Installment 1 in a multiset depiction of an Autumn morning stopping passenger service, from Wycombe to Maidenhead, on Wycombe Branch Steam Workshop route. Our train is headed by a Caledonia Works' GWR "Armstrong" class 4-4-0 tendered steam locomotive, seen in its 1894-1905 livery. It must be said that a route of this size, less than ten miles, would almost certainly never see a train this long, but rather two-to-three coach trains. My excuse for running this configuration is that my original purpose was to test the Armstrong, which I'd not driven in ages, and to gauge the route's screenshot potential. I got carried away, the results seen in this and future installments. Our loco, showing CW's usual attention to detail. Only four Armstrongs were built. They had a short working lifespan of 20 years: Wycombe station: Departing Wycombe: Not having been planned as a postable-capture drive, I failed to annotate station names. Here the train departs interim stop No.1: RWE2, AP S&W2+Clouds TO BE CONTINUED . . .
London Midland Class 350 '350119' of 4 coaches starts just south of Rugby, England located in the United Kingdom following the reds and yellows left behind an empty stock movement and upon pulling into the platforms of Rugby stopping for passengers the train continues on it's late morning journey to Crewe traversing the Trent Valley Line portion of the West Coast Main Line on an overcast Summers day. It is seen traveling approximately 51 miles west to Stafford stopping 5 times in between for passengers at Nuneaton, Atherstone, Tamworth, Lichfield Trent Valley and Rugeley. Loco: British Rail Class 350 Route: WCML Trent Valley Scenario: Down Stopping Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
A morning peak scene at St Pancras Thameslink - a northbound service has just finished disgorging it's load, while a southbound working from Bedford to Elephant & Castle does similar.
Part 1 of 2 InterCity Class 86s '86413' and '86418' find themselves in the unique position working a freight service from Coatbridge, Scotland located in the United Kingdom headed for Southampton, England consisting of 20 FSA wagons during a Summers morning. After waiting for a few trains to pass; the service sets off and joins the Shotts Line at Mossend before utilising the Wishaw Deviation and joining the West Coast Main Line traveling as far as Abington due to being pulled over into a siding having traveled approximately 36 miles from Coatbridge. Loco: British Rail Class 86 Route: West Coast Main Line North Scenario: Early Liners Part 1 Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Alan Thomson Sim AP Track Enhancement Textures Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Signal Enhancement Pack, ReShade
A trip through Tyrol on the free remastered Karwendelbahn (DTG's Mittenwaldbahn), available on Rail-Sim.de. A stunning piece of art, six years in the making. Legacy of the late "Thaddäus" (Markus Schoebel).
Part 2 of 2 InterCity Class 86s '86413' and '86418' ( ignore the fact that the numbers have changed on the 86 locos to '86429' and '86416' in this scenario ) wait at Abington, Scotland in the United Kingdom for an express passenger train to pass by with a wet Summer morning fog having descended upon the northern West Coast Main Line during the wait. After departure; the train travels 55 miles southbound and enters England to stop at Kingmoor just north of Carlisle with only one stop being made in between at Lockerbie. Loco: British Rail Class 86 Route: West Coast Main Line North Scenario: Early Liners Part 2 Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Alan Thomson Sim AP Track Enhancement Textures Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Signal Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Part 1 of 2 A DB Regio Bombardier 4th Generation Double-Deck Coach Cab Car leading a 5 coach train, including itself with DB Regio Class 218 '218 121-2' on the rear departs from Lübeck Hbf in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on a cross-state passenger service to Hamburg Hbf in Hamburg taking place on a clear Autumnal afternoon with the train first covering a distance of 22 kilometres on the Hamburg-Lübeck Line to Bad Oldesloe with one stop in between at Reinfeld (Holstein). Locos: Bombardier 4th Generation Double-Deck Coach Cab Car, DB Class 218 Route: Hamburg-Lübeck Railway Route Scenario: 1. [218] Lübeck to Hamburg: Part 1 Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Installment 7 in a 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 begins 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. The loco proves insufficient for the task, though we finish the run by means I'll divulge at the appropriate time. The meandering brook makes this my favorite lean-out view of the series: Axminster, where WoEM phase 1 ended: Axminster: RWE2, AP S&W2+Clouds TO BE CONTINUED . . .
