13th March 2010

I'm sorry for any lack of updates this year. My dear wife died the middle of December so I'm not really in to anything much to do with trainz at the moment. I just have no interest at the moment in any of it.

Hopefully one day I shell return to some sort of normality

1st December 2009

We're pleased to announce the next set in the Westwood Tunnel Series.

"Westwood Stone Tunnel"

Like the first set Thanks go to Andi06 for the use of his tunnel script & thanks to

Honeymonster1971 for the textures (which came from http://www.arroway-textures.com/ as a free sample.)

Included in the set are three different tunnel portals (Single, Double & Double pillarless)

Two types of tunnel bore Plain & with safety Alcoves.

Separate Columns to place where you'd like and Tunnel Vent stacks.

Four different Retaining Walls (Three with attached filler plane)

Enabling you to build almost any type of tunnel.

This set has been built with using Bloodnok / Snowsignals Canterary in mind and is thus tall enough to have wires run though.

These are now available on the DLS

16th November 2009

I have finished and updated the SR Brake Vans (Pill Boxes) there are two liveries early and late SR they have working tail lights, these change with direction of travel. I also did several updates so my models are error free in TRS 04 upto TS2009 & 2010

George has also made several models for the infrastructure section 2 versions of his GWR Water Columns a GWR Water Tower

and a GWR Coal Staithe.

9th November 2009

I have finished my new Westwood Tunnel kit, that works the same way as Andi06's tunnels. Thanks go to him for allowing me to use his scripts. The kit consists of single and twin track Tunnel  and two types of bore with and without Alcoves also Retaining Walls Brick Columns and ventilation Shafts so you can make up any combination of tunnel you fancy. These are error free in TRS04, TRS 06, TC3, and TS09

27th October 2009

George has now finished his Maunsell 350hp Diesel Shunter, comes complete with a custom cab. Its now ready for download.

In 1937 three 350hp diesel electric shunters were built at Ashford for Southern Railway, and entered service in 1937 numbered [Southern 1] to -- 3 which became 15201 to 15203 after 1948. Compatible for TRS 2004 TRS 2006 TS 2009

17th August 2009

Just a few bits and pices added to the infrastructure page .... more stuff soon

21st June 2009

Sorry there hasn't been many new models lately been taking a brake from Trainz and went and got married instead  :-) There will be more models along . Also I will get around to finish updating the new website.

I have released the beta of my new Westwood Tunnel kit, that works the same way as Andi06's tunnels. Thanks go to him for allowing me to use his scripts. The kit consists of single and twin track Tunnel  and two types of bore with and without Alcoves also Retaining Walls Brick Columns and ventilation Shafts so you can make up any combination of tunnel you fancy. These are error free in TRS 06 and TC3, they work ok in TS09

20th February 2009

George has released his Class 57xx locos both in GWR and BR liveries.

both locos come with custom cabs and running numbers.

5th February 2009

Chris has finished his L S W R No.0335. Beyer, Peacock 1876 loco its now ready for download

11th December 2008

Rob has released The LNER 12 ton 'Longfit' pipe wagon pack is now available for download. The pack contains 5 new loads to go with the wagon along with 3 wagon liveries. The wagon is designed for TRS2009 but will work from 2004 upwards. The wagon is fitted with ACS coupling system and has opening doors that can be opened/closed in surveyor and driver. Model wise the wagons are built with 3 levels of reduction meshes (LOD), normal maps and specular maps. The wagon is setup to for 8 different loads, 2 of these will need to be downloaded of the DLS. For those running the wagon in TC1&2 or lower you will need the ACS library, this is available from here.

1st December 2008

Here is our second TC3 loco from Rob the Large logo class 40. East Lancashire Railway 40 145

Please note that the airbrake pipes are now working properly at the moment. once this problem has been fixed we'll release an  update

11th November 2008

As promised here is the TC3 version of Georges GWR Castle Class 5080 Defiant.

9th November 2008

George (Skipper1945) has finished The GWR Castle class 5080 Defiant The TRS04/06 in now available for download.

The TC3 version will be available in a day or two just on final testing.

23rd October 2008

With his permission I have updated Jonny211's GWR Crocodile K wagons. They are now loadable have animated Couplings and Vac pipes and also now have spec lighting on the textures.

I have also made 8 Cable Drum loads to go with it.

There are 4 different cable drums  a set of full and a set of empty drums. I have also made an empty set and full set of Static  cable drums for use as scenery items.

Also I have released six new 4 wheeled tank wagons

4th October 2008

Here is a driveable Steam Ship from Brook you can even ride on board.

