Chiltern Mainline - Part #2 (Train Simulator 2017)

In this two part video I drive the Just Trains Chiltern Mainline from end to end (Birmingham Snow Hill to London Marylebone)
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[@Mathew25927]

hi squirrel train sim absolutely love it keep up the good work

[@tecyhead]

mathew mosley Same

[@SpeedSetSims]

But he won't use free camera though, Me and my cousin find it really frustrating

[@Mathew25927]

yh ik free camara is required but apart from that all is good

[@icklebean0365]

Do the alysbury to princes risbourgh

[@gamingwithcatboykie4906]

Icklebean03 that's isn't included :(

[@eddyharris2372]

I am sorry to make a compaint but I am a bit miffed you went to the map exactly as you got to Aynho Junction, the exact bit I wanted to see. After commenting on mile after mile of trees finally something not trees comes up and you go to the map!

[@ConnerOnGames]

wow a 1hr 15 mins video thank you paul

[@DavidWilliams-yo4kb]

dorridge you came up short on the platform. the last carriage at least was short of the platform

[@CyclicPilot]

"Hmm, it almost seems like this is just 2 tracks and a load of trees" funnily enough, that's pretty realistic :p These trains use something similar to an automatic transmission in a car (hydraulic torque converter) - basically they do full throttle or coasting, not much else (irl the drivers often go straight to full power) also the "-30%" position is idle, because train sim logic.

[@robertpowell8309]

Squirrel. You really need to research Trainsim more. Anyone can create career scenarios, JT choose not to except for products released through the 3rd party system on steam. On a Standard scenario, if you fail 1 instruction, you fail the entire scenario at the end unless scripted otherwise. If you are late by a certain margin, task is failed. Also you were 8 minutes early because it seems that the scenario author doesn't understand how to use the editor correctly.

[@nfc2941]

He knows

[@coolbro7695]

Hi squirrel do you know when your gonna do more Csx heavy haul?

[@gamingwithbrendan6251]

Clate Crocker ii

[@gkatz007]

woah a comment not asking for my summer car. how refreshing ! i do agree though would be nice to see more of cxs although wasnt sure if it was issue with optimization?

[@Vanilla_Donut]

Most likely when more content comes out.

[@stockportcountyfc7272]

true

[@agungputranto6420]

Clate Crocker i

[@pixelgaming4415]

The 165 you drove is included with the 2012 assets. The Just Train logo before refers to the free Chiltern Railway reskin they did; it should be a Class 168 anyway :p

[@realcodechris]

Funny you say about the bricks. I've lived in England, and London, most of my life but never thought about all those bricks being laid in Liverpool Street and places like that. You made a really good point. That is a lot of brick to lay! Before I moved to London I commuted from Kent and it was around 50-60 minutes, but I always did work. There where 4 types of people I found; the sleepers, the readers, the watchers (like you), and the workers. When I first started working in London I was 19 and I was so exhausted I was sleeping, but once I got used to it I did work, often documentation or teaching myself something (I work in IT as well) and it used to make time fly. Before I knew it, was at Cannon Street or home.

[@theofreeman7770]

I live in Banbury and I have to say it is very accurate. The red vans are the local Royal Mail sorting office and the modeling is spot on.

[@charlieminecraft1]

"cant see the M40". as he passes under the M40

[@Dan-pv7cu]

BEEEE CONS FIELD AHAHHAHAHHA It's pronounced Beck ons field ahaha

[@studypower9407]

Patience doesn't exist with some People in this channel. Stop whining about the fact there's been no MSC video for 5 seconds as other people want to see other games. Don't spoil it for everyone else.

[@ciaranbird3373]

ikr. those arrogant, impatient people do my head in xD

[@amirdawoodbhai]

1:00:44 , At West Ruislip why go to the bother of modelling in detail the Metropolitan line S8 stock only to place it at a Central line station!

[@The12thdetor]

Amir I completely agree. The sounds aren't correct either. Even for 'basic traction' sounds.

[@thisisstuart7951]

Not west rislip it would been croxley and it's the metropolitan line with S8

[@amirdawoodbhai]

Just look at 1:00:39 , the station sign has two words, furthermore Croxley isn't served by Chiltern Railway services in any form and doesn't feature the complex track layout that West Ruislip does. I know the Metropolitan has S8's thats why it's such a waste to model it then place it in a completely unrealistic location.

[@inigovanaman1655]

Loved the video and the route. I went and bought it right away

[@ByrdisDaWord888]

hey squirrel did you notice again that tran sim screwed you again at banbury. they gave you another X again -_-

[@callummclachlan4771]

You no buy DLC? You no succeed route.

