Installment 6 in a multi-set chronological depiction of an Autumn morning stopping passenger Heritage Rail Tour QD, from Newport to Shrewsbury, on Welsh Marches Line - Newport to Shrewsbury. Motive power is provided by a Caledonia Works GWR 3031 Achilles class 4-2-2 tendered steam loco, commonly known as a Dean Single. This image graces my Win10 Desktop Background folder: . . . as does this capture: RW Enhancer 2 (gimped due to serz.exe error), AP S&W2+Clouds+Veggies TO BE CONTINUED . . .
Locomotion The National Railway Museum at Shildon DP1 'DP1' (long operator name I know! ) is seen operating a short Spring night time trial run of 2 British Rail Mark 1 coaches from Carlisle on a short section of the Settle-Carlisle Line traveling 5 miles undergoing operational testing in hopes of later running potential heritage services with 'DP1' sometime during the 2010s. Loco: British Rail DP1 Route: Settle to Carlisle Scenario: [DP1] Breathing New Life Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Alan Thomson Sim AP Track Enhancement Textures Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack, ReShade
60028 on the Midland Mainline. I do love a good HST ride . Let's go back to 2005 then. Here is 60058 working the Rectory Junction to Humber Oil Refinery in the Summer of that year. BR1822 working a international service from Maribor to Graz. I really didn't know that there was a train that looked like Lakitu from Super Mario Bros . This is a D750 heading to Maribor.
Whilst running the 1Q82 service from Preston to Blackpool, I was suddenly aware of the similarity between the windscreen configuration of 37558 "Avro Vulcan XH558" ............................... ................... and the actual Avro Vulcan XH558.
West Somerset Railway 6959 Class '6960' 'Raveningham Hall' departs from Bishops Lydeard, England, United Kingdom with 7 West Somerset Railway Mark 1 coaches on a lovely Summers morning for a 9 mile northwards journey to Williton with 2 stops in between at Crowcombe Heathfield and Stogumber on the West Somerset Railway; if the train operator naming didn't already give you that hint! Locos: British Rail Class 33, GWR 6959 Class Route: West Somerset Railway Scenario: 1] West Somerset Railway Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
60038 on the steels. Can't remember if I posted this one before as I cannot find it but here is in the lovely Loadhaul livery. I would say around 2000/2001.
On a lovely autumn evening British Railways Thompson Class B1 '61166' departs southbound from Penistone, England, United Kingdom with 4 British Rail Mark 1 coaches on a training oriented stopping passenger service to Sheffield Victoria stopping at Deepcar, Oughty Bridge and Wadsley Bridge in between traveling 12 miles on this classic run of the now abandoned Woodhead Line in 1955. Locos: British Rail Class 08, British Rail Class 76, LNER Thompson Class B1 Route: Woodhead Scenario: [B1] An Introduction to the Thompson B1 Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Bonus Shot of Sheffield Victoria on this Glorious Evening of 1955 Black & White Version to Suit the Era Locos: LNER Thompson Class B1 Route: Woodhead Scenario: [B1] An Introduction to the Thompson B1 Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Nice old-time images Blazin. (As are the originals.) I never think to create them until I see someone else's posted efforts. With your reminder, I once again take a stab at image doctoring. The original image is of a WaySide Works freeware LSWR Ilfracombe Goods 0-6-0 with two coaches & luggage van pulling out of Axminster station en route to Lyme Regis on [GA] West of England Mainline. The ride was doomed to failure from the get-go, as I fully expected, the loco being too underpowered to tackle the branch line's steep climbs: The below was created within my video creator/editor, Wondershare Filmora, plus a little further editing in Paint.NET. The results are darker than I ideally prefer, but any further lightening resulted in cylinder-xxxx exhaust becoming a solid white blub:
It's a lovely autumnal 2010s afternoon in British Columbia, Canada as Canadian Pacific GE ES44ACs '9351' and '9360' depart eastbound from Golden with 80 empty CPWX covered hopper wagons and Canadian Pacific GE ES44AC '9358' assisting on the rear operating CP Train 356. The train travels well until being held at a signal at Glenogle to wait for a passing train; and then again at Leanchoil after having traveled 18 miles on the Mountain Subdivision. Loco: GE ES44AC Route: Canadian Mountain Passes: Revelstoke-Lake Louise Scenario: Along the Kicking Horse Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Off sequence, story time. I played Colton & Northern scenarios during 2018 February. I didn't annotate them so playing a few to find out the scenario for shots. I have a special project in my mind for these routes, in the future: running these tasks with suitably small locos that are otherwise not covered. I couldn't resist taking these two. I think they show off perfectly that despite the quality of individual assets certainly lacking, there is still artistic potential. I suspect a revisit would mostly yield ground shots like these. UP 3385 proceeds on the Pine area staging loop track, circumnavigating its consist to allow pushing them in. Loco headlights illuminate this patch - view of the Pine area loop. +1
Installment six in a multipart series chronologically documenting a mid-Autumn morning stopping passenger service Heritage Rail Tour QuickDrive, from Crewe to Holyhead, on North Wales Coast Line route, acquired during Steam's Winter 2023/24 sale. Having belonged to LNWR in pre-grouping days, I power the train with a favorite steam-era loco, Caledonia Works' LNWR "Greater Britain", No.3435 "Queen Empress" to be exact, seen in Lilac & Cream livery. Though Greater Britain looks to be a conventional 2-4-2 tendered locomotive it is, in actuality, a 2-2-2-2 compound loco. It pulls four LNWR coaches, the last of them an observation coach, which I fail to get a decent capture of. Streaming through Shotton: Still in Shotton: An image added to my Win10 Desktop Background folder: Approaching Y Fflint: Bonus faux historical photo; preserved GWR 56xx No. 6695 hauling a string of MK1 coaches, en route to High Wycombe: RW Enhancer 2 (gimped due to serz.exe error), AP S&W2+Clouds+Veggies. (Faux photo doctored in Wondershare Filmora (video editor) plus minor sharpening in Paint.net) TO BE CONTINUED . . .
