Actually the dispatcher has proved remarkably good at dealing with variations being thrown at timetable mode. You can put in an extra train (using...
For Spirit of Steam we did it using Timetable Mode. There are a couple of Crewe - Lime St non-stop timetabled services I think, but one of them is...
Presumably a bug (TSW doesn't do random failures of this kind to my knowledge) but it's a very strange one. I'm impressed you managed to get the...
Man Vic - Leeds - 1st Attempt We made a steady start from Victoria, observing the speed restriction through the pointwork before tackling the...
Here are the gradients - taken from 'Gradients of the British Main Line Railways' published by Ian Allan. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Another benefit of free-roam is being able to easily put steam locos onto other routes, and run them with some AI traffic around. One of the...
It depends on a number of factors. Firstly, do you know where the next signal is? If so, you just need to be going slowly enough at the point at...
Thanks Matt. To be able to do this would be fantastic if it proves possible.
So he is. In that case - “you can’t”.
There’s a ‘Safety Valve Eradicator’ mod on trainsimcommunity.com:...
I agree, this would be a huge step forward. Free Roam is great, but driving without a schedule takes a lot away from it.
Thanks Lamplight. No problem, and still a really good run and climb to Sutton Weaver. I think we’re all learning by trial and error with the...
Well, I must admit, when I first saw the graph the speed through Weaver Jn did stand out a bit. Then I read that you’d done this HUDless in the...
Bearing in mind that many steam locos didn’t have speedometers so the Drivers were only estimating the speed, possibly assisted by some rough...
Ah! Thanks Matt, I’ll give that a go.
Another good run, Matt. When you’re driving, where do you read the PSI figures from please? The HUDs a bit odd in only providing a number on the...
Liverpool - Crewe Non-Stop - 1st attempt We departed Lime Street at 11:04:41 and made a good start. 22% cut-off and 47% regulator gave impressive...
With diesel and electric I drive HUDless on routes I know well, and on those I don't I just have distance to next speed restriction and distance...
I don’t take any notice of the points system, but in real life a Driver should aim to drive their train in its path - not just drive as fast as...
Great pictures, Edward. HUDless with steam is a real challenge - particularly as you can’t even see the speedometer in the same view as the road...
Really interesting account, Matt. Looking back through the thread, I think 67mph before Ditton on the Up is a record. Braking for the PSRs is...
My approach is - I play with manual fireman. As soon as the game starts I open the firebox, and then I don’t touch it again for the rest of the...
Really good point about having a countdown to waypoints. That would be extremely helpful in addressing the intermediate station issue. Having...
Excellent! Looking forward to hearing how you get on. I’m looking for a similar gap in the schedule - hopefully some time over the weekend.
Interestingly, I didn't set any particular line. I specified only the start and finish points, and it chose to put me in a different platform to...
So - Free Roam now allows us to attempt Liverpool to Crewe non-stop, with a Jubilee + 10. The real life schedule was 51 minutes. Who's up for the...
Free Roam is a big step forward for TSW. I'm particularly impressed with the way in which you can add trains in Timetable Mode and run alongside...
For anyone who finds the HUD too big, it appears you can still change the size of all elements of the HUD by adding to the bottom of the...
Huh - that's weird. I tried that before but couldn't seem to remove parts of the HUD using Ctrl+5 etc, but I just tried again now and it works...
Only one request from me - I want to be able to see the distance to the next station stop (as a number, not on a track monitor), without having...
Thank you all for your responses. It’s reassuring to know it’s not just me (even if that means there’s no way of addressing it currently)....
I've been playing the new East Coast Mainline route and noticing a weird thing with the appearance of the trees. When they first appear on the...
I've only tried this mod on ECML so far, and it's a massive improvement over the unmodded game. In normal day-time lighting conditions, unmodded...
Locomotives are geared to developer their highest power outputs at different speeds depending on the intended purpose of the locomotive. With a...
Thank you amyinorbit - this is very useful. A GSP is a Ground Switch Panel - basically a ground frame, but for motorised points.
Endless duplicated threads on the same subject in the general forum is fine, but create a genuinely interesting, useful and popular thread and...
The problem with the TSW4 threads is they all become screaming matches between people with some rather extreme views about DTG. This was one of...
I don’t fully follow what you’re saying here, but the OP is basically correct. I think you may be misunderstanding it slightly, but I can’t...
1D59 18:46 Leicester - Nottingham is an interesting HST run with some signal checks.
The Driver’s route knowledge would tell him exactly where the signal he needs to spot is located, including which side of the line it was on...
Thanks IKB, useful added detail. I’m not sure which part of my post you’re saying was not true, though?
Thanks MRFS. I was aware that it wasn’t actually called Rule 39A by the 80s, but I’m always conscious that most players of the game are casual...
Thanks for joining the thread, MRFS. I wonder whether you can comment on Rule 39a - whether there’s anything preventing it being implemented in...
My sense is that the top speed is limited by the maximum permitted revs, which in 4th gear is reached at 65mph. Even if, up to that speed, you...
There are certainly still plenty of holes in the Swiss Cheese, and one of the things emphasised to UK train drivers is that TPWS does NOT prevent...
Indeed - two danger signals protected by one distant signal. It was later estimated that the distant signal would have been visible to the Driver...
Yes, the error margin was significant. There was no system to stop the train if the Driver made an error, no audible warning or requirement to...
I’m sure I have had the 101s on other routes up to 70mph, but I can’t remember exactly where (NTP and TVL have few opportunities for such speeds...
Separate names with a comma.
