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[rowan826]

A second diagram can't be top'n'tail as it means there are 4 locos for 4 diagrams!!

TWO diagrams:

1) Holyhead - Cardiff - Holyhead = 2 57's

2) Cardiff - Llanduno - Cardiff = 2 57's

There means 4 out of four locos with be used with no spares!!

[salopiangrowler]

Yes rowan but longsight have spare 57's the arriva 57's are still owned outright by virgin thats why one of the arriva ones are always spare at preston at the weekend for drags hence why they still have the Coupling for the pendolinos attached.

theres always 2 or 3 at Longsight and always one or 2 at stafford.

Theres only one 57 missing atm and thats the Colas Logs train loco which was a virgin liveried 57 at 23:15 last night as it passes my bedroom window when im trying to have an early night.

[Traveller54]

Yes rowan but longsight have spare 57's the arriva 57's are still owned outright by virgin thats why one of the arriva ones are always spare at preston at the weekend for drags hence why they still have the Coupling for the pendolinos attached..

The 57s are owned by Porterfield and leased to other operators, including Virgin and ATW.

[salopiangrowler]

i think you'll find its Porterbrook. And Virgins agreement means that whilst arriva have them virgin are at ease to use them whenever they want them. as there's 16 of the wonder's to play with virgin seen quite happy to not require them although any one of the arriva ones normal end up at preston at weekends as thunderbird.

[Traveller54]

i think you'll find its Porterbrook.

Quite right - slip of the finger late at night!!

Thanks.

[carlwestwood]

A quick update,

I have finsihed the Class 57s, ive only done two... 315&6

I have also re-coloured the coaches because i wasnt happy with the original shade.

I will be reuploading the stock and uploading the 57s as and when i can spare the time todo so... in the meantime, anyone wishing to test, please send me a PM

[carlwestwood]

57315

Class 57315 [Arriva Trains Wales] [3141806 bytes] - Class 57315 [Arriva Trains Wales].zip File ID: 20694 Date: 16 Feb 2009 - 1089 Downloads

57316

Class 57316 [Arriva Trains Wales] [3001743 bytes] - Class 57316 [Arriva Trains Wales].zip File ID: 20695 Date: 16 Feb 2009 - 921 Downloads

Coaching Stock

EH2 Coaching Stock [Arriva Trains Wales] [4097435 bytes] - EH2 Coaching Stock [Arriva Trains Wales] V2.zip File ID: 20404 Date: 16 Feb 2009 - 1439 Downloads

[40058]

Look very smart, got to admit I like this livery

See you're from Melton Carl, I go through Melton every week to get to Old Dalby, nice little town and surroundings tbh what part are you from?

40058.

[carlwestwood]

im on the north side, top of scalford road/nottingham road

[40058]

Yup I know Nottingham Road A606 go past the Fire Station/Cattle Market and Tesco Extra on my way to Crown Industrial Estate just before the test track at Old Dalby. Must park up and visit the Pork Pie Shoppe...I hate pork pies too but love Stilton cheese

40058.

[carlwestwood]

another addition...

Class 57313 [Ex-VT] [3413601 bytes] - cw_unbranded_57313.zip File ID: 20756 Date: 02 Mar 2009 - 502 Downloads

[Traveller54]

You could have chosen 10 others in the 'Virgin' scheme but you chose 57313 which isn't now!!

http://adriansims.fotopic.net/p56625257.html

57301 (47845) VS ATTB LO -- SCOTT TRACY
57302 (47827) VS ATTB LO -- VIRGIL TRACY
57303 (47705) VS ATTB LO -- ALAN TRACY
57304 (47807) VS ATTB LO -- GORDON TRACY
57305 (47822) VS ATTB LO -- JOHN TRACY
57306 (47814) VS ATTB LO -- JEFF TRACY
57307 (47225) VS ATTB LO -- LADY PENELOPE
57308 (47846) VS ATTB LO -- TIN TIN
57309 (47806) VS ATTB LO -- BRAINS
57310 (47831) VS ATTB LO -- KYRANO
57311 (47817) VS ATTB LO -- PARKER
57312 (47330) VS ATTB LO -- THE HOOD
57313 (47371) XX ATTB LO -- (ATW unbranded)
57314 (47372) AP ATTB LO -- (ATW branded)
57315 (47234) AP ATTB LO -- (ATW branded)
57316 (47290) XX ATTB LO -- (ATW unbranded)

Reality is the current trend!

[wertyuv]

You should actully be lucky he did them in the first place . They are excellent models and comments like that really don't help.

[Backfoot2002]

You should actully be lucky he did them in the first place . They are excellent models and comments like that really don't help.

It was a simple comment pointing out the fact that the number Carl has chosen is no longer with Virgin Trains. I see nothing wrong with that. People have mentioned that to me in the past and its a perfectly valid comment, that I would take on board. I don't understand how you can find that 'doesn't help' at all?

And for your information, the model was done by Paul Mitchell, the Textures are done by Carl.

[carlwestwood]

You could have chosen 10 others in the 'Virgin' scheme but you chose 57313 which isn't now!!

http://adriansims.fotopic.net/p56625257.html

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Reality is the current trend!

"traveller54" im getting tired of your constant nagging. Its enough you do it via email all the time but on here is just a pain in the rear.

I know full well that 57313 is now not it Virgin Trains Livery.
If you look, ive put it in an Unbranded Virgin Livery. 57313 carried that livery while it was working for ATW before it got painted.

http://jennings-rail-photos.fotopic.net/p56122892.html

I have allready done a variation of the livery that 313 carries at the moment on 316...
The livery i have chosen to put 57313 in for the reskin was not on tha actual loco for very long. And i feel it'll be a valuable addition to the uktrainsim file library.

If you think that "Reality is the current trend!" then you do it yourself.

You should actully be lucky he did them in the first place . They are excellent models and comments like that really don't help.

thank you very much for your kind comment.


Anton,
I think the reason "wertyur" fely his comment didnt help is because like ive said... its nothing todo with Virgin Trains and its a unique variation depicted, as ive said above..


i think thats my ramblings over

Either way.. Its done, dusted and uploaded and im not changing the running number to a virgin trains one because they arent in "ex" virgin trains livery....