3rd October 2008

Andy Kemplen has now finished his Metropolitan Camel Midland Blue Pullman set and they are now ready for download. It ran between Manchester and London, and was in use from 1959 until the early 1970s

Also comes with Custom Cab

15th August 2008

We have had to move our website because we were using to much bandwidth nearly 3 time our quota per month. This new website has unlimited bandwidth so we should be ok here. Sorry for any inconvenience caused

20th July 2008

I have finally updated the Road Vehicle page also I have added two new Lorries from Andy (Kemplen)

 
16th Jul 2008

Georges 15 Ton Steam Crane has mow been updated and is compatible

with TRS and TC

Andy Kemplen has now released his Metrovick Co_Bo in 4 liveries they are now available on the DLS

1200hp mixed traffic diesel electric locomotive built by Metropolitan-Vickers in 1958 in answer to British Railways Type 2 specification, from the modernisation program of 1955. This interesting locomotive was designed with the unusual Co-Bo axle arrangement to provide the required tractive effort and axle loading, whilst giving it a low overall weight. Twenty locomotives were built, all powered by a Crossley HSTV8 two stroke diesel engine.

1st March 2008

I have released two versions of Railway Workers Cottages now available on the DLS

18th December 2007

Andy's Class 124 is now available to download

9th December 2007

Here are some up and coming models from George (skipper1945)

 and Andy (kemplen)

Frome George we have the Castle Class along with a custom cab.

And a Maunsell 350hp Diesel Shunter

And from Andy we have his Class 124 DMU with custom cab.

21st October 2007

Rob has finished his lovely 9Fs. They are some amazing models You have some nice clean and gleaming locos in the Black Prince and Evening Star and there is also to types of well weathered and heavily worked locos single and double chimney types. Also there are several tenders to choose from.

• Custom sound effects created by Tony Weber
• Random numbers and shed code switching by Eldavo
• Bluestar support for animated couplings
• User definable head codes and head code command support Paulhobbs
• Custom cab
• Cylinder drain cock effects
• Whistle effects
• Safety valve effects
• Twinkles smoke
• Animated water filler hatch
• Animated water scoop

 Truly a work of art and probably the best steam locos I have seen for Trainz. Rob has also put together a very detailed manual so you know exactly what files you need installing and also how to set the locos up with head code lights etc here is a link to the manual

6th September 2007

George has now release the Queen Mary brake van. The tail lights change with direction of travel. Also there is a superb interior that you can ride in.

6th August 2007

George has now released the BR green version of his 14xx

5th August 2007

Our new forum is now up and running, please post here in future

18th July 2007

Chris has released 3 versions of his Ruston & Hornsby 48DS Shunter. Two with loose couplings and one with Buckeye couplings

23rd June 2007

George has now released two new locos now available on his Steam Loco page and the DLS.

The LBSCR E4 class

And Prairie tank in BR green lined livery

30th May 2007

We would like to welcome Jan (Jankvis) to our team He is an excellent tree and plant creator. at the moment he is working on some vegetables so that you can make up some allotments.

27th May 2007

The Lynton and Barnstaple is a project we've been working on for some time now. We are working from DEM data so the layout should look quite realistic. George has finished Lyn and Yeo is close to being finished he has also completed several items of rolling stock.

14th April 2007

We would like to welcome Ali (Gotty) to our team. He is a great loco creator and also a wizard with DEM data. Here is a shot off his first offering as part of the team.

19th March 2007

  Rob has released a set of River banks and Dykes with several different textures

Brooke has released a set of Roads Pavements and Bridges

19th February 2007

The second set of 6 wheeled milk tank wagons are now available on the DLS

15th February 2007

George has created some useful Items for your branch lines. This Branch Line Engine shed and this Turntable.

He has also created these sleeper buffer stops. All are now available on the DLS

12th February 2007

A set of 6 wheeled milk tank wagons are now on the DLS. They have animated couplings and Vac pipes. They also have working tail lights that will appear on the last wagon if a loco is attached to the train.

9th February 2007

 George has now released the GWR version of the Prairie

2nd February 2007

George has now released his Small Prairie 4561. The 45xx was a modified class 44xx both were introduced by George Churchward and differed mainly in their driver wheel size.

1st February 2007

Rob has now finished the GCR 8k or more widely know as LNER O4 Rod is a heavy freight locomotive designed by John G. Robinson CME of the Great Central Railway in 1911. The initial design was to haul coal traffic to the new docks at Immingham. The design would go onto become one of the most successful British steam loco designs. The design was chosen by the Railway Operating division (ROD) as the standard heavy freight loco for WW1. This is where the design became known as RODS. A number of O4 Rods where also called up for service in WW2. LNER at their height owned 421 O4 Rod locomotives, the class virtually fulfilled all of the LNER heavy mineral locomotive requirements. At the formation of British Railways 278 O4 Rods where inherited along with 51 O4 rebuilds. The last Belpaire type O4 ROD was withdrawn in February 1966.

Currently represented by these models is the LNER O4/1 Rod with original GCR chimney and Ramsbottom safety valves. The LNER O4/1 Rod with Ross pop safety valves, Doncaster flower pot chimney and relocated whistle. The BR LNER O4/1 is based of the LNER modified O4/1 Rods with 3 tender liveries featured, "British Railways", "Cycling Lion" and "Ferret and Dartboard". The final representations of the O4/1 Rod are 2 of the 13 Rods purchased for the Richmond Vale Mining company in New South Wales, Australia.

