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It's intriguing really how much of the Midland Railway route from Chinley to Ambergate is still open. A former mainline, carrying express...

I’d recommend the route - even if we don’t get a mod to be able to run 101s. The 323 is well recreated, and the route itself is also to a high...

From a personal point of view I enjoy the 323 so I’m pleased to have it, but setting the route in a transition era would have allowed us to have a...

I’m finding I have more steam that I know what to do with on SoS now. I spend a lot of my time finding ways to deliberately waste steam, to...

Interesting to hear that, Kev. Were you a Driver or a Guard? What do you think of the TSW route, as someone who’s worked it in real life?

It's a fair point, Matt. The only thing I would say is it's probably more difficult for people to be overly-demanding if you make a route set in...

I gave this a go, and it feels as if there's real potential there. There are certain moments where it feels pretty poor. The final few yards when...

Just adding my voice to the call for the ability to create timetabled stops with times in scenario planner. I don't use scenario planner at all at...

I think we could hardly make more noise! Half the threads on the forum seem to be full of people puzzling over why only modern UK routes are being...

The apparent intention only to make modern routes is a big step backwards which will see many - including me - seek alternatives to TSW. It's not...

I watched the stream hoping that the small Driver’s window would be less of an issue than I’d imagined. Unfortunately it had the opposite effect....

You can do so on TSW2 using one of ‘Alex’s Mini Substitution Mods’:...

I play it regularly in TSW3 and it works as well as it ever has - the occasional incorrect signal sequences are the only problem I experience, and...

A timetable upgrade for NTP would be great, but it would have to be combined with fixing the signalling. You frequently get incorrect signal...

Agreed, I think this would be a good development. Running with cab doors open was common in real life, and on stock with non-interlocked doors...

I’m not aware of that on Cathcart but it sounds like a typo when inputting the schedule. Generally speaking the input schedules are much less...

Oddly I find the DTG red looks much more red in external view than from the cab. When driving I have to have the external camera set up facing...

If you leave it in gear you’ll find you need more brake to bring the train to a stand. Try coming in with about 15 inches of vacuum on the gauge...

Agreed - I did some comparisons based on that timetable and there’s a thread about it here:...

That’s one of the things I dislike the most about Cross-City (which is otherwise a good route on the whole). The rapid loading means it’s...

No. The timings on SoS are far, far faster than those for a Royal Scot or Stanier Pacific in real life. In fact, they’re not far off modern-day...

I agree that, although it spoils the immersion, you can round up/down and try to ignore it. I think the issue with it for me is that it means that...

Well that narrows it down to about 90% of the UK. ;-)

The 101 is my favourite TSW train too, because it’s challenging to drive which makes it so much more interesting than modern stock. It’s the...

There are lots of UK ones at: http://www.locodocs.co.uk/

Thanks Benjamin.

I think it’s a step forward. Can the ‘Awesome TSW Service Mode Runs’ thread be re-pinned, please. It really helps having it easily accessible,...

I suppose there’s a question here of “Driver Simulator v World Simulator”. For some people, like me, all we’re really interested in is the Driver...

On SEHS: 1S99 12:06 Rochester - Faversham, and 1P99 19:00 Faversham - Dartford These are the steam specials on TSW3 (they'll only appear if you...

I suppose that’s my point, though. It would be perfectly possible to have a route set in an era in which both the 101 and the 150 operated, even...

I don’t think it’s reasonable to describe those who like trains from an earlier era as ‘hardline’ - they are no more hardline than those who like...

In fairness, you haven’t had any training! However, it’s true to say that the particular abilities required to drive a train are quite unusual. In...

Some operators do it so that a refreshment trolley can get through the full length of the train, or so that the Conductor can do so for revenue...

First you contact the Signaller and advise him/her you’ve had a SPAD (in some cases you will have had a call from the signaller on the GSMR-R...

I can only speak for UK practice: In the UK applying the emergency brake will not cause a derailment or any other kind of significant risk....

I have to agree on heritage routes. I’ve never seen the attraction of pootling around at 25mph, whatever the traction. A great thing about...

Thanks, that’s interesting. Some sort of indication is needed of what the coal level is and what’s required, I feel. At the moment it just feels...

A thing of beauty! Perhaps one day…but it won’t be this route by the sound of it. Imagine Plymouth to Exeter, with the South Devon banks and the...

Hi Matt I tried a run using auto and didn’t get a Service Failure. I then tried a run using manual but I opened and closed the firebox every few...

Yes, it’s a characteristic of most modern UK EMUs and DMUs I’m afraid. Older stock had a narrower corridor connection (if it had one at all)....

I never touch the firebox doors. The tutorial video doesn’t mention them, and the comments I’ve seen on the forums suggest they don’t do anything....

Hi Matt, thanks for looking at it. I’m manual firing.

I suspect this is something different. The SPADs fix only applies to SoS, not SEHS. I’ve played many hours on SEHS on electric trains and never...

...And again - 3 steam journeys attempted since the recent patch, 3 'Service Failure' notifications - all the same. Issue summary: Service...

Since this patch I've played 3 timetabled steam trains - two on SEHS and one on Lime St - Crewe. All three have ended with 'Service Failure' with...

On the 323 on Cross City, when you stop at a station (or anywhere) and leave the reverser in forward, after about 10 seconds at a stand you hear 4...

I know what you mean. A few years ago I worked on a dairy farm, and it was my job to bring in the horses for milking. “I’m just going to bring...

Thanks Matt. Please could you fix the ones on the two steam schedules in SEHS as well. Both Up and Down schedules end in ‘Service Failure’ part...

And again… Issue summary: Service Failure message. No explanation for why. Platform: PC Game mode: Timetable Route name: SEHS Loco name: Jubilee...