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...
Take your time, everything you do is massively appreciated by us all. Have a great time with your family.
Well that’s easily fixed. My second cousin twice removed has a friend who’s great aunt works for DTG, and she said only the other day that...
I agree, it does feel as if the most difficult bits can just be lifted from the 101 really, so I’m surprised it’s taken so long. It may mean it’s...
I think people should be allowed to view a document on a smart device or on paper, as they prefer. However, claims like this which seek to...
Last time it was unpinned it was because they were launching TSW4 (I think because they were going to pin various things promoting the launch and...
What happens if you open the firebox and leave it open? If you’re in manual firing mode and you leave the firebox closed for even quite a short...
Crunchie for me.
I think your option there was to double down and insist that what you'd meant was that the inclusion of the North Staffordshire Railway route from...
The red light on a pole is there because, once the train gets close to the buffers, the Driver won’t be able to see the buffers anymore (they’re...
Great run, Lamplight - well done. I think it’s going to be a struggle to beat that. Interesting to see the evolution of techniques for achieving...
As Jack says, Blackpool - Ormskirk is the best route in the game. Personally I also enjoy Manchester - Leeds very much. It’s a longer run, but the...
There are plenty of routes with semaphore signals. In the UK, off the top of my head, there’s Blackpool - Ormskirk, Liverpool - Crewe, Manchester...
No final push on that climb, as I wanted to maintain pressure for after Kirkham. 40/18 held me at about 35mph all the way up the climb, with a...
Yes, and in fairness there were some slight inconsistencies in real life too, although the blue was more consistent than the yellow on the front...
Some interesting comparisons. Now that I see the 08s side-by-side, that NTP one is a bit of an odd colour. It looks almost purple. The BPO one...
I gave this Blackpool South to Preston a go tonight. I had 45617 'Mauritius' and 8 mark 1s. The full times are shown on the spreadsheet, here. On...
Really interesting challenge, Lamplight, I look forward to giving it a go. I agree the stopping pattern does seem a bit strange, but I suppose...
No, purely my imagination. I haven't come across any logs of steam on the brighton line. In any case, the signal checks I received (which I had...
Not a challenge, but a few shots from a recent steam special from London Victoria to Brighton, with 45674 'Duncan' and 10 mk1s... Departure from...
Yes, the possibility of the schedule being a product of a lower level of compliance with speed restrictions in steam days crossed my mind too. I...
Really interesting run, Lamplight. As you say, the use of lower cut-offs looking deserving of more experimentation. When I saw the log I...
Having got East Coast back up and running on my PC, I'm finally in a position to give this challenge a go. Please note that I've added the...
The speed limits are displayed on the PSR boards all across the route, so it would be possible to drive the route and note the limit on each...
Scarborough 1960 was my favourite - releasing and turning locos from all over the network on numerous summer specials, getting them coaled and...
I don’t generally have those performance problems with TSW (a bit the first time I drive each route, but rarely after that). It’s odd how one game...
You’re right, and I did think about that when posting, but concluded that as steam appears to be dead it probably wasn’t relevant! Just imagine...
The eras question is interesting. When a new TSW route is being created which adjoins an existing route, the temptation, I would have thought, is...
I don’t know whether the “TSW Tracker” site is reliable or what data source it’s based on, but under its measure of “DLCs by recent activity”...
Yes, there are lots of TSC routes I haven’t driven. I find it unstable and a bit of an inter-dependency nightmare so I don’t use it very often...
Yes, it exists in TSC, and is a very good route, which is why I’m slightly hesitant. I very much want to see a tap-changer AC electric locomotive...
It would be great to see it done, but they’d need to fix the signalling and I’m not sure they know how. There are several locations where a...
Great run, Lamplight. Particularly impressive between Huddersfield and Leeds to make up time. NTP does work particularly well with steam - I...
Well, as Just Trains’ next route release is the TSW event of the year as far as I’m concerned, I’m going to join in the speculation…. I note on...
The complication with the Hope Valley is that the fast trains and the stopping trains use different routes at the Manchester end (the fast trains...
Big shout. The 40 and 45 are excellent too…
Yes, with a 45/47 on the fast or semi-fast schedules it’s pretty easy. You can take it easy much of the way and you’ll be fine. With a 31 it’s...
Mind you it was a poll from 2022, and 87.2% of people were wrong. ;)
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