Carlisle-Preston Birmingham-Crewe Blackpool Branches sometimes a bit of Riviera or Cardiff. Had a great blast from Leeds to Manchester in the 45...
25/9s would fit right in at Kingmoor in 1986 too…
Damn this thread - I can't drive a route now without looking for donkeys :D:D:D
That’s a good shout :)
Bit of a stretch, but the Swindon-Bristol-Gloucester triangle would be amazing. Even better if they could tack Westbury on the side… Or how...
I always associated those winged seats with the non-air on stock, but it seems you are right -...
Ah yeah, there was an old mine just out of Aspatria I think? There used to be an old slag bank just out of Maryport too, next to some old disused...
Ahhh the memories! Loving the corridor coaches, I’d all but forgotten there even were aircon versions. Happy days when they’d show up with a...
Yeah I was thinking out by Crosby/Bullgill mebbe - hard to tell out of context !
Can’t wait to relive the glory days of a bouncy 108 clacking over the joints all the way to Carlisle and back. I love driving the 101 to Morecambe...
Interesting idea - one to watch. Wonder if he'll consider building out the Cardiff routes a bit, that'd definitely get my attention!
:D:D:D I’ve been here coming on 5 years now, and the pattern is clear: “new” version every year - everyone moans, I get the free version and...
Back in my day (late 70s-early 80s) it was roughly hourly to Whitehaven with every other service to Barrow IIRC. I only did the “Long Route” South...
I’m wondering what West Cumbrian collectibles they will come up with… patties and scraps gets my vote :D:D:D
Same here - this was my home route when I was a kid, spent more time in and around Workington station and the yards than I can remember. I always...
The report does state that they’re working on “the next installment of Train Sim World”, so I guess that’s TSW7 (no surprise there, of course)....
I’m enjoying SEHS at the moment. The 395 with the French in-cab signalling is unique and makes for a fun drive IMHO. I’d love to see a 92 on it…
Hmmmm. In my experience in the world of software, when a company makes an announcement like this it's anything but good news for everyone - staff...
Haters gonna hate. The rest of us shrug and move on…
My guess is they’ll want to use the stock they’ve developed on other routes, so with the 108 they could go Crewe-Llandudno or...
Another route resurrected - very good, I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed it, so thanks very much indeed to all involved! Daft question - I don't...
Nice pic! Way after my time though … 31s in the bay, incredible! In my day it was 25s and 40s. I’m pretty sure it was 1979 or 1980 when I saw...
They “always” had them while I lived there (76-83), but TBH I don’t know when they were introduced either :D
Mk1s were the staple for the Mystery Tours and Daytrippers … they’d be parked up in one of the centre roads at Workington for weeks either side of...
I remember Flying Scotsman (in it’s 4472 guise) coming through Workington around 1980.
Workington without 40s is unthinkable :o
Woodhead would be a really cool addition, and one they’re clearly capable of doing well. Concentrating more on Manchester would also give them...
Suspension was a game changer for me - the 805 is my current favourite because it feels so alive - I’ve no idea how realistic it is, but it’s so...
Shap for the 87 and 86 - they’ll never get boring to me… and Blackpool for the DMUs. I love the slower pace of that line and the vastly different...
I just don’t see how the 387 fits in that compellingly with anything that’s currently on offer. A bit of extra traffic around Cardiff and short...
It would be fantastic to see Birmingham or Crewe becoming the hub for other routes in the same way that Preston and Carlisle are for JT. North...
Well, they’ve certainly got my attention - I love Birmingham-Crewe and the 805 so far - everything says high expectations to me. Caveat being I’m...
I’m probably being overly optimistic (again!), but this could work well on a Cardiff-Westbury route… I know 4O57 (Wentloog - Southampton) is a...
Yup, just did Reading-Paddington - sounds brilliant !
Have to agree - I've just done a couple of runs (165 and HST) and the difference between this and the original route is like night and day. This...
Just bought the TSW6 Standard Edition - not particularly fussed about the NY route but it did allow me to get Riviera at £17.99, so that was...
Can’t say I’m fussed about this new game, but it seems to make commercial sense and I wish all involved the best of luck. I used to love the...
Just had a couple of runs (PC/Steam) - I did the Edinburgh scenario on WCMLS and a random service (1D86 @ 1322 Stafford-Crewe) on Bham-Crewe....
Yeah, it'd be weird not seeing at least one 40 in the Workington stabling point. In my day you could count on 2, occasionally 3, with a couple of...
They were regulars in the "Scottish bay" at Carlisle back in the late 70s-early 80s. Bizarre units altogether. If JT carry on with their...
Absolutely terrible idea to go down the subscription path. If that ever happens I’m out of here.
It would benefit from having the suspension update too. Imagine driving it from Kingmoor down to Workington and riding without any bounce along...
Totally will for me, that’s guaranteed. Are you talking about Thames Board Mills? My dad worked there too… it’s still going - think it’s called...
Absolutely - the audio is way too understated - when we got a couple of 31s hauling rails back East you could hear them right up the hill by the Hall…
There was the daily 6pm TPO that started from Workington bay platform and headed South. I used to see a 40s heading that way, can’t remember what...
I just did it this evening in fact, up here on a family visit. I was surprised at the amount of jointed sections there still are between Carlisle...
Yeah it does look slightly wrong… there was a variant of the Railfreight large logo grey where the logo was 3/4 (ish) body height but that also...
Yup, jointed track pretty much all the way, lovely in a 108! I’m not sure there’d be any point in extending to Sellafield if the plant isn’t...
:D:D:D I used to make the odd trek all the way down to Birmingham for the EMUs. Saltley never disappointed for a massive variety of locos too…...
It was an imposing Dickensian old thing! As I remember it was mostly disused, very dank and creepy (for a kid of my age :D) - what we’d call...
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