Simulation speculation - London Meet 16/11/2019

Joe S in post 121337 said:

Well, as it's a London meet and I'm moving to Norwich in a few weeks, I'm going to say either the GEML, Colchester box complete with Trowse so one can signal up to Sheringham, Saxmundham or the rural boxes on the Lowestoft / Yarmouth route.

East Anglia, basically. One day...!

Well if it's the GEML I would hope that the GEML part of Liverpool Street IECC is done as then you would have Liverpool Street to Witham with Stratford, Ilford, Shenfield & Witham panels before north of Colchester is done.

And as to the rural boxes on the Wherry lines as they're in the process of being resignalled from AB to TCB (https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/anglia/norwich-yarmouth-lowestoft-re-signalling/) I would have thought they be managed from Colchester but that in my view any GEML sims will either be broken up as the Rugby sims are OR will be done like Three Bridges has been done.

If we want to discuss a wild card though, could we see the North London Line finished?

Like that link you posted Dave... Very interesting.

I am going to go for something covering the NW Kent area hopefully

bri2808 in post 121341 said:

Like that link you posted Dave... Very interesting.

I am going to go for something covering the NW Kent area hopefully

Hmmmm. Good thinking. If you were to think about Kent how about Ashford IECC? 6 workstations so would need to split into three sims (both as per Rugby SCC):

Sim 1: Workstations 1 (Severnoaks & Orpington) and 2 (Tonbridge & Paddock Wood)
Sim 2: Workstations 4 (Ashford) and 5 (Dollands Moor & Channel Tunnel)
Sim 3: North Kent Workstations 1 (Dartford) and 2 (Gravesend)

Of those, and if done as above, the chains would be as follows:
- Sim 1: London Bridge (Elmstead Woods), Victoria SE (Petts Wood, Bat & Ball and Chislehurst), Three Bridges ASC (Godstone)
- Sim 2: Maidstone East (Beechbrook Farm)
- Sim 3: London Bridge (Mottingham, Eltham and Woolwich Arsenal)

Imagine a chain like that! If all sims were in use with one player on each panel we would need 33 players. I think Ashford IECC (and thus North Kent?) is on the conflict of interest list so someone other than Geoff would have to do that one. Who knows? Maybe one day it might be possible on SimSig but I have no ideas what is coming: my guess is that Walsall (which would link to Birmingham NS and Staffordshire) is a good bet.

A photo link for Ashford IECC & North Kent is https://photos.signalling.org/index?/category/398-ashford_iecc

Dave

I have checked the runes, tortured a few developers and I am fairly sure that the new sim will be the Blackpool Tram.


Kev

5 Surely?

JamesN in post 121355 said:

5 Surely?

Do you mean Shirley?

Peter

I have just put 2,563 pieces of paper with all the station names on them into a bucket. The one that I pulled out was "Doncaster". So there you have the answer.

Just to ask... isn't it usually about this time that someone in the know drops a completely obvious image from the sim that will be played that everyone immediately can recognise? (Sarcasm! :))

It's interesting seeing all the bets but I think by looking at what's missing sim wise, it can be narrowed down even though there are a few possible sims.

ajax103 in post 121560 said:

It's interesting seeing all the bets but I think by looking at what's missing sim wise, it can be narrowed down even though there are a few possible sims.

Indeed. Maybe even an update of an existing sim, such as Cambridge or Trent. Or maybe something new, such as Walsall (one of the sims I hope will emerge one day) as well as a loader version of another sim. I won't be there (I will be in London but am going to an occasion at Westminster Abbey which unfortunately falls on the same day as the meet) but will look forward to seeing what the sim is.

Interesting times.
Dave

Joe S in post 121555 said:

Just to ask... isn't it usually about this time that someone in the know drops a completely obvious image from the sim that will be played that everyone immediately can recognise? (Sarcasm! :))

Yes, you're right. Something like this perhaps;

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[.....]or it might be a brand new sim that nobody has seen such as Lincoln or Eastleigh?

bugsy in post 121559 said:

Joe S in post 121555 said:

Just to ask... isn't it usually about this time that someone in the know drops a completely obvious image from the sim that will be played that everyone immediately can recognise? (Sarcasm! :))

Yes, you're right. Something like this perhaps;

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That's HC104 and LD5 on Stafford.

Don't ask me which developer told me this but I have it from a very reliable source that Ffestiniog will be trialed at the meet. I'll probably get shot for posting this!