I think this link will be useful for many players to understand the usage of the route indicators and disc codes in the vintage UK locomotives, such as the class 40 or class 52: HEADCODES (2d53.co.uk) Each section covers the different configurations. In the image below you can see the class 20 discs, with the side ones open and the middle ones closed. In game you can manipulate them from the outside of the train and also set the marker lights from the cab view. Cheers
Very informative. All we need now is a route set in the late 1960s or early 1970s when headcodes were displayed on the front of the train.
Yes please. Sadly I have a feeling we will be waiting a very long time for another pre-privatisation route, and I don't know if we will ever get a pre-tops, headcode route. Maybe if/when we get some steam engines. I have a feeling NTP and TVL were the high point for us BR fans.
Yes, I've pretty well given up hope of anything earlier than Trans Pennine. They must've have done their market research and we'll just have to wait and see what happens. Scenario planner is our friend for now.
I haven't used the scenario planner yet as it seems so restrictive at the moment, I know it is an early version of it. I spend lots of time making scenarios for TS1, but there is so much stock available from years gone by, save for some big gaps in first generation multiple units. You can even forget you are on a post privatisation route once you have placed your BR blue stock. I suspect when we see steam we may get some earlier routes, unless they just build preserved railways, which I hope they don't. There was a poll on here recently regarding era's, whilst the "modern" era was the most popular there was quite a large percentage of votes for the late 80's so I think it could still be a popular choice, unless DTG's research says differently. Certainly in model railway circles, BR period layouts seem popular and steam period still seems to be very popular. If TSW starts to become like TS1 with a procession of modern routes I will be purchasing a lot less.
