Well, back in October, the Domain came up for renewal. I was very weary of actually renewing it.

However I did, for a ncie cheap price too of £10 better than what 1-2-3 Reg wanted!

Back to the title now, Whats new? Well this year; I am going to move away from having a forum, and concentrate more on having a blog and more of a social presence.

Forums are becoming quite 2010, and I’m afraid Social media is provailing.

What the biggest question is, is this What do you want to see?  As I do have a vision to a point for the site, However I do want some feedback.

The forum will be still available until I have decided.

Happy Valentines

Dean

Railworks Owner and Founder

The hasting’s unit, is going to visit the Dean Forest Railway.

Check more out here,

http://www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk/railtours/2012dean.pdf

VDA Vans – add-on for Train Simulator 2012

Fastline Simulation have released their much anticipated VDA vans expansion for Railworks 3 Train Simulator 2012.
The VDA Vans are the second release in the Project East Coast range of add-ons for Railworks and were seen in most parts of the UK rail network during their lives.
Priced at just £3 the pack contains a total of 132 different versions of VDA Van, including:
All four lots of van built at Ashford and Shildon Works;
Five main livery variations;
both clean and dirty versions;
Empty and loaded versions with appropriate physics;
Rear versions featuring an oil lamp .with subtle variation for daytime and night time use allowing more control for prototypical scenario use.
As a bonus, the pack includes a BR 20T Brake Van to dia 1/507 with through vacuum and air pipes (TOPS code CAR) to allow authentic creation of one of the included scenarios. The Brake Van features:
2 liveries;
Clean and dirty versions;
Smoking and non-smoking stove;
In train and rear versions;
Rear versions carry lamps for fitted and unfitted trains.
In addition there are four authentic scenarios for the default Newcastle to York route based on Working Timetables from the late 1970s and mid 1980s.
To complete the pack a manual in the style of a period BR official booklet is included giving more details about the models, their use in scenarios and other important information.
This Railworks Train Simulator 2012 add-on only be purchased at: http://www.fastline-simulation.co.uk/shop/detail/5-railworks/flypagefs/5-vda-vans.html?sef=hcfp

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You can tell us anything and also suggest new features etc.

We look forward to this.

I have saw video’s of the Class 153 and I then brought it.

From the video’s it seems to be a good asset in RailWorks 2 Train Simulator. And also not only that it is highly detailed. Accept The sounds i find could be improved to include the engine sound from the exterior.

The overall experience is also very good.  The controls are perfect, even with the working Drivers Reminder Appliance(DRA) and the working Driver to Guard buzzer.

There are slight inaccuracies though. For instance on the London Midland version the destination board “B.ham Shrub Hl” Birmingham Shrub Hill doesn’t exist. Its Birmingham Snow Hill or Worcester Shrub Hill.

Just Trains have worked really hard on this too.  The addon is worth buying in my opinion.

The features such as a working notched brake do make the difference. This is alot easier to use than try to guess the perfect brake amount.

The liveries themselves are as perfect as can be in RailWorks 2.

Its also easy to drive. With the notched power handle and is easy for beginners to. To get used to the use of stopping positions.

I would recommend this addon to everyone.

I will rate this 9 out of 10.

The area’s i feel could be improved are the sounds and also the destination boards.

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Author: deanbean10/D Ismay