I love a good Class 37 in action. Heading for Buxton on the Midland Mainline extension from Stockport. Winter 2002.
I've been compiling a Summer 1957 scenario for Riviera 1950s using the BR (W) passenger timetable and a book about how the holiday extras were planned and operated (hint - it never ran to plan!) and so here are a few screenshots of the WIP scenario. Exeter St Davids sees a GWR Grange being held on the Down Main with a lengthy parcels train for Plymouth, to let a stream of severely delayed holiday expresses overtake: One of the many portions of the Atlantic Coast Express eases out of platform 4 onto the fearsome 1:36 gradient up to Exeter Central. Out of shot is the banking engine, a 76xxx BR standard 4 2-6-0. Finally we see a train approaching Starcross, the down home signal has just cleared and the Castle is getting into its stride (although fully expecting to be checked at the next home signal, at Dawlish Warren.)
Images from the applied AP Cloud enhancement extension. In the scenario editor Weather pattern from EP Weather was set: Overcast and then one of the patterns from this gallery was inserted using AP Weather Marker to scenario. Looks nice. I like this Weather. https://armstrongpowerhouse.smugmug.com/Overcast/Non-Rain-Bearing Route: EMCL Petersborough - London, Scenario: Grand Day Out 1, AP Weather Sky 2, AP Cloud enhancer.
An absolutely terrible 1951 Autumnal torrential downpour affects the south of England, United Kingdom but the trains must still run! British Railways 7200 Class '7236', one of three 7200 Classes stabled at Newton Abbot during this time gets out of the sheds during this gloomy morning and loads up on coal before shunting together a train of loaded coal wagons with a brake wagon on the rear for a southbound branch line run to Brixham. Passing south through Paignton the train continues and later stopping at Churston to run around the train to reverse along the Brixham Branch Line and bring it a short distance east to the coal trains intended destination of the lines namesake terminus of Brixham after having traveled around 15 miles from Newton Abbot. Locos: GWR 5700 Class, GWR 6000 Class, GWR 6800 Class, GWR 7200 Class Route: Riviera Line in the Fifties: Exeter - Kingswear Scenario: GWR 42/52/7200: [4] Brixham Exports Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Köln to Bonn on a rainy day: Kawasaki M8 on New York - New Haven on a similar summer afternoon: Track inspection team enters the tunnel bypassing Donner Pass to Norden: Inside a 1950s UK coach: EMD DD35 climbs from Cheyenne towards Sherman Summit:
Part 11, the concluding installment in a chronological depiction of an Autumn morning stopping passenger service Heritage Rail Tour QD, from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh on Just Trains - The Kyle Line, a route purchased at the tail end of Steam's Autumn 2023 sale. The train consists of a Caledonia Works Highland Railway "Jones Goods" 4-6-0 tendered steam loco, seen in radioactive yellow livery, pulling four AP MK1 coaches. According to (link) Rail Map Online - UK & IE Railways (link) Kyle Line was, during the pre-grouping era, part of The Highland Railway, making it a suitable match for the loco though, as one viewer points out, in real life the loco likely never traveled the entirety of this section of the line during its days of active service. The below graces my Win10 Desktop Background folder: Plockton Station: Kyle, end of the line: Bonus bogus "historical photo" rendering of image four, Plockton, doctored in Wondershare Filmora (video editor) and Paint.net: RW Enhancer 2 (gimped due to serz.exe error), AP S&W2+Clouds SERIES FINALE, the fat lady has sung
Amtrak EMD AEM-7 '932' departs from 30th Street in Pennsylvania, United States a little more than 2 hours away from midnight on Friday the 13th; a superstitious unlucky date and embarks on an Autumnal northwards 90 mile journey to New York Penn, New York with 6 Amfleet coaches stopping in between twice at Trenton and Newark Penn in New Jersey. The train successfully got to New York Penn in time but not without with the Friday 13th luck striking when a passenger illegally pulled the emergency brake in one of the coaches traveling around 60mph after departure from Trenton! Loco: EMD AEM-7 Route: Northeast Corridor: New York - Philadelphia Scenario: Lucky Northeast Regional Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
London Underground Bakerloo Line train about to make its stop at Harlesden while working the 12:36 Elephant & Castle to Harrow & Wealdstone:
I am, alas, going to disappoint you. Wondershare Filmora created the "faux historical" images seen in my recent postings by manipulating TSC screenshots, not video footage. I've captured no footage, TSC or otherwise, in ages. I sometimes think to revive my long-neglected YT channel, but suspect it won't happen anytime soon, if ever.
