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I seem to remember some of the DTG routes also reverted from proper, input timings to horrible AI-generated timings when they got ‘improved’....

It’s really sad. So much work into improving the scenery etc, and they ruined it all by replacing a realistic timetable with AI generated rubbish....

Yes, I was puzzled by the comment about poor ride quality. I’ve travelled many thousands of miles on them on all types of track across their full...

If I remember rightly, you usually have a red at the end of the platform at Longbridge, so I guess you’re tripping the TPWS protecting the red,...

2) Yes, it’s a real timetable, not ai generated. 3) there is some OHLE, on the section around Preston. I’ve never tried to run a 323 under it,...

The other benefit of Free Roam is it allows you to put steam on different routes, in timetable mode. There are some suggestions for that in this...

Of course, you can also run a cross country service on Cross City using a 47 + 7 mk2s. That makes the control of the train on the cautionary...

I agree having multiple trains in the package is a big factor. That’s where - in the UK - going back a few years really helps. On the modern...

Following another train - particularly a stopping train - is one of the things I enjoy most on TSW. I love judging the speed to stay close enough...

Interesting. I left the ‘signaller’ to decide the routing and it switched me to the fast line and got me past the stopper. I think I delayed a...

Yes, we really should have had a Single Transferrable Vote system for this contest… ;)

I like BML for its timetable, but there’s no denying that it has a problem with traction variety. Those you mention are peripheral, on a handful...

Mind-blowing! I remember the (well deserved) praise for Joe for building the original timetable - but at least Joe was being paid for it! To...

Some locos which operated long non-stop services in the days of steam were fitted with tenders with gangways in order to facilitate crew changes,...

It's used by the people who operate and maintain the loco. They can keep spares and emergency maintenance equipment in there for if running...

I've been having an interesting time re-creating the Class 47 hauled Cross Country services of the 1990s on the Brighton Mainline, using Free...

For many years Intercity, and then Virgin Cross Country, operated class 47-hauled services from the North-West to Brighton, running via Reading...

I’m not always a fan of polls but I think this is a nice idea and will hopefully trigger some good, positive discussion. For me it’s an easy one...

I generally find a reason to buy everything UK based but I’m struggling a bit with this one. Yet another modern EMU. As far as I’m aware every...

GSW set in the era of 27s and Mk1s…now we’re talking! Sadly, for me it was already 156s by the time I was watching trains at Carlisle in the...

I hadn’t thought of that. I tried coupling an extra vehicle to a 7 - which didn’t work - but your suggestion sounds much more sensible! I’ll give...

A New Challenge: Leicester to Derby Browsing through the logs on the 'loco performance' website (which is a fantastic site, featuring the many...

Drivers of Deltics - which were notoriously loud - were issued with hearing protectors. I don’t know whether any Drivers use them in the modern...

I wonder whether it helps a bit in terms of research. Quite a bit of the time spent building a route must be gathering information on what the...

For those on PC the below mod extends the times the lights are on:...

Blackpool - Preston is good at night. There’s ambient lighting in urban areas. In rural areas it’s pitch dark (UK trains of the era having lights...

No, all Greater Anglia diesel services are now operated by 755s. The 321s are gone from Anglia too - replaced by 720s. They’d have to go back a...

Mind you, some of those early HST schedules on the Western region were brutal - quicker than the 800s are timed today, despite the 800s having...

Thanks, Matt - good to hear from someone with experience on this route. You ‘top link’ guys obviously get a better run! Apparently it all comes...

From a Driver perspective there are a handful of isolating cocks and whatnot that are in different positions, but otherwise they’re the same....

My experience on Peterborough - Doncaster is that you see the double yellow, but it clears to green before you reach the AWS. This is very much in...

I was on a train which stopped at Godley Junction once. It was long after it closed. As the train approached the station the Driver noticed there...

East Coast was part of a bundle from day 1.

Unfortunately the bundles appear to be set up to encourage you to buy DTG routes so Blackpool-Preston isn’t included. If you get the Standard...

A couple more things I’ve particularly enjoyed about this route, a few weeks into playing it: Firstly, having taken one out in the rain, the...

Yes. Very nicely done as well. The brake steps and power notches are perfectly spread through the movement of the relevant levers. As with...

I think it has to be blue/grey - maroon is just going to look wrong for that era - so I’d use the Mk2s. It’s not implausible to have Mk2s on such...

I’ve only ever calibrated my RailDriver once and it works for all trains so I’m not quite sure what the individual calibration by train is about....

Great analysis, Lamplight. I tried 0/50 on the 8F on Preston - Blackpool - as a direct comparison with my 25/25 run yesterday, and it steamed a...

Sounds good. I’ve checked back to Jetgriff’s post and he says the front damper was never opened, and 50% maximum on the rear - so perhaps 0/50 is...

I’ve never really sussed out an effective use of the blower on TSW. Logically, if our issue is getting airflow to the fire at lower speeds, it...

Really interesting run, Lamplight - thanks for the account. My overall feeling is that the 25/25 combination probably restricts the amount of...

I ran the 8F on Preston - Blackpool North today. The load was 8 mark 1s, and it was a warm, clear day. Departure from Preston was scheduled at...

Such a shame about the Scotsman. I’d been looking forward to trying it on various of our challenges to see how it performed versus the Jubilee,...

Yes, the 33 has tempted me - the only BR diesel I don’t have, because I have nowhere to run it! Now that TSW4 has free roam I might have a look at...

I think it's that the 4F is massively over-powered. Someone did some comparisons on the bank out of Liverpool Lime Street (can't find them now)...

Really interesting challenge and run - and some great pictures - thank you. I don't own WSR (never having been able to build up much enthusiasm...

I haven’t looked closely at the Peak Forest timetable as I only bought it recently, but the one train I did check - a St Pancras to Manchester...

The biggest issue for me is that the sectional running times are completely unrealistic - closer to something a Pendolino could achieve than a...

I’m not at home so can’t check - does the slider in the settings which adjusts the lateral movement also affect the bounce? I have it set on 50%...