The Settle to Carlisle was the most scenic railway in the UK. 72 miles Stations Carlisle 8-Platform Settle 2-Platform Station Locomotives There are a Plethora of Options Available for the route and I chose The LMS Princess Coronation Class One of if not the best LMS express engines Top speed of 114mph 4 cylinders Walschaerts Valve gear LMS 7Ps BR 8Ps Built 1936-1948 Crewe 3 Preserved ‘6229 Duchess of Hamilton’ ‘46233 Duchess of Sutherland’ ‘46235 City of Birmingham’ 38 built BR lined black, BR Brunswick Green, BR Lined Maroon The LMS Class 5 ‘Black 5’ The best class of engine in the uk Mixed Traffic Top Speed of 90mph 2 Cylinders Walschaerts Valve gear/Caprotti Valve gear LMS 5P/5F BR 5MT Built 1934-1951 Crewe/Derby/Vulcan Foundary/Armstrong Whitworth 18 preserved 842 built BR Black,BR Lined Black
Wonderful suggestion! I think the BR Standard 7 would be a great suggesion for this route. The Duchess Coronation is a brilliant engine for this route
Loco Pack BR Standard Class 7 ‘Britannia’ One of the fastest BR Standard Top speed of 90-100mph Mixed Traffic 2 Cylinders Walschaerts Valve gear BR 7 Built 1951-1954 Crewe 2 preserved ‘70000 Britannia’ and ‘70013 Oliver Cromwell’ 55 built BR Brunswick Green LMS 3F Jinty ‘Tank engine version’ Most iconic LMS tank engine Top speed of 60mph Mixed traffic 2 cylinders Stephenson Link motion LMS 3F BR 3F Built 1924-1931 Derby 9 preserved 422 built BR Black
I think that the farthest they would go with the settle to Carlisle would be to Skipton because it’s a bigger station than Settle. Also NTP goes to Manchester which is about 1 hour (express) so inferring that if we were to go from Manchester Victoria to Carlisle that would take it would take 3 and a half hours ish and yes we have the save feature but what if you wanted to start on a new route and you save that one instead. The community don’t react well to long and tiring routes so a 1 hour and 40 minute route is a bit under the 3 hour and a half hours I stated. Still not a bad idea though
I love this idea, the Settle to Carlisle Line is iconic regardless of whichever era it is set in as you have Ribblehead Viaduct and other landmarks along there, it could make for some stunning screenshots in Photo Mode though
Would be perfect. We really need more LMS steamers to "fill out" the roster more. Especially the Black 5. With the new editor, it would allow for the creation of a much more realistic Spirit of Steam timetable as well.
And the rebuilt Royal Scot class. If they wanna add diesel to it, the Deltic prototype DP1 underwent trials on the route in the 1950's, would be really nice to see it in game (also for layers on other routes).
Yes a rebuilt Scot I'm not a diesel fan so pass on that, although it is quite neat to see the 37s on RHTT. I think the 37s are getting quite sparse now. I always know when they're coming through as I live 1/4 mile from the station, and hear them, not heard them once this year. The 57s were around last year, but they are quiet. Haven't seen any this year though just 66s. Maybe even some older engines for the SnC too like a midland spinner. Would need the old rolling stock to go with it.
The Blue Riband The steam physics at the moment are not so realistic as to show the differences between locos. If the loco performance was close to reality, it would be good to try different locos on the SnC for the fastest climb, with the same load. More "clag" would be good when climbing or opening up the regulator.
Judging how the community acts to LMS and Peak Forest it would be a lovely send of to the LMS regions for a while. Spirit of Steam is quite empty when you expect a high level mainline you expect high levels of traffic so a new Express and Mixed Traffic engine would expand the timetable. We could get the Black 5 in an expansion to Manchester Victoria with the Britannias and call it ‘The Last Leg’ because the 15 guinea special went from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Victoria love your idea
Since this is the most scenic railway in England here are 5 of the most scenic areas: Ribblehead Viaduct Ais Gill Summit (1169 feet above sea level) Dent Station Dent Viaduct Blea Moor Tunnel
Why not set this in the same era as the train simulator classic version that way it's instantly familiar look at the proposals for the electrified version miles away West Coast main line over shap they want it in the same era as tsc
Yes it would and it’s not bad however let’s say you’re leaving settle station and you’re heading up the 10 mile gradient in a 156, nothing to look at with the DMU and they aren’t putting as much effort in as a Black 5 would. With that gradient would put more pressure on you because 1 it’s hard to start back up and 2 you can’t roll back but if you shoot off in a 158 than you aren’t getting that same wow factor with the 158, yes the scenery would be a definite wow factor. A steam engine however is you have more to focus on and you’re not bored up the 10 miles and you have more opportunities with photo mode (if you’re into that) to me it just made sense ‘Most Beautiful Railway in England and The most beautiful motive power’
