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BOSTON SPRINTER – CLIMB ABOARD ON THE CORRIDOR

Arriving 19th August, Boston Sprinter will put you in control at the throttle of electric, diesel, and cab car equipment!

Dating back to 1978, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has called on Electro-Motive F40PH family locomotives to power its commuter trains, and on the Train Sim World 2 Boston Sprinter route you’ll take the throttle of MBTA’s latest version of the landmark locomotive, the EMD/MPI F40PH-3C (above), which features a traditional engineer’s control stand (below).

Enabling MBTA “push-pull” operations on the upcoming Train Sim World 2 Boston Sprinter route will be the commuter carrier’s veteran Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm (MBB) CTC-3 cab car (above), aboard which you’ll handle the car’s relatively simple but efficient controls (below).

MBTA’s single track and scenic Stoughton Branch is included in the upcoming Train Sim World 2 Boston Sprinter route and brings yet another memorable experience to the line. MBTA CTC-3 cab car 1527 is leading a Boston-bound train on the branch at Canton Center (above), while F40PH-3C 1073 provides the power from the rear of the train (below).

The railroading action is intense at Hyde Park as a MBTA express commuter overtakes a local train preparing to make its station stop (above). And at historic Canton Viaduct, Amtrak ACS-64 603 has a Boston-bound intercity train on the move (below). Get ready to climb aboard on the Corridor – with the upcoming Train Sim World 2 Boston Sprinter route!

This blog was made by Simon Schofield and for information go to dovetail live for tsw2

Cathcart District Railway

this is my next route that I am getting for my tsw2 is coming out on the 10th of June

The Cathcart District Railway was proposed to serve the arising demand for suburban residential travel on the south side of Glasgow, Scotland. It was planned as a loop running to and from Glasgow Central station, but at first only the eastern arm, to Cathcart via Queens Park, was built, opening in 1886. The western arm was opened in 1894 and trains operated round the loop. A frequent passenger train service was operated, and there was also a limited goods and mineral operation.

The passenger trains were popular but the company was never very profitable, and tramcar competition hit it hard. A decline set in through the twentieth century until electrification in 1962, which revived the line, which served onward routes to Newton and Neilston as well.

BR Class 314
BR Class 314
BR class 314

This blog was made by Simon Schofield

Cities: Skylines

Cities: Skylines is a 2015 city-building game developed by Colossal Order and published by Paradox Interactive. The game is a single-player open-ended city-building simulation. Players engage in urban planning by controlling zoning, road placement, taxation, public services, and public transportation of an area. Players work to maintain various elements of the city, including its budget, health, employment, and pollution levels. Players are also able to maintain a city in a sandbox mode, which provides more creative freedom for the player.

Cities: Skylines is a progression of development from Colossal Order’s previous Cities in Motion titles, which focused on designing effective transportation systems. While the developers felt they had the technical expertise to expand to a full city simulation game, their publisher Paradox held off on the idea, fearing the market dominance of SimCity. After the critical failure of the 2013 SimCity game, however, Paradox greenlit the title. The developer’s goal was to create a game engine capable of simulating the daily routines of nearly a million unique citizens, while presenting this to the player in a simple way, allowing the player to easily understand various problems in their city’s design. This includes realistic traffic congestion, and the effects of congestion on city services and districts. Since the game’s release, various expansions and other DLC has been released for the game. The game also has built-in support for user-generated content.

The game was first released for the Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems in March 2015, with ports to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 game consoles being released in 2017 and for the Nintendo Switch in September 2018 developed by Tantalus Media. The game received favourable reviews from critics, and was a commercial success, with more than six million copies sold on all platforms as of March 2019.

this blog was made by Simon Schofield

British Rail Class 465

The British Rail Class 465 Networker is a class of 147 electric multiple units built by Metro-Cammell, British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) and ABB Rail between 1991 and 1994, designed for fast acceleration. The units are

The Network SouthEast sector of British Rail began the planning for the development of the Class 465 Networker in 1988, and invited a tender for 710 of the units to be built.[4] The Class 465 was introduced in order to replace the 41-year-old Class 415 (4EPB) slam-door EMUs.

The first was delivered in December 1991 and the last in April 1995. As part of the privatisation of British Rail, the 97 465/0 and 465/1s were sold to Eversholt Rail Group and the 50 Class 465/2s to Angel Trains.

All trains were originally supplied in Network SouthEast livery and branded “Kent Link Networker”.[5] They are mostly used on suburban routes out of London Victoria, Charing Cross, Blackfriars and Cannon Street to destinations in South London and Kent.

Both manufacturers’ units look similar in design; the major differences are the lack of aircraft-style overhead air vents on those produced by Metro-Cammell (465/2), and the BREL (465/0) and ABB (465/1) units also feature slightly different dot matrix displays on the front and rear of the train to show the route number and destination, they also have different traction motors with the BREL units having Brush Traction motors whilst the Metro Cammell units have their own traction motors. There are other minor differences in door switches and audible chimes, window shapes and exterior panelling.The maximum speed of a Class 465 Networker is 75 mph (120 km/h)and they are designed only for 750 V DC third rail operation. A Solid State Traction Converter package controls 3-phase AC Traction motors, which allows for Rheostatic or Regenerative Dynamic braking. Primary braking system is electro-pneumatically actuated disc brakes, which is blended with the Dynamic brakes. Tachometers on every axle of the unit provide for Wheel Slip/Slide Protection.

this blog was made by Simon Schofield

Train sim world 2 rush hour

BRIGHTON MAIN LINE: LONDON VICTORIA – BRIGHTONA hectic commuter route operating out of London’s historic terminus, Victoria Station built to serve Britain’s premier southern main lines. Experience a mix of stopping and express services between Britain’s capital, Gatwick Airport and the South Coast aboard Southern’s BR Class 377/4 and Gatwick Express BR Class 387 EMUs.

This is my favourite route that I go to play on tsw2 rush hour

this blog was made by Simon Schofield