East Coast Express (Part One) London to Peterborough, developed by well-respected team ... more
EuropeanBahn, gives you the opportunity to drive a selection of contemporary electric locomotives on one of the UK’s busiest railway lines. The route cover...
Advantages: slow enjoyment Disadvantages: no fast kicks
multiple Gig capacity. This is a point that I will take up later.
You get a two CD set with a good manual that describes each route and the activities on each.
You get 6 routes to drive over. They are:-
USA 1 Amtrak Electrified high speed Northeast Corridor Washington to Philadelphia
USA 2 Burlington Northern Santa Fe The spectacular Marias Pass in Montana. This route is Diesel operated
Euro 1 The railway from Settle to Carlisle with the Flying Scotsman.
Euro 2 Part of The Orient Express in 1930 Austrian Alps. Steam operated. Innsbruck to St Anton
Jap 1 Odakyu Electric Railway, An electrified line in one of the world?s busiest commuter cities, Tokyo.
Jap 2 Kyushu Railway Company. The mountainous Hisatsu line on the southern island of Kyushu. This line is again diesel and primarily for tourists.
There are activities ...
Advantages: Can be an inexpensive way to see the country, frequent service, free wifi on board Disadvantages: Overcrowding, old trains, journey times slower than 25 years ago
The eastcoast mainline is one of the major rail links in the UK, linking London with major cities in Yorkshire, Northumberland and Scotland. Previously operated by GNER, the franchise passed on to National Express in 2007 after GNER?s parent company filed for bankruptcy protection.
It was felt that National Express had paid way over the odds for the franchise and sure enough as the recession began to bite, they found themselves in a perilous financial predicament, and upon failing to renegotiate the terms of the franchise with the government, it was announced in June 2009 that the government would be taking the franchise back under state control, with the franchise going back out to tender sometime in 2010.
To all intents and purposes however nothing much has changed since the GNER days apart from train liveries and the fact wifi is ...
Advantages: see opinion Disadvantages: see opinion
Question- How can you tell when a train spotter reaches orgasm?
Answer- He drops his notebook and binoculars.
That puerile little aside is the sort of thing that I would have said up until a few months ago. However, something that happened to me over the intervening weeks has caused me to re-assess my cynicism. I have become an ardent 'Train-Simmer'. Now this does not mean that I boil on the EastCoast Mainline (is it possible to boil on an English train? I heard that when it's cold Connex put a candle in each carriage, and when it's -15 degrees they even light it!).
I have been given a copy of Microsoft's TrainSimulator, and I have, quite simply become addicted.
To start with I had better give you the minimum spec it will accept:
Pentium II 266
4MB 3D Hardware accelerator
Win 95/98/Me
32MB Ram
500 MB Hard Disk ...