Part 2 of 2 After making a passenger stop at Bad Oldesloe in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany the train continues it's interstate Autumn afternoons journey to Hamburg Hbf in the namesake state of Hamburg. The train led by a DB Regio Bombardier 4th Generation Double-Deck Coach Cab Car hauls 5 coaches including itself with DB Regio Class 218 '218 102-2' on the rear 39 kilometres to Hamburg Hbf mostly traversed on the Hamburg-Lübeck Line with one stop in between at Ahrensburg. Locos: Bombardier 4th Generation Double-Deck Coach Cab Car, DB Class 218 Route: Hamburg-Lübeck Railway Scenario: 2. [218] Lübeck to Hamburg: Part 2 Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Baldwin RF16 arrives at Altoona yard on a rainy spring night: Another Baldwin RF16 passes through Johnstown on another spring night: Kawasaki M8 from Grand Central Terminal to Stamford: EMD F7 set in Southern Pacific Black Widow scheme taking a string of boxes: A MoW Class 33 assigned to take a string of tanks from outside Edinburgh to Glasgow:
Nene Valley Railway Fowler Class 4F '44422' finds itself far from home and in the unique position of hauling a special rail tour train to celebrate the Ribblehead Viaduct's 135th anniversary in 2010 since opening in 1875 on the Settle-Carlisle Line in England, United Kingdom. '44422' sets off from being stowed away in the sidings at Ribblehead with 6 British Rail Mark 1 Coaches and travels just north of the Ribblehead Viaduct for a shunting run around manoeuvre at Blea Moor. The train now runs in reverse back across the viaduct to pick up passengers at Ribblehead and afterwards travels around 10 miles south for Settle during a lovely Autumnal afternoon. Loco: LMS Fowler Class 4F Route: Settle to Carlisle Scenario: [SCB01] The Ribble Run Around Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Alan Thomson Sim AP Track Enhancement Textures Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack, ReShade
ScotRail Class 170 & 158 units take charge of the 15:55 Leven to Edinburgh train, seen at Hillend (Dalgety Bay) on Sunday 2nd June 2024, the day rail services were restored on the Levenmouth branch:
Yours is definitely prettier than the original: One thing I ponder sometimes, do I want to capture the original setting (with minor changes, like generally upping light levels) or just flat out replace the weather. Even with sticking to stock, I always have the option of a Cloudy Summer Day setting, or a brighter time of day. I particularly thought about this while going through Köln-Koblenz, which is entirely gloom and doom. That said, people often post gloomy shots in the contest, and I randomly watched Jason Momoa's photography episode of On The Roam which is all about working with light. Of courserino it also depends on our experiences, I guess, Kuju gray is home in the UK but for me it's more like yours (AP).
Hudson Line Peak Hour express at Croton Harmon. The next stop for this Metro North Shoreliner/P32AC-DM after Croton Harmon is Tarrytown, followed by Harlem-125th Street and Grand Central Terminal
Switch duty in Altoona. Almost 5000 days old and still looking great. Am amazed by all the details & scenery . . . . . . not sure it is because of the weather, but seems a bit dark.
Installment two in a multiset chronological depiction of an 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. With this series, I manipulate numerous captures via Paint.NET (freeware image editor), Wondershare Filmora (payware video creation/editor), or both. Sometimes, the goal is to create faux old, often damaged, photos or film stills. Other times, I attempt to improve otherwise decent captures that suffer from lackluster lighting. It is to be stressed that I am no authority on image manipulation or what old images ought to look like. I'm just goofing around. Results vary from halfway decent to barely tolerable, most falling in between, as will be seen. Three slightly manipulated captures of the train stopped at or departing from Mossley Hill station: RWE2, AP S&W2+Clouds+Veggies TO BE CONTINUED . . .
Yes, old weathers are often quite dark. Easy to prove with a histogram. I wonder whether the original designers were sitting in a dark room, using old screens with jacked up brightness. I've just set ambience to +2 and sunlight +1, but arguably ~75% on both might make sense, too. A couple weathers will end up overexposed but that's trendy anyway.