Trip to Salisbury on Just Trains - Wessex Main Line (no external shaders, just increased ingame contrast and ambient light - all I really need)
In 1960 the Stainmore Line was under threat (closed in 1962) but the summer holiday traffic between Tyne/Tees and Blackpool was still in full swing. On Summer Saturdays three timetabled express trains ran in each direction between the North East conurbations and Blackpool via Barnard Castle, Kirkby Stephen East and Tebay. On Summer Sundays the Blackpool trains did not run, but there were semi-regular specials run between Darlington/Durham and the Lake District resorts of Windermere and Keswick. We see several shots of a Sunday special to the latter destination, which routed via the Eden Valley line to Penrith. Awaiting departure time at Darlington (North Road). A Standard 2MT 2-6-0 leads the train with an Ivatt 2MT tank as assisting loco. The fireman is yet to add the lamps! Somewhat later in the journey, the train pauses for water at Appleby East, holding up the road traffic. Upon departure the special goes into the loop to cross the timetabled Sunday service heading in the opposite direction. Finally a shot of our Keswick train working hard on the 1:80 climb to Clifton Moor, before joining the WCML for the final dash into Penrith.
Part 1: DB had decided to experiment with different rolling stock on longer journeys. They wanted to introduce a new high speed DMU service to replace their aging loco hauled stock. It was to run direct from Kiel to Hannover (switching ends at Hambourg Hbf). Here we see the test train (with blank destination) making station stops at Raisdorf and Acheburg on its massive 315km long journey: Raisdorf: Ascheberg (Holstein) : Loco: DB BR 612 (Pegnitzelbahn) Route: Hamburg S1, Hannover and Kiel (via Lubeck) - Steam workshop
Part 2 of the DB 612 journey from Kiel to Hannover via Lubek & Hambourg The train makes a station stop at Bad Malente-Gremsmühlen...... .....and another at Eutin........ ......and yet another stop at Pönitz (Holstein)...... .....before hoofing it through Pansdorf...... The service also stopped at Bad Scwartau before arriving "under the wires" into Lübek. TO BE CONTINUED.....
Part 3: On departure from Lübek, it was decided to skip stations between Lübek and Hambourg (except for Bad Oldesloe and Hasselbrook) due to frequent electric services already servicing these stations. We see our service speeding through Reinfeld: and making a stop at Bad Oldesloe: To be continued.
Part 4: On Departure from Bad Oldesloe and given that the next station wasn't until Hasselbrook, the service took full advantage of the 160km/h speed limit, showing off its tilting capabilities. Shortly after, the service arrived into Hasselbrook - this was to allow passengers to connect with S-Bahn services. (The S-Bahn track can be seen in the foreground, electrified by a 3rd rail) Having arrived in Hamburg and picked up passengers, the driver has swapped ends to continue the journey to Hannover. To Be Continued.
Part 5. Shortly after departing Hamburg, the service performed a somewhat unusual movement - instead of going out onto the direct lines, it was sent into the Weddel freight yard to perform yet another turn around. Exiting the yard: It was then sent along the goods lines before arriving promptly at Harburg. To Be continued.
Part 6: It was virtually a non stop run between Harburg and Ulezen, the track speed limit was 200km/h, and the train was put through its paces - unfortunately it maxed out at 163km/h. Arriving into Uelzen, with just over 90km left of its journey. The next station for this service will be Celle. To Be Continued
Part 7: After Celle, the service called at Langenhangen Mitte, before finally arriving at its final destination of Hannover. Celle: Langenhangen Mitte: Hannover: And so ends a trip that took roughly just over 4hr.
