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Walsall released, and surrounding sims updated 11/07/2024 at 20:59 #157804
GeoffM
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We are pleased to announce the release of the Walsall simulation, which is located north of Birmingham and chains to Wolverhampton, Birmingham New Street, Staffordshire, and Saltley. All of those sims, except for Wolverhampton, have also been updated for chaining purposes - see the simulation version histories for details. Finally, timetables for the above have also been updated where appropriate.

Walsall has two eras, 2006 and 2019 with timetables for both, and includes a nice variety of freight and passenger workings.

Click Check for Updates in the Loader for the latest files.

Enjoy!

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Walsall released, and surrounding sims updated 12/07/2024 at 08:27 #157805
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Does that finish the WCML?

Simsig's mission to rule the world (well, the British railway system) continues! Thanks Geoff.

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Walsall released, and surrounding sims updated 12/07/2024 at 08:31 #157806
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kbarber in post 157805 said:
Does that finish the WCML?

Simsig's mission to rule the world (well, the British railway system) continues! Thanks Geoff.
Preston and Glasgow Central are both still missing. Given we only now need Newcastle - Berwick to complete the ECML, you could argue Simsig has its own race to the north!

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Walsall released, and surrounding sims updated 12/07/2024 at 10:17 #157809
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jc92 in post 157806 said:
kbarber in post 157805 said:
Does that finish the WCML?

Simsig's mission to rule the world (well, the British railway system) continues! Thanks Geoff.
Preston and Glasgow Central are both still missing. Given we only now need Newcastle - Berwick to complete the ECML, you could argue Simsig has its own race to the north!
Which Region won the first race? I can't remember 😕

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Walsall released, and surrounding sims updated 12/07/2024 at 14:37 #157812
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Many thanks for releasing Walsall and the updates for the sims to enable chaining. Another area that I have visited many times mostly Bescot Stadium.

For those making an timetable upon recently/or future. Bescot Down Sidings, Bescot Middle and Bescot TMD are now fully closed and OOU. It is expected the land will be bought for a new depot with WMT/LNWR.

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Walsall released, and surrounding sims updated 12/07/2024 at 14:52 #157813
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Bescot Down Side has been a sad sight to pass on the train for a few years now, another massive yard completely disused.
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Walsall released, and surrounding sims updated 12/07/2024 at 19:13 #157817
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Stephen Fulcher in post 157813 said:
Bescot Down Side has been a sad sight to pass on the train for a few years now, another massive yard completely disused.
Yeah got to agree with Stephen's comments here. I worked at Bescot for 4 years & thoroughly enjoyed my time there & the yard was all open to traffic with the Down Tower in operation too & it was still quite a busy place then unlike today.

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Walsall released, and surrounding sims updated 12/07/2024 at 21:42 #157819
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bugsy in post 157809 said:
Which Region won the first race? I can't remember 😕
The GNR/NER combination achieved the fastest time to Edinburgh in the 1888 "race". The fastest time to Aberdeen in the 1895 "race" was achieved by the LNWR/CR combination. In both cases the fastest times were set on the shortest routes.

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Walsall released, and surrounding sims updated 13/07/2024 at 10:32 #157824
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If it was a race to build (akin to the SimSig network) then.....

WCML (Caledonian Railway) opened February and April 1848 to Glasgow (Townhead) and Edinburgh (Lothian Road) respectively, so was the first complete London - Edinburgh / Glasgow line

Although the Berwick - Edinburgh line opened in June 1846, there was not yet a line from Gateshead to Berwick to meet it ! In July 1847 the Newcastle - Berwick line opened, but still isolated as it took until 1850 to finish both the Tyne and Tweed bridges to complete a through rail route - until then you had to walk from Gateshead to Newcastle and also from Tweedbank to Berwick town station.

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Walsall released, and surrounding sims updated 14/07/2024 at 13:35 #157848
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bill_gensheet in post 157824 said:
If it was a race to build (akin to the SimSig network) then.....

WCML (Caledonian Railway) opened February and April 1848 to Glasgow (Townhead) and Edinburgh (Lothian Road) respectively, so was the first complete London - Edinburgh / Glasgow line

Although the Berwick - Edinburgh line opened in June 1846, there was not yet a line from Gateshead to Berwick to meet it ! In July 1847 the Newcastle - Berwick line opened, but still isolated as it took until 1850 to finish both the Tyne and Tweed bridges to complete a through rail route - until then you had to walk from Gateshead to Newcastle and also from Tweedbank to Berwick town station.

Even then the GNR didn't open until 1850 (I think) - and then only to a temporary station at Maiden Lane. Kings X opened in 1851.

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Walsall released, and surrounding sims updated 15/07/2024 at 18:19 #157857
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GeoffM in post 157804 said:
We are pleased to announce the release of the Walsall simulation, which is located north of Birmingham and chains to Wolverhampton, Birmingham New Street, Staffordshire, and Saltley. All of those sims, except for Wolverhampton, have also been updated for chaining purposes - see the simulation version histories for details. Finally, timetables for the above have also been updated where appropriate.

Walsall has two eras, 2006 and 2019 with timetables for both, and includes a nice variety of freight and passenger workings.

Click Check for Updates in the Loader for the latest files.

Enjoy!
Is there any reason Wolverhampton is not going to chain to Walsall? Or is this temporary?

N.B. I have not purchased this yet.

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Walsall released, and surrounding sims updated 15/07/2024 at 18:51 #157858
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Guts in post 157857 said:
GeoffM in post 157804 said:
We are pleased to announce the release of the Walsall simulation, which is located north of Birmingham and chains to Wolverhampton, Birmingham New Street, Staffordshire, and Saltley. All of those sims, except for Wolverhampton, have also been updated for chaining purposes - see the simulation version histories for details. Finally, timetables for the above have also been updated where appropriate.

Walsall has two eras, 2006 and 2019 with timetables for both, and includes a nice variety of freight and passenger workings.

Click Check for Updates in the Loader for the latest files.

Enjoy!
Is there any reason Wolverhampton is not going to chain to Walsall? Or is this temporary?

N.B. I have not purchased this yet.
Wolverhampton already chains with Walsall from the previous update to the sim.

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Walsall released, and surrounding sims updated 15/07/2024 at 19:57 #157859
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Excellent. Can’t wait to fix my laptop and play it
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