Wcml Preston To Crewe Discussion

Come on JT gang give us the map before we lose our minds!

 

The Miley Tunnel could have potential for a spooky easter egg in it lol.

 

Does this mean we can start referring to the JT "Preston Trilogy"?

 

i wonder is the ribble dock branch included with the run out at preston???

 

Does this mean we're getting a prequel trilogy at some point?

 

Thought this was the prequel trilogy, and we were going to potentially get a pre-prequel trilogy........

 

Yes but really enhanced route hopping.

Rather than getting out the cab & going to the portal, a pop up at the end of service to say, do you want to continue this journey by hopping to blah. Then you are transported to the relevant dlc still in the cab with the set up you had.

 

Plus any delay to your train and others you might encounter on the continuing journey carried over.

Even when the periods don't match, as will be the case with Birmingham to Crewe then Crewe to Preston, offer a list of trains around your arrival time to drop into and take over.

 

Yes this is a great idea, especially now that we are getting routes with logical continuations. Of course this would require some assurance of continuity between timetables, and also probably some fixes to save game.

 

I would expect so, it's not particularly long so shouldn't be heavy on scenery demands but has a challenging gradient. I think the big issue with it would be what actual services could be included. I can't recall the timetable from 1986 but in recent history the tanks have come off the WCML at Farrington Curve Jn then ran via Copy Pit, though when there was an engineering blockade they did run them via Wigan and Chat Moss. Perhaps they could include the tanks in a "diversion via Wigan" scenario.

There is a similar thing with Ashton-in-Makerfield, the oil terminal closed in the early 1980s though the track was there a lot longer (some of it still in use as a headshunt) but it included the steepest gradient on the network (albeit for a very short section to duck under a roadbridge). Could JT do a little "fudging" and include it, particularly as it included interesting workings such as propelling all the way back to Springs Branch? On the subject of "fudging" do we think they will put the North Wales Coast services that run through Warrington in the hands of 40s even though they finished two years prior? - since they have them on Preston-Carlisle I'd think so too

 

Sounds like what I suggested which was a version of "Journey Mode" for longer routes. You just hit "next" and it loads the next run.