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| Timetable 1975 12/11/2023 at 16:24 #154044 | |
bill_gensheet
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Now available : https://www.SimSig.co.uk/File/Details/2968 Into the time machine...... a 1975 timetable showing just how far the freight - passenger balance has moved over the years. For passengers there is only a roughly hourly service to Kidderminster, not always that ‘clockface’, with just 7 trains a day onwards to Worcester. A fair proportion of the freight runs via Dudley which was a through line in 1975. There are a number of banking or pilot moves up the hills to Rowley Regis or Round Oak, and trips to all the sidings. Some variation is included with day of week (TUE/WED/THU/FRI), some chemical / oil trains running as required and the odd failing DMU. Sources are 1975 WTT’s and 1971 trip notice (thanks for that one Pascal). Also thanks to Stephen Fulcher for the sim, particularly for setting up the 'added locations' era to allow this timetable to operate. The zip includes a pdf guide to operating, and where to find the old destinations. There are also links to the more interesting images I found doing the research. Here's one to amuse, "Train still waiting at the ground frame" ......... https://maps.app.goo.gl/HGT8mpcYchhQV1rM7 Bill Log in to reply |
| Timetable 1975 19/11/2023 at 21:50 #154221 | |
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pjm38uk
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Have finished a run through of the 1975 TT, interesting stuff. One or two moves caught me out at times but on a second run through I'd be ready for those. Just a couple of very minor things to report. Typo with 7M62 1025 Swindon-Walton OJ, 7M62 should be 7M67 Issue when 7M76 1945 Bristol-Bescot calls at Langley Green to pick up. Prior to the arrival of 7M76 a 9T85 is propelled out of Rood End Up Sidings by the Class 08 shunter, and then reverses to the Up Through Siding and the 08 detaches. 7M76 arrives in the UGL, loco detaches as 0M76, goes to the UTS and joins with 9T85 which then goes back to the UGL and attaches to 7M76 and then the whole lot departs. However in the TT 0M76 attaches to 9T85 and then continues back to 7M76 as 0M76 but longer. When 0M76 attaches it should really be 9T85 that goes to join 7M76. It doesn't really make any difference, just the headcode changes. Save attached from just before 7M76 arrives if you need it to run it to observe. For anyone wondering about trying this TT but thinking it’s maybe too small an area to be interesting or challenging, at certain times, with bankers and shunts in Rood End Yard for example, it really isn’t. Now I’ve got the feel of it I need to switch the Level Crossings and Absolute Block back on to ramp it up a bit. Also as I knew the signalling prior to August 1990 when the boxes at Cradley, Rowley, Langley and Smethwick West were still open (and Stourbridge North, closed 1978), I can approximate which signals would be equivalent to the old section signals. I could therefore hold them at red until the clearing point is passed for where the next box would have been regardless of what signals are now inbetween. Maybe I might at some point ! Phil Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply The following user said thank you: bill_gensheet |
| Timetable 1975 19/11/2023 at 22:06 #154226 | |
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bill_gensheet
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pjm38uk in post 154221 said:Deliberate alteration for reasons of clarity/sanity when writing the timetable, due to 6M67 and associated banking loco given 0M67. While it would be OK with deeper use of UID, that is the reason. It is indeed 7M67 in the source WTT glad you enjoyed it Bill Log in to reply |
| Timetable 1975 20/11/2023 at 06:45 #154235 | |
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geswedey
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Very Good timetable, My first run through was with TORR off, AB and LC on, Rood End caught me out once or twice but didn't get in too much of a mess.
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