Train Simulator - Route Learning: Penzance to London Paddington (GWR Class 800/3)
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- Опубліковано 31 сер 2022
- In this special episode of the route learning series, we take a journey on the GWR network covering a full length run between Penzance in Cornwall and London Paddington station in a Class 800 bi-mode unit - around 305 miles in 5 hours! Representing around 40-hours of work to put together, I really hope you enjoy this episode.
For this video, I custom created three scenarios on three different routes, editing it all together into one video. Please see below for the list of routes and DLC used, and where to purchase or download them. We follow the real life timetable of train 1A80, the 08:15 Great Western Railway departure from Penzance.
Stops along this journey include, St Erth (18:24), Camborne (28:18), Redruth (33:44) Truro (45:00), St Austell (1:00:48), Par (1:07:00), Bodmin Parkway (1:17:23), Liskeard (1:29:29), Plymouth (1:55:35), Totnes (2:21:30), Newton Abbot (2:33:48), Exeter St David's (2:53:51), Tiverton Parkway (3:07:51), Taunton (3:19:43), Reading (4:35:59), and London Paddington.
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PC Specs:
Intel Core i9 10900k connected to AIO Watercooler with AI overclock @ up to 5.3ghz
16gb DDR4 Corsair RAM
TS is running on a 2TB SSD
Nvidia RTX 3070 graphics card
DLC and routes used in this video - not including AI trains:
Just Trains Cornish Main Line -
www.justtrains.net/product/co...
Berks & Hants to Bristol & Penzance - alanthomsonsim.com/downloads/...
Paignton to Paddington route merge -
alanthomsonsim.com/downloads/...
Armstrong Powerhouse Class 800-803 Enhancement Pack -
www.armstrongpowerhouse.com/c...
Armstrong Powerhouse Track Enhancement Pack -
www.armstrongpowerhouse.com/e...
AP Track Enhancement Textures Pack -
alanthomsonsim.com/downloads/...
Armstrong Powerhouse Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack -
www.armstrongpowerhouse.com/e... - Ігри
absolute gigachad
The fact he drove the full 5 hours is mad
Notes for this video:
1. Apologies if you can hear a slight "thumping" sound during the video introduction; I had my fan on and didn't realise it was blowing slightly towards the microphone at the time!
2. I realise that I forgot to mention in the introduction the setting up of the Driver Safety Device (DSD) by pressing CTRL + D. I also forgot to mention the destination display, which was set up using the F8 key.
3. I have captioned in all crossings, tunnels, and junctions found in my UK railway track atlas. Some crossings appear in the game that don't appear in my book, and vice versa. Hence you will see some crossings without a caption.
4. As always, I sounded the horn at every W post I noticed - but some got missed, usually when looking down at my notes rather than at the track ahead!
5. Unfortunately, on the Great Western Main Line from Reading to Paddington the frame rate isn't as good as on the rest of the route so you will see some lag. This is unavoidable due to the level of AI traffic on that section of the route, and the number of assets used in the route building process.
6. The stop markers at Exeter St David's don't quite match between the two routes where I switch scenarios, so the train appears to jump forward a bit towards the end of the platform when I load the next scenario.
7. Please see the video description for my PC specs and the DLC used in this video - excluding the trains used in the AI traffic.
8. You can find a full copy of the notes used on this journey on my Facebook page - facebook.com/PTGRail - with some typos!
9. I have added the times in the video for all of the stops, which you can find in the video description. This makes it easier to find a particular stop or section of the journey,
10. Finally, I hope you enjoy this video! I know it's crazy long and I'd never expect anyone to watch it all in one sitting. This video represents around 40-hours of work to put together, and I hope it shows in the quality of the production.
It’s time I spend 5 hours watching this
@Northern Illinois Trains and More thank you! :)
@@damianc.0.681 I hope you enjoy! I certainly don’t expect anyone to watch this video all at once haha
It's all good although for a second it spooked me a bit XD
i have a track atlas of the uk
I’m very exited for this lengthy trip! I really do appreciate the amount of time and research you put into your videos.
Thank you! I hope you enjoy this video. It took a lot of work to put together. :)
Another fantastic video! I love all the information you include as well as the realism in the scenarios you create!