[@The12thdetor]

Do the LUL Class 20 transfers.

[@DeathMagnetic666Kirk]

Paul, you need to understand that the class 166 is a very old train model. JT always doest that. They take a oldmodel, they apply a livery and you think is't s brand new model, but it's not. That's why you miss so many features, like the cab light and the speed control and so on. If you tried the class 68 from steam, you'll see how different that is. And overally, the quality of JT routes is not the best either. Compare this route with another one ending in London, like the East Coast Mainline, the Chatam Mainline and so on and you will understand what I mean. That said, nice video as always.

[@xeqhon]

What about the Bicester village branch?

[@LunarLithos]

Why Do People Ask for more my summer car its really annoying seeing comments saying MORE SUMMER CAR PLEASE OR Something like that

[@GamingRacerHD]

Nice =)

[@jamesdigby6072]

Love TS

[@ejr9874]

Squirrel please can you make OMSI 2 videos please, great videos keep it up!!

[@SpeedSetSims]

You know why it's slow, because it sounds like a hairdryer, they are very cheap trains XD

[@Dan-pv7cu]

It's the metropolitan and jubilee lines aha not central

[@jamesosborn3977]

More flight sim

[@JamesDTapley]

I wish they made train sim mac compatible

[@jackyp5994]

Love the train vids

[@jchong_yc]

I don't really understand why people are begging for more MSC in every video. It's a really buggy game and I don't see it as a game actually fit's Squirrel's channel. Guys just don't act like spoiled kid, Squirrel don't have to hear your calls.

[@ciaranbird3373]

because we live in a messed up world where people don't appreciate the long hours of rendering and the word patience must give them a heart attack

[@aperrin9727]

Wow 2 days after my purchase my pc breaks!

[@thestockporttucksandtrains8620]

Hi squrial nuts I am a huge fan of your videos!! I watch your videos everyday. When are you making a new video? Please let me know. Thank you 😍

[@ciaranbird3373]

1) subscribe and turn in notifications 2) sit and breathe 3) close ur eyes and count to ten 4) do something to pass the time

[@Thomashorsman]

Car park at Bicester north only has 2 storeys not 3

[@Teddy-ex5vt]

Paul plz can you do Oxford to Marylebone, because Oxford parkway is a new recently made station, and I live near it.

[@ciaranbird3373]

same, i live near there too!

[@Michael-nh5ye]

you should do more American truck simulator

[@marty51213]

Hi Squirrel love the video i must get this scenario, bought the Voyager pack yesterday

[@DieyoungDiefast]

Squirrel, just after Banbury you were looking for the M40.... I've a sneaky suspicion that the bridge you went under at 19:26 is the M40. Timing and distance from Banbury is about right looking at multimap, and then at 21:49 just after Kings Sutton you went under the M40 again. (1st of the double bridges)

[@LEGENDGAMING99]

@t 50:00 minutes the station was high wycombe

[@jhoansebastianmarmolejo6538]

Squirrel , can you do more OMSI videos please , they are fantastic

[@ciaranbird3373]

i can imagine that once the London add-on comes out, there will be lots more OMSI videos

[@TransportLondonPhoto]

Really enjoying your train simulator videos, thank you so much! The Class 165s operate on what used be my home railway line. They are restricted to 75mph in real life I understand, with the Class 166 counterparts being restricted to 90mph. Interestingly they have Perkins engines which make the most horrendous noise when the throttle is "opened up". Is that replicated in this simulation? I was struggling to tell.

[@lazis002]

Squirrel, have you heard of or seen any of the driver's eye view series from video 125. Its basicly what you described with the cameras in the cab and they add a narrator over the top to explain the line and stations.

[@UK_Railways319]

at 50 28 mins that station is called high wycombe

[@bigbadbotnik8125]

Banbury looks spot on. As you were.

[@kianmurphy7463]

The cheapest I have got from Birmingham to London on Virgin trains in £10

[@jacksjourneys7251]

Virgin trains advance £6 with railcard. BHM-EUS

[@motta9784]

22:50. "Not going to see any thing because the headlights are rubbish." - Squirrel. There not rubbish. JT models the tunnels with no lighting.

[@RazordraacGaming]

One day I really hope somebody makes a London-Birminham WCML route. Like seriously where the hell has it been? It's one of the busiest routes in the UK period.

[@xunn786]

Hello Squirrel i have question what PC do u have??

