I think it’s a good idea. It frustrates me that I have routes which are empty because I don’t have the loco/unit DLC as it’s one I have no...
I suspect the ‘fun stuff’ reference reflects DTG’s perception that what people want is working lifts, collectible donkeys, conductor mode and the...
Confident that I could shave off a few more seconds, I made a second attempt at Derby - Leicester. This time I had 45726 'Vindictive' (a...
It would be great to see more BR blue era locos and units - any or all of those you mention, and many more! However, TSW’s offering is already...
They are brilliant. Is the issue just that not enough people are into subscribing to and using Creators Club content, rather than that people...
Yes, I do think sometimes DTG go over the top with the “but if we change the colour we have to change x, y and z to make it realistic, and by the...
Thank you for another really interesting challenge, Lamplight. Having read about your run with a pair of Jubilees last night, I spent the day at...
Stunning footage here from the footplate of 5029 'Nunney Castle' between Newport and Salisbury in 1963. [MEDIA] It really gives a feel for what...
Lancaster-Barrow is an interesting one which I don’t think I’ve heard mentioned before. It’s not really a route I know well, but done in the same...
True. Even when I’m on routes which I haven’t learned, so have to use a HUD, I use a minimal HUD telling me only the next station stop and...
I agree Blackpool Branches is a good one for HUDless. One not yet mentioned which I’d recommend is Northern Transpennine. To be able to do the...
Press the AWS button. There’s normally a time delay before the brakes will release too, although I think on TSW that depends on the train.
Indeed - you can have ‘grandfather rights’ to do certain things. However, I’m sure there’s nowhere which has approach release from single yellow...
Both of the junctions you’ve mentioned, being 70mph to 25mph, would be required to be approach release from red under UK signalling regulations...
I hadn’t come across these before. I’ve only watched the first few minutes of one but it was really good. I look forward to watching the rest....
Sounds promising. I’m not absolutely certain whether they’re saying the timetable is being fully corrected to reflect the real timetable (hope...
Too boring for me. ;) But move SoS forward just a few years and add one of the first generation of West coast electrics in the original ‘Electric...
Thank goodness our Jubilee doesn't have the stripe, otherwise we wouldn't be allowed to do our Cross City and East Coast challenges! Although now...
There were certainly some UK examples of steam under OLE. On the Woodhead route steam ran for many years under the DC wires, and the lines out of...
Really interesting account, Lamplight - thank you. It sounds as if that railtour schedule is a pretty good fit against the capabilities of the...
Great run, Matt, very much living up to expectations! The fact that you and Lamplight were so close together throughout - within seconds of each...
Unable to access East Coast at the moment, I was drawn back to what I think (although it's a close run thing) is my favourite route for steam -...
Ahhh…..that’s awkward. This turns a route which I chose not to pre-order because of Rivet’s poor performance on previous routes and poor reviews...
:D Yes, it did cross my mind after posting that we were piling on the pressure rather, here! Anything less than ‘Herculean’ please go back and...
Apparently Labour announced in February that they will lift the ban on new on-shore wind. I hadn’t realised that (only went looking for it because...
There were quite a few wind turbines erected at one time, and in some environments I think they actually look good and add visual interest (while...
Looking forward to it, Matt. I gave it another go, using more steam earlier in the climb, and it was a total disaster (couldn’t even bring myself...
Yes for all of the above. Which stock I choose makes no difference either - it always crashes to desktop after a couple of seconds of trying to...
Actually I hadn’t thought of that - the route’s so short I could do my return trip for free….!
I tried to do this run with the Jubilee over the weekend, but the game crashes every time I try to open up any train on the East Coast route. All...
I’ll probably by it one day in a sale, but it’ll have to be more than 50% off. I suspect I’ll drive it once in each direction, then never again....
It’s provoked some interesting discussion, even for someone like me who isn’t particularly interested in another underground line. They’d take a...
That’s interesting. I know it has the Hammersmith to Acton Town section, where stops are picked up by the District line, but I thought all...
I went for Metropolitan but only because it’s the least Underground-like of the Underground routes. Most of it is above ground, it has longer gaps...
York itself is a very impressive station, which is in its favour, but I struggle to find much interest in any of the railways which go to it. I...
Darlington - Doncaster, from a Driving perspective, is pretty uninteresting. Mile after mile of fairly straight, fairly level 125mph, running...
Ah, well in that case…passenger!
Mainly freight in real life, but they did get used on passenger services from time to time - mainly additional services in summer. They almost...
Interesting stuff, Lamplight. I fear your experience doesn't tempt me to buy Flying Scotsman, with those extremely high cut-offs and inability -...
I quite like the absurd layers.:) I replace the 150 with the 101 (I never touch the 150) and I play it as if it’s the 1980s. I agree it would be...
I think this probably hits the nail on the head in describing modern EMUs as being a safe space for DTG. It does feel as if their confidence has...
I think it’s a bit cynical to suggest it’s a deliberate ploy to demonstrate these ideas don’t work so they don’t have to do them in future (if...
By the way, here’s some drone footage of Chapel Milton viaducts, seen in your second picture, as they are today. I drive under them from time to...
Fantastic run, Lamplight, and a chink of light that the time might be achievable, albeit there’s a fair bit of time we need to find yet. Your...
The speed restriction issue annoys me more than the scenery. I see it as the difference between an ‘upgrade’ and a ‘fix’. To improve the scenery...
Well, you did specify in your original post that all of the options you’d provided were modern, so it’s not a great surprise that all of the...
A really enjoyable account of an outstanding run, Matt. Looking at the comparison on the spreadsheet really brings out how you were making big...
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