What an amazing video. The best one I’ve watched. Thank you for all the hard work.
its really interesting to me as someone whos caught this train between plymouth and exeter for years to see the rest of the journey.
Absolutely fantastic! I've travelled on the Great Western main line many times, and it really is exactly like that! Thanks for sharing!
Superb video, really enjoyed it. I can imagine the amount of work taken into making this run. Appreciate it. Thankyou.
Love this video, I spent a year living and working in Redruth and did the lenght of this line many times during the year I lived there. I could hear the night sleeper to London hauled by a class 50 go through at 22:15 most weekday nights, and the night train from London used to rumble through around 7:15. Great video!!
Currently flying from Johannesburg to Heathrow in flight sim with about 6 hours remaining, so what a lucky coincidence I just found this! Looks like I have something to watch until I land. Also, I've been super, super excited to watch this one! As someone who has watched your entire ECML video twice now, I'm super excited to watch this one. Also, well done on making this one too. I know it must take a lot of work to make these extra long videos, but it's definitely worth it if you ask me! :D
Edit: Just finished watching it, and it was as enjoyable as I was hoping for! Well done on doing such a long video, and I can't wait to see the next, but I think it goes without saying that you definitely deserve a break after that one first. XD
I love these videos, they’re so relaxing to watch. Though I think I may need to split this one over a few days!
Love this route. Many years ago lived in Camborne, used this and the route to the Midlands many many times, using Class 50s and then HSTs. Best bits of the journay was Exeter - Teignmouth and then the Albert Bridge
WOW ! 5 hours? Excellent stuff mate. Well done and thank you.
Definitely a huge undertaking to put this together, but I feel an amazing sense of achievement for having done it! And thank you :)
Thanks for all your hard work. Respect.
Thank you! :)
Brilliant! Absolutely Love it. Thanks a lot.🙂
Thank you for doing this route PTG! I love this route as the class 800 is so nice and love the variety of scenery especially around Dawlish and Cornwall, and also that you stopped at Plymouth which is my city! Again thank you for doing this route and take care :)
I hope you enjoy the video! It’s my biggest video project so far, and I’ve got some more big videos planned for the future. :)
Another great, thanks for posting.
Excellent as always
YES! I have been waiting for this one for a long long long time. Thank you
Enjoy! :)
@@PTGRail 7 months later and I finally watched it beginning to end and WOW!!! I really do appreciate the work gone into this man, it’s absolutely fantastic!
Great video as always!
This is incredible! Thank you for this video.
Thank you! I hope you enjoy watching this :)
I love this video. I take this train from London Paddington to Bodmin Parkway every time I visit my grandparents, I love that Bodmin Parkway in this sim actually has 3 platforms, one for the steam train to Bodmin, the other two are used by the GWR
I do love how this virtual train goes right past my house! Even gave my house a wave whilst watching!
I waved at my yacht just before saltash, brunel bridge...
@PTGRail Awesome video. You are a national and international treasure of the Train Simulator community
Excellent. Well done. I paused at Exeter to stretch my legs on the platform for a while but I'll be continuing shortly.
Enjoy the rest of the journey! :)
Looking forward to the return, hopefully soon, when it happens, been loving these video,s watched about 24 hours worth so far.
Very soon!
🥳🥳
Great vid, good way off passing some time, looking forward to the crew to Liverpool lime Street vid when that's ready 😁
this is one insainly long video my hats off to you sir.
Thanks! A lot of work went into making this video! :)
Great video, very useful, thanks!
The production quality of your videos as opposed to other train sim content creators is amazing. I’d love to see you re-do the ECML route again at some point, this time in the AP Class 800.
Just got around to watching this (in stages)
I actually prefer the Main Line stuff.
I have a bias towards ECML traffic, but respect to GWR. Haha.
Again, a fantastic achievement Peter.
Many thanks for this. 👍
I remember watching your Edinburgh to King’s Cross video in one Friday evening. I’ll see if I can find time to do the same with this one soon!
Great video, and glad to hear you're still considering doing the Marias Pass route. I can't speak for everyone but I would enjoy it at least
Very good video which you obviously put a great deal of time into. Incidentally I live in Taunton, which is on this route.
