LNWR aren't really in competition with Avanti West Coast - there aren't many destinations served by both, and where they exist AWC will be...
Is this a five minute argument or the full half-hour?
That would be great, but DTG have said that EBuLa would require significant changes to routes, to include all the necessary information. Every...
They currently run Cardiff-Manc TfW services with a DVT on the other end (snapped in Shrewsbury a couple of weeks ago). [IMG]
The Thames-Clyde Express, which ran down the Settle-Carlisle to St Pancras, was Peak-hauled from the end of steam until its demise, but it barely...
I think at some point in the dim and distant, Matt may have said something along the lines of: "multiplayer is something we'd very much like to...
The Cravens units in use on the Blackpool-Colne services were Class 113 - externally similar, but with RR engines and hydraulic transmission. My...
UK English has licence (n) and license (v). Good ol' Noah Webster decided that was just too confusing :)
Peaks handled the Thames-Clyde Express from mid-60s until its end in the mid-70s. (It ran Glasgow-Carlisle then down the Settle route to Leeds...
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DTG have stated that they don't have the licence for the blue FGW livery on HSTs, which is why they had to 'pull' the mod that revealed it in the...
Gatwick = goat farm, don't think Katowice has the same meaning in Polish.
The Magellanic Clouds, with significantly less surface brightness than the Milky Way (because they're about twice as far away), are an obvious...
I voted 'Yes', but obviously (as with the expert 101) it would need to be able to be turned off (or up).
As has often been pointed out, the marketplace for flightsims is many times larger than that for trainsims. TSG have to (hope to) recoup the...
Acelas also tilt (IRL and in game).
I still regularly ride the 165s which retain a major role on my local Chiltern trains. Though I prefer the 168s with their 2+2 rather than 2+3...
TEE = Trans Europe Express The DB Class VT 11.5 diesel trainset was the best known of the original TEE trainsets (and exists in TSC), but there...
[IMG] What a coincidence, Jack - 91110 was leaving Leeds on Friday at 12:47, just as I got off my 158 from Morecambe (very scenic line, which I...
7-ft (and a ¼-inch) BTW you can see modern replicas of GWR broad gauge running on 7' track (albeit only for a few hundred yards) at Didcot...
A French joke has two énarques* chatting: "Your idea may be perfectly fine in practice, but it could never work in theory." * graduates of the...
Could you use a VPN to gain access to Steam products at UK prices? Of course, you'd be hit with CC charges for currency conversion, which might...
This mod transforms a mediocre (let's be generous) route into one of the best Modern British routes. Highlights for me were: container ships on...
:D In reality, it's because the UK doesn't have endless miles of 2% grades and 10,000t trains - dynamics add cost, complexity and weight and are...
So are you claiming the signalling system means there can never be a stop signal inside a tunnel (whether inside or outside the cab)?
TSW has signals inside tunnels, so I assume they're there IRL too, and if they show a stop indication the driver must stop. But I can quite see...
Piccalilli is basically pickled cauliflower florets with a lot of (English) mustard added (and possibly turmeric for extra colour). I'm not a fan.
Yes, he seemed to expect that there were open as well as corridor coaches (still second class, though), which would suggest that some work must...
And use the period instead of comma as a 'thousands' separator. It's very confusing :) Actually, decimal point is not the period, it should...
Chiltern FTW. We've now got a 170 (although they're modified as 168/3s on Chiltern) and a Class 68 push-pull would be brilliant!
With the Fréjus railway (France-Italy) closed by a landslide until this summer, and the Gotthard Base Tunnel (Germany-Italy, via Switzerland)...
"Riding on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central Monday morning rail Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders, Three conductors and...
Sadly, they don't download automatically. You can find most of the manuals here:...
The definition of a Scottish gentleman: someone who knows how to play the bagpipes ... and doesn't!
Oakville is transformed by the new mod that adds GO trains (only for those on PC, of course).
There was a universal mastery unlocker/'cheat' mod, it still works for me.
FWIW, I bought the ScotRail+'engineering' pack, for the same reason (to enhance the Fife Circle), but I'm enjoying it very much (with the...
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There was a 900mm gauge railway at Reykjavik docks, and there's still an 1890 steam loco plinthed there.
For most British lines, they could just repeat "See it, say it, sorted" on an endless loop and it would be pretty close to real life. :)
TBF it's a problem on many non-US routes, too.
Yes, that's a 'problem' with quite a few high-speed routes (including HS2 if it ever gets finished, currently it's a toss-up whether we see the...
Rev. Awdry wrote a Thomas story "The Flying Kipper" that involved a lower quadrant signal being forced into the clear position by heavy snow. His...
A 27 would be lovely, but I remember ~1980 these services being topped and tailed by class 47/7s. A mod to remove the OHLE (as was done for GWE)...
I wouldn't dispute that, but the same was true of deep coal mines in France, Belgium and Germany and they all closed at around the same time as...
Utterly wrong. Fundamentally, what killed the UK coal industry was improvements in surface transport*, allowing cheap surface-mined coal from the...
Surely °K ;)
Historically 'winter' began on the solstice. I'm not sure when this changed (a few decades ago), but the UK Met Office decided it would start on...
Ha! My first pint was 1/6 (7½p). Merry Xmas!!
Except Chiltern don't operate the loco-hauled (class 68) trains to Oxford. I think there may have been a few runs in the past (probably when the...
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