US equip, British soil. Interested?

autonerd · Post by **autonerd** » Sun Apr 13, 2003 11:11 pm

Time to write more activities... are you folks interested in US equipment running on British routes (Woodhead, FUDE, etc.)? Not the default stock, but stuff from train-sim.com.

sp762 · Post by **sp762** » Sun Apr 13, 2003 11:23 pm

Nope.

Just my opinion however - do whatever floats your boat.

dforrest · Post by **dforrest** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 12:31 am

sp762 wrote:Nope.

Just my opinion however - do whatever floats your boat.

I second that statement.

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southcoasttrains · Post by **southcoasttrains** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 12:32 am

A Canadian VIA on the mideast would look interesting.

autonerd · Post by **autonerd** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 4:07 am

Hah! Well, guys, I do appreciate the honesty!

Next activity is going to be Amtrak and Conrail on FUDE, which is available on train-sim.com (as most of the rolling stock is).

Writing British activities is a bit tricky for me as I don't know much of how your RR guys run things, or what belongs with what. But I love all the British rolling stock that's been created, plus cabs and sounds, along with the fact that passenger trains are alive and well in your country. So I just gotta make things up as I go along... at least with US equipment I have some idea of what would run with what. (I break those rules, too.)

Oh, as for VIA... well, if only someone would write me a nice LRC or Alco FA! I don't like the Genesis much. There are Via F40s which I like, RDCs which I really like, and of course Old Reliable, the EMD F-unit... all available in Via.

Aaron

isambardkingdombrunel · Mon Apr 14, 2003 7:00 am

I did that about 2 weeks after the US version of msts was released.Its called S&C Fantasy and its a bloody stupid idea.

IKB.

supergoods · Post by **supergoods** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 10:40 am

I don't think activities using US equipment are a good idea since you would still need to follow UK operating conventions and this may not work too well, especially train lengths.

The value of having trains operating on non-prototypical systems comes in testing locomotives.

I use the US NEC for testing all locomotives as it has long runs with level track and no speed limits that concern most steam locomotives.

One of the Japanese mountain lines was great for testing a Fairle

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 1:37 pm

Autonerd, if you are unsure about UK railway operations, etc then just ask here - it's the perfect place

southcoasttrains · Post by **southcoasttrains** » Mon Apr 14, 2003 3:17 pm

Trains run on the left hand side of the track rather then the right. Well thats a start

autonerd · Post by **autonerd** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 4:00 am

UK train lengths: Hmm, didn't think about that. I deal mainly with passenger stuff. "Back home" Metro-north ran two-car trainsets coupled up for 6 to 10 cars, of course each car is 85'. I usually "cheat" at four cars so you can watch the whole train go by in "4" view.

And I sure do like our looooooooooooong freight trains here in the US.

Martin - gonna take you up on that offer in a new post.

southcoasttrains · Post by **southcoasttrains** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:13 am

in the south trains run up to 12 coaches long which is about 275 meters long. some places have 1 coach trains others have longer. marjority of the suburban trains are between 3 and 4 coaches long.