Brilliant so realistic 👍👍
Holy crap dude, insane!
I’m questioning my sanity for having made this video! I hope you enjoy :)
Very excellent. Video 125 have this route also, as Penzance to Exeter and Berks and Hants. I'll really enjoy your version also esoecially your clear announcements of line speed.
I’m sure their production is better than mine, but they are one of my inspirations for how I put these videos together. :)
Time to sit back and watch all this, let's see where I get to
Oh gosh, 5 hours, this is gonna be fun
Enjoy! :)
I ride past Marsh Barton station on my way to work, and at the time of writing it is still a work-in-progress - planned opening date is no more specific that "Winter 2022".
Excellent video, but I don't think i'm gonna be able to watch all of it haha
but i mean, to research all of this and put it together: WOW. great job!
Also, as a nice short follow-up, sometime soon: maybe could we have Reading-Newbury in the GWR 387?
I remember going on a HST on the non atop bit from Tauton - Reading
I live in pz and can't get over how it looks exactly the same
Class 802s are the variants of which have uprated engines
The 800/3s have larger fuel tanks, but as far as I can find or am aware, they do not have uprated engines.
The Class 80x trains have 750 hp per engine, whereas the Class 802s have 940 hp per engine!
Okay, so get this: My nan's on this train, right? And after they roll out of Werris Creek (australia), things start getting a tad intense. It's like the train's suddenly possessed, zooming down the straights. We're not talking a quick sprint; this thing is keeping up a solid 160km/h - and it's not just for a quick thrill, this speed's hanging around like an unwelcome guest.
The staff are doing this frantic relay race in and out of the cab, pretty much begging the driver to put the brakes on, at least a little. You can just picture their faces, all wide-eyed and probably thinking, "This ain't part of the job description!" And the train? It's swaying and rocking like it's grooving to its own crazy rhythm, except nobody on board feels like dancing.
Let me just switch to a calmer tone for a sec: The tracks where they were at can handle trains speeding up to 160km/h, so technically, he wasn't breaking the laws of physics or anything. But it's like he was testing the limits just because he could.
Now, here's where it gets a bit more serious. Once you're heading north of Maitland, there's this strict 120km/h limit because of the level crossings - safety first, after all. And I've heard of drivers occasionally pushing maybe 5-10km/h over to make up some time, especially if they're running behind schedule. But this guy? He was absolutely smashing that, way beyond the usual 'making up time' speed. It makes you think, doesn't it? Quite the nail-biter of a trip for my nan, and honestly, a bit too much excitement for my liking!
I do love your videos as very informative, could I make a suggestion? how about doing a run from the depot (if applicable) to the first station or from the last station back to the depot, this run was maybe a good chance to that.
Only a thought.
Many thanks
Would love to see these scenarios released
The seats on the 800 are not ironing board seats, they are the seats on the Class 387, a few 317's 700's and 707's
This the best and my favourite video you have produce PGT rail could you plz do west coast main line 390
Generally all terminus platforms or platforms with buffer stops we enter at 15 mph then below 10 for the grids.
Thanks for this information, I wasn’t completely sure. I knew there was a 10mph limit in there somewhere!
@@PTGRail can i just ask, the ap track enhancement textures, do you just install them all over the other ones as the readme doesnt work, I did that and the points are all blurry, or are you supposed to add just certain ones in?
Nicely done. I'd like to see more long runs like this. Perhaps London to Bristol or Cardiff or Leeds. Can you make the scenarios available?
Yay Bodmin parkway is where I get the train to Paddington
Babe wake up new PTG Rail Video dropped
Waved at my yacht passing Saltash just before the river tamar...
A great video, and wonderful attention to detail, as well as great investment of time to link everything together. I am a very new TSW3 gamer, and was intrigued how you knitted together routes that do not exist in TSW3 to make a great journey. Have you considered a video on that process? I looked at the Just Trains site, and can see some of the adds-on you used, but it doesn't show how they are then accessed ... even if you don't have time to do so, I love your work!
This is train sim classic not train sim world
Taunton all the way through to Reading without any stops in between? Never heard of a service with that stopping schedule before!
