Incredible stuff! As a newcomer to model railways (since my childhood Lima oval in the 80's, at least) this is really great to see. It shows how far you can go with amazing work and dedication. In an earlier video, you mentioned growing up in Bath - that's where I lived too, until moving to Frome fairly recently. I can remember the excitement of seeing the real world version of The Burma Star going through Bath Spa as a kid; my Lima diesel was that loco and it was amazing to see!
Superb, couldn't agree more with you having the computer running the railway, I run a similar system be it in the virtual world where the computer runs the trains and fines the paths and de conflicts the trains and gets them to there destinations and leaves me to do the things I like doing such as working the loco shops, building trains, and dispatching trains, things would just be to complicated to run without the computer. Well done!!
Wow, a beautiful layout but also a 'monster' has been created. I'm glad you can enjoy operating it and all the best to you for what you have done. For myself, well I'll just turn on my controller and watch my 'black five' go round and round!
Brilliant tech system but don’t see many working signals around the station and yard which is a pity. Also it looked as though the the station pilot was just reversed in mid movement to get out it of the way! That’s not possible in real life. Just let it cause a delay (just like the real world) then you have to work around the problem to restore the service. Plus it makes it more interesting for those involved.
Lovely layout but it doesnt strike me as fun to operate. Seems more like clocking on and doing a full shift! I get that for some this sort of operation is more up their street but i am used to the more analogue approach without sticking to schedules etc. Maybe the sheer size of this means computers are essential....
Trust me - Fun is important to us too. Our railway is different in the sense that we operate stations that are geographically diverse and let the computer run the trains between the towns. To run a railway like this a timetable is essential. Each station has to get things done on time which then fits into the overall scheme of synchronising trains travelling across the whole railway. The size introduces complexity, but the computer makes it manageable. Regards David
@@dattouk I would be interested in seeing a video on how the buttons you use for taking and handing off control to the computer work? and what equipment you needed to implement them? Very interesting idea.
