I was trying out a Class 86 express train, hurtling down the line at 100mph, when "White Van Man" takes a life and death gamble and just manages to get across an ungated level crossing, just avoiding both my train and an 87 led express on the other line! There was a whistleboard sign not far before, which I didn't respond to because I was answering a message on the phone: is this Train Simulator's subtle way of telling me to pay more attention? Is this a common experience on TS? It certainly woke me up, and carnage was very narrowly avoided!
Yes, I was driving that! Love the sound it makes when you engage the reverser: sounds like something straight out of the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop for Dr Who. I had conniptions for a moment as I just couldn’t get the AP 86 to move like the normal 86 and 87, then a reread of the manual reminded me that AP trains always expect Ctrl+N!
That's the standard 86 in that screenshot above, surely. That's why I mentioned you'd like the AP version.
Maybe it was the default one in the screenshot, sorry: I drove it to try to work out why the AP one wasn’t budging.
Inver... I had a similar experience on Wherry Lines... Doing about 60 & went over an AWS ramp before a crossing, AWS duly goes off and I "crashed" through an articulated truck!!! Needless to say I was so shocked I failed to cancel the AWS & it brought me to a dead stand as its supposed to do...!!! Eric
Nah.. that screenshot is WCML Over Shap... It's at Barton about halfway between Preston and Garstang.