Is that the Southern’s number 1 claim? Ultimately, it was a failed experiment. I believe in the ‘Big 4’ years 1923-1948 the Southern Railway was...
I think this refers to Manchester Oxford Road.
Thanks for the memories, Lamplight, of a couple of very enjoyable years having fun with TSW steam (for all its imperfections). That silhouette...
That’s what I experience, and it happens a lot. Luckily the low line speed (even if you’re not stopping, you’re slowing for the 20mph at the...
In real life in the UK my company has a handful of AWS activations caused by Driver error each year. Usually it’s due to high workload in the cab...
The one which I know of on Transpennine, the distant is a semaphore.
Yes, this often happens at this location on the Blackpool route (I’ve never known it anywhere else on that route, though). West Cornwall has the...
Good grief. What do they make you sit on in the Mk3 sleeper sets? A spike?
I use about 3% fog on most journeys. I like the appearance and I find it avoids pop-in of objects in the distance. Things appear gradually out of...
In the UK drivers do wave at each other. Use of the horn or flashing of lights is not permitted. In fact, in the rule book flashing lights is an...
It’s interesting because my immediate reaction was that (sorry though I would be to lose it) closure of the forum wouldn’t affect how many TSW...
That’s how it in reality in a lot of areas.
I still think route developers would be better off giving an era in which the route is set, rather than a specific year. For a route like this,...
If a route is going to be modern, then 2019 is usually the best year to go for, before Covid resulted in cuts to the service. Hopefully in the...
I agree. With signal delays and TSRs in place the only big one which is missing, in my opinion, is station dwell times. It shouldn’t always take...
Has there been any indication that the forum is closing? It would be a very odd thing to do. Discord really isn’t suitable for discussing a game...
Well, let’s see. Personally I hope it’s on all routes and that DTG have come up with a method of doing it which means they can achieve a good...
It’s building hype, as you say, but the risk with mentioning branches but not saying which ones is that expectations will get crazily out of...
A class 304 would be great but the only way to drive it (on regular services) would be to run the Liverpool stopper as far as Acton Bridge, which...
I did see that too, although in fairness I don't think there was a train visible approaching it, so it could just have been a signal reverting...
The heritage lines are in no way part of the route. What lead you to think they'd be included? If the route had included two separate heritage...
I totally agree. The announcements etc are eye-candy (ear-candy?) but the random events will really affect game-play, and it seems they're...
As well as the TSRs (the subject of another thread) it's great to see this feature added to TSW, and good that the DTG team are responding so...
I think this sounds like a really interesting route. While I enjoy Preston-Carlisle very much, I must admit its length means I often don't have...
Yes, I'm really pleased that TSW are introducing some variation in signal checks and TSRs in timetable mode, but TSRs in particular are tricky...
Superb run, Lamplight. You destroyed my effort, which I thought at the time was not a long way from the limit of what was possible - then you went...
I had a look at Southbound runs with 87s in the 2003 Working Timetable, but they all had so much recovery time in them that - with TSW not really...
From memory I think the instruction used to be to start in notch 2-3 then gradual progression through the notches with notch 4 not below 5mph, and...
It’s tricky. These products certainly look more realistic for UK operation than the TSC-X controller, but they’re much more expensive. TSC-X is...
Adhesion was a factor too. On the midland mainline, on a dry rail, some Drivers would just go straight into notch 5. In autumn, or if it was wet,...
I love the various manual-geared ‘modernisation plan’ DMUs, and the TSW 101 is an excellent re-creation.
Ah...yes - this one by the brilliant Romansu72. It's one of those mods which works so well you forget it's there (I did!), but it's essential for...
Hmmm....that's the second mention of RailDriver not working. I asked whether it worked on the Q&A prior to release and they confirmed that it did....
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Will the 86 work withRailDriver? The 87 didn’t originally. Then later did, but then the newer liveried 87s don’t. It would be helpful if it could...
I don't have the route. The critical question is not what the line speed is on the main line on the approach to the junction, but what the line...
When there were those fantastic mods which removed the OLE and made everything look as it did in the 1970s, I used to play Diesel Legends a lot....
Thanks Lamplight. I do recommend giving WCMLS a go if you get time. It's had some criticism but given the scale of the task (only 50 route miles,...
All 323s are 3-car. There is no 5-car variant.
As you might guess from my profile picture, my favourite locomotive is the Class 87 - a legacy of living near Carlisle and Liverpool at different...
This page of the RailUK forum contains a discussion on it. The fullest description appears to be this from 'SansHache': The introduction of...
London Euston - Milton Keynes (Loughton Sidings) - First Attempt For this run I had 45614 'Kenya' with 8 fully loaded mk1s. My timings are on the...
London Euston - Milton Keynes (Loughton Sidings) - Jubilee + 8 mk1s The WCMLS route always felt like a tricky one on which to do a steam run,...
That sounds good. The shipping costs do sound high though. For those of us without a 3D printer handy, would the shipping costs be lower if we...
I like the long handles. It allows you to get your whole hand on the lever - as you would in real life - rather than having to move it with the...
With ‘Off the Rails’ and Free Roam you can drive a train within the timetable, but you can’t run it on one of the schedules. You have no times to...
Matt has previously acknowledged the many requests to be able to substitute the train you drive in timetable mode with another, and has said the...
Which is the classic conspiracy-theorist tactic. Put out a wild conspiracy theory and say “I’m not saying it’s true, I’m just speculating.” When...
For me, Carlisle - Glasgow is like Preston - Carlisle but a bit less interesting. The Carstairs - Glasgow section contains some interest, but...
Although admittedly a few mark 1s swinging around on the back of a Voyager would look a bit odd ;) Fixed formations are the name of the game...
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