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Furthest Travelled Train in Simsig 11/05/2023 at 18:12 #151775 | |
jc92
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bill_gensheet in post 151772 said:58050 in post 151768 said:Huddersfield doesn't chain to Leeds or West Yorkshire. Healey mills is missing.Everybody's mentioning passenger trains, but what about freight trainsMainly passenger is easier for most to check in a GBTT. I did look in one WTT I have but did not find anything long distance via Leeds in the oil trains from west Wales. I did look at the margam - hardendale as well but to Euxton junction it was only about 200 miles. "We don't stop camborne wednesdays" Log in to reply The following user said thank you: bill_gensheet |
Furthest Travelled Train in Simsig 11/05/2023 at 19:28 #151777 | |
9pN1SEAp
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We need someone to organise a railtour! Penzance - Westbury - Swindon - Didcot W Curve - Oxford - Leamington Spa - Coventry - Birmingham - Crewe - Warrington - Manchester - Huddersfield is the longest route I can find in-sim without a reversal. If reversals at Huddersfield and Sheffield were allowed, you could run on through Penistone, Sheffield, Doncaster, York, Darlo, Newcastle to Tyne Docks ![]() Jamie S (JAMS) Log in to reply |
Furthest Travelled Train in Simsig 11/05/2023 at 19:47 #151778 | |
JamesN
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Can’t you just run in an infinite circle on Tyneside?
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Furthest Travelled Train in Simsig 11/05/2023 at 20:07 #151779 | |
pedroathome
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JamesN in post 151778 said:Can’t you just run in an infinite circle on Tyneside?Have you got an officially timetabled train to do this? Last edited: 11/05/2023 at 21:42 by pedroathome Reason: None given Log in to reply |
Furthest Travelled Train in Simsig 11/05/2023 at 20:13 #151780 | |
postal
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9pN1SEAp in post 151777 said:We need someone to organise a railtour!Purely for the pedantic who inhabit these parts, there is a typo in the Tyneside sim and the location is actually Tyne Dock. “In life, there is always someone out there, who won’t like you, for whatever reason, don’t let the insecurities in their lives affect yours.” – Rashida Rowe Log in to reply The following user said thank you: 9pN1SEAp |
Furthest Travelled Train in Simsig 11/05/2023 at 21:12 #151781 | |
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Thanks for the replies, I was surprised Australia didn't jump to the top. Though checking into it the longest possible journies seem to be around 230 miles.
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Furthest Travelled Train in Simsig 12/05/2023 at 12:32 #151792 | |
ajax103
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pedroathome in post 151773 said:58050 in post 151768 said:Yet being the key word here, there's no reason to assume that neither might not happen in the next SimSig control period or not.Everybody's mentioning passenger trains, but what about freight trains such as the Burngullow to Irvine silver bullets. IIRC that was the longest[distance wise] freight service running on the BR network. Running via Plymouth, Exeter, Bristol, Severn Tunnel, then right at Maindee East Jn, via The Marches to Crewe & then north via the WCML to Scotland worked by a pair of Cl.37/5 locos throughout. Most of which is covered by a sim. Passenger wise although it's not all covered on sims be 'The European' which originated at Harwich Parkeston Quay to Glasgow Central. This train used to run across country from Harwich, Ipswich, Stowmarket, Ely, March, Peterborough, Grantham, Nottingham, Alfreton & Mansfield Parkway, Chesterfield, Sheffield[loco change SF Cl.47/4 off & another one on], Stockport, Manc'r Piccadilly, Manc'r Oxford Road, Bolton Preston[loco change diesel off/AC eletric on] & the via the wcml to Glasgow Central. It ran as 1S85 07.17 Harwich Parkeston Quay to Glasgow Central & the return went via the same route in return & ran as 1E87. Then later in 1989 it was sent from Harwich up the GE to Channelsea Curve Jn over the NLL & then ran via the WCML all the way to Glasgow Central. Also for a short time this train was worked by a diesel dragging the AC electric DIT over the NLL.The discussion has been around the longest route which can be run in SimSig with sims which chain and at some point has been released. The rebuilt of Bristol surely would chain to Newport as to Preston, never say never if the drive is there and the developer has the resources available. Log in to reply |
Furthest Travelled Train in Simsig 12/05/2023 at 12:42 #151794 | |
clive
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jc92 in post 151755 said:There's a sim under development that will exceed that by a margin, but I'm not saying anything more than that for now. Log in to reply |
Furthest Travelled Train in Simsig 12/05/2023 at 12:49 #151795 | |
clive
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kbarber in post 151765 said:In the autumn of 1981 the Sunday morning northbound went from Brighton to East Croydon, then next stop Kenny O, then round and on to the GW to Reading (might have stopped at Slough) and head towards Brum. At least one train each week went from Kenny O to Watford Junction (not sure if it stopped) and up that way to Brum. I know this because I used it one Sunday morning as part of the fastest route from Cambridge to Birmingham (well, the guard believed me) and, more importantly, I was looking for a way to "clock" the route. Log in to reply The following user said thank you: kbarber |
Furthest Travelled Train in Simsig 13/05/2023 at 10:32 #151818 | |
greatkingrat
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clive in post 151794 said:jc92 in post 151755 said:Simsig Trans-Siberian Railway?There's a sim under development that will exceed that by a margin, but I'm not saying anything more than that for now. Log in to reply |
Furthest Travelled Train in Simsig 13/05/2023 at 13:22 #151822 | |
RobJ
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greatkingrat in post 151818 said:clive in post 151794 said:Highly unlikely, not least for the fact that getting the signalling data for the Russian Federation is.. not really possible.. for people IN Russia, let alone those in the 'west', and for the sim to be even remotely playable, once east of Kazan' the covered area per sim would have to be literally 1000s of km. East of the Urals you can travel for almost an entire day between major population centres.jc92 in post 151755 said:Simsig Trans-Siberian Railway?There's a sim under development that will exceed that by a margin, but I'm not saying anything more than that for now. 7-5-5, closing of comment Last edited: 13/05/2023 at 13:22 by RobJ Reason: None given Log in to reply |
Furthest Travelled Train in Simsig 13/05/2023 at 14:09 #151823 | |
Peter Bennet
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RobJ in post 151822 said:greatkingrat in post 151818 said:It's OK I have a friend who works in GCHQ.clive in post 151794 said:Highly unlikely, not least for the fact that getting the signalling data for the Russian Federation is.. not really possible.. for people IN Russia, let alone those in the 'west', and for the sim to be even remotely playable, once east of Kazan' the covered area per sim would have to be literally 1000s of km. East of the Urals you can travel for almost an entire day between major population centres.jc92 in post 151755 said:Simsig Trans-Siberian Railway?There's a sim under development that will exceed that by a margin, but I'm not saying anything more than that for now. Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply The following user said thank you: bill_gensheet |
Furthest Travelled Train in Simsig 13/05/2023 at 17:06 #151832 | |
jc92
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clive in post 151794 said:jc92 in post 151755 said:Omaha dispatching Centre confirmed! Without checking every single subdivision I dont actually know if if one exceeds 260 miles but its a fun thought anyway.There's a sim under development that will exceed that by a margin, but I'm not saying anything more than that for now. Peter Bennet in post 151823 said: Tinker tailor signaller spy "We don't stop camborne wednesdays" Last edited: 13/05/2023 at 17:08 by jc92 Reason: None given Log in to reply |