Furthest Travelled Train in Simsig

If withdrawn sims are included, then the Penzance to Aberdeen XC service is a good contender, running through Cornwall, Plymouth, Exeter, Bristol, Gloucester, Saltley, New Street, Saltley again, Derby, Trent, Sheffield, Leeds Ardsley, Leeds E&W, York, Newcastle and running out of simmable track at Morpeth. according to TRUST, the mileage to Morpeth is 570 miles.

If withdrawn sims are included, then the Penzance to Aberdeen XC service is a good contender, running through Cornwall, Plymouth, Exeter, Bristol, Gloucester, Saltley, New Street, Saltley again, Derby, Trent, Sheffield, Leeds Ardsley, Leeds E&W, York, Newcastle and running out of simmable track at Morpeth. according to TRUST, the mileage to Morpeth is 570 miles.

If withdrawn sims are included, then the Penzance to Aberdeen XC service is a good contender

Was there not an Elgin to Penzance service at one time?

Peter

Thinking about currently available sims only, I don't know how far Didcot -> Piccadilly would be, or alternatively, Cardiff -> Piccadilly

Although there has been an Aberdeen to Penzance service for quite a few years now, as far as I know there has never been a Penzance to Aberdeen service.

Couldn't find any info on this but wanted to know what is the longest distance a train has traveled through Simsig. That is what real world train has traveled the furthest entirely within the bounds of Simsigs available scheduled or otherwise?

pedroathome in post 151734 said:

Thinking about currently available sims only, I don't know how far Didcot -> Piccadilly would be, or alternatively, Cardiff -> Piccadilly

231 miles from Piccadilly to Pembrey & Burry Port, which is substantially more than Piccadilly to Reading.

I'll throw into the hat the Brighton - Manchester service, although now long since gone, the sims involved would be Three bridges then the WCML finishing up at Manc Piccadilly. I believe it went via Kensington and joined the WCML at Acton.

Si

Trent and Sheffield don't chain though so it depends if you valid chain has to exist.

jc92 in post 151739 said:

Trent and Sheffield don't chain though so it depends if you valid chain has to exist.

So whilst Trent indeed doesn't chain to Sheffield, reading this I thought there might be an option to route around the gap as it does chain to the old Worksop Sim.
Which then itself does start up a chain with the new Sheffield sim, albeit sim trains only work going towards Worksop and not in the other direction (never mind nothing long distance would be timetabled through that way for this threads actual question).

Though thinking about it since Trent doesn't chain to Derby either, you have a east midlands shaped gap in any longest route ideas through that area either way.

I don't think Worksop chained to Trent either, if I remember the only chains available were Trent- (Old) Sheffield and Worksop- South Humberside.

simple68 in post 151749 said:

I'll throw into the hat the Brighton - Manchester service, although now long since gone, the sims involved would be Three bridges then the WCML finishing up at Manc Piccadilly. I believe it went via Kensington and joined the WCML at Acton.

Si

There were 2 round trips a day only the overnight Manchester Brighton used the WCML to Mitre Bridge Jn then on to Brighton. The return workings, and daytime Manchester Brighton were variations on the XC Paddington Manchesters running via Acton ML Jn, Reading & Birmingham.

Meld in post 151752 said:

simple68 in post 151749 said:

I'll throw into the hat the Brighton - Manchester service, although now long since gone, the sims involved would be Three bridges then the WCML finishing up at Manc Piccadilly. I believe it went via Kensington and joined the WCML at Acton.

Si

There were 2 round trips a day only the overnight Manchester Brighton used the WCML to Mitre Bridge Jn then on to Brighton. The return workings, and daytime Manchester Brighton were variations on the XC Paddington Manchesters running via Acton ML Jn, Reading & Birmingham.

In my day the route was Kensington - North Pole Junction - Old Oak thence down the GW. I don't recall a Brighton-Manchester changing engines at the Mitre when I relieved at North Pole (mid-1979 - early 1980) but I suppose it might have happened later on (when I was on the West London the Brighton-Manchester was being hailed as a brand-new initiative). The Mitre Bridge engine changes were all Motorails or specials. (Unless my memory is fading, that is.)

Everybody's mentioning passenger trains, but what about freight trains

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.