Cresston WIP act

[pendolinobasher]

I have started making a scenario for the Cresston route and the date is set for 2004 and im only using stock from 04 and earlier obviously and i was wondering what locos i can use ie 37s and 47s as all i got as a guide is wikipedia and whatever i can find on the internet i got TOC and units correct at the moment.

Any assistance will be much appreciated.
Thank you

[Kromaatikse]

HSTs, 37s and 47s will all be fine, as they are 1960s designs which are still in service today - as long as the route can support them of course.

Actually, considering 2004 is for all practical purposes modern era, you'd be hard pressed to find anything too new to be prototypical. Finding stuff that is too old is more likely. So don't bother putting in steam locos (unless they are preserved machines) or a 55 (likewise) or Mk1 carriages or the old RCH-style wagons (easily identified by being much smaller than modern wagons). Indeed the original Mk2 carriages in the default stock aren't seen much any more either.

Note that 166s are unlikely, because they are built specifically for the extra-wide loading gauge on the GWML, so *cannot* run outside former GWR broad-gauge territory.

Also beware of using foreign stock, as Kuju didn't bother to separate UK and German wagons in the asset categories. If you are unsure, have a look at this scenario, in which I carefully separated stock into three areas of the yard for US, German and UK:

Default Stock Roster [54762 bytes] - default_stock_roster.rwp File ID: 26866 Date: 13 Jul 2011 - 228 Downloads

[pendolinobasher]

Excellent now ive got the right stock on i was wondering what liveries to use for the locos i am sure i got the right liveries for the units.

[Kromaatikse]

Modern loco liveries can be very hard to get right.

[FoggyMorning]

I shouldn't think you'd go too far wrong if your locos (most loco hauled trains would be freight in 2004, except for some specials) carry EWS, Freightliner and DRS liveries

[pendolinobasher]

Not really Cresston related but its about another WIP act and i don't think its really worth making a new thread about.

Can you couple anything to the front of a FGW Barbie HST Power car because i can't im trying to couple an 08 shunter to the front to no avail i have tried carriages, wagons and other locos.

[Kromaatikse]

You can't couple them in the scenario editor - it thinks they have incompatible couplings.

You can manually couple a loco with a three-link coupling to the outer end of a HST power car in-game, but then you can't uncouple them again.

IRL the HSTs carry an emergency coupling adapter, which attaches to something inside the front fairing and allows it to be towed and shunted. By all accounts setting one of those up is a real pain, but it's not totally unknown to swap power cars in mid-journey if one fails and a spare is available.

[pendolinobasher]

Hmm cause my plan is that i am going to have a failed HST power car be hauled back to the depot from the station while the power car to replace it arrives in to take over.

I will try the three-link coupling and see what happens cause im not fussed if they dont come apart as the shunter won't be needed again.

Thanks Kromaatikse

[220389]

Well i found you can attach the 08 if you have 'ignore couple' types turned on. But you will not be able to un-couple them though.

Chris

[pendolinobasher]

Well i found you can attach the 08 if you have 'ignore couple' types turned on. But you will not be able to un-couple them though.

Chris

Thats fantastic news I thought i would work at it a little more before i clock off to bed

[220389]

Great to hear. Also look forward to seeing the activity as sounds intresting.

Chris

[pendolinobasher]

Im not having any luck as when the play the scenario on the timer in scenario editor it runs off back to the depot without the powercar.

I have put an add to front instruction in and for name to pick up i have put the number of the powercar i have even put a driver in the powercar and it still wont pick it up and on the powercar i have selected the broken box.

I have also got the coupler overide box in the options selected.

[Kromaatikse]

Ignore the in-scenario-editor playback tool. It often screws things up.

Instead, try actually playing the scenario manually.

[pendolinobasher]

It would appear that i can't do that either im getting an error message saying:

Driver 11:00 FGW service to Bristol Temple Meads at lat 51.52455 long -0.24630 - Missing Marker - Paddington 2

[pendolinobasher]

Does anyone know how to fix above error please as im exhausted of ideas i thought a go to marker from Old Oak Common might of helped to no such luck and there really isn't much point putting anymore stock in until i have fixed this error