That’s the usual servicd
Just bought the AP 801-803 thanks to this video, well combined with the fact the 801s have grown on me a lot.
Love the way your TS looks, what scenario time/weather settings do you recommend?
Jesus 5 hours wow!!!
I know! And around 40 hours to actually put this video together. 😅
The HST has about 50% more power than an 800/3 on diesel mode, so I guess that explains the sluggish acceleration
Correct. The maximum permitted speed in Diesel mode is 110 Mph. I rode in the cab of a LNER 800 and the driver told me.
That's probably an LNER thing. There isn't a speed limit in diesel mode on GWR 800s. Truth is that you'd be hard pushed to get it to 125mph anyway
@@RailwayManUK That is correct. LNER 800's are set to government standards where GWR is not. Therefore, GWR's are more powerful than LNER's in diesel mode.
i love your content and im also working on a simular type of video in train simulator
Thank you! What are you working on?
@@PTGRail i route learning video on 1g05 but with a fictional stop at beeston because of routing issues when i made the scenario
Nice to see Liz Truss skipping on at the beginning there.
I’ve ridden this route. 😁 It was supposed to be a Class 800/3 as in the video. But was subbed out for an HST. So both a win and fail. Heh.
Actually I'd call that a win on both counts, I always try & time any trips down to St. Ives so I catch a castle set hst for most of the trip.
So no kamikaze buses this time? (chuckle) Nice to see Bodmin Parkway again, though from the 'normal' platforms this time, as I've seen it from going on a trip on the Bodmin & Wenford (steam heritage) railway a couple of times when on holiday in the region over the past 20 years.
Any chance in doing the same for the West Coast Main Line, but instead of with the current rolling stock (Pendalios?), using the legendary (or infamous) Advanced Passenger Train APT-P that you used in your popular 'Preston to Carlisle' route video. I don't suppose it could also used the APT's faster-running speed limit system, maybe even a chance to 'break' its own record in real life from Euston to Glasgow run? :-)
Totnes. A green signal at E1R means you are routed through the main lines. That is, you’re not platformed. Now on a stopping service, that’s tea and biscuits! The real sequence is a flashing yellow where you have the route set into the platform E1 signal will be displaying a single yellow with route indicator 1 lit. Or a single yellow at E1R with a red a E1 protecting the station. If routed into the platform this signal will clear with the junction indicator 1 illuminated.
The signalling sequence on your video is for trains not stopping at the station. It’s odd that a “simulator” makes up the signal sequence as opposed to simulate what really happens.
Normal braking point for Totnes is the 3 arch bridge before E1 to give a smooth deceleration. Brakes on modern traction are good, but you wouldn’t want to leave it as late as sighting E1 to come down to 25, especially in leaf fall!
Awesome video, I commend your commitment to making a video of this length. Quick question, what track upgrade did you use for these routes?
It's all in the description above, with links to both of them. 🙂
Could I put in a vote for Glasgow Queen Street to Mallaig, rather than the other way round? I recently did the journey starting at Fort William, but I’d love to see the journey on a sunny day concluding with the glorious stretch to Mallaig, which I did on the Jacobite steam train.
Hello PTGRail, thank you for this, are you making the three scenarios available?, apologies if it is listed somewhere here, thank Paul
Great Video, wish I had your dedication to train simulator, I will point out that even with your "high-end" PC specs, I noticed several lag spikes throughout the video, is this a general stability issue with TSC? or to do with the abnormally long and heavily detailed route? or due to the amount of A.I. traffic involved?
This one takes a while!
That it does! But I was really keen to make a video covering the entire route in one go. :)
just a quick question from a complete newbie so sorry if this is obvious. The Armstrong power house class 800 - 803 enhancement pack listed above, does this include the train or is this an addon for another product. Thank you in advance.
I have been to Penzance before
Great Video! I am looking around at the Download site but I can't tell if the game in the video is the steam Train Simulator or is it a different game made for the packs? Would like to know and yet again great video! The Class 800's are really nice I took a GWR train from Cardiff To London earlier this year. They are really nice and comfortable for the long journey
The game is Train Simulator Classic on Steam. I’ve used quite a lot of DLC, along with third party enhancements and freeware routes in this video. But the base game in Train Simulator Classic on Steam. And thank you! :)
Stopping at Camborne? It mustn’t be a Wednesday then.
