AI-generated (not entirely realistic) railway images

[Fawkes Cat]

Hmm....that looks more like an Isle of Wight ferry than something capable of a long cross-channel voyage. However, I'm sure Branson would have been able to market it with at least three different classes of travel, including a VIP lounge. Not sure whether professional sailors would have been too keen on wearing bright red uniforms though!

Weren't all railway boats branded 'Sealink' - including the IoW and Windermere services? In which case they presumably would have gone into Virgin colours.

 

[Sun Chariot]

Weren't all railway boats branded 'Sealink' - including the IoW and Windermere services? In which case they presumably would have gone into Virgin colours.

Yes, indeed it was part of Sealink. However it was privatised and then sold, long before privatisation of British Rail.

Originally, ferry services to the Isle of Wight were run by the Southern Railway, nationalized into British Railways.
1970, British Rail rebranded its shipping services as Sealink; and its ferries were timed to connect with BR's train arrivals at Portsmouth and Lymington.
1984, the Tory Government sold the Sealink network to Sea Containers. Isle of Wight's routes operated under the brand Sealink British Ferries.
When Sea Containers decided to sell the majority of Sealink (including brand's IP) to Stena Line, the Isle of Wight routes were retained by Sea Containers; who named its IoW ferry operating division Wightlink; officially launching that brand June 1st 1990.

The AI ferry bears strong similarity, as @D6130 says - perhaps it's a virtual route, between Plymouth Ho and Yarmouth IoW!

 

[Topological]

What if, the railway still employed shunting horses?
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I agree, its not one im proud of.

I note only one of the horses is carrying its own retention tank.

 

[D6130]

I note only one of the horses is carrying its own retention tank.

Neigh lad. 'Ere in Yorkshire they'd call that fuel for roses!

 

[OVS Flatbottom]

What if, Richard Branson had bought Sealink?
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I believe there was actually a rumour circa 2000 about Virgin going into ferries, but I think it was the Sea Containers operations on the Irish Sea.

 

[Ashley Hill]

1. What If, steam had not finished in 1968 (2) 2. What if Bullieds Leader had been a success? 3. Bonus Gemini image that went wrong but looks good.
1. 2. 3.

 

[Sun Chariot]

I believe there was actually a rumour circa 2000 about Virgin going into ferries, but I think it was the Sea Containers operations on the Irish Sea.

Virgin going into the ferry. Not by the time they left it..

 

[Topological]

Virgin going into the ferry. Not by the time they left it..

Presumably something to do with a Stagecoach encounter?

I do like these steam Network South East images. A third lady has turned up at one of the picnics though. Is something going on? Is there a scandal for the AI threads?

 

[Ashley Hill]

A third lady has turned up at one of the picnics though. Is something going on? Is there a scandal for the AI

It’s Harriet’s twin sister Heidi. (I only asked for one woman but gemini created two, which is quite apt for gemini! Lucky Dave )

 

[Mr. SW]

What If, steam had not finished in 1968

From my own Pre-AI archive, you know, when we had to draw stuff by ourselves... These are from 2018!

Isle of Wight O2s in BR Blue, NetworkSE Blue with white lining, LSE (inspired) brown with orange lining, LSE brown with white lining. Now, are you brave enough to do coaches? And full NSE-inspired Jaffa Cake?

I must have been bored that day...

 

[Sun Chariot]

Heavy smokers - what if our model locomotives' smoke-units were much more prototypical?

 

[Topological]

Heavy smokers - what if our model locomotives' smoke-units were much more prototypical?

Quite a lot of derailment in that photo.

Was the big hand from the sky too busy covering the nose and mouth of its owner to come to the rescue?

Luckily no one seems to have fired up the diesels.

 

[Sun Chariot]

Quite a lot of derailment in that photo.

Pleb-on-Sea's Model Mecca rules stipulate that all exhibitors must operate their layouts akin to a banger-race.
The Pleb punters love it.
At least, those who haven't suffocated.

 

[D6130]

Heavy smokers - what if our model locomotives' smoke-units were much more prototypical?

Where's the archbishop when you need him?

 

[Rick1984]

Snoring?

Little or Great

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What if, instead of banning alcohol at certain times of day, Scotrail actually made drinking on their trains compulsory?

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Image is pretty accurate other than Celtic and Rangers fans getting on

 

[chrisjo]

Heavy smokers - what if our model locomotives' smoke-units were much more prototypical?

I'd love to see the prompts that you gave AI to produce the prototypical model railway club members.

 

[Sun Chariot]

I'd love to see the prompts that you gave AI to produce the prototypical model railway club members.

The prompts were pretry much as you see.

 

[CaptainHaddock]

It would appear that Northern are jumping on the AI generated images bandwagon for their on station posters. Here, seen at Elsecar today, is what appears to be an image of former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp enjoying a day out with his partner on the Hope Valley line.

 

[Topological]

Northern wish that they could get seats that thin to fit people into such a small space.

 

[Sun Chariot]

USA Budd-built (plus other makers) carriages had a glorious polished stainless steel finish. I wonder what that might look like on a UK train.

 

[Rab Smith]

Preserved railways reeling from the spike in oil prices!

 

[Ashley Hill]

Preserved railways reeling from the spike in oil prices!

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Excellent

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Dealing with fare evaders has never been easier since the train operating companies approved the use of magic wands.

Apologies to Monty Python.

 

[Topological]

Can someone equip TfW with those wands. The Mk4 sets in particular are disgusting.

 

[Sun Chariot]

Preserved railways reeling from the spike in oil prices!

Excellent. I'm sure I saw a class 230 battery unit hooked up to our local Tesco EV chargers, too.

Dealing with fare evaders has never been easier since the train operating companies approved the use of magic wands

Absolutely inspired @Ashley Hill

 

[McRhu]

Fuel price increase? Pffft! Born to be Wheeled.

 

[billh]

Preserved railways reeling from the spike in oil prices!

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Putting petrol in a Tractor will do it no good at all. It will have to be recovered to a local garage.

 

[Fawkes Cat]

Putting petrol in a Tractor will do it no good at all. It will have to be recovered to a local garage.

And looking closely at the picture, it's a green nozzle, so that is indeed petrol. But it then makes me wonder - is Diesel fuel for trains the same as DERV from a (road) petrol station?

 

[pdeaves]

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Fuel price increase? Pffft! Born to be Wheeled.

I tried something similar but it looks like our intrepid explorers hit a spot of bad track. I did not specify 'archetypal English countryside'. I note the signal at the top of the road; maybe the photo captures the moment when the bike transfers from road to rail, or vice versa.

 

[Topological]

The set of spare wheels in @pdeaves version could come in very handy. I admire the choice of putting the road tyres on the rail as well.

I prefer the bike created by @McRhu but I would worry that the ride might be a bit rough, and it would certainly jolt over pointwork. That might be more like riding a CAF.

As to the signal on the road. If we are blurring road and rail vehicles, then why not replace traffic lights with signals. Distant signals would be a great feature approaching traffic lights.

 

[pdeaves]

The set of spare wheels in @pdeaves version could come in very handy. I admire the choice of putting the road tyres on the rail as well.

I prefer the bike created by @McRhu but I would worry that the ride might be a bit rough, and it would certainly jolt over pointwork. That might be more like riding a CAF.

As to the signal on the road. If we are blurring road and rail vehicles, then why not replace traffic lights with signals. Distant signals would be a great feature approaching traffic lights.

The rail axle passing through the road wheel will make for an interesting ride, too.