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Re: What routes do you 'Sign' (with no driving aids)
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 5:34 am
by smarty2
rededge wrote:tubemad wrote:
What routes do you consider yourself 'signed off' for
Ha! None...If I didn't have the benefit of the F3 HUD it wouldn't end well
Trouble is I play different routes all the time so never get to know any intimately. That's my excuse. Or it could be I've never tried and I'm just lazy/ poor memory.
What that man said!
Re: What routes do you 'Sign' (with no driving aids)
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 5:59 am
by davejc64
I am quite happy playing with the hud displayed not really bothered about getting to know a route that well.
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 2:35 pm
by nsenutslammers4eva
North London Line, you can brake for stations within sighting distance and the speed limits give plenty of warning
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Re: What routes do you 'Sign' (with no driving aids)
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 5:23 pm
by BVEClass395
London St Pancras - Faversham
Sheerness - Sittingbourne
Used to live in Sheerness, now in Rochester, so they're my local lines.
Slowly getting there on Wherry Lines.
Re: What routes do you 'Sign' (with no driving aids)
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 7:23 pm
by 749006
I can drive London to Brighton without the HUD - but not the other way as well (most scenarios I played ran south)
The Woodhead is difficult to me as the line speeds are wrong and I remember what they were.
Liverpool - Manchester is very easy but then I used to drive the real line in the 1990's
Peter
Re: What routes do you 'Sign' (with no driving aids)
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 8:17 pm
by passedcleaner
Love this idea, hope you get a lot more responses.
I consider myself 'signed off' for the following;
Cardiff/Bristol-Paddington
Preston-Carlisle-Glasgow
Edinburgh-Dundee
Edinburgh-Glasgow QS
Exeter SD-Paignton
Exeter Central-Barnstaple
With regards Chippenham, on the down you want to make your first brake application at the point where you are no longer on embankment but not quite yet in cutting. On the Up, assuming about 112mph peak, start braking as you pass Thingley East Junction crossover
Re: What routes do you 'Sign' (with no driving aids)
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 5:46 am
by hle19
GEML
Ipswich-Felixstowe
Manningtree-Harwich
Norwich - Great Yarmouth/Lowestoft
There may be a reason for the confine to the one area though....
Re: What routes do you 'Sign' (with no driving aids)
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 10:29 pm
by ttjph
None - well, maybe I can manage Polmadie - Glasgow Central...
Those of you who have learnt entire routes:
1) how many runs does it take you (and do you need to do different types - freight, stopping, express)?
2) does it get easier / quicker once you've got two, or three, or four routes under your belt?