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From a Driver perspective there are a handful of isolating cocks and whatnot that are in different positions, but otherwise they’re the same....

My experience on Peterborough - Doncaster is that you see the double yellow, but it clears to green before you reach the AWS. This is very much in...

I was on a train which stopped at Godley Junction once. It was long after it closed. As the train approached the station the Driver noticed there...

East Coast was part of a bundle from day 1.

Unfortunately the bundles appear to be set up to encourage you to buy DTG routes so Blackpool-Preston isn’t included. If you get the Standard...

A couple more things I’ve particularly enjoyed about this route, a few weeks into playing it: Firstly, having taken one out in the rain, the...

Yes. Very nicely done as well. The brake steps and power notches are perfectly spread through the movement of the relevant levers. As with...

I think it has to be blue/grey - maroon is just going to look wrong for that era - so I’d use the Mk2s. It’s not implausible to have Mk2s on such...

I’ve only ever calibrated my RailDriver once and it works for all trains so I’m not quite sure what the individual calibration by train is about....

Great analysis, Lamplight. I tried 0/50 on the 8F on Preston - Blackpool - as a direct comparison with my 25/25 run yesterday, and it steamed a...

Sounds good. I’ve checked back to Jetgriff’s post and he says the front damper was never opened, and 50% maximum on the rear - so perhaps 0/50 is...

I’ve never really sussed out an effective use of the blower on TSW. Logically, if our issue is getting airflow to the fire at lower speeds, it...

Really interesting run, Lamplight - thanks for the account. My overall feeling is that the 25/25 combination probably restricts the amount of...

I ran the 8F on Preston - Blackpool North today. The load was 8 mark 1s, and it was a warm, clear day. Departure from Preston was scheduled at...

Such a shame about the Scotsman. I’d been looking forward to trying it on various of our challenges to see how it performed versus the Jubilee,...

Yes, the 33 has tempted me - the only BR diesel I don’t have, because I have nowhere to run it! Now that TSW4 has free roam I might have a look at...

I think it's that the 4F is massively over-powered. Someone did some comparisons on the bank out of Liverpool Lime Street (can't find them now)...

Really interesting challenge and run - and some great pictures - thank you. I don't own WSR (never having been able to build up much enthusiasm...

I haven’t looked closely at the Peak Forest timetable as I only bought it recently, but the one train I did check - a St Pancras to Manchester...

The biggest issue for me is that the sectional running times are completely unrealistic - closer to something a Pendolino could achieve than a...

I’m not at home so can’t check - does the slider in the settings which adjusts the lateral movement also affect the bounce? I have it set on 50%...

A minute would be too much for some locations. In real life, at the major London termini, ARS (Automatic Route Setting) clears the signal 20...

This has been a problem with the 47 since a game update a few years ago. It only seems to happen on some runs, not others, but it means you have...

I’ve seen a few references to signals which clear when you close the doors (something I hate) but I’ve experimented a bit and noticed something -...

Just echoing what everyone else has said really (running out of superlatives) - a superb route, which perfectly captures the feel of the railway...

It should be said that route learning on a simulator is more difficult then in real life, because on a simulator there are fewer small, unique...

It’s really interesting to hear all the different perspectives in this discussion. As someone working in the UK rail industry currently, I can...

DRS is great, but I must admit I drive the TSW 101 more. I love the photorealistic cab - it just places me right there, back in the 1980s. While I...

Yes, by the sound of it all of the other trains will work fine.

For me it just confirms my intention to drive the locals primarily with the 101 (which is brilliant with RailDriver) and still very much a day-one...

There’s also a guide to how to drive the class 101 which people may find useful. As others have said, once you get used to it, it’s a very...

He’s referring to the manual, which is out, and worth a read.

I think the way it was driven the very low speed acceleration looked too quick, but that was because it was driven by putting is straight into...

That brings back some memories. You’re right - fold up side-ways facing bench seats and a lockable section for parcels, although I don’t remember...

Sheffield to Cleethorpes on the last one of the night - 2 hours on a 142 through the darkness. I bet that felt like a long journey. Mind you, I...

From the small amount of evidence we have, the acceleration of the 142 looks fine. The suggestion that it was too fast came from a...

I think a lot of people are getting the different 142 power units confused. Replacement of the Leyland engines with the Cummins engines began only...

In real life the performance of a 142 is roughly comparable to that of a 158 in this speed range. Given that we know a lot of work has been put...

I’m not particularly interested in Pacers (I’ll spend most of time on the branches in a 101!), but this looks really well recreated and I’ll...

Indeed - I wasn’t including freeware as I tend to find it a bit of an interdependency nightmare (although that applies to some of the payware as...

Agreed, that section of the WCML has the added benefit that it hasn’t already been done in TSC, and it would form a really nice network with the...

I don’t have the Flying Scotsman but based on the performance of other TSW steam locos it shouldn’t have any problems on a 0.6% gradient. What...

Aside from D200, which was effectively a preserved loco, the 40s were gone before 1986 anyway. The 45s lasted until 1988 on Trans-Pennines but...

Yes, admittedly my childhood memories are imprecise in that respect! I always think route developers would be better off giving a rough era for...

More than a few - I remember a period when the Skipper livery was commonplace in the North of England, after they were booted out of the...

Yes, it would be extremely difficult to establish unfortunately. I don’t know of any logs of the performance of steam-hauled freight trains...

Leeds - Man Vic - 3rd attempt (10 mk1s) Tonight I made my 3rd attempt at this schedule, again with 10 mk1s. We made the usual slow start from...

Great effort, well done, and thanks for the report. It sounds like you achieved slightly higher speeds than I have done on that first climb to...

That would be fantastic. The DTG team dropped a lot of hints that building timetables in the editor is a nightmare, and I think that’s why they...

Thank you. I have toyed briefly with Creators Club but found it difficult to use and I kept getting odd results when trying to use others’...