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A minute would be too much for some locations. In real life, at the major London termini, ARS (Automatic Route Setting) clears the signal 20...

This has been a problem with the 47 since a game update a few years ago. It only seems to happen on some runs, not others, but it means you have...

I’ve seen a few references to signals which clear when you close the doors (something I hate) but I’ve experimented a bit and noticed something -...

Just echoing what everyone else has said really (running out of superlatives) - a superb route, which perfectly captures the feel of the railway...

It should be said that route learning on a simulator is more difficult then in real life, because on a simulator there are fewer small, unique...

It’s really interesting to hear all the different perspectives in this discussion. As someone working in the UK rail industry currently, I can...

DRS is great, but I must admit I drive the TSW 101 more. I love the photorealistic cab - it just places me right there, back in the 1980s. While I...

Yes, by the sound of it all of the other trains will work fine.

For me it just confirms my intention to drive the locals primarily with the 101 (which is brilliant with RailDriver) and still very much a day-one...

There’s also a guide to how to drive the class 101 which people may find useful. As others have said, once you get used to it, it’s a very...

He’s referring to the manual, which is out, and worth a read.

I think the way it was driven the very low speed acceleration looked too quick, but that was because it was driven by putting is straight into...

That brings back some memories. You’re right - fold up side-ways facing bench seats and a lockable section for parcels, although I don’t remember...

Sheffield to Cleethorpes on the last one of the night - 2 hours on a 142 through the darkness. I bet that felt like a long journey. Mind you, I...

From the small amount of evidence we have, the acceleration of the 142 looks fine. The suggestion that it was too fast came from a...

I think a lot of people are getting the different 142 power units confused. Replacement of the Leyland engines with the Cummins engines began only...

In real life the performance of a 142 is roughly comparable to that of a 158 in this speed range. Given that we know a lot of work has been put...

I’m not particularly interested in Pacers (I’ll spend most of time on the branches in a 101!), but this looks really well recreated and I’ll...

Indeed - I wasn’t including freeware as I tend to find it a bit of an interdependency nightmare (although that applies to some of the payware as...

Agreed, that section of the WCML has the added benefit that it hasn’t already been done in TSC, and it would form a really nice network with the...

I don’t have the Flying Scotsman but based on the performance of other TSW steam locos it shouldn’t have any problems on a 0.6% gradient. What...

Aside from D200, which was effectively a preserved loco, the 40s were gone before 1986 anyway. The 45s lasted until 1988 on Trans-Pennines but...

Yes, admittedly my childhood memories are imprecise in that respect! I always think route developers would be better off giving a rough era for...

More than a few - I remember a period when the Skipper livery was commonplace in the North of England, after they were booted out of the...

Yes, it would be extremely difficult to establish unfortunately. I don’t know of any logs of the performance of steam-hauled freight trains...

Leeds - Man Vic - 3rd attempt (10 mk1s) Tonight I made my 3rd attempt at this schedule, again with 10 mk1s. We made the usual slow start from...

Great effort, well done, and thanks for the report. It sounds like you achieved slightly higher speeds than I have done on that first climb to...

That would be fantastic. The DTG team dropped a lot of hints that building timetables in the editor is a nightmare, and I think that’s why they...

Thank you. I have toyed briefly with Creators Club but found it difficult to use and I kept getting odd results when trying to use others’...

Great effort, Lamplight. Although a similar outcome, we seemed to make good time at slightly different parts of the route, so a combination of the...

I think there are different things being talked about, though. The tutorials prompts I don’t have a problem with, because I recognise they’re...

Sounds like a good efficient run, Lamplight, with arrivals just slightly ahead of time which is always good practice. Interesting that 20/40 out...

So before we drift back on topic, we should say for balance that the modern railway probably doesn’t see character as it’s primary aim, and a more...

Leeds - Man Vic - 1st and 2nd attempts My first attempt at this schedule was with 7 mk1s. I stuck to the approach which had got me my best time...

A New Challenge: Leeds to Manchester Victoria This is the 10:05 Newcastle - Liverpool, in the 1958 timetable. Between Leeds and Manchester...

Just a +1 for getting rid of all of these messages. They're meaningless and irritating. We're not five-year-olds.

Great effort, Driver A Paice. It's really useful to have the speed graph of the journey - such a shame that's not available when using Free Roam...

Man Vic - Leeds - 3rd & 4th Attempts I've made two more attempts at this run in the last couple of days, with very different approaches on each....

True, but I’d like to be able to do it on other routes, such as Cross City (which I could do with a mod on TSW3, but can’t yet do on TSW4).

…and I’ll be doing the opposite, replacing the 150 and various other newer units with the 101. Everyone gets to drive what they want. :)

Matt has said on another thread that he thinks it should be possible to make it so that locos/units/stock can be swapped out in this way, and that...

Fantastic run, and first to Leeds on time - great effort, Matt, and thanks for all the detail in the report. Comparing your times to your first...

I’m exactly the same as this - for me there’s no such thing as ‘complete’ because I don’t see it as that kind of game. I see it as a simulator,...

I’ve done a fair amount of messing about with dampers and my experience is more dampers = more steam. However, generally my aim's been to create...

Ah, in that case it depends what you mean by “meant to use”? If you mean what will achieve the best performance, then the answer is opening both...

For the purpose of trying to create more realistic performance we’ve settled on a maximum of 25% on both dampers. In real life you could use...

Really interesting run, Matt, and a great write-up. It looks as if we’re all in a similar place, working out how to minimise the time loss on the...

Great effort, Lamplight. Some of your climbs look better than mine - I’ll try the regulator / cut-off combinations you mention. I love the...

In real life temporary speed restrictions have an advance warning board (with associated AWS warning) an appropriate distance in advance of the...

Man Vic - Leeds - 2nd Attempt Knowing how best to tackle the climb out of Manchester Victoria is one of the trickiest things about driving steam...