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This through station on the LMS North Wales main line crams a lot of interest into a small space, the layout being limited by a tunnel at each end.

Covering the whole working day, this is set in the summer of 1953. Your control area covers the ex-Cambrian Railways main line from Oswestry to Aberystwyth, with the quarry complex at Porth yWaen near Oswestry and junctions for several branches and the secondary lines to Shrewsbury, Brecon and the coast line to Pwllheli

In this simulation you control all traffic on the Hertford East branch from Broxbourne, plus the Liverpool Street to Cambridge main line from just north of Cheshunt in the south to Burnt Mill, on the outskirts of Harlow, in the north, a distance of about eight miles. In addition, you have to handle the branch from St Margarets to Buntingford, and the goods-only connection from Hertford East to Hertford North.

The Great Central was the last main line built to London, and sadly didn’t last very long; there’s little trace of much of it now. This simulation shows it at its peak, with an intensive freight service between Annesley, focus of the coal traffic, and Woodford Halse, where the traffic splits to go several ways.

Early post-steam days at this busy terminus on two main routes, with local and long-distance passenger and parcels services. This one has a single track screen, though of the larger size possible with Windows, covering the station and approaches. The track layout is significantly different from 1958, with both fast lines on the south side and the slow lines on the north, which minimises conflicts.

The North London Railway had a busy passenger and freight traffic of its own, but also carried extensive traffic to, from and between other lines. This simulation shows the eastern section of the North London line from approaching Canonbury into Broad Street and also on to Poplar Dock and the branch lines to Stratford, Southend and Fenchurch Street.

Covering the whole working day, this is set in the summer of 1950. Your control area covers the first mile or so of the ex-GWR main line from Penzance as far as Marazion, including the Long Rock depot.

In this simulation you control all traffic in the Perth area, from Bridge of Earn and Hilton Junction in the south to Stanley Junction in the north. This area was covered by twelve manual signal boxes on the main line, plus Bridge of Earn, and Orchardbank and Barnhill on the Dundee line.

Manage a fleet of four dedicated class 37s plus visiting Speedlink locos on a mixture of local clay hood workings and Speedlink feeder services. Not nearly as easy as it sounds!

Purpose-built for HST maintenance, the depot has to handle overnight routine servicing and running repairs, and produce usable sets on time to take up their morning workings. Your tour of duty covers four weeknight shifts.

Before the advent of the HST, and when loco-hauled local passenger and transfer freight workings were still common, the depot is responsible for refuelling, minor servicing and scheduled maintenance of an extensive diesel fleet.

Once the largest steam shed in the country, and still busy in diesel times. Limited storage space complicates your task of servicing and refuelling a large fleet of passenger and freight locomotives.

In this simulation you control all traffic in the Stirling area, from Polmaise Junction in the south to the bridges over the Forth just north of the station. This area was covered by four manual signal boxes: North, Middle and South, plus Polmaise Junction, serving the colliery branch.

Covering the whole working day, this is set in the summer of 1950. Your control area covers the ex-GWR main line from Penzance to Truro, including the St Ives, Helston and Falmouth branches and the Newquay branch as far as Perranporth – no less than thirteen screens in all.

The Great Central was the last main line built to London, and sadly didn’t last very long; there’s little trace of much of it now (though it is proposed to use part of the route between Aylesbury and Brackley for HS2). This simulation shows it at its peak, with an intensive freight service between Annesley, focus of the coal traffic, and Woodford Halse, where the traffic splits to go several ways.