If flying Scotsman has a route availability of 9 (according to Wikipedia ) how much of the rail network is available for her to travel on and what does that translate to route availability in tsw4 (at the very least) does she derail on slip points and points that have sharp turns in other train simulator games?
I also meant routes using scenario planner because she derails on the turn to Strood and on slip points leaving crew
Route availability generally refers to axle loading which is why for years nothing heavier than a Class 26/27 and later Class 37 could work routes like the West Highland or Far North/Kyle lines. However there are exceptions, the one that comes to mind is the banning of Class 40’s and possibly Class 45’s too from working in and out of Glasgow Central due to the derailment potential of 4 axle bogies through some of the fittings.
I only know of two routes at present where Scotsman will derail at a certain point, and both are entirely unrealistic and due to the locomotive being badly built in-game as opposed to any sort of realistic route availability. The most noticeably and obstructive one is on SEHS, where if you head westbound over the bridge at Strood the locomotive will leap off the track as you pass over the points just beyond it. The second is one of the sets of points at the north end of the platforms at Huddersfield on NTP, although this one can be more easily avoided by simply plotting via a different platform.
