What happened to the Shenfield Flyer?
Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:45 am
Perhaps this is a ghost train story for Christmas?
Having watched the video in the video forum 'Riding The Yellows, Shenfield Flyer v2' I decided I would download this scenario (Shenfield Flyer - UKTS_31957 by Maarten Otto) and give it a go. I successfully downloaded and installed the *.rwp but could then find no trace of the scenario in either the scenario listings in game or on checking 'Edit Scenarios' in RWTools. There have been one or two other comments suggesting that I am not alone in this so I have been investigating and have at least a partial answer.
I extracted the *rwp file to see what it contained. The route GUID is in fact (and ignoring all of the zeros) 29-2014 which is the ECML Kings Cross to Peterborough. The actual scenario contained within this is 'First Capital Connect 2K33' (UKTS_32047 also by Maarten Otto) for the ECML. This has of course been the subject of much discussion over the last few days and required a certain amount of detective work by the experts here to establish what actual rolling stock was required to run it. So having acquired this scenario by default and following the advice given here I got this to run successfully - quite a nice scenario in fact and a good opportunity to take a look at the London end of the ECML - only let down by the unfortunate but necessary Pendolino substitution for the lack of a 91/DVT.
Some reviews of the Shenfield Flyer have been posted but the question is what happened to the Shenfield Flyer - does it exist or is it a ghost?
Regards
Peter
Having watched the video in the video forum 'Riding The Yellows, Shenfield Flyer v2' I decided I would download this scenario (Shenfield Flyer - UKTS_31957 by Maarten Otto) and give it a go. I successfully downloaded and installed the *.rwp but could then find no trace of the scenario in either the scenario listings in game or on checking 'Edit Scenarios' in RWTools. There have been one or two other comments suggesting that I am not alone in this so I have been investigating and have at least a partial answer.
I extracted the *rwp file to see what it contained. The route GUID is in fact (and ignoring all of the zeros) 29-2014 which is the ECML Kings Cross to Peterborough. The actual scenario contained within this is 'First Capital Connect 2K33' (UKTS_32047 also by Maarten Otto) for the ECML. This has of course been the subject of much discussion over the last few days and required a certain amount of detective work by the experts here to establish what actual rolling stock was required to run it. So having acquired this scenario by default and following the advice given here I got this to run successfully - quite a nice scenario in fact and a good opportunity to take a look at the London end of the ECML - only let down by the unfortunate but necessary Pendolino substitution for the lack of a 91/DVT.
Some reviews of the Shenfield Flyer have been posted but the question is what happened to the Shenfield Flyer - does it exist or is it a ghost?
Regards
Peter
