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| Why Marylebone? 22/03/2015 at 15:14 #70191 | |
Danny252
1461 posts |
" said:Just a thought here, but would the high sales figures of Marylebone be something relating to the fact that it was the first payware sim released which WAS NOT previously released as a freeware sim?That's my suspicion as well. Excluding the McSimSigs, I think the second major payware sim was West Hampstead. Marylebone has been on sale for 25% longer than WH, so it's not surprising that it has 25% more sales than everything else. I'd also suspect buyer fatigue (if such a phrase exists!) might be a factor - this time last year, it was relatively feasible to buy most payware sims as there were so few, and I suspect many people did. Now, they're coming out relatively often and usually in multiple, so it's possible that people are being more measured in their purchasing habits. I might also guess that there was an initial wave of people buying everything so as not to be left behind (which would link to the above somewhat), but I've no real evidence to back that idea up. Log in to reply |
| Why Marylebone? 22/03/2015 at 15:33 #70192 | |
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sloppyjag
480 posts |
Before its payware release, North East Scotland was only ever available as a time limited Beta release for the meet which the McSims debuted. (I know this as my PC clock was turned back so often it didn't know if it was coming or going so I could continue to use it!) So this could be a factor in why it is popular as to many/most users it was completely new to them when it was released. As to why I bought Marylebone? - I guess I'm a bit of completist so try to collect all the sims. Payware is not so straight forward so when bank balance and spousal permissions allow I buy a sim. I guess the planets aligned that day. Planotransitophobic! Log in to reply |
| Why Marylebone? 22/03/2015 at 20:57 #70195 | |
outofsection
149 posts |
I'm going to muddy the water further by giving my reasons for buying Marylebone. 1. I live near and use both "legs" of the route regularly so I know the route well 2. It was a sim that was always touted as one that would never be done as it was an IECC panel - and suddenly it became available (thank you Chiltern for giving permission) Which reminds me: I hear rumours that Slough IECC has/will close soon to be absorbed into Didcot IECC. Is there any chance Slough IECC can be released as a sim? Log in to reply |
| Why Marylebone? 22/03/2015 at 21:01 #70196 | |
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mfcooper
707 posts |
" said:I hear rumours that Slough IECC has/will close soon to be absorbed into Didcot IECC.Erm, Slough IECC closed a couple of Christmasses ago and control was transferred to Thames Valley Signalling centre. Log in to reply |
| Why Marylebone? 22/03/2015 at 21:54 #70197 | |
ozrail
197 posts |
I have purchased all of the Sims, but some of them I like more then others. I don't run Marylebone that much because I don't like vertical scrolling. My favourites are Victoria South Eastern & Central, Kings Cross, West Hampstead and Edinburgh which all fit nicely on the screen horizontally. I've tried to use Marylebone on two screens, but it's just not the same, although I do like running the Metropolitan trains. So I think there can be a difference between what you buy and what you use.
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| Why Marylebone? 23/03/2015 at 04:12 #70199 | |
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Firefly
521 posts |
Quote:I hear rumours that Slough IECC has/will close soon to be absorbed into Didcot IECC.Slough PSB (The E10K western region turn push panel) will be closing very soon and get transferred to TVSC. Log in to reply |
| Why Marylebone? 23/03/2015 at 05:19 #70200 | |
Mattyq
259 posts |
"Why I bought Marylebone", by Matthew Smith. It's SimSig. The end. 
Not fat ..... fluffy!! (G Iglesias) Log in to reply The following user said thank you: UKTrainMan |
| Why Marylebone? 23/03/2015 at 09:53 #70201 | |
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sorabain
72 posts |
" said:I own Marylebone. Why? It seems that paid sims started coming out fairly recently—there were, I believe, some rather old ones, but then none for a while, and then some new ones started appearing, starting with the McSims if I remember correctly. Having thoroughly enjoyed the freeware sims for many, many hours, I immediately jumped on the chance to buy the McSim pack, seeing it as an excellent deal compared to, say, the price of a dinner out or movie ticket—more, but also something that lasts a massively longer time. So it was an obvious purchase. As more and more paid sims came out, I started to realize it would be years before I got time to actually play them, so I stopped buying—shortly after Marylebone came out. This isn’t to say I won’t buy any more sims, just that I won’t do so while I still have a big backlog of sims to play (both those I’ve already paid for and all the freeware ones).Same story for me (although I did recently "stock up" on a load of newer ones just to have them available and show support etc. still not played/simmered many of them) Last edited: 23/03/2015 at 09:54 by sorabain Log in to reply |
| Why Marylebone? 23/03/2015 at 17:04 #70210 | |
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GW43125
495 posts |
" said:" said:You're thinking of Slough New IECC.I hear rumours that Slough IECC has/will close soon to be absorbed into Didcot IECC.Erm, Slough IECC closed a couple of Christmasses ago and control was transferred to Thames Valley Signalling centre. Slough PSB is still open. Log in to reply |
| Why Marylebone? 24/03/2015 at 00:32 #70220 | |
madaboutrains
308 posts |
Slough PSB. 1963? Panel will sadly be closing in the next few weeks 
RIP Feltham Panel 1 Log in to reply |
| Why Marylebone? 26/03/2015 at 21:05 #70331 | |
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Phil-jmw
674 posts |
I bought Marylebone because it's area and the main line from Heyford through Banbury to Harbury formed the area I covered when I got my first Railtrack controller's position back in 2002. I and my four colleagues (one on each shift + RDR and GPR cover) were known as Section 6 or Chiltern Section controllers and were outbased from Birmingham Control and located in the Chiltern Railways Control at Banbury (Sections 1 - 5 were located in Birmingham covering WCML and West Mids). After all the years when Marylebone could not be reproduced it was a really pleasant surprise when it became a Simsig release.
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| Why Marylebone? 01/04/2015 at 21:34 #70623 | |
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bazzastiles
2 posts |
I got this sim mainly because I worked at Banbury as a Train Dispatcher and then a Train Manager for Chiltern so I know the line very well and now I am a Trainee Train Driver so will be driving over the whole of the Chiltern line
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| Why Marylebone? 02/04/2015 at 09:02 #70651 | |
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ozrail
197 posts |
Sorry. everybody's right and I'm wrong. Marylebone is really good fun. Better put on a pot of tea it's going to be a long night.
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| Why Marylebone? 02/04/2015 at 10:33 #70655 | |
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CABOOSEMAN
35 posts |
I bought the large sims because I have travelled and work through some of them as a railwayman and it is interesting to see these areas from the signalling angle and it also shows when thing go wrong and they are good teaching tools Thanks Cabooseman
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| Why Marylebone? 18/04/2015 at 18:09 #71202 | |
barrykas
8 posts |
Marylebone's got a bit of everything: Two track mainline, shared infrastructure with LU, the single track Princes Risborough - Aylesbury branch, slots, token machines, bi-directional working, some long signalling sections and a bit of artistic licence to include the semaphores at Banbury (though there's also a logical reason to do so, as otherwise you'd have no control beyond the flyover at Aynho, and nothing at all on the route to Oxford). And the whole lot (just shy of 100 route miles) is controlled by just two signallers in the real 'box (excluding the LU section, of course), which has recently had an upgrade to IECC Scalable, so the North/South boundary can be more flexible (e.g. during times of disruption, one signaller could concentrate on Marylebone - Wembley/Harrow, for example, while the other takes care of the rest of the route). Log in to reply |