Atomic Systems

...London Paddington to Didcot and Newbury, set in the late 80s/early 90s. Including the Thames Valley branches to Henley, Marlow, Windsor and Greenford.

We've got all the stock - Blue/Grey and IC Exec HSTs, NSE 47s, Mk1 and 2 coaches, NSE 117 units, 101s, 121s, Thumpers, 421/423 units for the bays at Reading, LUL stock for Ealing Broadway - you name it its there.

Imagine two hours' trainspotting activity at, say, Maidenhead, in the middle of the day. You'd see...

Seven HSTs - three for Bristol (including one to Weston-s-Mare), two for Swansea, one for Cardiff.
Another HST for Penzance
A large-logo Class 47 on a semi-fast express for Exeter and Torbay or fast to Plymouth
Two Paddington to Oxford expresses, one a Class 47, the other a Class 50.
Another express for Worcester via Oxford, probably 50-hauled.
Four NSE DMU units, either going to Reading or terminating at Maidenhead, made up of 101, 117 and 121 vehicles
The branch shuttle for Marlow, probably a 121 or 122 unit.
A LOT of freight, 33s, 37s, 47s, 50s, 56s, 60s.

And anything else you could think of! (And of course, all of that going the other way as well )

Unfortunately I don't have the time, skill or RAM power to create the route, let alone the resources. But it was nice to dream for a while If I could, I would!

Seb

I agree a modern day paddington route is much sort after and missed,cant see one being done thou but can only dream.

These guys may have something in the pipeline to interest you

Looks like the GWR is next.

I see from the EB website that Crossrail links Redditch and Litchfield. This is quite a long route; by my reckoning it is about 100 miles from Redditch to Litchfield, which is in Hampshire. Lichfield, in Staffordshire is closer.
And how do you spell "adheasion"?

Well - that's how Kuju spelt 'adhesion' in the MSTS engine files, so the English language may be changing in front of our eyes.

Tonysmedley wrote:I see from the EB website that Crossrail links Redditch and Litchfield. This is quite a long route; by my reckoning it is about 100 miles from Redditch to Litchfield, which is in Hampshire. Lichfield, in Staffordshire is closer.
And how do you spell "adheasion"?

I have just contacted Europeanbahn about the spelling mistake for Lichfield. Apparently, even the local Highways department errected a new road sign spelt Litchfield, which had to be replaced with the correct spelling. It is surprising how many people spell Lichfield with a 't' in it.

Geoff

Bit like the number of people who spell 'Stechford' with an extra 't' ... and 'Berkhamsted' with an unwanted 'p' ... and 'Hemel Hempstead' with an 'a' missing ... guess who

Seb

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