It feels as if that must add a lot of time to the loading/unloading process for lorries. I wonder why they didn’t just enclose the vehicles and...
I think that this is the most interesting loco-hauled operation in the UK today, and if DTG are insistent on only making modern routes going...
A large proportion of multiple units have unpowered vehicles leading, too. Following the Falkirk collision additional weight was added to some...
I haven’t experienced that. Do you mean due to wheel slip? Have you tried using a lower power notch? I find if I take full power in a lower gear...
I totally agree about the 101, although there are 101 schedules on the Blackpool North route too, and I enjoy those more. I also drive it a lot on...
Another interesting BPO run: 1M21 Glasgow C - Blackpool N (12:14 from Preston). Blackpool has always been a very popular seaside destination for...
We do, and the Blackpool South branch also offers the DMU-on-a-single-track-branch experience. I enjoy it, but find it lacks longevity, as there’s...
Having driven both Preston - Carlisle and Carlisle - Glasgow C in TSC I always found Preston - Carlisle more interesting. I think having 3...
Agreed on freight. I don’t drive freight much in TSW as they don’t usually have proper schedules, but for those who do, Workington provided plenty...
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, of course, but I always liked the scenery up there. In terms of the severity of the climb to Shap, you’re...
No through trains (unless a stock move to or from Manchester at the start or end of the day was actually run as a passenger train - I don’t know)....
I’m probably in a minority in not being too bothered about the Windermere branch. In the era in question it just ran as a shuttle, so was...
Agreed, although this section of the M6 isn’t hugely busy in real life, particularly North of Lancaster. I’m a bit surprised they went to the...
Welcome - it’s great to see a new developer coming into TSW, and blue/grey mark 1s are particularly welcome. The only thing I would say in terms...
The other thing to bear in mind is that software companies have been producing trains in BR blue (and green) for many years and there have never...
I think you’d be surprised. Under the performance regime if a train loses a minute in that section and there is a known cause (such as a TSR) it...
The developer’s been clear - there is no other new traction included. It’s just the 104, plus a couple of wagons, and timetable improvements....
I agree, less than a minute, but still a lot in the context of train punctuality. A big hit to take on every single train on the Down Main for a...
Great, thanks. I was referring to PSRs, but it’s interesting to hear about the TSRs too. That semi-permanent 100mph at Bletchley must cost a fair...
Very useful, thank you. I’d been trying to remember the speed profile for conventional stock (as I suspect I’ll mostly drive the route using JT’s...
That’s interesting. I like the concept of skip-stopping as a way to maximise line capacity while still offering decent overall journey times -...
As we already have Preston and Man Vic in 1980s routes, I think it would be a shame to then build a modern route connecting the two. For a start,...
It comes back to the discussion about networks versus A to B routes. Networks sound good in theory, but the problem is that, to avoid excessive...
I believe they’re actually limited to 124.3mph (which is 200km/h). That lost 0.7mph costs about 30 seconds on a London - Glasgow.
The underground is different, of course, but the lines now titled as the Suffragette Line and the Lioness Line were both part of the London...
All heavy rail London routes are on one of the regions listed by Wivenswold.
I think you’ll find it’s because the London Midland is the best region. ;)
Great pictures. I think JT have now tried every possible way of picturing an 87 without being able to see its pantograph. For that one on the...
Yes, I don’t think of them as straying onto Preston-Carlisle though. They’re really before my time, however, so I’m only going on what I’ve seen...
I agree on the 45s. A 45 on the WCML just doesn’t feel right. I’d like to have the 40s though. Whatever date a route is theoretically set, I...
I’d totally forgotten that - it was decided at some point (I’m not sure what year) that stock with drop-light windows running on the Cumbrian...
Good point about the Man Picc - Airport services - providing the Airport spur is included, we’d have those at least to give some variety. Most of...
If they’re only going to do one of Stockport or Styal, surely they’ll do Stockport. The Styal line only has one train per hour, and they all...
The same thing occurs on PC. There’s a work-around which is to put reds on the front. That sounds daft, but in fact (on PC at least) the red...
It’s billed as being for WCML, so it’s likely to be something which was running on a significant proportion of that route in the era set - so not...
Built in 1965-6, still hauling heavy freightliner trains in 2021 (I used to see them on the GEML most days) - 55 years of front-line service...
Great pictures. I especially love the one with the IC HSTs snaking their way amongst the BR blue - very evocative of a certain era.
I think I saw somewhere reference to two versions of a Scotrail livery? edit: Wilbnil beat me to it.
Well, here’s a picture of provincial and GM liveried 142s at Windermere in 1987, so it seems they did go there in roughly the right era. Of...
I’m not sure sufficient recognition is being given to the magnitude of what’s just happened. OldVern’s got his restaurant car!!! A campaign...
Undoubtedly! I’m sure they could have fixed the nausea issue by reducing the tilt if they’d been given time, but in the end patience and money ran...
You didn’t have to consume alcohol to experience nausea on the APT. The tilt system was designed to fully compensate for centrifugal force on...
Paul87101’s cab-view videos are the best on YouTube, and an absolute must for anyone preparing for the arrival of JT’s new route. Nobody - not...
Thanks for those great memories of the early West Coast electrics. I only have a very distant memory of an 85 bringing ECS into Euston. Apart from...
I’d imagine we’ll get 47s (and 40s?) on Manchester-Barrow services, driveable between Preston and Carnforth. If it had been me designing the...
A lot of the line speed variations between Preston and Carlisle are between 100mph, 105mph and 110mph, so if the loco is limited to 100mph as the...
Agreed. AI generated timings are even more of a spoiler with steam than they are with diesel/electric.
Wasn’t the original post about Spirit of Steam (i.e. Crewe - Liverpool)? When you called it a secondary mainline I was about to get all uppity...
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