Transport Fever 3

[haverfordwest]

First 2 buses on the Milford Haven - Aberystwyth route. No idea why there is an oil refinery at Milford in 1920, but i have provided a service. Some peeps did actually get off the bus and go into the refinery.

[NorthernWarrior]

Good stuff. At some point I will have to see if I can run it, even if just at 1080p. Going to be a while before you can get the double headed 37’s on the oil trains, heading for Langley and Theale.

[haverfordwest]

I only run at 1080 Vern, my monitor is an LG curved 34 inch WS but only at 2560x1080 @ 144Hz.

Those were the days mate, i was still living in Langley when an oil working caught fire unloading at Total Langley.

Massive blaze and a lot of people living close to the railway were evacuated.

Railway oil tanker disaster On the night of 9/10 October 1973, hundreds of firemen fought a massive blaze involving oil tankers at a railway depot near Langley station. The fire appears to have started at about 17:00 on 9 October and lasted until about 02:00 the next morning. The fire involved 680 tons of high grade petrol and 370 tons of diesel fuel in 12 rail tankers and, at the height of the blaze, threatened more than million tons of fuel in six storage tanks at the Total Oil depot.



Very soon after the fire took hold, families on a nearby 150-home housing estate Langley were evacuated and not allowed to return until 07:00 on 10 October. Police closed all approach roads to all traffic except emergency services for at least half a mile around the incident. All trains on the mainline of what was once known as the Great Western Railway were suspended. A supervisor who witnessed the incident said that he saw the train move off while pipes were still connected to two of its wagons. A spark was the probable cause to ignite the fuel on the rolling stock. Another train of tankers were moved out of the way to prevent them from becoming part of an even bigger incident. Three firemen were taken to hospital to be treated for burns and exhaustion after being overcome by the heat.

[NorthernWarrior]

Sounds like a bad incident but could have been much worse.

In the meantime I’ve dusted off TF2. Grabbed a couple of maps, including a couple of interesting Russian ones, but need to put them through the editor to give a later starting date (horse and cart era too much of a grind) and £99 million starting cash so I can crack on building the railways.

[haverfordwest]

Yup the whole depot could have gone up Vern.

Nice one mate, yup TF3 start is 1900 but even that has loads of horse powered transport. I re-started in 1920 which is not quite so reliant on horse power.

Just about to have another go at railways. Couldn't get it to work properly when i first played.

It's a good game but i would say v2.5 not v3.

[haverfordwest]

Circular route, Milford, Aber, Bangor, Liverpool, Manchester, Hull, Birmingham, Cardiff and back to Milford. 3x consists the same, Black 5 + 6x US coaches.

[haverfordwest]

Gone a bit cold on TF3, UK rail and road vehicles are very thin on the ground. Both core game and mods.

[haverfordwest]

Big train set with a loop at each end. I think i prefer playing TRS22 or Run8 for US content.

[NorthernWarrior]

Gone a bit cold on TF3, UK rail and road vehicles are very thin on the ground. Both core game and mods.

Think that’s why I’m sticking with TF2 for now, so many mods including a very nice Class 26.

[haverfordwest]

Yup and a left hand drive mod in TF2 Vern, although the bus doors are still on the wrong side except in a few UK bus mods.

[haverfordwest]

Quite good the way buses destinations boards change along the route and they indicate. Both on leaving bus stops and at junctions.

[haverfordwest]

Left hand drive mod available, for those who wish to drive on the correct side of the road. No idea how but the mod also changes the AEC Routemaster loading platform to the correct side.