It's the Class 450 that runs this route. Both are Siemens Desiros, the 350 is the ac overhead line version that runs on the London Midland route,...
All of the Princess Coronation class (not all were named after Duchesses) were rebuilt prior to nationalisation. Duchess of Hamilton had its...
Presumably you could only play Bus Sim World in Off The Rails mode?
I've heard Class 66's referred to as Grey Squirrels as they came from America and killed off the indigenous population.
Take a look here. https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/lumo-incident-at-peterborough-17-04.230537/
If I remember correctly, the last time they were drawn in the same pool of a major tournament, Wales were so confident of qualifying that we let...
[ATTACH] I visited the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Diesel Gala yesterday. Here are 97205, 37227, 43066 and 50008 Thunderer[ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
The line serves a freight terminal at Ardingley. Originally the line went on to Horsted Keynes which is now best known as an intermediate station...
That's interesting. I created a scenario in scenario planner last night and it did that as soon as I switched on the master key. Three times. This...
I've travelled on 345's nearly every day for the past 12 months and not been aware of any issues (apart from the seats which are really...
47815 Great Western and the Brunel statue at Paddington this morning. [ATTACH]
GWR Class 57 no 57605 at Paddington this morning.[ATTACH]
Would love to see West Wales routes, especially set in the 80s. My bedroom window overlooked Pembroke Dock station which had a lasting effect on a...
In fairness, that policy was initiated by Churchward at GWR from the early 1900s. There was a standard range of parts: boilers, wheels etc, and...
Sir William Stanier, designer of the Jubilee and 8f amongst others, held a senior role with Great Western Railway before he moved to the LMS with...
Never mind cats, Slough on GWE would be accurate if it included it's resident dog....
Would love more Sprinters in the game. If I remember the timeline correctly, 155's were introduced in 1988 and allocated to Cardiff Canton from...
TFW currently run 170's between Maesteg and Cheltenham
One of my local routes so would love to see this, especially with the Windsor branch.
As a Welshman I'd love a Welsh route in TSW2. If this was set 2 years ago you could have Class 37 hauled passenger trains. Go back 20 and you...
Fairly certain 117's didn't operate between Bath and Swindon. There was no local service as there were no local stations post Breeching. The...
Class 101's were allocated to Bristol Bath Road in the early 1980s.
That's the one, the ideal service for people who need to get from Gatwick to Wandsworth Common in 20 minutes
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Here's an idea, 5972 Olton Hall, masquerading as Hogwash Castle, on the Great Western mainline at Slough in 2009. [ATTACH]
I got something similar on London Commuter running from Brighton to London. Got stopped at Wandsworth Common. The map showed a queue of trains...
Used that route regularly in period. You might also want to include the Class 156 which ran from Nottingham to Cardiff and the Class 304 which...
I've generally been playing services from Victoria rather than those into the station. It rarely crashes, but if it does at least you have only...
It's the home of UK Rail Leasing. http://www.ukrl.co.uk/
In 1992 I had a trip on a 117 from Cardiff to Birmingham in the front seat and with the drivers blinds open. It stopped at Bromsgrove meaning it...
One of the drivers has suffered life changing injuries according to a news update this afternoon.
They were usually formed with the first class accommodation at the front when arriving at Paddington, to allow first class passengers to get to...
I've been playing the route and enjoying it, although I am disappointed with the Class 150 sound. Class 47 with 8 on in scenario planner was great...
Yes, any of those (including the 33/1), but only if working on diesel. As they were based on the Southern Region of BR the Class 33 would be the...
Class 73 only had a 600 hp diesel engine so wouldn't be able to haul much over the Pennines. The MU codes only apply when all locomotives are...
Future Scenario Planner in real life. GWR have six Gatwick Express Class 387/2s on loan covering for unavailable IET's. This is 387203 arriving...
70812 leads 70809 and 66856 at Bathampton yesterday[ATTACH]
I've edited the thread title to make my intent clear.
If you are new to TSW, you may find you wish to contribute to the forums but are confused as to their purpose and concerned that you may be on the...
The nameplate"City of Truro" on a Class 47 in the mid seventies.
Disruption on the Great Western this evening led to the unusual sight of four Class 345's in platforms 9 to 12 at Paddington. These units are...
Six Class 50's lined up at Old Oak Common at the 2017 Open Day [ATTACH]
IIRC they broke the southbound record several years ago. There was a DVD of the attempt that came with Railway Magazine. I also read somewhere...
Missed the record by 21 seconds apparently.
DMU's came in a few categories. Class 101 is low density, with a handful of passenger doors to each carriage. Classes 115 and 117 are high...
The DMU at the West Somerset Railway is a Class 115.
How does a railfan make contact on social media? They DMU...
I was going to buy a railway station in the South of France but the locals were Avignon of it...
Do we really need thread after thread about sales? Can we just have a new thread when there is actually a sale?
Very much a one-off, but D1013 Western Ranger did reach Leeds on a service from Swansea in January 1977. It wouldn't have taken the NTP route however.
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