[@scottdurling3857]

SaadGaming, specs.squirrel.tv

[@tomhenderson7876]

Great video! Can you do the London Midland class 170 scenario please?

[@josheaton7864]

Can you drive actually the London Underground engine and can you please drive the 68

[@maritimefilminguk]

Been waiting for part two!

[@AnkushTheHero]

Hi-Tech Reviews this is part 2

[@crowdaddy6472]

maybe one of those foils you see on trucks to take the air over the load might help with aerodynamics

[@ThStg]

I wonder if it had the ARMSTRONG POWERHOUSE KIT would it make any things any better :-o. I don't know I don't sadly not have any TSW's SADLY CANT AFFORD ANY YET!!! :-( :-( :-(

[@fylomusic]

My TS2017 runs at 7fps XD I want a new PC

[@scottdurling3857]

Daniel Filo, I recently turned off Dynamic Sky and gained loads of FPS.

[@ThStg]

Monopoly stations are MARYLBONE , FENCHURCH, KING CROSS & LIVERPOOL STREET I think the last could be wrong as it's been a VERY, VERY LONG TIME!!! FAR TOO LONG!!! since I have seen a Monopoly board please someone correct me on the last station.

[@balazsczink7927]

Plz play more train sim

[@dislecsyk991]

The 75 restriction between Leamington and Banbury is because that left bend is actually much sharper than the it's modelled here. And you didn't get an AWS warning because you only ever get those when linespeed is reduced by 33% or more. The whistle boards are for foot crossings

[@xboxgamer9680]

I am very happy with steam, for £40 I gotMunich-AugsbergLondon-BrightonChatham main linePortsmouth direct lineWeardale and Teesdale Networknot bad at all

[@joshuachandlee45]

do a freight video plz

[@ThStg]

I like the design of this peticular locomotive. But, it seems REALLY CRAP!!! when it comes to speed. & it's exceleration is so POOR!!! takes forever to get up to a decent speed. But, it's seems so under powered that it will never reach it's real top speed or even just above that. Another words APPAULLING!!!

[@semajttam]

Re why the track split at 37m....that's where the old Great Central branched off towards Buckingham and Brackley, closed in the mid sixties. When they redoubled the mainline in 1998 they decided to make the new one straight.

[@HumanistAtheist]

Game programmer here. Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but Train Sim 17 is a 32-bit application, which means it is limited to either 2 or 4 GB of RAM. You could have 10 petabytes of RAM but the game would still have a limit of 2 or 4 GB (depending on the options it was compiled with; it's either 2 or 4 GB). Converting a complex 32-bit application to 64-bit can be incredibly challenging and risks introducing a ton of bugs. Even if it were 64-bit, scaling things like asset loading to available RAM is technically very challenging, though I would expect it of an engine as mature as the one that powers TS17. For performance, you often want to set the size of your data buffers to a constant size at compile time which means you can't take advantage of more RAM on end users computers, necessarily. You typically decide how much RAM you will need and go from there. FWIW, TSW is a 64-bit app and can use all the memory you can throw at it, again contingent on how the engine is programmed. UE4 I would expect to be very good at it.

[@jacobwoods8738]

Squirrel, I'd love to see you run the JustTrains Oliver Cromwell 7MT scenario or the prototypical SSS 4965 'Rood Ashton Hall' scenario.

[@cyberdonblue4413]

I'm a retired train driver who worked over that route, amongst others, many times over the years with BR, more so into Paddington but occasionally into Marylebone with special trains - especially trains for the old Wembley on Cup Final days - long before privatisation. At 37.49 you queried the track layout. It is the remains of the junction for the old Great Central Railway and was laid out along the same lines as Aynho Junction, which you sadly missed because you decided to look at the map instead. Furthermore, drivers DO NOT put cab lights on in tunnels - that's one reason why you have instrument lights - and the view in tunnels is only slightly better than your cheap and nasty game showed even with a headlight. Headlights are an American idea that some idiot over here decided we should copy and they serve absolutely no useful purpose to a train driver. As a general rule, if it's in the way - day or night - and you can SEE IT, IT'S TOO DAMN LATE COS YOU'RE GONNA HIT IT!!! The Underground at West Ruislip (Central Line) is not the same LU line that you come alongside at Neasden. There are actually two LU lines at Neasden. The Jubilee Line and the Metropolitan. Both run alongside the original Great Central Railway from Harrow on the Hill (though the Met runs alongside all the way to Rickmansworth where it then shares the track as far as Amersham.) Chiltern operate the "main line" services over the old Great Central between Aylesbury and Marylebone. The line you "drove" over joins up with that lot at Neasden - oh and Marylebone is pronounced Marry le bone not Marlie bone. Finally, I can fully understand your friend saying that he doesn't enjoy driving trains now. You could train a monkey to drive this modern plastic crap. It's all electronics and it's just like playing with a toy train. There is no skill in it anymore - AWS warning boards everywhere, TPWS (Train Protection Warning System) to take control and put the brakes on when it thinks you've nodded off and speed advisory boards big enough to see from a passing plane. Nowadays, to be a driver, you just need to have your brain removed and volunteer to pick up an extortionate wage packet. Cheers...