A very gloomy morning besets Florida, United States of America as Seaboard Coast Line GE U36B '1805' and '1849' hauls a southbound train of 20 covered hoppers and a caboose traveling 28 miles to the railway yard of Hialeah with the journey starting from sidings in between Pompano Beach and Cypress Creek. Loco: GE U36B Route: Miami - West Palm Beach Scenario: [U36B] 1 - Highball to Hileah Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
First Capital Connect Class 321s '321420' and '321403' form 8 coach southbound East Coast Main Line passenger service 2Y16 headed for London King's Cross located in England, United Kingdom beginning from Welwyn Garden City around 8:40am during the Autumn of 2013. The train will be covering a distance of approximately 20 miles on the journey and stopping 7 times in between at Hatfield, Potters Bar, New Barnet, Oakleigh Park, New Southgate, Alexandra Palace and Finsbury Park. Loco: British Rail Class 321 Route: East Coast Main Line London-Peterborough Scenario: APC321: 2Y16 08:44 Welwyn Garden City - London King's Cross Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Alan Thomson Sim AP Track Enhancement Textures Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Signal Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack, ReShade
British Rail Class 101 '51221' leading and '54344' at the rear form a 3 coach passenger service on the East Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom departing from Darlington, England around 7am and traveling 35 miles northwards to Newcastle stopping in between two times for passengers at Durham and Chester-le-Street facing multiple adverse signals along the way on a Summers day of 1970. Loco: British Rail Class 101 Route: East Coast Main Line Scenario: Blue Monday CS Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Ninth/concluding installment in a multipart chronological depiction of a mid-summer stopping passenger service QD, from Carlisle to Settle, on DTG Settle to Carlisle route. Prime motivation for the run was to check out the then recently installed AP Veggie Pack. It also came to me that I've never featured Donington's Midland Rwy reskin for CW's GERT26 2-4-0 tendered steam locomotive. According to Rail Map Online, Settle to Carlisle was, in pre-grouping days, part of MidRwy. That, plus an absence of bona fide MR steam locos in my roundhouse, makes the reskin a logical choice. Kirby Stephen station, our penultimate stop: As we near terminus, distant landscape becomes sparse, with an unfinished look to it. Trackside scenery remains appealing thanks to AP's veggie pack. The below were captured within railway cuts, avoiding distant landscape: Being unable to compose a post-worthy image of the train at Settle before the scenario completion countdown timer terminated the session, the above capture brings this series to a close. RWE2, APS&W2+Clouds+Veggies END OF THE LINE
It's a miserable Autumnal overcast morning in England, United Kingdom during 1955 and British Railways Class EM1 '26021' is tasked with hauling an eastbound empty coal train to Wath on the now long abandoned Manchester-Sheffield-Wath Electric Railway (the Woodhead Line). The train consists of empty 30 mineral hoppers and a brake wagon departing from Dewsnap Railway Yard nearby Manchester and will travel approximately 34 miles to Wath limited to a maximum speed of 45 mph due to the nature of the train mostly being of wagons that aren't brake fitted especially making for a challenge descending the extremely steep Worsborough Bank on the branch line to Wath. Loco: British Rail Class 76 Route: Woodhead Scenario: Run for your Wath Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
ScotRail Class 156 DMU departs Corpach while working the 12:22 Glasgow Queen Street to Mallaig train:
ICE 2 (Driving Coach leading) approaches Hamburg: EMD SD9 duo switching in Provo: Train of Trains - Mixed train ascends from Reno (Sparks) to Truckee (SD45 in front): Windermere Coal - Canadian Pacific westbound from Golden: Gloomy Finish - A general gray Class 33 powers a Network Southeast Mk2 service on the North London Line:
NS coal train running at sunset.(This coal train is towed by NS ET44AC) UP double-decker container train.(Towed by UP SD70ACe)
MRCE Dispolok Siemens ES 64 U2 'ES 64 U2-002' leads a southbound mixed freight service of 23 wagons departing from Lüneburg in Lower Saxony, Germany on an icy cold Winters morning with plenty of snow falling along the way. The train will be heading approximately 87 kilometres straight for Celle utilising the Hannover-Hamburg Line with no scheduled stops in between however will be forced to stop at multiple red signals along the way due to a delayed passenger service ahead. Loco: Siemens ES 64 U2 Route: Hamburg-Hanover Scenario: [ES64] Going south Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Alan Thomson Sim AP Track Enhancement Textures Pack, ReShade
With one multi-installment series recently concluded, another is added to the rotation roster. The route is AP's Wherry Lines - Norwich to Greater Yarmouth & Lowestoft, purchased during a recent Steam Sale. To it is added AP's route enhancement pack, acquired during AP's most recent sale (as of Jun 2024). With enhancement in place, this is the most consistently visually appealing route in my possession. So pleasing that I drove and extensively captured images of four passenger runs in rapid succession. This series chronologically 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, seen in its super-heated coal-burning variant. The train is, admittedly, not ideally suited for stopping passenger duty; the P43 is primarily an express locomotive, the train overlong for the route's often small station platforms. (Coach count is reduced for the remaining three runs.) Norwich station, pre-departure, on a cloudy mid-Autumn day.: RWE2, APS&W2+Clouds+route-enhancement-pack TO BE CONTINUED . . .
