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richard lauder
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Spirit of Progress
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 10:05 pm
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wat r the possibilities of shunting activities around the ballarat area?
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Ben Shields
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vlinecars
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 10:37 pm
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Probably very high. And if the route isn't packaged with them, surely someone will make some. I wouldn't mind being in charge of the shunting operations at Bacchus Marsh of passes. on a weekday morning. I find passenger train shunting activities/watching in real life quite fun. Wouldn't it be great if MSTS had a train control sort of system put into place in the next version (MSTS2) where you are the signaller/shunter/point switcher in place of the driver? <sort of like PC-Rail> And then get to watch the movements from the signalbox? I'd love to do that at Bacchus. <please dont start sending posts re: last comment in this topic, it is totally unrelated>.
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Matt Julian
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mrdriverau
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nickeax
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 11:36 am
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In the words of Bruce McAvaney
"..special"
I feel very lucky to be able to access such great work and gain so much pleasure from it. Thanks to Russell and all the people involved in this epic project.
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jm1941
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 12:38 pm
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| nickeax wrote: | "..special"
I feel very lucky to be able to access such great work and gain so much pleasure from it.
Thanks to Russell and all the people involved in this epic project. |
Yes, my sentiments exactly Nick. The work put into this route alone, is nothing short of incredible in my view and this is from a retired "hands on" railwayman.
PS. That is some activity Richard, the screen pics look excellent.
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John.
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richard lauder
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 12:44 pm
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Another great feature Russel has built in is the yard cam.
These are locate at all stations, Tottenham and Ballarat and yards enruote..
You simply press the "7" key, and if you are within the yard limits, you have a roving cam to run up and down the yard whilst shunting etc..
Sound for trains are limited to the .sms file specs..
i.e. if distance is set to 1000 metres, and you go past 1000 metres,
you will need to return to the engine via cams 2-3-4 in order to get the sound back.
I have found on my system, that I can also "bolt" ahead (using a combination of *"shift/right mouse button"when stuck at a red, and see where the on coming train is.. (gives me time to have a make a coffee or go for a "twinkle" knowing the traffic is still 10 minutes off!
*This may depend on your system specs..
Anyway, glad you like the pics..
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Richard
| Spirit of Progress wrote: | | wat r the possibilities of shunting activities around the ballarat area? |
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tsubameau
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 6:00 pm
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Richard,
Talk about "ask and you shall receive ..."
Thanks very much for the screenshots, can't wait for the activity!
I had a minor problem with the last few images loading as red crosses - would this be a time out due to the size of the files?
Love the "putting away" moves at Melton, reminds me of the time I saw double Cs on a Jet put away at Ballan in the relief so up and down Ballarat passes could pass one another!
Thanks also for the detail about the routre and the activity!
Keep up the great work!
Anthony
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K160
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 8:13 pm
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What can I say, I am Gob-smacked. I see that one of my favourite loco's featured in these screenshots 
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sarail
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2003 8:42 pm
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I can't believe that. That is absolutley outstanding. May I ask how long it has taken you to create this route?
Peter Michalak
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richard lauder
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 1:45 pm
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Russel, I understand spent over a year in the making..
Having been up and down the route (motorcading/passenger..) it is
pretty well to scale..
Gradients are right on the mark.. If you have Triple C's with about 45 in tow.. maximum speed up the bank is about 20kph..
Even double headed D3/K on 14 car Vintage Train, gets up at around 30kph so between the locos and the route, gives you a "really" good idea of how to test your locos and driving skills..
If you turn "auto-pilot" off for fireman on steam.. it is even more work!!
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Richard
| sarail wrote: | I can't believe that. That is absolutley outstanding. May I
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VRfan
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 2:04 pm
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I've also been over that route heaps of times as a passenger and I've motorcaded heaps of trains on it. I can't find anything wrong with Russell's MSTS version. 
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Spirit of Progress
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 4:53 pm
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Russel: When the route is released would you have any objections to me extending the line to linton? Just for my personal use only.
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Ben Shields
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