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Ah, so no mention of Baker Street on the detailed description - was that a possible future extension?

DaveW

daveannjon wrote:Ah, so no mention of Baker Street on the detailed description - was that a possible future extension?

DaveW

JT published a photo of the track layout at Aldgate a few weeks ago. I think it's fair to assume that they are working on a Metropolitan Line pack. Whether that will come with the S stock pack or as Separate DLC, I guess only JT know the answer to that.

Mr395008 wrote:

chris higgin wrote:I assume that's before reskins, probably jumped to the wrong conclusion there oops.
Chris H

Yeah, you’ll need Class 166 FGW (Steam) for the Chiltern reskins to work.

Yes it will most probably be the JT Chiltern Railways and the Chiltern Mainline 165 reskins that come with the main Chiltern route. I've just done one of the Chiltern Main Line scenarios featuring one of these skins. I had forgotten about all the problems and limitations of the Kuju/RSC 166 (I'm sure most people just use it for AI these days). It really would be great if someone could do an update for the Class 166. There is the UKTS 28101 physics update from "Inthernet", but that in itself is quite old now. AP did a sound pack at one time, but that seems to have been withdrawn.
There is at least one other 166 in the RSC Class444Pack01, but I haven't tested it and it may be no different to the Kuju/RSC default version ?

A better bet might have been the Chiltern repaints of the 170 as 168s or 172s (Thomson original or AP enhancement), but I don't think they run on the Aylesbury branch ?

AP have just recorded the 165, so hopefully an enhancement pack will be forthcoming at some point in the future.

holzroller wrote:AP have just recorded the 165, so hopefully an enhancement pack will be forthcoming at some point in the future.

Potentially good news then !

Be nice if any AP pack fixed the awful braking

chrisreb wrote:Be nice if any AP pack fixed the awful braking

UKTS 28101 more or less does that and improves the sluggish acceleration. It's the sounds that are awful !

168's have been at Aylesbury depot, I seem to recall seeing on one of the 2012 diagram sheets a 168 or two working the Aylesbury - Marylebone via Little Kimble peak hour services

I saw one today on my way back from the Railex show.

tubemad wrote:168's have been at Aylesbury depot, I seem to recall seeing on one of the 2012 diagram sheets a 168 or two working the Aylesbury - Marylebone via Little Kimble peak hour services

Was that a 168/0 ( the one that looks like a 166 ) or a 168/1/2 ( both of which have a 170 style cab front ) ?

Springer6 wrote:

tubemad wrote:168's have been at Aylesbury depot, I seem to recall seeing on one of the 2012 diagram sheets a 168 or two working the Aylesbury - Marylebone via Little Kimble peak hour services

Was that a 168/0 ( the one that looks like a 166 ) or a 168/1/2 ( both of which have a 170 style cab front ) ?

Both, and would be at the sidings/depot too for stabling

Example photo's (not mine!)

Aylesbury Stabling siding

168216 by Roger Marks, on Flickr

Chiltern 168 003 @Aylesbury by Kris Davies, on Flickr

Aylesbury depot

Ancient & Modern(ish) by Roger Marks, on Flickr

Marylebone - Aylesbury via High Wycombe service

168216 by Roger Marks, on Flickr

Route uses 165/66. As already posted read this for stock used/required to run the scenarios. https://www.justtrains.net/product/london-aylesbury

The 168s can't operate via Amersham, because they do not have a tripcock fitted for the LU section, unlike the 165s which do.

Isn't it the class 172s and not the 168s which don't have tripcocks due to a different bogie design?

Regards,

Anthony

Anthony061 wrote:Isn't it the class 172s and not the 168s which don't have tripcocks due to a different bogie design?

Regards,

Anthony

Unless they are on the back? I didn't think they had tripcock's but they can be lead by a 165 by the looks of it, as seen on this picture I found online:

168112 Amersham by Ryan Taylor, on Flickr