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Just to confirm that we have had a second host site for South Lancs & North Cheshire for some time now - backdatedtrainsim.weebly.com/ , the owner...

Scenery now completed between Prescot and Eccleston Park, some screenshots available on Flickr ( last page ) - flic.kr/s/aHsmU4sBon Steve has...

Coming along steadily, I am working on the scenery between Prescot and Eccleston Park....lots of housing estates to complete so it is slow going...

The golden rule when creating routes is to take a backup after every editing session - I keep a rolling backup of my entire route in a folder...

One of the host sites ( Wotawallysbits ) was closed suddenly and not expected to be back online - the route, and all patches, are still available...

Yes that's right Gary - in the meantime though I have sent Kyle a version of the Tracks Folder on which I had removed the read-only attribute,...

Ahhh ok, looks as though he missed a couple of things in his package then - I am trying to keep things much simpler for future Phases, but I...

Just to let you know that if you are installing the route from scratch you will need to install each Phase one by one, including any subsequent...

Thanks for the nice comments Phil, and sorry to be the cause of a delay to your book :) Here is an aerial shot of the BICC works at Prescot, the...

We set the route in the early 1980s, partly because Nick and I could both remember some sections at that time and partly because I am a Class 40...

Prescot Station, and all surrounding scenery as far as Warrington Road, completed - this has taken a considerable amount of time as it includes...

Ahhh, I did not realise that Gary - thanks for letting me know, seems a bizarre way to handle the status of attributes though. Andy

No worries, thanks :) Andy

No luck I'm afraid, when I remove the read-only attribute and go back into the folder it has set it again - I can get a read/write version of the...

Did you check that it had accepted your change to read/write? Only thing I can think of is that you might not have the permissions to change the...

Track tiles as well

That is because I set the track files to read-only as I kept wrecking the track during complex scenery creation, you should be able to change that...

Depending on what you want to do you can select multiple scenery items in the Editor by holding down the l/h mouse key and drawing a circle around...

A further word of advice, in case you are not already doing this, take a backup of the route before you start making changes....that way in case...

Yes, since Nick passed away I have been concentrating on getting South Lancs & North Cheshire completed based on the track that Nick had already...

Please read the installation instructions carefully, especially in relation to the asset packs which will contain a batch file that you will need...

The requirement for the legacy NWC route still remains ( have so far been unable to get around this ) but primarily affects the area around Crewe...

Phase 7 construction is now underway - this will be the section between Huyton and Wigan via St. Helens - Nick had laid track over the entire...

No worries, glad that seems to have done the trick. Andy

Glad you are enjoying in spite of the remaining issues you have, I would like you to run it without issues if possible though - if you were seeing...

The last patches should have fixed everything on the new section - the complex history of the route and the reskins that Nick produced for the...

Not as far as I know......

Thanks - next Phase is the line from Huyton to Ince Moss ( just South of Wigan ) via St. Helens.

Thanks for the kind words - the patches have been released now which resolve missing canopies and other issues. There is also scenery between...

Thanks - glad that you are enjoying it. Just to let everyone know that there a few "missing asset" issues in Phase 6 as we inadvertently used a...

Now available for download from https://www.wotawallysbits.net/slnc.html - please be aware that this links to my Google Drive so if several people...

An update of how things are going - Richard has jumped in to help me with some scenario creation, running and testing our scenarios has thrown up...

All scenery now completed on this Phase between Manchester Victoria and Wigan - the screenshot shows where the new scenery meets the scenery from...

All scenery between Crow Nest Junction and Hindley now complete....the screenshot shows Hindley Station looking towards Ince and shows the gap in...

Hi - not sure where we will be heading next tbh, focussing on getting the Atherton Line complete first. Andy

I have now reached Crow Nest Junction which is where the line from Bolton meets the Atherton Line just a few miles from Wigan, more screenshots...

All scenery completed between Daisy Hill and Dobb Brow, some screenshots from the Editor posted on Flickr -...

Thanks Phil...let's hope for no spontaneous combustion :)

All scenery is now complete between Walkden through Atherton and Hag Fold ( the station was not there in 1980 ) as far as North Road - masses of...

I forgot to mention, in case you have not seen it I have a thread in the Content Creation section (...

Thanks - yes, we will need some testers when the time comes. Andy

Hi - Thanks, yes unfortunately the route is not currently compatible with the newer North Wales Coast Route - we have tried to make it compatible...

For anybody who might be having issues with the Yelland Signals on my route ( South Lancs & North Cheshire - BR Blue ) you should be able to...

I will try to find out......................

Somebody also reported similar issues with Yelland signals on my route......he resolved it by deleting the Yelland folder and replaced it with an...

Hmmm - can you try this link? https://flic.kr/s/aHsmU4sBon

All scenery is now completed between Walkden and Atherton, not including Atherton Station itself. I have added some more screenshots to the Flickr...

My general advice for route builders, for what it is worth, is to store a backup of your route in a folder outside of the Steam/Railworks folder...

Now that the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway operating season has ended, before Santa Specials start on November 25th, I have been able to...