Been thinking about Carlisle - Newcastle... I'd love to see what they could do with Newcastle, Gateshead depot, Tyne Yard etc... trouble is that...
Preston-Crewe would get my vote! Or Cumbrian Coast to Workington... or something including Bristol-Bath-Westbury in the hydraulic era :D TBH I...
Wow, so good to see Currock wagon works again!!! I'm finding some of the nameplate placements on the 87s a little odd - when did they start...
Ha ha, I’d love to see that… TBH I’d love them to do the whole of the Cumbrian Coast Line, as Workington was my stomping ground until 83. Lots of...
I have this vague hope that JT will revisit the Bristol area after they're done with Preston-Carlisle :D They have their TSC route for...
Given that nobody much seems to be that happy with the 150, how about rebooting it as NR's Track Recorder, 950 001? It could pop up all over the...
I left the area in 1983, so can't really comment on the 1986-7 timeframe I'm afraid. Certainly in the late 70s-early 80s you'd see Mk1s on the...
I certainly have :D:D:D
There are two questions on one line. There’s no way to know what question you’re answering. If I tick “AVL” am I saying it’s “better” or...
Yeah, I think it was mostly air conditioned Mk2s and Mk3s. The older Mk2s were seen on the WCML in the early 80s, but not that often IIRC - more...
Anyone remember Toton on MML? Talk about dangling a carrot! I tried going back there recently but now it’s completely inaccessible. That’s doubly...
Whoa, now THAT would have been something to see! Talk about way off the beaten path! :D My “home” station was Workington - one afternoon I...
Have to say it did put me off preordering this time round. I’m firmly in the “quality not quantity” camp, and I just can’t bring myself to support...
For sure … I remember several weekends where ECML diversions sent both Deltics and HSTs our way! Strangest Deltic sighting at Carlisle for me...
There’s at least one of each of the AC classes preserved. The only one that didn’t make it was the experimental Class 80 conversion. I think you...
I reckon an 85 would be a better shout - there were the 85/1 freight conversions (not sure when though), and the original unconverted batch...
One afternoon in 1982 (83?) I turned up at Carlisle and was chuffed to find one parked at The Wall. Sat there all afternoon, ticking quietly away...
I'm hoping it actually is a loco ... "loco DLC" in the past has sometimes meant EMU :|:D But, that said, anything new to drive from that era is a...
I'm quite up for Manchester - Crewe TBH... not quite so keen on present day, and Styal is a bit of a strange choice - you'd have the possibility...
Ah... makes sense!
Mebbe a bit of an edge case here, but I just noticed that if you're not actually driving a service, e.g. sitting in the secondman's seat in a 142...
Continues to impress even after nearly a year of playing this route... came across 47 609 "Fire Fly" for the first time the other day... really...
“ Carlisle was well known for its trip workings between the multiple industries and Carlisle Kingmoor Marshalling Yard. For players who own the...
Talk about attention to detail… on the JT site there’s a screenshot of 08 910, which was definitely one of the KD shunters back in my day!
So I was messing about on GWE with an Azuma, as you do... wondering how far I could get it before it ran out of steam, so to speak. Coasted pretty...
:D Oops sorry :D:D:D
Yeah, but it wouldn't fit in 1986-era Preston-Carlisle, and given that JT have said the new loco is specifically for this route it can't really be...
They could easily get away with a 25 if the route is set mid 1986 - there were still 30-odd of them in service then, all subclasses except 25/0,...
We can dream :D This afternoon’s 6C20 trundled by our house with 70 807 at the front and 56 105 on the back. I’d love to see that in TSW. Are...
I remember a few HSTs (and Deltics!) popping up in Carlisle whenever there were ECML “emergency” re-routes… they didn’t happen that often, but...
Ah… doh… I’ll get me coat (again) :D
Wow, the distance detail around Willesden is pretty dire though :o
I just ran a query on today's working timetable for Euston. It comes back with 896 (!) movements... the first being an ECS departure at 0003...
This is my main problem with TSW in general... back in the TSW2 days there was very little to see in any of the sidings or stations, which totally...
Egg on face time... it seems the first 20 47/4's actually did have the ETH box on the buffer beam like in the sim. The rest of the first batch,...
Just noticed the ETH box is finally in the right place! Brilliant! That’s the one thing that looks wrong on the early 47/4s in Blackpool Branches...
I’d be surprised if they were - if I remember right they were mainly used on MGRs in the Midlands. I think there were a few Southern turns like...
I never saw a 56 or a 58 anywhere even close to Preston or Carlisle. Closest I can remember was a brand new 56 on Longsight shed in 1982 or 1983,...
Haha I remember the “legends” at the time where people would smugly talk of the time they got a trip to Barrow and back behind a 45 or a 31....
Wow yeah… the 58s were a massive splash of colour … Looking back now I guess I was quite spoiled at Carlisle in the early 80s because we regularly...
37s weren't that common on the this part of the WCML in the 80s - most you'd see is a couple double-heading the Redcar-Workington freights through...
It’s pretty clear to me that early access isn’t going to be worth the outlay this time round. I paid for it last year and didn’t regret it, but...
There are also a few interesting bits of infrastructure along the way... WCR's Carnforth depot is always worth a look (although I doubt there'll...
It seems to me it's down to platform limitations - some of the most basic problems probably take too much processing power to adequately model,...
Got me thinking about firing up the Editor to see if I can slap some lighting in … hmmm …. yeah, why not … if I get anywhere I’ll post a...
:D:D:D Obviously I wasn’t saying that was a solution :D:D:D It’s just MY way of dealing with it - ignore the bit that’s utterly rubbish and enjoy...
Another way of looking at it (literally!) is to just not bother with the night time runs. I’ve played mebbe 10 in the entire time I’ve been on...
Here’s a handy reference for rolling stock codes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_coach_type_codes
I've been watching the live traffic on this section of the line for a few days now - on average it looks like there are about 20 active trains on...
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