Yes was in the weekday timetable. Odd how you want held unless it was a odd glitch my end? I will retry the service later on and see if it happens again
On Manchester Airport Commuter there is a nice rail tour pairing in the Class 87. Run in summer for a nice sunset run: 1Z91 at 1905 Crewe to Manchester Piccadilly Spoiler You start at Wilmslow of course but it makes you wonder how cool this would have been from Crewe. Around 4 miles from Piccadilly there are some caution signals to deal with You then have 20 minutes to walk round Piccadilly and explore the station if you haven't had a chance to do this yet. Then change to the other loco for... 5Z91 at 1944 Piccadilly to Crewe Spoiler This is an ECS service to presumably return the set to LSL at Crewe. You are routed on a slower line through Stockport so you have a big slow down to 20 to manage. Then between Stockport and Alderley Edge you need to remember where the neutral section is as they do work on the Class 87. I've not had them work on any of the modern EMUs on the route. You are then held at a red just outside Alderley Edge before you are able to stop to finish for a driver change
ICE1657 Wiesbaden Hbf to Dresden Hbf, 19:18 ex Frankfurt Hbf One of the few ICE-T services I was yet to drive on Frankfurt Fulda but a fun one! Ran this in early September so I had a little bit of daylight leaving Frankfurt but was well into darkness beyond Hanau. Spoiler Things start off normal enough to Hanau where you are held at the signal before the station, this is where you meet the ICE 1 you’ll be following all the way. Bit of LZB action once you get back up to speed, and then the fun of repeatedly catching up to the ICE 1 (which of course is running at non-GNT speeds) through the curves all the way towards Fulda. That’s nothing too unique on this route, but is really good fun, especially if played in the dark and HUD-less. However, once you approach Fulda you are chucked onto the fast / main line and actually overtake or run in parallel with that train you’d been following since Hanau, as it catches up to a freight train on its way in to the station. A really nice ending to see the damn thing and race it to the platform!
As a prequel, when you own the Frankfurt Sbahn, you can also drive this ICE1657 too from Wiesbaden to Frankfurt. Quite a fantastic run full of PZB action
I loved piecing together those two runs and watching afternoon turn to sunset as I made my way to Frankfurt and Fulda. Thanks! The first service was about 15-20 minutes late and, on the expert timetable, I had to fly over to an IC service and close the doors to release a red just outside Frankfurt. Needless to say, I was too late to continue the run via route hop to FFA. I presume the upcoming SKW gameplay pack will have this run continue from Fulda.
I did it on normal timetable and worked flawlessly for me, arrived just a minute late due to leerzug S8 passing me over at Stadion. Note that this train continues also on Nahverkehr Dresden in Expert 101 timetable as non-numbered "ICE Frankfurt Flughafen - Dresden" at 22:59.
Not strictly a signalling challenge but thought I would throw this in here. After watching (JT) Tom’s preview of the Class 86 pack where he demonstrates running with one traction motor isolated, you can also do this with the Class 87. So take any Class 87 run, before you set up the cab go back into the engine compartment, find and open the traction motor switch cupboard and knock one of them out. The performance effect is quite startling and you will have to drive much more attentively. With less power on hand you will also get more sustained thrash as you keep power on longer. Enjoy, though not sure I would try with two TM’s knocked out.
For those who like simulating shift patterns: WCML Shap: Spawn at Preston 14.15. 0S85 North Union Yard to Preston @ 1419 (loco is actually at the loco sidings at the station) Couple up to 1S85 and take it to Carlisle (interesting stopping pattern - Lancaster, Oxenholme and Carlisle) Wait 10 mins and then take 1S71 back to Preston. If you want to make it more interesting, 0S85 starts at North Union Yard at 1329. Nothing particularly interesting or special about any of these, apart from being able to simulate a shift pattern (imagine you started at 1.30pm (12.43pm if doing 0S85 at 1329) and finished at 17.32). Although for some reason, despite 1S85 being formed of Mark 2 carriages, you are allowed to reach line speed of 110mph, while the coaches have a top speed of 100mph.
Frankfurt S-Bahn RE2 (4263) Koblenz Hbf to Frankfurt (Main) Hbf at 16:08 with the BR425 A really nice run with an enjoyable EMU; I am on PC with the full timetable and have all the German layers. Spoiler: Just Run It! You catch up to an S9 and then wait for crossing traffic from RE3 29526 which is behind a westbound S9. A little wrong line running rounds out your approach to Frankfurt where you head straight at an ICE waiting for you to clear. RE3 29526 is also caught up in this tangle and is a very good run as well. However, I had to remove a train at Wiesbaden at the end to complete it so I didn't post it in this thread.
I've tried 1H12,& 2T08 on WCML & 1 xSEHS (5J12), and found no AI yellow dsignals/adverse issue Anything special to run 'Service Mode' on PC ? Is this the published services a.k.a timetable for something special ? Are these adver issues Console only ? (- I'm aware of gen8/gen9, but this does not apply any special settings in engine.ini ? - the display card is RTX5090
It could be that the adverse effects depend on layers installed (if not, you may get a free path). Also, make sure you run on schedule, as the adverse effects may not occur if you are running late or early.
