Last updated 15 December 2012

Our Windows simulations are designed to run on any version of Windows from XP onwards; they may also run on earlier versions, though some updating of Help and Installer facilities may be necessary. Each comes as a Windows Installer (.msi) file. They do not run through our DOS-based Menu program, but by default an icon is placed on the desktop and an entry is added to the Start menu.

The user interface generally follows Windows conventions, but as far as possible we have preserved the screen appearance existing customers are used to, and there is not much you will need to re-learn. No printed instructions are provided, but everything that would previously have been included in them is now in the online Help file, which can be accessed directly from the program. We strongly recommend that you spend a little time reviewing the help file, particularly the Introduction, General Information and any Hints & Tips pages, before playing the games.

The first fiver are now available; see details below.

Gold Series: Isle of Wight (East) 1932 - Covering the whole working day, this is set in the summer of 1932, perhaps the high point of operations on the island. Your control area covers the whole of the line from Ryde to Ventnor, including the Bembridge branch and parts of the lines from Smallbrook Junction and Sandown to Newport - seven screens in all. Increasing difficulty levels give you a choice of Sunday, weekday or Saturday schedules. The single lines on the island were some of the most intensively worked in the country, and you will have to be alert to avoid causing delays. For this reason most freight traffic is early or late in the day. You have control of the shed at St John’s Road, and also have to ensure engines receive water as necessary. As usual bonus points are available for allocation of locos of the correct type, and for correct placement of incoming freight. (Difficulty ###) Price £36

Silver Series: Leicester Central 1957 - 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. At this time Annesley had recently taken delivery of a large batch of the BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 locos, and these almost monopolise this traffic. Fitted in with the freight, and almost replacing it on Saturdays, is a range of passenger services, both local and long-distance. Right from the start it was GC policy to change engines at Leicester on most passenger services, and this still continued, though to a lesser degree. Engine-changing has to be slick, with often only five minutes from arrival to departure. In most cases where the engine is not changed it has to take water. This simulation has four track screens. (Difficulty ###) Price £27

Platinum Series: North London Line 1938 - 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.
At this time, just before the war, the electric passenger service is at its zenith and will provide you with a challenge in its own right, but you also have to fit in a busy freight service over all the routes, handle freight traffic at the many yards including placing traffic for (un)loading at Poplar Docks. You are also responsible for the engine shed at Devon's Road, home to a large stud of 'Jintys'.
Please note that due to the complicated track layout, the screens are necessarily large and we regret that we must recommend a minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768. Whilst it may run at 800x600 the font will be very small and hard to read and won't do the program justice. (Difficulty ######) Price £45

NEW! Platinum Series: Norwich 1952 - In this simulation you control all traffic on the Great Eastern lines in the Norwich area, from Trowse Upper and Trowse Lower Junctions in the west to Brundall Junction in the east. This area was covered by ten manual signal boxes. The simulation is set before diesels had intruded on the scene, with the Britannia pacifics the only sign of standardisation, and before the schedules and traffic patterns had been revised to speed up services between London and Norwich. All the local branches were still open to passenger and goods traffic. Norwich had three goods yards for local traffic, Thorpe, Victoria and Trowse, and three yards where traffic was marshalled, Thorpe, Trowse and Wensum; for transfer purposes several services called at two of the yards, but some separate transfer trips may be required. The shunting of both goods and passenger traffic will keep you very busy at times. As you'd expect in a holiday area, the nature of the traffic changes markedly on a Saturday, with extras to and from the North and the Midlands via March, as well as a more intensive London service. This simulation has seven track screens, each some 20% larger than was possible with DOS. (Difficulty #####) Price £45

Gold Series: Woodford Halse 1957 - 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. At this time Annesley had recently taken delivery of a large batch of the BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 locos, and these almost monopolise this traffic. Fitted in with the freight, and almost replacing it on Saturdays, is a range of passenger services, both local and long-distance. The marshalling of freight traffic was the reason for the existence of Woodford Halse, and the shunting, more complex than any of our others except perhaps Carlisle 1957, will keep you very busy at times. Most freights terminate here, and there is a marked contrast between the single route north and the multiple destinations to the south and west. This simulation has four track screens, each some 20% larger than was possible with DOS. (Difficulty ####) Price £36