A1 Steam Locomotive Trust Peppercorn Class A1 '60163' 'Tornado' operates a northbound rail tour passenger service of 13 British Rail Mark 1 Coaches passing through Settle, England in the United Kingdom around midday on the Settle-Carlisle Line and traveling 74 miles to it's destination of the line's northern terminus of Carlisle with one scheduled passenger stop in between at Appleby and luckily it was a lovely Summers day for this run to take place over the steep gradients of the Settle-Carlisle Line. It would've been much harder if it was wet! Unfortunately though; the train did have to stop occasionally at signals due to other modern train services running on the line at the time of the rail tour. Locos: British Rail Class 158, LNER Peppercorn Class A1 Route: Settle to Carlisle Scenario: [SSc] The Cumbrian Tornado Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Alan Thomson Sim AP Track Enhancement Textures Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Pack, ReShade
Yet another steam rail tour on the Settle-Carlisle Line, it's clearly very popular seeing how it draws steam locomotives in from all over the United Kingdom! Beginning at Carlisle, England on a lovely Autumnal morning National Railway Museum Class V2 '4771' 'Green Arrow' picks up passengers preparing for a southbound 71 mile run to Settle with 9 British Rail Mark 1 Coaches and West Coast Railways Class 47 '47133' on the rear. The journey was fairly straightforward over the steep gradients of the Settle-Carlisle Line only stopping twice to pick up passengers at Appleby and Ribblehead. Locos: British Rail Class 158, LNER Class V2 Route: Settle to Carlisle Scenario: [SS]Coming Home Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Alan Thomson Sim AP Track Enhancement Textures Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Pack, ReShade
Initial installment in a chronological depiction of an Autumn morning passenger run QD between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Picadilly (via Warrington Central). The train consists of Caledonia Works' LNWR Webb Coal Tank No. 1054, in preservation livery, pulling AP MK1 coaches. With this series, I manipulate many captures in an attempt to make them appear to be old, often damaged, photos or film stills. It is to be stressed that I am not an authority on image manipulation or what old images ought to look like. I'm just goofing around. Results vary from halfway decent to barely tolerable, with most falling in between, as will be seen. Our LNWR Webb Coal Tank, No. 1054, acquired during Calidonia Works' Spring 2024 sale. Lime Street Station: Lime Street Station: We enter the underpasses/tunnels almost immediately beyond the station: Edge Hill station: RW Enhancer 2 (gimped due to serz.exe error), AP S&W2+Clouds+Veggies. Images are manipulated in Wondershare Filmora (video editor) and Paint.net. TO BE CONTINUED . . .
DB Class 402 '402 004-6' of the ICE 2 train set type leads a 14 coach train with '402 021-0' on the rear forming a double ICE 2 set consist; with unpowered ICE 2 units '808 017-9' and '808 019-5' connecting the consist of this high speed passenger train. The train is operating a German based service originating from Berlin Ostbf, Berlin and headed into Switzerland for Interlaken Ost, Bern and is seen here on the trip traveling a non-stop journey of approximately 69 km still within Germany between Karlsruhe Hbf and Offenburg in Baden-Württemberg travelling up to speeds of 250 km/h over the Karlsruhe-Basel High-Speed Line on this Autumnal evening of poor weather conditions. This trip would normally be an ICE 1 operated service; but due to technical issues the ICE 2 is seen here operating this run. Locos: Alstom TRAXX F140 MS, ICE 2, ICE 3 Route: Bahnstrecke Strasbourg - Karlsruhe Scenario: 03 - [ICE 2] ICE 275 Berlin Ost - Interlaken Ost Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
A German Summer morning sees preserved Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 52 '52 5992' beginning light engine at Hagen-Kabel, North Rhine-Westphalia and shunts together a mixed freight train for a special southbound heritage run lasting approximately 74 kilometres to Kirchhundem-Welschen Ennest on the Ruhr-Sieg Line where a special historical festival is being held! Unfortunately though, the train was halted quite a few times by adverse signals due to other train movements on the line! Loco: DRB Class 52 Route: Ruhr-Sieg Scenario: Historic freight train Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, ReShade
Running 4S50 to Carlisle (WCML over Shap, AP Class 90 FL). Amazing how AP's VegEP, Sky+WeatherEP and shaders have transformed the route.
East Coast Mark 4 DVT '82230' leads a train of 8 East Coast Mark 4 coaches with East Coast Class 91 '91122' on the rear headed south along the East Coast Main Line operating service 1Y08 to King's Cross. The train begins held up at a red signal just north of St Neots due to being held up by a broken down train; and due to this '82230' must cater for the failed trains passengers and so makes an additional stop at Stevenage instead of just continuing straight for King's Cross covering a distance of 53 miles from the red signal during this Autumnal morning. Locos: British Rail Class 91, British Rail Mark 4 DVT Route: East Coast Main Line London-Peterborough Scenario: [91EC] On Time Alteration Enhancements: Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0 + Armstrong Powerhouse Cloud Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack + Alan Thomson Sim AP Track Enhancement Textures Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Signal Enhancement Pack, Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack, ReShade
