It's non-optimal to have a mix of fast and slow trains on a two-line train route - because the fast trains catch up with the slow ones. You can fit a good 15trains per hour down a route where ea… (View Post)

I've got that! Also, from the same stable, the Great Game of Britain. The version I have (from about 1984) had a reversible board with one side set in the steam era and the other in the modern d… (View Post)

Sorry, yes, of course! (View Post)

Brilliant. And more satisfying than many networks because of the big loop. Quite satisfying scenically, too. (View Post)

Incidentally, this sort of thing hasn't died out. I know of at least two teenage male contemporaries of my daughters who have done the equivalent day on the Manchester Metrolink for birthday tre… (View Post)