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Was there ever a map for the bristol area? 23/09/2023 at 11:33 #153397
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Online 		When playing with the Westbury and Swindon boxes you get bathhampton jnc, which then leads to bath spa outside of the maps, I'm wondering if there ever was/is a box that controls that
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Was there ever a map for the bristol area? 23/09/2023 at 11:42 #153398
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Online 		Smudgykins in post 153397 said:
When playing with the Westbury and Swindon boxes you get bathhampton jnc, which then leads to bath spa outside of the maps, I'm wondering if there ever was/is a box that controls that
There was never any signal boxes beyond Bathampton Junction. Once you reached Bathampton, you then went onto time interval working.

Jokes aside. Yes, there was once a sim of Bristol, covering the PSB and St Andrews, but got withdrawn with the release of loader V5 (I think it was) where all EXE sims got withdrawn.

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Was there ever a map for the bristol area? 23/09/2023 at 15:31 #153401
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Online 		pedroathome in post 153398 said:
Smudgykins in post 153397 said:
When playing with the Westbury and Swindon boxes you get bathhampton jnc, which then leads to bath spa outside of the maps, I'm wondering if there ever was/is a box that controls that
There was never any signal boxes beyond Bathampton Junction. Once you reached Bathampton, you then went onto time interval working.

Jokes aside. Yes, there was once a sim of Bristol, covering the PSB and St Andrews, but got withdrawn with the release of loader V5 (I think it was) where all EXE sims got withdrawn.

James
A brand new Bristol sim (again based on the PSB) is also in development at the moment.
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Was there ever a map for the bristol area? 23/09/2023 at 16:50 #153403
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22 posts 		It would be a nice sim to see. This and Gloucester would finish the GWML nicely!
I remember back in late 2018 (I think) the new Bristol sim being mentioned - is this still in "active" development?
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Was there ever a map for the bristol area? 23/09/2023 at 18:34 #153405
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895 posts 		dhouk in post 153403 said:
It would be a nice sim to see. This and Gloucester would finish the GWML nicely!
I remember back in late 2018 (I think) the new Bristol sim being mentioned - is this still in "active" development?
It was announced Janurary 2021. There is no further updates
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Was there ever a map for the bristol area? 24/09/2023 at 19:16 #153411
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Online 		Surely time for an update from those in positions of power at SimSig then
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Was there ever a map for the bristol area? 24/09/2023 at 23:29 #153413
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986 posts 		Banners88 in post 153411 said:
Surely time for an update from those in positions of power at SimSig then ;)
It's coming along
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Was there ever a map for the bristol area? 25/09/2023 at 08:22 #153415
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656 posts 		Hap in post 153413 said:
Banners88 in post 153411 said:
Surely time for an update from those in positions of power at SimSig then ;)
It's coming along ;)
And it'll be ready when it's ready
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Was there ever a map for the bristol area? 26/09/2023 at 06:14 #153419
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332 posts 		pedroathome in post 153398 said:
Smudgykins in post 153397 said:
When playing with the Westbury and Swindon boxes you get bathhampton jnc, which then leads to bath spa outside of the maps, I'm wondering if there ever was/is a box that controls that
There was never any signal boxes beyond Bathampton Junction. Once you reached Bathampton, you then went onto time interval working.

Jokes aside. Yes, there was once a sim of Bristol, covering the PSB and St Andrews, but got withdrawn with the release of loader V5 (I think it was) where all EXE sims got withdrawn.

James
LOL showing your age if you remember Time interval Working!!
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Was there ever a map for the bristol area? 11/10/2023 at 07:43 #153600
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1712 posts 		Giantray in post 153419 said:
pedroathome in post 153398 said:
Smudgykins in post 153397 said:
When playing with the Westbury and Swindon boxes you get bathhampton jnc, which then leads to bath spa outside of the maps, I'm wondering if there ever was/is a box that controls that
There was never any signal boxes beyond Bathampton Junction. Once you reached Bathampton, you then went onto time interval working.

Jokes aside. Yes, there was once a sim of Bristol, covering the PSB and St Andrews, but got withdrawn with the release of loader V5 (I think it was) where all EXE sims got withdrawn.

James
LOL showing your age if you remember Time interval Working!!
Some of us remember being taught it! And that, if the box was burning down, the things we needed to take with us as we left were the Book and the clock so we could work time interval as soon as it was safe to run trains.
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Was there ever a map for the bristol area? 11/10/2023 at 15:31 #153601
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3631 posts 		kbarber in post 153600 said:
Giantray in post 153419 said:
pedroathome in post 153398 said:
Smudgykins in post 153397 said:
When playing with the Westbury and Swindon boxes you get bathhampton jnc, which then leads to bath spa outside of the maps, I'm wondering if there ever was/is a box that controls that
There was never any signal boxes beyond Bathampton Junction. Once you reached Bathampton, you then went onto time interval working.

Jokes aside. Yes, there was once a sim of Bristol, covering the PSB and St Andrews, but got withdrawn with the release of loader V5 (I think it was) where all EXE sims got withdrawn.

James
LOL showing your age if you remember Time interval Working!!
Some of us remember being taught it! And that, if the box was burning down, the things we needed to take with us as we left were the Book and the clock so we could work time interval as soon as it was safe to run trains.
Hand signalling trains past the brightly burning box "move along folks, nothing to see here"
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Was there ever a map for the bristol area? 11/10/2023 at 15:36 #153603
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1102 posts 		kbarber in post 153600 said:
Some of us remember being taught it! And that, if the box was burning down, the things we needed to take with us as we left were the Book and the clock so we could work time interval as soon as it was safe to run trains.
Presumably if the box caught fire during a shunt or diverging move, you had to put on the asbestos suit and replace the levers first!
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Was there ever a map for the bristol area? 12/10/2023 at 05:58 #153618
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332 posts 		kbarber in post 153600 said:


Some of us remember being taught it! And that, if the box was burning down, the things we needed to take with us as we left were the Book and the clock so we could work time interval as soon as it was safe to run trains.
Of course they were the days when passengers were priority and providing a train service was paramount, unlike today. I was taught Time Interval Working in the 1980s. I had one ocassion to bring it in my first box. Telephone lines were down all week and the the bells and block instrument died. However the S&T retified the fault just before I was going to send in the first train, phew! I guess the Rule was abandoned because, it (was) could be very unsafe, but also because of the advent of mobile phones.
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Was there ever a map for the bristol area? 12/10/2023 at 07:47 #153619
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1712 posts 		Giantray in post 153618 said:
kbarber in post 153600 said:


Some of us remember being taught it! And that, if the box was burning down, the things we needed to take with us as we left were the Book and the clock so we could work time interval as soon as it was safe to run trains.
Of course they were the days when passengers were priority and providing a train service was paramount, unlike today. I was taught Time Interval Working in the 1980s. I had one ocassion to bring it in my first box. Telephone lines were down all week and the the bells and block instrument died. However the S&T retified the fault just before I was going to send in the first train, phew! I guess the Rule was abandoned because, it (was) could be very unsafe, but also because of the advent of mobile phones.
That's right, I think I recall seeing a reference to it being no longer appropriate with the availability of modern communication methods. It was in a set of explanatory notes that came out at the same time as the Regs changed; if memory serves, it would have been at the time of the change from the old (1972) 'Block Regs' book to the loose-leaf version (would that have been somewhere between 1984 & '86?)
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