EB West Coast Coast Express update

electric · Post by **electric** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:39 pm

Does anyone know if P2 will go through Wolves, or will they back track to rugby and do the trent valley (and so the only new bit will be rugby-brum)

carlwestwood · Post by **carlwestwood** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:44 pm

electric wrote:Does anyone know if P2 will go through Wolves, or will they back track to rugby and do the trent valley (and so the only new bit will be rugby-brum)

If there is a part two, IF!!! then it will be announced on the EB site at the appropriate time.

31466 · Post by **31466** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:45 am

Anonymizeruk wrote:The intermediate stations between New Street and International WILL be included in the route - the station names were pretty much illegible on the map, as the text had to be tiny, so I decided to leave them out rather than spend forever fiddling with them

Cheers

Gaz

Good to hear this, I can now look forward to the route that I have always wanted for MSTS!

rowan826 · Post by **rowan826** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:25 am

I am not buying this route as it looks boring with Pendolinos.

ashgray · Post by **ashgray** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:54 am

I don't know that EB have announced stock yet but I think it's safe to assume it'll have more than just Pendolinos...

Ashley

NiallGray · Post by **NiallGray** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:15 am

rowan826 wrote:I am not buying this route as it looks boring with Pendolinos.

In addition to Ash's answer, there is also the option you can buy route only from EB's pick and mix range and populate it with stock from UKTS and/or other stock packs such as the BATS EH2 pack when it comes out.

As previously stated, if I get this route I am going retro big time to the days when Roarers ruled the rails!

Blue and grey all the way!

Niall

PS Someone make one of the old Broad Street units please!

I believe there used to be a version but it was withdrawn a while back.

gswindale · Post by **gswindale** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:33 am

have to say the screenshots of New St look a little odd with NSE stock there. I'd like to see some Central Trains stock to keep it modern, but the pick & mix option does look good

NiallGray · Post by **NiallGray** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:05 pm

gswindale wrote:have to say the screenshots of New St look a little odd with NSE stock there. I'd like to see some Central Trains stock to keep it modern, but the pick & mix option does look good

Is it me or is the 321 numbered incorrectly?

117305 · Post by **117305** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:19 pm

NiallGray wrote:
gswindale wrote:have to say the screenshots of New St look a little odd with NSE stock there. I'd like to see some Central Trains stock to keep it modern, but the pick & mix option does look good
Is it me or is the 321 numbered incorrectly?

It looks like 321583? or 503, yet the 321s into new st are numbered in the 400 series.
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31466 · Post by **31466** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:22 pm

gswindale wrote:have to say the screenshots of New St look a little odd with NSE stock there. I'd like to see some Central Trains stock to keep it modern, but the pick & mix option does look good

There were NSE class 321's in New Street all the time before Silverlink repainted all of them.

NiallGray · Post by **NiallGray** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:29 pm

Certainly going to keep people guessing... which I think is a good thing.

If you go back to the really old shots -- some are still on Contact's website --, you can just make out an 86/Mk3/DVT combo. The old banner for the route even had a IC liveried 86 on it and there was even those shots of a 323...

koopertrooper · Post by **koopertrooper** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:52 pm

Intercity Pendolino? Very interesting but Modern Image stock lacks the magic of the 80's trains for me even though I do have a few Hornby, Lima and Bachmann Models of these trains. I will do activities from mostly the 80's and 90's because I was born in the early 80's and remember as a child the Blue/Grey and the Intercity Executive HST's roaring in and out of the stations. Also before the DMU invasion on the longer distance routes. Those trains that were Loco-Hauled with worked by Class 20's, 31's, 37's, 40's, Peaks or the Class 47's especially around the Leicester area

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daandmda · Post by **daandmda** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:38 pm

What would be good is if they released it as it was in the 80s/90s, with proper modern stock, I.E Swallow HSTs, Swallow 91s, Swallow 47s, Swallow 86s, you get my drift

koopertrooper · Post by **koopertrooper** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:20 pm

daandmda wrote:What would be good is if they released it as it was in the 80s/90s, with proper modern stock, I.E Swallow HSTs, Swallow 91s, Swallow 47s, Swallow 86s, you get my drift

That would be a dream come true for me

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ajax103 · Post by **ajax103** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:37 pm

Ideally, I would like to see for the high speed trains a mix of 90's and 87's hauling Mk.3 stock with a DVT on the other end together with the 43's.

Not too sure about the non-high speed trains, so 321's would be fine with me together with some sprinter units.

Bearing in mind the only experience I have of the WCML is from the Royal Scot cabride dvd from video125.