[@jacobwoods8738]

In regards to the front end shape, at about 12.20, there are streamlined front DMUs, the Class 180s. These are capable of 125, so using them in the Chiltern Line where maximum speeds are between 75-90, is a waste. The reason the 165s are flat is they are old enough that they are developments from the old 1st Generation DMUs, 108s, 117s, 127s, etc.

[@twocvbloke]

Given that train is two coupled up DMUs, the acceleration shouldn't be that slow, unless the rear DMU is not enabled for some reason, in which case you're basically towing dead weight (which is fun on a Class 142 in reality, having been on such a train when one broke down at Colne station!! It's rare to enjoy a "silent" diesel train)...

[@simonkirby2012]

17:16 referring to the poster. Yes off-peak advance fares for £6.00 each way (start from). Chiltern not much longer than BHM-EUS on Virgin and little less than LM via Northampton

[@wearecity]

It's £25 for a route, not a scenario, a scenario is what you drive on the route. Thought after the umpteeth time of you saying £25 for a scenario and then in the next breath, saying, you can't run all the scenarios, you would have realised. Hoping eventually TSW, brings us a much better Train Sim experience, I'm sure the 3rd party stuff will eventually be far superior to DTG releases.

[@Arrivatrainswalesfan]

The route and train looked good. I felt that Just Trains let it down by re using one of Dovetails oldest models ( The class 166) which they used for the 169. This is clearly obvious with the first interior. Apart from that It was great!

[@TheArabPilot]

Amazing video as usual Squirrel! Could you possibly do a video on the Aurora to Chicago Racetrack dlc? Thanks

[@rogercrick9813]

The station at Bicester Village which you said was missing is not on the mainline. It is on the branch to Oxford that leaves the main line south of Bicester North Station. There is a recent video from tstar2001UK, a Chiltern Driver, that is a cab ride of this same journey with commentary which would answer most of the questions that you raised in your video. The train is a 100mph class 168 which is what Chiltern normally use for London to Birmingham services.

[@tvcapper7]

Hi Squirrel, Would love to see you takle the Birmingham New Street to Southampton Central in the faster JT 220 Class, which would give different scenery to look at

[@dylc413]

The reason the front of the commuter style trains (CAF IE Models in particular as well as this) have flat fronts is because they come in groups of carriages and cabs, basically, yes, it makes it easier to connect up multiple sets and also makes it much cheaper to build because they don't need to worry about drag coefficient etc... as much as say an IE 22000 (Which also comes in groups of 4, cab at each end and they attach the cabs to each other) This commuter style train would generally never see anything over 70 ish track speed because they're mostly used for suburban rail networks and then the faster more luxurious trains would take a more express-style route more like this.

[@zarak002]

The Chiltern line goes by the side of Metropolitan and Jubilee lines in suburbs of London up to Finchley Road I think. I have travelled on both underground lines on way to Wembley and seen Chiltern trains go by.

[@domramsey]

40:00 Grew up in Haddenham. The station looked pretty accurate to me.

[@TimeMeddler]

Not sure if anyone else has suggested this but why not do a video of yourself doing some train dim modelling? Then you'd be making a video at the same time. ;-) I'm not sure how practical this would be though, to be honest.

[@RahulPatel-im5nk]

Northolt park looks nothing like my local session but nice to see my local route, and to see further than where I usually go, here is some info I know about the chiltern line, from West Ruislip-South Ruislip you follow the central line, you then branch off passing South Ruislip industrial zone and the dump yard, you then run by your self crossing the Piccadilly line just after Northolt Park, after Wembley stadium you are running parallel to the metropolitan and jubilee lines and then you branch off for a very long tunnel leading to Marylebone, hope this helped!

[@thisisstuart7951]

The cheapest ticket from London to Birmingham I paid was £30

[@jacksjourneys7251]

£3.65 one-way with a railcard.