5J12 tails 5J14 (which tails 1J14). If you're running to time, you should be stop start a lot as there's no opportunity to overtake.
Coming back on this, I thought I share my experience. Firstly thanks for the recommendation, it was a very interesting run - but for me very different to what you have said. There was no freight when I startet at Fulda, the signal actually cleared while setting up the loco. Thus, the first part of the run was normal. Do you have to wait and delay your departure? Shortly after Wächtersbach, I encountered a yellow signal and was even brought to a complete halt at the following signal (which really demanded the utmost from the brakes from 160 km/h to 0 km/h obeying PZB brake curves, especially as the red signal is very tricky placed around a bend). Form there on it was signal to signal all the way to Frankfurt, even along the three-track part between Gelnhausen and Wolfang! I could see on the map that at least one freight, one FLX, two regionals and two ICEs where ahead of me. The dispatcher acted quite erratic, putting a local regional ahead of me at Wolfgang, which even delayed me further. I arrived at FFM 1h 40min after my departure from Fulda, which is given the ECS character a magnificent delay. And finally, at the end of the second LZB zone at Wolfgang when the signal cleared, LZB first denied resuming speed (showing „0“, shouting „Störung“). I had to press PZB Frei to allow LZB to continue, speed raised to 60 km/h. That was actually a situation I had never encountered before. I was still in LZB but already in the „LZB Ende“ phase, which was a bit too much for my limited skills on German safety skills… All in all, a very interesting but also very stressful run! P.S. and what a missed opportunity that this run isn’t the successor for RE50 (4454) (leaves FFM at 17:48, a nice run - more on that later!) which terminates at Fulda around 19:25, but goes to the siding instead of forming this ECS
I tried the run again with the 114. A freight passed me on the left at the start and then cleared through a portal - DGS 69111 Portal Out. From there, I saw several trains ahead of me similar to the convoy you were behind, but I didn't encounter any adverse signals until Wolfgang which brought me to a halt just outside Hanau. From there it was a clear run until I had a red for a platform wait outside Frankfurt. The total run was 1h 6min. I can't reproduce the original run that I experienced. It has been a while, but I recall leavingon time and encountering a freight on the right as I pulled out of Fulda that got priority over me. That wasn't there this time. Your run sounds truly excellent! In the 114 on the regular timetable, I had a good run, but not quite what you experienced. With so many layers on FFA, 3 different timetables, and patches periodically coming out, I guess it is no surprise that reproducing runs can be a challenge. Thanks for the post!
I tried it yesterday with current date and it was a lot of fun for me too. I had the priority freight in Fulda. Pity that I ran twice into fake magnet that stopped me (invisible vorsignal in Fulda and one hot Vr 1 down the line), otherwise it would be great PZB learning ride, I was following something all the way to Hanau, but with big skips, so it was not a chore. These forced stops always made a large buffer between me and (probably freight) ahead that I subsequently caught up by running 160 km/h, after relatively long and random times, so full brakes downhill from line speed. You can also stay in freeroam and take the consist to yard afterwards. Current date makes the timing just right with dusk.
Midland Mainline 5Q57, EPX Class 37 + 375 from Leicester to Derby. A few approach controlled junctions and a couple of adverse signals in here, but if you fail to achieve brake release tactically wait a couple of minutes at Leicester you'll be rewarded with a lovely bit of side by side running with an HST as you both slow on the approach to Loughborough Also, lots of opportunities to thrash the tractor, and who doesn't want that?
A nice run on Frankfurt S-Bahn with the 642: RE3 (29530) Frankfurt (Main) Hbf to Saarbrücken Hbf at 18:23 First of all, driving the 642 is much more pleasant with BPH mod found here: BR 642 - Mini EP - Train Sim Community which is compatible with the Lukie Mookie mod found here: DB Class 642 V2.5(FIX!!) - Train Sim Community It is a limited stop regional service and the trouble begins . . . Spoiler: Spoiler just outside Fr. Stadion where you wait on an incoming S8 and then an outgoing S9 which you then catch up to approaching stops at the airport and Rüsselheim. Those with better German signal expertise may correct me, but I think an approaching signal just outside Frankfurt Stadion shows an incorrect aspect.
This one comes courtesy of the British Accent channel with the full run with all layers here: Service is 2H49 at 15.12 on Manchester Airport Commuter in the Class 323. I have all the layers apart from TfW. On my run you are held at a red just outside Wilmslow that delays you by 5 minutes, which is a struggle to make up for the rest of the run (ended up 3 minutes late to Piccadilly). There's a fun piece of dispatching later on where a Pendolino overtakes you but because you have to cross tracks to get on the right path to Platform 3 at Piccadilly the Pendolino gets held at a red to allow you to cross over and overtake again.
