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That is a very good (and difficult to answer) question. I can point you to this page where you can start. If you are intrigued, then you can download the game and run it in demo mode to see if it is for you. Don't expect a graphical masterpiece, but if you were into haulage bashing (and...

Not come down in price, but I have held the price steady since its inception many years ago, and it is still under active development. Cheers Mike (Hellfire creator)

Hi All, Just to mention that this game is still very much alive and has been undergoing continuous development for many years now. https://www.railrover.co.uk is the place to go if you are interested. Cheers Mike

Hi All, I'm looking for some information regarding the additional services which ran for the Pope's visit to the UK in May/June 1982. TheBashingYears website has a raft of information (and I was out bashing in the North West so I have plenty of details for trains to/from Manchester and...

Yes - it was very rare (I only saw it on a handful of occasion during the years I frequented the station - 1980-1985) that the 08 did the portion shunt. They tended to bring in the Manchester portion first, then run the Liverpool portion into the same platform behind the Manchester one. Then...

Yes - the sleepers were shunted onto the rear of 1A00 (2125 Barrow - Euston Sleeper) and were detached from 1P54 (2345 Euston - Barrow Sleeper). After the Sleeper service form Barrow was discontinued, there was only a Southbound service - the sleepers were attached to 1M14 (2200 Stranraer -...

Wow! So it DID happen then! Many thanks for the info! Wasn't thinking about a rescue on the Yorkshire side, but it would make more sense. Cheers Mike

Thanks, Taunton. Yes - you raise a very valid point. They sometimes covered the front windscreens of the cars with protective sponge-like covers, which would only stay in place if the car was travelling bonnet first. The cover would have flown up and would have been totally useless if the...

Many thanks, EastWestDivide, for these links. I hadn't come across the thread with the images of the WTT before, so this has helped me a lot. Cheers Mike

Hi All, I'm trying to put together details of Motorail workings in Summer 1981. Once service that intrigues me is the Brockenhurst/Dover to Stirling service, which ran twice a week each direction. The northbound Service ran SSuO, with the southbound one running FSO. It was surprising...

Thanks everybody for the replies - I think I'll have to keep the EM1's for railtour use only! (New feature in the next version of Hellfire). Cheers All, Mike

Hi All, Does anybody have any evidence to suggest that Class 76's ever rescued a failed passenger train (presumably a Class 506 EMU)? Such a rescue would have been technically possible, with the EM1 dragging the EMU into Piccadilly. I have no idea if this ever took place, but I would like...

Take me back to 1981...... A damp evening at the old Manchester Victoria Station, and 1D77, the 2238 to Holyhead is sitting in Platform 11, with a nice steaming Class 40 gently whistling away. With the thump of mail bags in the leading BG, we all climb aboard and settle down in the mark 1...

Can somebody please explain the difference between the 'Locos allocated to arrive' and 'Trains due to arrive with locomotives for detachment' sections on a TOPS power report? It seems that if a loco is listed as for detachment, it is not listed in the 'allocated to arrive' section. Why not...

Hi all, Many thanks for the info - all gratefully received. Was a bit surprised to head about Class 50's working the drags, but I suppose with the legendary traction and route knowledge of Saltley Men, it would not pose a problem. (Also at that time there was a booked Class 50 turn to...