Announcing The Freightliner Class 70 From All Aboard Studios

Disappointingly the class 70 timetable doesn’t have any rail tours or the 37 moves

also annoying it doesn’t have a layer/ sub for scotrail express when I’m pretty they ran the same services as the 66 for it

 

I dunno about UK, but it does tend to take longer for freight than passenger settings on US stuff. Also it depends a lot on the length of the consist since a longer air line takes more time no matter what setting you use. I saw the same sort of thinking with people complaining how "good" the brakes were on a preview where there were only a few lightly loaded cars. Well of course it stops quicker without a lot of weight on it and a short air line! =-)
Although it all depends on perspective too. Coming from a lot of US freight that's often a mile long the UK stuff all seems rather "short" by comparison. A run with 100 units up a 3% grade is a lot different than 20 units up a 1%.

 

Had a quick go at a Midland Mainline scenario at lunch. Very impressive, seems like a high quality loco. Great sound too.