route with the ÖBB 1116 "EuroSprinter".
It has been an amazinglgy bad and stressful two weeks here in Eastern Europe. Didn't have the stomach for PC gaming, today was my first TS2022 session since mid February: AP enchancement class 150/1, Western Mainlines