> I will be in England for about a week and busy. The SIAM
> web site tells me the Exeter simulation is a fair way
> away from being finished. As I saw Brian's name on the
> list this morning I wondered who else might be near to
> producing a new simulation and Brian is said to bee
> doing one on the Isle of Wight as I recall. At one time
> there were a few people doing new simulations but that
> seems to have dried up.
>
I believe there are three people other than me currently
working on something, but all of them have full time jobs
that have to take priority, and for the last year or so
we've had major health problems in the family that have
kept me busy for 2 days most weeks looking after
grandchildren. I keep asking, but I'm not aware of anything
nearly ready except Exeter 1955. This still has some of the
moves and all of the traffic to be entered, but all the
research and design is complete, and most of the
programming.

> I also noted from my notes
> that several requests from Tim over the years for
> information for new simulations that have never
> appeared. I have not the list to hand but Glasgow
> Central and Stoke were two that I think have been
> mentioned. It all goes to prove I suppose I need to get
> a life really but what else can I do to pass the time on
> long flights.
>
I did correspond with someone a few years ago who was
proposing to do Stoke, but that went quiet; the same thing
happened with Preston.

Track plans are now fairly easy to find for the Midland,
Western and Southern regions, but much harder for the
Eastern and Scottish. Detailed information about traffic,
loco duties and carriage working is much more patchy,
though the books produced by Xpress Publishing are a big
help.

Two I'd like to do for which I have only very inadequate
track plans are Perth and York, to redress the geographical
balance a bit. I haven't decided on my next project yet,
but Derby is tempting, and fairly well documented.

Tim Bourne (SIAM)