District Line - Richmond road video

AWESOME!!!

wow!

i'd pay money just to drive over that bit!

an abundance of applause and congratulations!

Thanks guys! I agonized over parts of that scenery for a few months trying to get it 'believable' ;D Sadly, that video looses a lot of the detail so here's a few screenshots going WB from TGN...

















There's alot more, but I didn't want to flood the board and paralyze the low-bandwidth folks. For those that are curious, the whole sequence (TGN-GUN-KEW) can be seen on PhotoBucket here:

s2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/DrJimi/Route/Scenery/

The observant will notice there is not yet a detailed rendition of the 'City Barge' in place - but there will be

Best to all, Jimi

I second the feedback from my learned friends: Fantastic! Who needs to buy videos with such a detailed rendition?

The only question I have is when can I go on that non-stopping service?

I enjoyed that, particularly the liberal interpretation of the speed limits! Well done.

I shall look forward to that, anyway well done, very impressive.

Fabulous! *Sigh* I'm getting all misty-eyed remembering how I used to have a proper job...

I did notice that you entered Gunnersbury at 20mph though... ;D

Great work there! I like the clattering over the pointwork.

I'm currently creating/testing the activities to be included in the release... You can conclude the route (as is) will be available on UKTS "very soon".

I'd assume Rich it runs from Richmond - Turnham Green

when is the planned release date jimi looks totally amazing so it does great work!!

Sounds great - I look forward to it!

FWIW, I'm almost done with the activities. After that I'll build a kit and test the install, then upload. My best GUESS right now is it will be on UKTS and Train-sim sometime during the holiday week. I only have so much 'free time' and I'm not going to upload something that isn't 'ready' to meet a date.

I do think you'll enjoy it - at least I hope so. The activities do bring it to life, and you'll get a bunch of them:

3 tutorials, which you drive, that use pop-up messages to give you information and training - including depot working, the main lines and the Railtrack section to RMD.

6 activities that represent a "Driver's first half", where you'll drive a D78 in various train "sets" as per the real timetable. These include realistic AI DL and Picc traffic per their timetable. There will be an Activity README that will help you understand what to do.

A bunch of simple HERE-TO-THERE activities without AI traffic or timetable, so you can run them and look at the scenery, or use the paths to explore the whole line (such as it is right now). Every prototypical move should be possible when exploring (ECM depot, Lillie bridge, Acton Works, sidings, turn-short locations, etc.).

I'm hopeful some others will dream up more activities. The ones included will need the D78 (refurb) and the 73TS trains (available on UKTS and Train-sim). The README will include File IDs for anyone who doesn't have them.

On a related topic, the C69 is close to release - but I need to get the route out first. The Battery Loco and its wagons is also about to get team testing, so won't be much longer.

Thanks to all, as always, for your interest and enthusiasm. Be patient - it won't be long now.

Best, Jimi

Thank you Rich! You could certainly make activities for the Picc, although it's paths only run as far as I needed (N Ealing, S Ealing and the Barons Court 'pipe' are the extremities). The activities include Picc Heathrow, Rayners and Cockfosters services. You could also run the pipe WB to ACT, reverse in Siding 26, then back EB. I will likely extent S Ealing to the Northfields Depot in a subsequent update. I really need to focus on the DL roads before, say, extending to Rayners ;D The C69 can be used wherever appropriate. I seem to recall photos recently showing one in an unusual location (RMD?). BTW, I included the tracks immediately east of ECT so a reverse off pfm 2 to 3 is possible for and ECT-OLY exhibition (AI?) service.

More later - I still have 2 activities to complete and test. One is a little nasty - duff motor on train in front, possible assisting train procedure and some failed signals to pass under rule. (insert evil grin emoticon here).