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I got caught up in this- I was on board 1M45 (1300 Bristol Temple Meads- Manchester Piccadilly). We came to a stand briefly just before Bromsgrove, then stopped again at Bromsgrove station. Next to us was a Lichfield service which was supposed to have departed about ten minutes ago. The doors...

You need to manually turn on the saloon lights on the 350 via the TMS screen.

I haven't had any issues getting it to move, although I haven't tried driving it in the training centre. Are you following all the steps in the tutorial? It might be something as simple as not resetting the DRA.

Quite a good one last night that came in two parts. In the first part I was at a massive London terminus that appeared to be a combination of Paddington and Waterloo, and I was waiting for a train to Cardiff. The problem was that there was some glitch with the departure boards which made them...

I have to ask, why have we seemingly given up on improving speeds on Britain's railways? It seems like 20-30 years ago the railways were doing everything they could to make 140mph the new norm for mainline expresses, and designed trains like the 91 and 390 to do just that. I know there are...

I can only remember Transpennine using a primary male voice. I was slightly disappointed when I boarded a 195 last week and heard a new male voice. I quite liked the previous female voice, It was upbeat in a way that wasn't grating like the GWR voice is. Is this the norm on all Northern...

That's not a problem any more. They released an update to get around that issue so you can download as many routes and locos as you like. I've never played TSW3 on Xbox, however as I understand it there are virtually no differences between the Xbox and Playstation versions, so just pick...

This project isn't preservation, it's fiction. Simple as that. From what I can tell it won't even result in an authentic recreation of a 47xx. I'm not against new builds provided they're built from scratch, and not at the cost of a genuine engine. "Oh but it hasn't been restored for 50 years"...

Ah I see. Thanks for the help.

I'm looking to travel from Cardiff Central to London Paddington on the 29th of December, travelling on the 0723 to Paddington and returning via Bristol Temple Meads- getting the 1633 to Bristol and then the 1824 from there to Cardiff. I noticed that all the online ticketing sites (including GWR)...

I can believe a West Country reaching 100, especially an unrebuilt one. I could also believe a rebuilt one reaching 100 if the conditions were right, as they could generally keep to Merchant Navy timings when needed.

I somewhat agree with that, although they're not JUST building it to break Mallard's record. I think that even if it does break the record (which considering how much more powerful it is it probably will), it won't feel as special as something coming from the a genuine engine from the 30s.

Not for much longer with the way the T1 project is going in the states. A big part of the reason they're building it is to break Mallard's record.

I believe 4086 Builth Castle achieved 100mph down Honeybourne bank in 1939, which is what some considered to be the GWR's first 100mph record. The fastest GWR speed I'm aware of is 108mph by 6015 King Richard III, which it achieved thanks to it's new double chimney and the other improvements...

I know Coronation's 114mph was also somewhat disputed. I believe Cecil J. Allen, O.S. Nock and two other recorders were all in agreement that the maximum was 112.5mph, but the speed recorder showed 114mph. I find it interesting that this was largely accepted while City of Truro's record wasn't...