Great job - very well done! I can't help thinking that the HST would have been doing 125 on a lot of that route from Exeter eastwards and particularly on the Taunton to Reading stretch. It's the first time I've seen that line in it's entirety and I'd had no idea it was of such good quality. How much time has been added to that journey by using a slower train and how on earth were they allowed to effectively downgrade those West Country services?
Max 110 for a few streches between Taunton and Reading, no 125 until after Reading. Exeter to Taunton is 100mph (just north of Cowley Bridge Jn) and the line diverging at Cogload junction is 90 around the Curve. Same speeds applied to both HST and 80x
@@RichPAFC1987 Thanks for that Richard - it surprises me!
@@RichPAFC1987 The up and down main are pretty much 125 all the way from Swindon to Reading!
Class 800s and 802s can do 125 in diesel, they just take a very long time to get there.
I didn't realise 2 or 3 mph too fast would be a problem IRL tho, since a speedometer is not very accurate to read
Someone might correct me on this if I’m wrong, but I’ve been told by a Southeastern driver that they’re incredibly strict on the speed limits, and breaching by only a couple of mph can get you a meeting with your manager.
How do you get the 800/3 in it's correct consist, when I select it in my Train Sim, all the coaches seem to be first class by default
Great video, How did you create this total route when you have to add 3 separate routes together? Also where did you buy the class 800 train from (not the enhancement package).
You need to buy the ECML London-Peterborough route which will give you the class 801 then you can buy the enhancement pack which will give you the 800/802/803 aswell.
hey man great vid, how do you activate it onto a train simulator by dovetail??
Nice video! Could you Bournemouth to Manchester Piccadilly! It’s a class 221 Voyager
Sadly it’s not possible to drive that journey in TS at present.
@@PTGRail oh ok that’s fine are you able to do the class 170 Hereford to Birmingham New Street?
Next project... Aberdeen to Penzance 😂😂
I was only joking with a friend about making a video on that journey yesterday! 😅
Alas, it’s not currently possible in TS. But even if it was, I’m not convinced I’d do it lol XD
does this support trackir 5 so you can do head movements?
1:29:44 where did you get those sounds of the HST?
Can you cover the route between Penzance and St Ives
Hey PTG. How did you manage to create a custom scenario with the AP Class 800? Whenever I try on Career Mode, I can't spawn the 800s or when I do it on Quick Drive, whenever I try to save changes (mostly adding more trains) the changes are erased once I reload the scenario from the menu. Its very annoying and I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to fix it.
same, i have the same issue with multiple ap trains
Edinburgh to London vibe...
I couldn’t help but draw comparisons between the two videos - as this is only the second time I’ve driven a journey of this length for the channel! WCML Glasgow to London, and West Highland Line Mallaig to Glasgow are the next two big video projects I hope to work on in the future.
That's weird, I was just watching the ECML
Hi great video, can you please tell me where I can purchase the train featured in this Vid? thanks in advance
armstrong powerhouse
Nice video. Which version of the simulator is this. Looking to purchase
This is Train Simulator Classic.
man how does the OHLE assets not go missing for you? some of them go missing at paddington then past Hayes and Harlington Everything is gone 😢
I want you to make a whole services of railjet in Austria
how do i get the IET first so i can get the enhancement
WHAT THE HECK THIS IS SOO LONG LOL
+Lol Tea and Biscuits
Alas, a train journey takes as long as it takes! I could have split this into three parts, but felt one part would be better - like my Edinburgh to London video lol
Yes tea and biscuits is railway slang that drivers use for having a few serious words with the manager’s. So for example they “I’m going to have tea and biscuits with the manager’s” instead of “I’m going into a meeting with the manager’s” as all drivers know what you are talking about when they use the tea and biscuits slang.
How many times did you have to learn this route
How long does it take u to learn everything and revise everything
I live in hanwell
How do you make your game so realistic?
When you have no hud how do you know what the next signal will be, because you cant see until the last few seconds.
Turn on your AWS and the sunflower will remind you!