Monday, 30 September 2019

WD "Austerity" 2-8-0: In Game, Part 4 (British Railways)

As promised, today we are showing the British Railways livery.
There are a lot of pictures so we'll keep the text to a minimum and get on with it!

1950, in general running condition





ex-GWR



90466 was an ex-GWR that carried a yellow stripe on the cab side as it was banned from the WCML south of Crewe "under the wires" due to the taller Swindon clack valves


Overhead warning markers for the engines that were allowed under the wires




Optional side deflectors fitted to some WD 2-8-0's


Optional washout plug covers - many of which were lost along the way!



Optional snowplough (with animated snow effects)


In the late 1950's and early 1960's a number of tenders for engines at ex-Eastern and ex-Central region sheds were fitted with special water treatment equipment for softening the water


From 1961 many engines were fitted with AWS


Footplate of the 1950's livery


Footplate of the 1956 livery, with single arm reverser and AWS equipment


The WD's were probably the least cared for engines under British Railways, only ever clean the day they left the factory after painting. There are many photographs of them running in what looks like almost scrapyard condition.
We have provided a "worn" WD livery with all of the options and tender logos available.







And the footplate is not much better!


And we couldn't finish without a look at the only named WD 2-8-0 under BR, No. 90732 "Vulcan"


Next week we are looking at the Dutch NS 4300 and the only preserved WD 2-8-0.

13 comments:

  1. I assume the Swedish part will be included when discussing the only Preserved WD 2-8-0?

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    1. Only in so far as mentioning that the preserved engine came back from Sweden. We haven't built the Swedish version as only 2 engines of the 935 went there and the modifications were substantial.

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    2. Ah ok. What about the Hong Kong ones? Sure there were only 12, but maybe that could be done? Unless it's a little bit late for that now.

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    3. Again, it's a very limited number with quite a lot of modifications and there is also no TS route that's suitable at all.
      The amount of time (and therefore price) it would add is not worthwhile. If we get approached by a few hundred players who want it and can show somewhere to run it we would reconsider but at the end of the day we have to put our energies into the liveries and engines that will be most useful in Train Sim.

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    4. Yeah that's completely understandable. Still a good amount of content to come with the Loco anyway.

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  2. Superb nothing but Superb guys

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  3. Have you got a date when its going to be released or a rough date?

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    1. I'm afraid we don't at the moment but things are progressing well

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  4. Could you make some station foreman because there are none on the West Somerset route and dosen't feel as realistic. How hard would it be to make some. Just asking. Thanks.

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    1. Characters are not really our forte I'm afraid, they are a very different skill set to modelling vehicles

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  5. OK thanks anyways its not your fault :) No problems.

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  6. Is it too late for the "British Railways" text to be added to the WD's Tender? Unless it is an option avaliable (This also applies to something I mentioned in an earlier post. LMS Text on the tender)

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    1. We've got you covered :-) LMS tender is included, and British Railways text is an option as well

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