u/Tetragon213

Back in the spring, a charity stall at my local heritage line had this for sale for the Spring Gala. Sadly, no cash on hand at the time. Come the Autumn Gala, and I return to the stalls and find the set is still not sold. After some negotiation, I got the whole lot for £4.

Off the bat, I can tell there seems to be a missing component in the form of the wind indicator. Additionally, there appear to be these sticks which I am wholly unfamiliar with.

Does anyone know what else is missing from the set, or what the sticks are for?

https://youtu.be/0IGCG5tLL0E?si=nmQQL1kZxs67cj3k

The Severn Valley Railway, a heritage line in the West Midlands, has begun a trial of a commuter service between Bewdley and Kidderminster. The first service was yesterday.

https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/travel-information/whats-new/bewdley-express-trial

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EvTbYcFip/

Currently, the SVR is using its resident Class 101 and Class 108 DMUs. Other heritage lines have their own DMU offerings, ranging from early 1st generation units to Mk3 derived units such as the Watercress Line's Sprinter, or the Pacers owned by the KWVR.

This service taps into demand already realised by Diamond Bus' dreadful 125 service, with Bewdley commuters into Birmingham enduring the bus into Kidderminster, before taking a 15 minute walk up Comberton Hill to Kidderminster Mainline station. By comparison, this service will undercut the bus service by approximately 10% (even with the upcoming fare cap), while offering a faster service (section time 12 minutes as per WTT between Bewdley and Kidderminster) and requiring only a sub-3 minute haunt across the car park from Kidderminster Town SVR to Kidderminster Mainline.

If successful, this trial could open the door to other heritage lines offering commuter services; getting cars off roads and bringing a stable income source to the heritage railways.

https://x.com/ScotRail/status/2087433911978656252?s=20

I'd like to ask everyone to take a minute out of their day to commemorate this dark anniversary. It was 6 years ago today that a landslide derailed 1T08 in the remote Scottish countryside near Carmont, leading to the deaths of 3: driver Brett McCullough, conductor Donald Dinnie, and passenger Christopher Stuchbury. It's good to see that accidents are not being completely swept under the rug and forgotten about by some TOCs.

RIP to the three people who lost their lives on that tragic morning. Gone but never forgotten.

Accident report for those interested:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/report-022022-derailment-of-a-passenger-train-at-carmont

So, after loading into a game, the camera and large portions of the UI were completely non functional. Can't aim, can't fire my guns, can't go into map view etc. Heck, the minimap didn't update either, until I blew up. Does anyone know how to fix this one?

Incidentally, I used my division-mate's stream to roughly steer myself down the middle, and go out spitefully, since I was literally unable to play. I somehow got around 30k damage