Where can I find a coach like this?

[SuperSpeedMaglev]

This is the only image I could find of the kind of coach I'm looking for..(I don't know if it has a proper name or whatever, so I just got the cover of the book I saw it on, I own this book btw )

I've already done a search for Brake Coach and Guards Coach, but I don't get anything like this.

 

[stationmistress]

That is the reverse driving end of a GWR auto train. If you look carefully you can see a pannier tank at the front. Thes were like the fore-runners of the DMU/EMU sets. To save time and effort, the driver moved to the rear with some of his controls hooked up to the loco. The fireman remained where he was and took care of the loco. Mostly used on branch lines with limited reversing points.
Howzat?

 

[dnevans8]

Try these:

GWR Autocoach,<kuid2:122285:300:5>
Autocoach - BR Blood n Custard,<kuid2:123327:301:3>
Autocoach - BR Maroon,<kuid2:123327:303:3>

 

[alexl102]

It's available on the DLS - Search 'Autocoach'

There are examples by Andi06 and HoneyMonster. Best used with a GWR Pannier Tank or 14XX class.

 

[edh6]

Autocoaches are great fun to ride in, it's an experience I highly recommend, particularly if you can sit just behind the driving compartment. I had the chance to experience this at the SVR gala a few weeks ago, if anyone else wants ago I believe they will be running one at the Mid-Hants gala this weekend.

 

[hauntedclipp]

I find it funny that the autocoaches on the DLS have an enginespec that allows them to move on their own. :hehe:
Great models, just the same. But I'd recommend editing the enginespec to essentially make them non-powered locos, as well as replacing the "whistle" kuid with a bell.

 

[PortlandBill]

as well as replacing the "whistle" kuid with a bell

Why? most UK locos (and autocoaches) never had bells. The only UK steam engine I am aware of with a bell is a GWR King George V that toured the US and hence needed one.
Regards

 

[captainkman]

The Autocoaches did have a bell as a method of communication between the driver in the Autocoach and fireman in the locomotive.

Have a look at this PDF manual for the recently released 14XX and Autocoach for RailWorks, and go to page 42.
http://www.railsimulator.com/suppor...139d7b9def8631f892c2/GWR 48xx 14xx Manual.pdf

Kieran.

 

[edh6]

Autocoaches have a pull rope which sounds the locomotive whistle, this is the primary warning device. I beleive in TANE we will be able to properly set up driving cabs in non-locomotive vehicles, whereas in older versions the carriage must be set up as a locomotive in order to supply cab functionality.

 

[hauntedclipp]

Why? most UK locos (and autocoaches) never had bells. The only UK steam engine I am aware of with a bell is a GWR King George V that toured the US and hence needed one.

The GWR autocoaches did. You can see the bell (aka gong) above the left-most window on the coach's cab end in the photo superspeed provided.

Concerning the UK locos with bells, LNER's Dominion of Canada recieved one and was reported to have used it in service in the UK. A Royal Scot, the Flying Scotsman, and a Princess Coronation wore them as well while on tour, but only King George V and Dominion of Canada kept theirs, as far as I know.

Autocoaches have a pull rope which sounds the locomotive whistle, this is the primary warning device.

In that case, I'll replace the bell sound with the same whistle skipper's 14xx and 57xx use.
Or better yet, I'll take that whistle sound, clone it, and replace the silent bell with an appropriate bell sound on the clone for the autocoaches once I have the time to learn how. For personal use until a proper one is made.

 

[captainkman]

...and a Princess Coronation...

If I may offer one small correction, it was a Coronation Scot, not a Princess Coronation. (Yes, they are different! )

Kieran.

 

[hauntedclipp]

If I may offer one small correction, it was a Coronation Scot, not a Princess Coronation. (Yes, they are different! )

Kieran.

The Coronation Scot was the named passenger train of the LMS. The Princess Coronation class was the (originally streamlined) class of 4-6-2 Pacifics that hauled the train.

 

[captainkman]

I actually meant to just say 'Coronation', not the 'Scot' as I am aware that the train was the 'Coronation Scot'. I was unaware that 'Princess Coronation' was also an acceptable name for the class.

Kieran.

 

[hauntedclipp]

I actually meant to just say 'Coronation', not the 'Scot' as I am aware that the train was the 'Coronation Scot'. I was unaware that 'Princess Coronation' was also an acceptable name for the class.

Kieran.

Learn something new every day. Like, I didn't know the GWR autocoaches had mechanisms to sound the loco's whistle. (and the topic gets back on track, haha)

I know the autocoaches could either be run with a pair coupled behind the loco or with the loco sandwiched between them. But for the former, how were they configured? Was the cab end of both coaches facing to the rear of the train? Or was the cab end on the first coach facing the loco's bunker? Or does it really matter how they were configured in an autotrain?

 

[alexl102]

Learn something new every day. Like, I didn't know the GWR autocoaches had mechanisms to sound the loco's whistle. (and the topic gets back on track, haha)

I know the autocoaches could either be run with a pair coupled behind the loco or with the loco sandwiched between them. But for the former, how were they configured? Was the cab end of both coaches facing to the rear of the train? Or was the cab end on the first coach facing the loco's bunker? Or does it really matter how they were configured in an autotrain?

GW Autotrains could be run with up to 4 coaches, in which case there'd be the loco in the middle with two autocoaches each side. In that case, the cabs of the autocoaches always faced away from the loco regardless of whether there was another coach in front.