UK Screenshots for Pre BR Blue. High resolution warning.
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The past few weeks over Christmas saw me stepping up to the plate on a new challenge: I previously managed to get the PLL Gravity fed colliery screens working in the form of "Erinvale Colliery" on my long-term W.I.P Ellesville Junction route, so I thought I'd have a go at setting up some other features included with PLL on my routes. I have no plans as of yet to set up a Steelworks as large as Shelton, so I turned to the next best thing: Signal Boxes.
Now, bearing in mind that I have played the signal box sessions on the PLL route, just not with the boxes 'in-line' (I got too many bungs from Fred down the line as I was trying to read the operations manual and run the box at the same time... whoops)
The biggest reason I wanted to have a go attempting to implement the Signal Box rule was so I could in theory focus more on running the trains closer to a realistic working timetable avoiding the constant 'babysitting AI drivers' I used to do to avoid passenger trains spontaneously taking detours through the goods yard and getting 'stuck' because they didn't use the main to get to the station. Seeing as I shifted to a new build folder shortly before Christmas in an attempt to fix the issues I was having with the old one, and now everything was working properly so long as I don't maximise the edit session rule window, I thought why not have a go?
Well, I wanted a challenge and boy did I get one! 3 days of constant tinkering, saving, quitting, backtracking and rebuilding certain parts, and I was only halfway done with putting the signal box rule in place on the mainline. Thankfully, once I got past the hurdle that was Ellesville Junction itself, it was all a fairly easy trek downhill to finish the mainline boxes off. The below screenshots are from when I performed my first successful running sessions on EVJ.
Happy with where EVJ was sitting with the SB Rule, I turned to the next route on the list: St.Ives. This one's the biggest challenge out of all 5 of my W.I.P F&WVJR Routes, as it's the one with the most point work, the most signals, and the central section of the entire system. Combined with the 4-track mainline in the up-up-down-down configuration, the manual on the PLL website is not lying when it said it can get confusing. After about 4 attempts of implementing the Signal Box rule using the same process, I used for the EVJ route, I've managed to somewhat get the boxes working correctly. Still a heavy W.I.P, but who knows, maybe I might get it working good enough to release a Signal Box session along with the next update on the DLS?
Now, bearing in mind that I have played the signal box sessions on the PLL route, just not with the boxes 'in-line' (I got too many bungs from Fred down the line as I was trying to read the operations manual and run the box at the same time... whoops)
The biggest reason I wanted to have a go attempting to implement the Signal Box rule was so I could in theory focus more on running the trains closer to a realistic working timetable avoiding the constant 'babysitting AI drivers' I used to do to avoid passenger trains spontaneously taking detours through the goods yard and getting 'stuck' because they didn't use the main to get to the station. Seeing as I shifted to a new build folder shortly before Christmas in an attempt to fix the issues I was having with the old one, and now everything was working properly so long as I don't maximise the edit session rule window, I thought why not have a go?
Well, I wanted a challenge and boy did I get one! 3 days of constant tinkering, saving, quitting, backtracking and rebuilding certain parts, and I was only halfway done with putting the signal box rule in place on the mainline. Thankfully, once I got past the hurdle that was Ellesville Junction itself, it was all a fairly easy trek downhill to finish the mainline boxes off. The below screenshots are from when I performed my first successful running sessions on EVJ.
Happy with where EVJ was sitting with the SB Rule, I turned to the next route on the list: St.Ives. This one's the biggest challenge out of all 5 of my W.I.P F&WVJR Routes, as it's the one with the most point work, the most signals, and the central section of the entire system. Combined with the 4-track mainline in the up-up-down-down configuration, the manual on the PLL website is not lying when it said it can get confusing. After about 4 attempts of implementing the Signal Box rule using the same process, I used for the EVJ route, I've managed to somewhat get the boxes working correctly. Still a heavy W.I.P, but who knows, maybe I might get it working good enough to release a Signal Box session along with the next update on the DLS?
KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
As KotanaGirl kindly reposted, they are avalible from the Trainz Store or via the Trainz Gold subscription, same as all my other Products, and others like Dundun92's and N3V own uk content
KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
It's been a good while since I last had any of my old Paulz Trainz D16/3's out of my digital trainset box. My Norfolk layout is still undergoing a rebuild, but I'm still able to run some trains on it should I want to.
Treated myself to Barney and dundun's lovely new suburban coaches and truly lovely pieces of work they are too.
Treated myself to Barney and dundun's lovely new suburban coaches and truly lovely pieces of work they are too.
KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
Because I have eyesight problems I use a slight green tint to reduce the typical blue light heavy glare common to TRS19 and TRS22. Most of my own routes are set in the rural countryside so a green tint more or less blends in. Paulz Trainz D16/3 engines aren't so bad and they can be made to run nicely. If you want a better one the only way you might get it without waiting for years for it to happen is to commission someone to make it for you.
I never said that they were bad, in fact they are pretty good/decent as I have 3 of those myself (also, if you want to use my engine spec for them you can). About the last part, I wonder either edh6 or someone else could maybe be interested in creating a better version of the gresely d16/3 locos and a b17 class (not sure about camscott).
KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
The D16/3 engines were Gresley rebuilds of the original GER Holden 'Clauds'. The last one was withdrawn in 1960 so they didn't do too badly. Being keen as I am on the old GER it was an easy choice to buy four of them from Paul. Considering that Camscott has already made his very good B12 (GER S69) 4-6-0's commissioning him to make a D16/3 wouldn't be beyond the bounds of possibility. Ed has a very long list of engines he wants to build and folk are always asking him about making their favourite engines so I wouldn't get your hopes up over him taking on a D16/3 build.
I hadn't much thought about a B17 as they would be too large an engine for my Norfolk layout.
KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
A rare visitor to Elgar Junction MPD.
KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
A return to Moxbury on my Norfolk layout. It's the early BR years up to 1956 that's my main interest so I'll be busy sorting out a session for this time period over the next few days. Most of the interactive platforms are still broken so I'm not looking forward to trying to sort those out.
KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
In between things I'm still occasionally pottering around in the 19th century.
This looks OUTSTANDING Annie!! Where in the world did you find that Craven Era Rolling Stock? I don't think I've ever seen that before! Is it one of Paul's masterpieces?In between things I'm still occasionally pottering around in the 19th century.
PortLineParker
UK Route Builder
LSWR T3 class 563 on the recent 'Winter Warm Up' services, seen here pulling a train of hoppers to Corfe Castle. An unusual combination - and historically inaccurate - but it appears to have gone down well as this is the second year in a row and numerous photographers reportedly went to catch it. Goods trains such as these usually have two brakevans, one at each end, for ease when running around and therefore saving shunting. However, the turbots are all vacuum braked so a brakevan isn't strictly necessary - it's only been provided on this occasion so that the guard has somewhere to keep warm!
Cheers,
PLP
Cheers,
PLP
KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
'Jenny Lind' is one of Jay Holland's models and the three items of rolling stock are indeed by Paul and are from his 19th century series of models.
KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
A cat among the pigeons perhaps? Rob Dee's Pigeon Van is too nice to leave gathering dust in my digital trainset box.
