[Cab Ride] MML: Tarmac, Radlett - Corby Freight Yard, British Rail Class 47 Railfreight

[GrandT]

Hi everyone,

It's been a while (too long) since my last Cab Ride on my massive ECML 10k x 4k map (now with more than 830,000 hand placed assets), recreating the ECML from Kings Cross - Grantham, the MML from St Pancras to Kettering, the WCML from Euston to Bletchley. The map also includes some of the GNR (Paddington), WAML (Liverpool Street) and south London to Croydon and a few featured branch lines.

As suggested by one of my viewers, this cab ride focuses on freight operations, as I've completed neglected to show these. To make up for that, I'm planning to release 3 more freight cab rides every Wednesday until August 1st.

Anyhow, enough rambling, hope you enjoy it.

External YouTube Link
https://youtu.be/HxbscR3HDzs
Part Two, Return Journey
https://youtu.be/z_0PX_XugHA

If you're interested in more, the accompanying YouTube Series is now up to episode 45, with new hour long episodes released Thursday and Sunday, showing the making of this map and recreation efforts at around 1:4 - 1:5 scale with a new series coming in the Autumn.

Latest Episode External
https://youtu.be/c3b54-aZeCs

[Mr Felidae]

Looks promising! Though I am not familiar with British railway scenery and countryside myself, I found both your vids enjoyable. Seems a lot of time and hard work was spent to getting that map to what it is now! I find it inspiring on how to create realistic environments. It's a pity road vehicles cannot be set for left-hand driving, though.

I'm trying to make cab ride videos of my own railway lines on the map I'm spending all my TPF game time at. It's a German oriented map. Every time I think I am ready to make a video, I see imperfections in scenery or trackside objects I wish to improve. Now that I see your detailed environments, I realise I'm not even halfway through creating a realistic German scenery, lol. Perhaps I should accept my current map as it is for the most part...

[GrandT]

Thanks Mr Felidae, it's about 50% done I would say, and I'll be ending season one of this map just as mass electrification begins (only because of the lack of modern British trains). But it'll return for completion, even if other Euro trains have to used in the end. At least we're getting Stadler, and there's always DB for freight. :)

As for your map, that must be a fun project given the huge support for German mods! Perhaps make a cab-ride now, then compare it later when you feel it's close to how you want it. You'll be surprised at much you have done when comparing the two. I have some Time-Lapse videos up which include Before/After comparisons at the end, and I always surprise myself. Sometimes, it feels like I've spent 6 hours doing little, until I see those.

Good luck with the map, and don't forget to share with us cab ride fans!

[GrandT]

As promised I've uploaded the return journey, and updated the post.