LBSCR Scenario Pack (Part 1)

We have just released a pack of 5 scenarios for the Great Western Levels (1902) route. These scenarios imagine that the route is run by the LB&SCR, using stock solely from this company. We have covered the different decades between the 1870s and 1910s.

These scenarios are a great way to get to know our latest coach pack, the LBSCR Stroudley 4/6 Wheelers, which feature heavily.

We also made sure to cover a lot of different operations, some of which haven't been done before with our existing scenarios on the route. We hope you will enjoy!

Download from the Stock Page.

Two Scenario Packs: KWVR and The Scarborough Flyer

Two new scenario packs are out now thanks to our collaborators Sean & Stephen.

KWVR 50th Anniversary Gala Day 5

This pack contains 13 scenarios covering the 5th day of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway's 50th Anniversary Gala.

You can download from the Preservation Scenarios page.

The Scarborough Flyer Railtour (2008)

During the summer of 2008, the Railway Touring Company ran a series of railtours from Crewe to Scarborough. These trains were routed via the Huddersfield line, Wakefield Kirkgate and Castleford. There was a pool of 2 locos for these trips, being 6201 Princess Elizabeth and 60009 Union of South Africa. In this scenario pack you will be driving 60009.

The pack contains 3 scenarios for the Huddersfield Line route.

You can download this pack from the Railtour Scenarios page.

LBSCR Stroudley Coaches Out Now!

Our latest stock pack is now available for purchase. This pack covers LBSCR 4/6 wheel main line diagrams built by Stroudley, recreated in Train Simulator in exquisite detail. Get your copy today.

The pack costs £9.99 and comes with lots of features and quick drive consists. In the near future there will also be scenario packs for various routes. We can't wait to see your lovely screenshots!

Stroudley Coaches Trailer & Manual

We are pleased to share that our LBSCR Stroudley Coach Pack 1 will be releasing on Friday 10th April in the evening for £9.99. You can now watch the trailer and read the manual:

Download the manual from the store page.

Somerset & Dorset Phase 2 – Broadstone Junction

Some more progress shots, this time showcasing the opposite end of the line. Broadstone Junction was the location where the S&D rails officially terminated, with S&D trains running onto the LSWR Old Road (or Castleman's Corkscrew) for the last section through to Poole and onto Bournemouth. The station had a small good yard, and an iconic roadbridge from which a large number of working-days photographs were taken!

The area has been lovingly recreated within the sim, and has been furnished with a wide array of period-accurate gubbins, such as the animated Whitaker tablet-catcher apparatus on either line for use by S&D trains, white sighting boxes painted onto the bridge face , and the iconic Up Starting signals, suspended under the signal brackets.

In the coming weeks, the team is hoping to get some of the remaining scenery up to Shillingstone completed, with a big focus on the remaining custom assets. More progress updates to follow!

Stroudley Coaches Progress #3

Hi all, I'm sorry it's been so long since I made a post on these outside of Discord. Progress is good, and I'm very pleased with how they are coming along! Here are some highlights:

D45 Brake Third and D44 Third

Two coaches have been added to the arsenal, representing the ubiquitous D45 Brake Third and D44 Third, pictured below:

I am particularly pleased with the interior view from the Guard's duckett:

But there is also something to be said for the utilitarian third class compartments:

Destination Board and Set Numbers

Two styles of destination board have been created, with (up to) 64 destinations to cover real LBSCR destinations, Great Western Levels, and Portshaven branch. Information will be in the manual!

The earlier (pre-1900s) style we chose was the large boards above guard doors on the D45:

Which were later replaced by smaller boards in the central bolection:

For the convenience of the user, these features can be applied to the whole consist by adding a * at the end of the rail vehicle number flag. Again, the manual will tell all!

Set numbers are only covered for the 1900s livery and onwards:

Some Action Shots

Finally, here are a couple of pics of the coaches in action.

Please remember everything you see here is work in progress. -GAD Harry

Sidmouth Branch Progress #3

 Hello all! It's been two months since the last update and much has changed in that time. Admittedly progress has slowed down somewhat now the broad brush-strokes are in place, and more time is being spent on smaller details.

I have acquired a new PC since the last blogpost, and so I will include a selection of screenshots at the end, with "before and after" pictures of various locations on the route. Last time I showed off the immediate station area, and the hamlet of Bulverton. Since then the more distant half of the town has been finished, which stretches northwards in the valley of the river Sid.

Most of the area between Sidmouth and Tipton has been rebuilt with new lofts and foliage. I came across a useful photograph of Stowford village which showed just far off I had been first time around!

The Lyme road bridge is an area I am particularly pleased with now. I've deleted lots of the enbankment lofts and used conventional terrain manipulation instead. More fiddly, but I think a much nicer end result.

The ~0.7 mile section through Harpford wood has been completely remodelled since my first attempt. Many of the cuttings were simply too large and so everything has been re-laid from scratch, including a pair of streams which I had forgotten first time around.

Between Ottery and Tipton the marshy river valley has been rebuilt, with a lighter colour-scheme. I think this works better than the darker version previously attempted.

Finally, the immediate station surroundings of both Ottery and Tipton have been added. The beer garden of "The Golden Lion" is of particular note: It must have been a great site for trainspotters!

And now some of those "before and after" screenshots promised in the introduction:

Enbankment grass has been finished as well as all the field boundaries, but telegraphs poles are due a second wave of effort. We are fast approaching the end of scenery construction: Signalling, custom assets, and of course scenarios are to follow.

Bye for now,

-Leonard

Three Scenario packs for S&D Phase 1

 Hello all! We are happy to announce the release of three scenario packs for Phase 1 of GAD's Somerset and Dorset route. All scenarios are based on real trains and practices, with some creative license taken to keep the requirements minimal.

Pack 1: Norton Mishap

This pack takes place on a foggy Spring day in 1962. You are a Radstock driver working one of the depot's few mainline turns on a mineral train out to Evercreech and back. It is clear however that the poor weather has upset arrangements, and the day's work is going to be somewhat improvisational.

Pack 2: Up the Bank!

This pack takes place in the high summer of 1956. You are a Branksome driver who has been borrowed to cover turns in the "old man link". Today you are working the Bath bank engine, helping trains climb to Combe Down tunnel, and performing miscellaneous duties between those trips.

Pack 3: WD Trial

This pack recreates real events from January of 1959, when an Austerity loco was brought to Bath for testing. You will take the test train from Bath to Evercreech and return light engine. In real life this test was a dismal failure, and we hope you can manage better!

We hope that these immersive story-focused scenario packs are as fun to play as they were to write!
-Leonard

LMS Circuit Out now!

Our re-imagining of the fictiious workshop route 'An LMS route' is now available for all to download.

There's plenty to see and do on this busy route which runs between two urban areas, with many stations, 4+ track running, and goods yards.

We encourage users to read the manual for important information.

Read more and download here. 

The Buxton Spa Express

We have released a new railtour scenario pack from our collaborators Sean and Stephen.

On the 29th of October 2023, the Railway Touring Company ran a railtour from Preston to Buxton.45699 Galatea, running as 45562 Alberta, hauled the train throughout. The tour would include a rare trip to Hindlow Quarry. In this scenario pack you will drive from Stockport to Buxton, before heading up the Hindlow Branch. You will then return to Stockport via Peak Forest and Chinley. Due to the steep gradients to Buxton, you will have assistance from 47802 on the rear.

You can read more and download at the route page.