It's an overcast Summers morning of 1979 at Doncaster Works of Doncaster, England located in the United Kingdom and British Rail Class 03 '03007' is the form of motive power for a quick driver training session familiarising a new employee with the complex yard layout visiting all corners and many important locations of the industrial railway complex of Doncaster where many locomotives and carriages are built and refurbished. In fact, much of the British Rail Class 03 fleet was built at Doncaster alongside others being built at Swindon! Loco: British Rail Class 03 Route: Doncaster Works Scenario: 1. Long way round Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Just exploring my latest find. This is the biggest route project I've ever seen in TSC. El Gran Norte (Spain). Track is laid from Barcelona via Tarragona up to Ourense - near Vigo, almost to the Atlantic. 600 miles / 1,000 km of track. Just put together a random consist in Freeroam using a Renfe 333 plus some TEE coaches, as I have no clue of spanish railways yet. Tarragona
Southeastern Class 395s '395029' and '395025' form a connected set of 12 coaches leading eastbound passenger service 1F52 to Ramsgate during an Autumnal evening soon turning to night! The train began from St Pancras International but is spotted on the portion of the journey from Gravesend on the North Kent Line and stays on the line for 7 miles until making a passenger stop at Strood where the train then joins the Chatham Main Line making a further 11 passenger stops at Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, Rainham, Sittingbourne, Faversham, Whistable, Herne Bay, Birchington-on-Sea, Margate and Broadstairs until reaching Ramsgate traveling 47 miles since Strood. Loco: British Rail Class 395 Route: Chatham Main Line: London Victoria & Blackfriars - Dover & Ramsgate Scenario: 02. [395] 1F52 1755 St Pancras International to Ramsgate Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Alan Thomson Sim AP Track Enhancement Textures Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Signal Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Bonus Internal Shots A passenger enjoys their cookies and drink while scrolling on the... RailSimulator.com website?! A nice easter egg indeed. Arriving into one of the many stations on the Chatham Main Line, the driver takes in the golden station lighting with the moon in the sky above. Loco: British Rail Class 395 Route: Chatham Main Line: London Victoria & Blackfriars - Dover & Ramsgate Scenario: 02. [395] 1F52 1755 St Pancras International to Ramsgate Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Alan Thomson Sim AP Track Enhancement Textures Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Signal Enhancement Pack, ReShade
After a certain period of travel, the train stops at Cheyenne - Main 1 East. This train is about to undergo a shift change.
DB BR143 Class with the 14:15 Altenburg to Wildau service passes through the German landscape near St.Rudolf on 11th June 2024:
On a peaceful afternoon, a BNSF intermodal train enters the Marias Pass from the Montana Hi-Line.(The lead locomotive is BNSF ET44C4 3837.)
Back to Brenner Line in '90s: a 1110.5 OeBB is dynamically braking a heavy gravel train towards St. Jodok. Loco by RailWorksAustria (freeware from their website), Fads wagons (Steam DLC), route from RSSLO (Steam DLC or their website).
Arriva Trains Wales Class 175s of the Alstom Coradia 1000 model types '175116' on the front and '175117' on the rear operates 3 coach long passenger service 1D11 in Wales, United Kingdom during a miserably wet Autumnal morning with the train having originated from Birmingham International in England. The train is bound for Llandudno and is seen departing from Shotton on the North Wales Main Line and travels 36 miles west to Llandudno Junction stopping for passengers 5 times in between at Flint, Prestatyn, Rhyl, Abergele & Pensarn and Colwyn Bay. After the passenger stop at Llandudno Junction the service continues northwards onto the Llandudno Branch Line traveling 3 miles stopping for passengers at Deganwy and at the terminus of the branch line and service at Llandudno. Loco: Alstom Coradia 1000 Route: North Wales Coastal: Crewe - Llandudno Scenario: [175] 04. 1D11 0709 Birmingham International to Llandudno Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Alan Thomson Sim AP Track Enhancement Textures Pack, ReShade
An overview of the interior of the NS SD70ACU cab.(From Searchlight Simulations/JR SD70ACU NS,a well-made locomotive.)