[@thisisstuart7951]

student?

[@jacksjourneys7251]

16-25 railcard, available to anyone aged 16-25, inclusive. (Also booked in advance)

[@thisisstuart7951]

i wish i had one lol

[@jacksjourneys7251]

How old are you? you can get one for like £30 per year or £70 every 3 years.

[@cameronsmodels7680]

Also just after you left BICESTER the line that came up and joined on is from BICESTER village

[@johnh10000]

S in Burnley there is a railway viaduct, back in the 1990's I think a brick or two fell out, the viaduct not fixed is still supporting trains to this day. As you said, skilled and built propper!

[@cmdrflint9115]

Have you ever considered using any of the graphics mods (like reshade) with train sim? They can really go a long way to address some of the shortcomings of the game engine.. adding in lightshafts/godrays, lens flare, motion blur, hdr, colour correction, better antialiasing etc... Not quite up to the standard of the new unreal engine game, but definitely better.

[@supa_hot_ice5449]

When BREL made the class 166 they focused on making it an easier train to maneuver, they did not think about aerodynamics.

[@lilyrose8619]

My granddad tought me the phonetic alphabet (ex police force) and you would need it for aviation, for callsigns and ATC communication

[@maximmotyovszki6591]

hey paul, talking about T.V series i think am in worse situation because i have wait for Bones on every Mondays, Castle on every tuesday, and Suleiman on every Wednesday.

[@andyhello23]

I used to call wembley stadium, a shopping basket, ie the new one you see here. It looks exactly like a shopping basket with that handle. I find it funny you said wow, at neasden(just passed wembley stadium here). What a horrible place that is in london.

[@simonkirby2012]

Squirrel, at 6:00 mins that construction is HarburyTunnel where they had a bad landslide couple years ago and the line was closed suddenly for over 6 weeks... that's the after effects!

[@JazzarGK]

4 monopoly stations are Kings Cross, Liverpool Street, Fenchurch and Marlebone

[@xXE4GLEyEXx]

how does one know in advance what speed to start taking on? when I follow the yellow marking on the HUD i still keep ove speeding as it writes for example 60 and once passing it i get Speeding penalty and the other indicator shows 30 :/

[@onesixgg]

Question about Train Sims, Since I've never played a Train Sim before, what would you guys recommend? I like a good career mode and scenarios.

[@JochemvanKranenburg]

onesixgg Train simulator 2017. It has a nice free carreer mode but to really expand your collection you do need some money... but thats with all sims. If you check out my FSX video in the description i said it costs me 130$ for these graphics...

[@cameronstrainsadventures]

I live near bicester and from Banbury down to London Marylebone look practically the same as I travel on the children mainline to get to London and my grandparents live in Banbury and when I was younger I used to watch the trains at Banbury but they are all very similar

[@bensmith9714]

Hi - this game is 75% off at the moment on Steam - would you recommend it for £6.24? It's the standard edition. Great video.

[@JaredRouse8465]

I don’t think that was the central line. Those were S7 tube stock trains, so I think that’s the metropolitan line or something. If we passed neasden, that was a jubilee line station.

[@SpeedSetSims]

Please someone tell him to use the free camera (8 on the keyboard)

[@typicalbrothershd96]

hey squirrel could you do a passenger run from Carlisle to glasgow along the scotrail line stopping at Dumfries, Kilmarnock and other places please thank you for reading this

[@emde5638]

well actually, there's a German company called virtual railroads, the trains they publish are on the level of flightsim, nearly every button and switch has a function. just pointing out that not everything is on the just trains level of simplicity. it's a shame, really, the trains are really pretty, just not much to do with them

[@burryshift6800]

Love the vid Squireel, Please can you do a ETS2 or ATS trucking diaries with wheel cam!

[@johnoldhouse]

first part of the route is pretty local to me, especially banbury :)

[@Bluerazor52]

The reason there is an "X" over some stops is because you were late and it did not count them.

[@bryanknights8662]

I think it was because the train was not completely i the station when it stopped. Therefore it counted it as a miss.

[@nfc2941]

No it's not

[@paulgiddy57]

Hi Squirrel, how about you do a tutorial on writing scenarios? That way you'd have a legit reason to learn how. :-)

[@Snipes432]

Great video, just a little detail. These units are not diesel - electric, but diesel-hydraulic. They use the diesel engine to drive the wheels via a hydraulic transmission.

[@zacharylewis-briers5495]

I actually saw Birmingham to London for £5.50 a single ticket of course