So I think I was the last person to update the spreadsheets. I planned to do this monthly but life stuff has got in the way so I probably won't have time before the summer to get back to it. If anyone wants to take it on send me a DM and I can sort out access. I do want to shout-out 1B76 as an excellent service as it's a great combination of the businesses of Paddington in peak time with dispatcher logic and the rolling stock/infrastructure of the time. Spoiler You are held on a red at Paddington for a few minutes while waiting for a path on the fast line that has been taken up by a an express 166 to Oxford. Given the top speed of the 166 in front of your HST this puts you on yellows for the majority of the run. I arrived at Reading 8 minutes late as a result.
If it hasn’t been suggested, 1B63 London Paddington to Swansea in the HST (2017 Timetable) is good, especially in the Farewell HST Journey Mode Spoiler: Why? If you do the Journey Mode version of 1B63, you are put in a FGW Powercar, with a GWR Green MK3 rake. Anyways aside from that, you get to race a 166/165 set out of Paddington, and if you own the Petroleum Pack, you get to see a petroleum train (don’t remember the headcode) pulling onto the GWML. Lots of chasing and passing trains aswell, quite busy if I shall say.
On the full version of the Evero 2025 timetable on WCMLS I would recommend 1F18 from Euston to Liverpool Lime Street at 10:41 in the Class 807 as long as you are on a system that can handle it (on PS5 I had a crash before Wembley but was able to complete it by doing a quick save at moments where I could see a performance hit). Spoiler From Wembley all the way to Milton Keynes you are under intermittent yellows due to traffic ahead making it a struggle to stay on time (I ended up 3 minutes late). Combined with the excellent AI traffic it's the closest driving experience to the real section of the WCML I've had yet if you can look past the performance issues This has a matching headcode on Trent Valley although the start times for the rest of the service from Milton Keynes are slightly different (11:15 rather than 11:17). I drove this as well to get the complete experience but the Milton Keynes to Crewe drive is pretty uneventful.
I am glad to see that the Spreedsheets concept I started have been vastly improved and maintained by you - I understand the time involved, which was one reason I had to pass it on = but KUDOS and many thanks for your efforts
parder#4923 I sent you message a few days ago offering to help update the spreadsheets, not sure if you’ve checked your DMs. Let me know if you still need some assistance
