Bought only one TSC DLC during the ongoing Sale, Edinburgh to Glasgow route. A deciding factor was the Steam Workshop route [DPS] Edinburgh to Glasgow - Scenery Extension V5.0F, which, as per the title, provides: Track and scenery extension from Haymarket to Carstairs, Scenery extension from Larbert to Stirling, and Scenery extension at South Gyle. A QD is provided to explore the Haymarket to Corstairs additions. That's what I drove. I chose a CW CR 439 0-4-4T pulling CR carriages, stopping at all stations, though so far as I know Caledonian Railway never ran trains on these tracks. The coaches seem somewhat too blurry/soft-focus. I might have misremembered an Nvidia Control Panel settling or two following a clean driver installed while trying to track down the cause of ongoing PC issues. On the other hand, most everything else looks more or less as it should. To Be Continued . . .
Carstairs to Edinburgh (Princes Street) was indeed a Caledonian line and 439s would have run on the line. The Edinburgh loop line from Haymarket links up with the former line to Princes Street (closed 1965/66).
Remaining captures from a recent Carstairs-Haymarket stopping-passenger-run (QD) on Steam Workshop [DPS] Edinburgh to Glasgow - Scenery Extension V5.0F. The train consists of a CW CR 439 0-4-4T, in photographic gray livery, pulling CR carriages: Possibly my pick-of-the-litter: Nearing terminus: End of run. (I added both this image and my "possible pick-of-the-litter" to my now huge TS Windows Desktop Background folder.): Thanks, and good to know. I knew that Caledonia Railway operated in this area, but based my incorrect assumption that it didn't use these tracks on a bit of online research I did on Edinburgh to Glasgow. I didn't think to research Carstairs-Haymarket as a separate entity.
Boarding the first passengers of the morning in Bucharest North Station, around 2000s. Loco by Train-Motion (payware), carriages by TSR Romania (freeware), route made by Train-Motion (payware) with several third-party libraries. Consist copied from Traffic Screensaver.
Route: Hamburg-Hannover. Train: DB BR 101, ICE T, ICE 1, DB BR 294. Hamburg-Hannover time! 1) Intermodal train passing an express. 2) An ICE 1 passing a shunting service. 3) ICE 1 service passing hannover depot. 4) Up the Hill! 5) Another ICE service passing a regional outside of Hannover.
More CW CR 439 images, the loco now seen in a BR weathered black livery, one of numerous weathered black variants provided with the Pack (add-on Pack included). The train is seen on GNoSR Lines Steam Workshop route:
Sunday Times 1) CP Rail moves empty gons from Eldon to Stephen after an early sprinkle of snow 2) Class 47 (NSE Original) taking tanks up from Portsmouth 3) Alco RS-11 (PRR) pushing empty gondolas up the branch from Johnstown 4) Alco RS-11 (PRR) profile picture in the greens near Johnstown 5) EMD SD40-2 (CN / IC) climbs towards Monument with dangerously tilting stacks
The last of my recent CW CR 439-class 0-4-4T images (for the moment). Now in weathered LMS Crimson Red, again on GNoSR Lines. An atmospheric glimpse of cab interior, illuminated by CW's supplied cab lantern, captured as the train traversed a tunnel:
1) Coffee, Time, Helps, Pushing Through - EMD SD70M rear DPU shoves container wells through Colfax (Donner Pass) 2) Class 101 on the scenic leg of its journey, soon approaching Havant (Portsmouth Direct Line) 3) Class 101 crossing the M80 at Castlecary (Edinburgh-Glasgow) 4) Union Pacific crew prepares to leave Cheyenne for some local work (Sherman Hill) 5) BR 189 transfers a shorter assortment of wagons to Wittlich (Koblenz-Trier)
Am just loving the challenge of this buggar on the Swiis Alps routes. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147155/Train_Simulator_RhB_Enhancement_Pack_05_AddOn/ No modern cruise control to help you up and down the crazy climbs and descents. all down to driver skill. Loving it.
There is currently a 50% Off sale at Forge Simulation: https://www.theforgesimulation.co.uk/shop/ I didn't know these guys existed until tonight, purchased this trio and OMG how glad I did, they are up there with the best truly amazing locos.
1) SP SD70M and 9-44CW with red coal gondolas - frequent as AI so thought I'd tour it 2) Autumnal moods over North London - and a Class 33 with containers 3) Early summer blooms in Weardale 4) DD35 over Sherman Hill 5) Short royal train with the Diamond Jubilee on the point on old ECML
London Overground Class 172 '172 005' leads a westbound passenger train from Barking to Gospel Oak. Loco: British Rail Class 172 Route: North London & Goblin Lines
Initial visual documentation of two recent TSC purchases. First up, Caledonia Works CR 721 class 4-4-0 tendered steam loco, bought during CW's most recent sale. This particular 721 is No.724 "Jubilee", decked out in CR Light Blue, a color I'm not always keen on, but like here. It is seen during a run from Glasgow Central to Carlisle on WCML-North, acquired during Steam's Winter 2022 sale. I believe that this one time I set both Lamp Code and Route Indicator correctly.
I tend to struggle with photographing blue trains. Try to experiment with seasons, the neutrality of winter and colors of autumn might work well. Open yellow fields should also contrast and complement it. Some routes, such as the updated PDL come with a fairly yellow autumn palette. Red rocks or ground can also be nice, but I only know Soldier Summit. Passing locos or a smaller patch can suffice.
