BVE: Southeastern Line

[Coxster]

RE: Southeastern Line

It's still under construction. I wonder if you have ever been a guard on one of my friend's trains. He drives London to Ashford via both Tonbridge and Maidstone, aswell as some local services around Ashford.

[blueskies]

RE: Southeastern Line

Almost certainly. I have driven the route thanks to a pre-release copy and will be passing my comments to the author by email. It is well worth waiting for and extremely accurate.

[eswnl]

RE: Southeastern Line

I had a driver eye view of the route from Paul(Cooperhayden). Which was very useful.

[eswnl]

RE: Southeastern Line

Blueskies(gaurd on this line) has tested my route and has attempted to convert it to BVE4 using Maybank signals.

[Coxster]

RE: Southeastern Line

>Blueskies(gaurd on this line) has tested my route and has
>attempted to convert it to BVE4 using Maybank signals.

Fantastic!

[eswnl]

RE: Southeastern Line

Maidstone East with photographic textures.

[Coxster]

RE: Southeastern Line

Very nice! The only thing that I think could be improved is the track texture.

[blueskies]

RE: Southeastern Line

I have indeed played with putting bve 4 signals and will be sending an emailed update to the author tomorrow and will work with him if he wants me to. The current test file has tpws and aws too.

[Ado 16]

RE: Southeastern Line

It's all rather splendid!

All we need now is a BVE4 - 421!

[wish, wish, hope, hope]

[blueskies]

RE: Southeastern Line

I have played with the 421 and have modified my version to have realistic ep brakes (i.e. similar to air brakes not step 1,2,3..etc) I will not forward this without the orignal authors permission though.

[eswnl]

RE: Southeastern Line

Nice one. Did you do any modifications to the "run" sounds at all.

[Ado 16]

RE: Southeastern Line

That'd be lovely - and one thing I missed with the (BVE) original - I suppose you'd hear it up front - is the deep whine you get with some of them.

[Ado 16]

RE: Southeastern Line (Trivia Time)

Otford used to have a lovely wooden shelter on the down platform, two windows, a door and a frill edged canopy reaching to the edge of the platform (those were the days!) - just to the left of this, on the wall they would very usefully paint the different 'headcodes' of the trains, the only time I've seen this done, it was probably because they didn't always get over to change the "slot in plank" destinstion boards there (Maidstone only stopped using these a few years ago) Anyone else who knows will remember the huge covered) overbridge that used to be before the station buildings as you came up from the South - this went in the early 70's. Also worthy of note (not really) were the open air toilets on the main Station Side!! Open Air until the mid eighties as far as I remember! They whiffed a bit too - although at least you had a sink - unlike Battle Station (E.Sussex) which had a standpipe in the corner! (probably still does!)

[eswnl]

RE: Southeastern Line

I tried to improve the scenery.

[eswnl]

RE: Southeastern Line

Ashford International Station with left branch for Tonbridge.