Europeanbahns new 'route'

XPTE · Post by **XPTE** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 12:51 pm

Are Europeanbahn able to give us any major clues as to what this route will be?

markw · Post by **markw** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 1:30 pm

basildd wrote:Well it is southern based - for example, I am in Peterborough, you are in Norfolk, one Ian is Germany, the other in Retford, John is in Bletchley, Andy and Alan are in Bristolshire, Daryn is in Peterborough, Steve is in Colchester, Gary is somewhere near there - I would say southern in the sense of no-one north of the border but I am not sure where Alex resides! Ken, Dave and Nick may be southerners but there are a lot more who aren't, some of whom aren't even listed here!

Well, Dave, Peterborough is on Latitiude 52.58N. That's further north than Birmingham (52.48N) and Aberystwyth (52.40N) neither of which are regarded as southern by their inhabitants. Norwich is 52.65N, further north than Uttoxeter which is close to where I used to live (52.53N). Milton Keynes near Bletchley is 52.02N which is substantially more southerly than most of the others so far, and of course Bristol is South West which the locals do not regard as the "South" as such, although at 51.28N is south of the Midlands and Anglia.

For comparison Stoke-on-Trent is 53.01N (less than half a degree further north of Norwich), Crewe 53.05N, Nottingham 52.57N, Grantham 52.54N, whereas true southern locations include Bournemouth (50.43N) Brighton (50.50N), Basingstoke (51.16N) and of course some unimportant village called London at (51.30N)

A lot of people forget the British isles are actually tilted, unlike the BBC Weather map, so bizarrely the most westerly railway station in the UK isn't Penzance (which is the most southerly) but Mallaig in Scotland.

I'd agree there is a Central-East bias to the outfilt but not southern. It's like saying Exeter or King's Lynn is part of the South-East commuter belt and should be branded as such. Oh, BR tried that, didn't they...

I will concede Germany is slightly south of most places in the UK (although I suspect North East Germany near Poland is probably on a similar latitude to south east Kent...)

southcoasttrains · Post by **southcoasttrains** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 2:00 pm

Oooh too much Geography lol

I heard that the nearest rail station in the Shetlands is in Norway. Not Thurso.

johndibben · Post by **johndibben** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 2:33 pm

XPTE wrote:Are Europeanbahn able to give us any major clues as to what this route will be?

Tracks, trains, stations, scenery (bounus item) and on land (mostly).

It will connect all the Southern areas, lived by The EB 'irregularlar' (sennapods please?).

Through trains from Lubenham to Basingstoke via Peterborough and Milton Keynes near Bletchley. Stock will be mainly plastic and convey milk as required.

markw · Post by **markw** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 4:05 pm

southcoasttrains wrote:Oooh too much Geography lol

I heard that the nearest rail station in the Shetlands is in Norway. Not Thurso.

Quite probably as they are nearer Oslo than London.

Lucky them, really.

southcoasttrains · Post by **southcoasttrains** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 4:12 pm

I think its Bergen, one of those two.

I had the chance to travel on Norweigan Rail a few years ago from Oslo to Tromso, but I turned it down, shame really.

lynnfizzy · Post by **lynnfizzy** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 7:14 pm

johndibben wrote: Stock will be mainly plastic and convey milk as required.

hi. i'm new to trainsim and i think london2brighton is great i don't no y some call southern trains milk floats i saw these pictures on a m8s computer and i thougt you mite like them.

i told my m8 he should ask mr buffy for if it was ok to do them but i think hes deleted them now so sorry to buffy i think y/r wrk is fab and should be respected not made into jokes

sorry again buffy i will kick my m8s hed in if you want

ianmacmillan · Post by **ianmacmillan** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 7:18 pm

He He

buffy500 · Post by **buffy500** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 7:45 pm

Now theres a livery for the VR !

thedarkness · Post by **thedarkness** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 8:14 pm

Now i wonder who that was? Great idea, shame you couldnt of done it under you're own username though

markw · Post by **markw** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 8:35 pm

.. Someone beat me to it!

I'd started on a co-op liveried slam-door unit but put it on hold as it's not "officially" available yet (but can do 186mph through Gatwick, can't it Dave....

) Mind you the Dairy Crest 455 actually looks quite nice - perhaps LynnFizzy's "m8" should take up the job professionally.

I assume the guy couldn't do it under his own name and had to use his m8 because he was worried in case "Mr Buffy" (I'm still wringing the laughter out of my trouser leg after reading that - Welcome to Eurobahn Dogs, with Mr Buffy, Mr Dave, Mr Wombat, Mister Bus, Mr....) appeared on his doorstep in a black suit and shades packing a rod, and not for fishing.

thedarkness · Post by **thedarkness** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 10:12 pm

Interesting discovery;
Take 'Lynnfizzy' and swap the F with the L and what do you get?

johndibben · Post by **johndibben** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 10:35 pm

Brilliant. Can't think who lynn fizzy is. Obviously efferfescent. Never known him when he effefoscent

thedarkness · Post by **thedarkness** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 10:42 pm

johndibben wrote:

Brilliant. Can't think who lynn fizzy is. Obviously efferfescent. Never known him when he effefoscent

Ok i give up, whats an effefoscent, and can we {ok, can i} have it in the E-f-f-e-f..... way {ie how do you pronounce it?}

buffy500 · Post by **buffy500** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 10:46 pm

ef fer easent.