Upcoming Activity - ECML Privatisation

Daz85UK · Post by **Daz85UK** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:22 pm

Hi,

Heres a quick screenshot of an activity I am making for ECE part 2.

The basic story of the activity is: The ECML is in the process of being privatised and GNER is one of the rail companies taking over.

GNER have taken over all previous Intercity Stock and this stock requires repainting into GNER colours.

You are to take your Class 47 CE from the Mail sidings at York, couple onto the 08:00 intercity HST service from Newcastle, and run it ECS to Doncaster Yard for repainting.

Your Maximum speed on this journey will be 95mph.

Thanks

Regards

Darren

desiro5 · Post by **desiro5** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:32 pm

Wow that looks really nice.

Well done.

Cheers

Ali

ewsjo · Post by **ewsjo** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:46 pm

Not strictly a prototypical working, but it does look rather hellfire!

cheers

jo

andylloyd · Post by **andylloyd** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:56 pm

sounds very good

ajax103 · Post by **ajax103** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:46 pm

Looks good,

Daz85UK · Post by **Daz85UK** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:40 pm

Thanks, Just testing the activity so should be uploaded in the next few days

michaelhendle · Post by **michaelhendle** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:28 pm

Looks like from December you will have to re do it as National Express take over from GNER then.

Looks good though so will give it run on ECE.

Michael Hendle

Daz85UK · Post by **Daz85UK** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:48 pm

Can anyone tell me what sort of DMUs/EMUs were running into and out of York/Doncaster in the days that it was being privatised?

As I dont want to use a 365 as it wouldnt look right.

ajax103 · Post by **ajax103** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:15 am

Daz85UK wrote:Can anyone tell me what sort of DMUs/EMUs were running into and out of York/Doncaster in the days that it was being privatised?

As I dont want to use a 365 as it wouldnt look right.

I remember the Sprinter units and everyone's favourite unit, the Pacer working out of it,

EMU's, I don't know.

model321 · Post by **model321** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:36 am

ajax103 wrote:
Daz85UK wrote:Can anyone tell me what sort of DMUs/EMUs were running into and out of York/Doncaster in the days that it was being privatised?

As I dont want to use a 365 as it wouldnt look right.
I remember the Sprinter units and everyone's favourite unit, the Pacer working out of it,

Thats right, there were the good old Pacer and Sprinter units, out of Doncaster and York, mainly in Regional Railways livery but with MetroTrain Liveried units aswell, these being the 155's, 144's, and 158's, in the maroon and cream livery. EMU's out of Doncaster are the class 321's, newly built in the 1990's, and also in the MetroTrain livery aswell. (Cream stripe and maroon red all over, http://homepage.ntlworld.com/johnmoore/ ... bs/321.jpg

Matt C

Daz85UK · Post by **Daz85UK** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:41 am

Thanks alot for the help

Daz85UK · Post by **Daz85UK** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:19 pm

Heres 2 more screenshots from the activity.

Does anyone know how to force a players train to stop at a red light for a certain amount of time?

I have tried wait points but that didnt work

ianmacmillan · Post by **ianmacmillan** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:19 pm

The 125s sets were split up for repainting.

The power cars went to Doncaster under their own power while the coaches mostly went to Rosyth.

Spare Mk1 were used as coupling adaptors as the HST coaches had no buffers.

To stop a player loco at a signal put a slow moving invisible blocker loco across it's path.

Daz85UK · Post by **Daz85UK** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:23 pm

Thanks Ian, think i'll leave it as a full set for now as the activity is almost finished.

But I'll bare that in mind if I ever do another activity like it.

ianmacmillan · Post by **ianmacmillan** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:03 pm

You've got the makings of another activity for Scottish Central.

The HSTs would be taken out of service at Craigentinny and the coaches worked to Inverkeithing to run round and trundle down the Rosyth branch at the south end of the platform with frequent stops to remove supermarket trolleys from the track.