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That is a beautiful-ugly thing to appear on my screen to brighten up a grey Sunday morning. Fantastic! They don’t build ‘em like they used to (and...

In real life when TPWS was introduced the loops protecting buffer stops were initially set at 10mph and Drivers were briefed that they must pass...

Agreed, it also needs work on the physics model. It’s very over-powered at the upper end of the speed range.

The other thing I remember about 31s, which JT would do a good job of re-creating, was the sheer amount of smoke they used to put out,...

Partly, as you say, the distances between stops made maximum speed more critical on the Carlisle and Glasgow services, but also just the much...

My memory is that in the early 90s the 108s were replaced initially by 156s. There was a period of time during which you could get either a 108 or...

Don’t forget Maryport as well. For those unaware, unusually, although the line through Maryport is double track, there is only a platform on the...

Even as someone who loves driving Modernisation Plan DMUs, I do think driving for two-and-half hours from Carlisle to Barrow would be something I...

To be honest, I’ll buy anything JT make in this era, but this sounds like a good and interesting choice of route. It makes use of the fact that by...

I’m actually not sure what would happen on the real thing if you were to apply the brake with power still applied. From the description in the BR...

Mainly ride quality. It caused the coaches to ‘snatch’ which caused a jolt. The further you can run the taps down before going to ‘Off’ the less...

Yes, they’re designed for the brakes to be applied when the tap changer has not yet run down to zero, but not for the brakes to be applied when...

According to the BR manual it's rheostatic braking obtained from the train heat winding via a step down transformer - which seems a cunning...

Yes, I think the cross-arm pantographs with which 87s were built were not rated for 100mph, and had to be replaced with the single-arm type to be...

If I remember rightly, in the other thread you were quoting from a description by Armstrong Powerhouse of "a power/brake switch on the brake...

You’d never have to brake with the power applied. Even if the tap changer had not run down when you needed to start braking, you’d put the power...

Ah! Amazing - thank you! One other thing - how come you can create so much flexibility with your new app, when DTG haven't managed to do it with...

This is a fantastic app - thank you. The weather is so much more realistic than either the dynamic or fixed default options, with its subtleties...

Great news, thank you. Once you’ve got it working and tried driving a tap changer loco with the RailDriver, you’ll never go back to keyboard…

I guess they'd strayed there on cross country services. Normally if a cross country service came up from Bristol with a 50 on, it was taken off at...

Yes, I came here to try to find out the same. If anyone can advise that would be really helpful. I've held off buying the 86 because of the lack...

I’m struggling to understand the scenario you’re describing. It sounds as if you’re talking about still having power applied when you start...

Yes, there was a phase when 90s were quite common on Leeds diagrams, in place of the initially-unreliable 91s. Although they had a 110mph maximum...

The speed isn’t supposed to be capped at 75mph. It’s capable of more, just as in real life. It’s the Driver’s job to comply with the specified...

Outrageous cynicism, Spikeyorks. DTG’s support for the LGBTQ community, with their innovative rainbow windscreen wiper, thrown back in their face. ;)

There used to be a mod on TSC which fixed it, but I can’t find it now. It appears to be related to the white lights on the front (when you switch...

A Driver who made similar fuelling runs told me that the ride quality on the 08 at 15mph was appalling and gave you motion sickness. Everyone...

104s and other Modernisation Plan DMUs have a maximum speed of 70mph. The Drivers I have the most sympathy with are those who are allocated the...

That brings back some memories. There are some great examples there. I like "Carlisle, Preston, Watford Jn, Euston" as a stopping pattern - a...

As it's quite likely that a Driver who signed 304s wouldn't also sign the route to Carlisle, the two people in the front cab may well be a Driver...

Interesting that they even had Carlisle on the blind.

However, very often on UK railtours the diesel loco is under power. The claim is that the loco only generates enough power to overcome its own...

It would certainly be useful. On my recent drive I ran to time all the way from Exeter to Ivybridge. Departing Ivybridge I could see I had a...

I've just bought Riviera Line so just had my first experience of a TSR, and it was fully functional - advance warning a sensible distance from the...

Indeed. I think people tend to think of them as being like speed restrictions on a motorway, which are often there to protect workers. That’s not...

I think the concept of introducing some variability was a good one. The fact that, if you drive the same Timetable mode run twice, everything will...

As others have said, Preston-Carlisle. It’s the best route in the game. I have a suspicion it will only be beaten by Preston-Crewe.

My annual confirmation that this still works with the new version of TSW. For those who don't want the HUD to cover half the screen, you can still...

Well, it depends. If you’re doing 125mph, in 10 seconds you cover over a third of a mile. Given that signals for level crossing etc will only...

Matt said something on the stream which suggested that the difference in the timing of a signal clearing is about 10 secs maximum - which is very...

A lot of TSRs are very short in real life - often just protecting one set of points or rail joint, so just a few metres long. Don’t forget,...

Funnily enough, on a dry rail, my experience was that they were a bit less quick off the mark than an 87. With a 90, even if the Driver put the...

Also the class 08. In addition, interestingly, the class 33 had regular scheduled work on Bangor - Cardiff (via Crewe) services in the mid-80s....

And Bradford/Leeds via Burnley Manchester Road and Hebden Bridge, and Manchester via Bolton - both of which would be very practical and...

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.