The locos and tenders have the following features:

• Custom sound effects created by Tony Weber
• Random numbers and shed code switching by Eldavo
• Bluestar support for animated couplings
• User definable head codes and head code command support Paulhobbs
• Fully animated inside Stephenson's valve gear
• Cylinder drain cock effects
• Whistle effects
• Safety valve effects
• Twinkles smoke
• Animated water filler hatch
• Animated water scoop

20th January 2007

The new steam and diesel loco pages are now finished. I'm slowly getting all the pages done

10th January 2007

We welcome Edgar Craggs to the team ... He has made some lovely Railway building

28th December 2006

We would like to welcome Tom (tommylommykins) an excellent Soundsmith and track man to our team

25th December 2006

We hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Here is a few pictures of what you have coming your way in 2007

from me there are some 6 wheeled Tank Wagons Also the Class 03 Shunter Also an Update to some of the Thomas models and Ivor the Engine

and From George we have a small Loco Shed with animated fan - A Turntable just right for those branch lines ;-)

Also two versions of a Small Prairie

From Rob we have an GCR 8K,  First Series Merchant Navy,

9F and also a Class 40

7th December 2006

My 4 Track Level Crossing is now available

30th November 2006

George has now finished the Class 31 Fragonsets which have five name and running number plate options for (Charybdis) (Minotaur) (Cerberus) (Hydra) and (Chimaera) changeable via surveyors properties edit, loco drop down ? mark or keyboard (P).

27th November 2006

George has now released the Intercity Class 31, This is a one of number 31454 "The Heart of Wessex"

The Brewery kit in now available so you can make up your own brewery There will be an industry version following shortly

24th November 2006

I'm slowly updating the web site the new wagon pages are now on line. Each creator now has their own page in each section. There are several new things to add to the site, I will do this as I come to their respective pages.

7th November 2006

I know I speak for the whole team of UKBL when I say a very warm welcome to Gary (LMS_MAN) a brilliant Steam Loco creator most of which are payware and worth every penny

23rd October 06

Now the moment many of you have been waiting for. The BR Corporate Blue Class 31 by George [Skipper1945] is now available for download both here and on the DLS

9th October 06

A Set of covered foot bridges and canopy splines from Andy Kemplen are now available

5th October 06

Rob has started work on the 9F and its looking good

29th September 2006

Mike has finished his steam team and is now ready for download.

18th September 06

Rob's new Updated Rebuilt Merchant Navy is now available here and on the DS you can also download the manual for the loco.

17 September 06

Rob has finished his Rebuilt Merchant Navy and its on its way to the DS for you to enjoy. If you cant wait for that click on the picture below to see a video of his amazing model in action. Well done mate you done a fantastic job.

Mikes Class 50 is now at the beta stage and coming along nicely

24th August 06

BR Black Prototype 10800 from Michael Whiteley is now available complete with its own working cab

My Box Van and Wagon Splines have now been updated along with The Box Van Body Store.

23rd August 06

A collection of building from the LBSCR by Andy Kemplen, so that you can make up your own or download the station all ready assembled .

22nd August 06

A set of Stone Viaducts are now available 1, 2 and 4 track versions

Also the point connecting rods have been updated now with a double rod and better corners and a lot less pollies.

On the Layout page you will fund a UKBL Demo Layout by Andy King, sorry but this is a TRS 2006 layout

Also a new tunnel portal to go with Andi06's tunnel kit based on

Sharpthorne Tunnel on the Bluebell Railway

7th August 06

Chris's BR covered wagons are now available including weathered BR and GWR versions

4th August 06

Two Pallet trolleys now available. These first appeared in 1948 so will look good in any layout.

2nd August 06

Chris has released his GWR Covered Bogey Wagon. These wagons have animated couplings and you can change the wagon numbers.

And here's the latest shot from Rob's Spam can

20th July 06

Three new horse boxes form Andy Kemplen  LNER GWR and Southern

and a couple of other railway items from me, Concrete Fence and Goods Platform  Steps

20th June 06

We would like to welcome two new members to the team.  Michael Whiteley and Rob Hill (LielestoSbrat). Both of them are building some very nice locos.

Mike is building a class 50

And Rob is updating the Rebuilt Merchant Navy with new smoke effects and spec lighting. He is also building a First Series Merchant Navy

25th May 06

Chris has rebuild his M7 locos

Features of the New Class M7's - 1962 lamp head codes - Animated couplings - Does have a cab view (paulhobbs Terrier Tank) - Whistle Steam Effect when Horn/Whistle button is pressed - Choose your own Running number for both Southern & BR Version

6th May 06

A new hotel with night lighting and pub sound now available in the non railway section

20th March 06

Now available

GWR Branch Tank Number 4600, GWR only ever built one loco of this class, it was built in 1918 and only lasted until 1936 when it was scrapped, and replaced by the 31xx class on the GWR branch lines, the loco is a smaller version of he GWR 22xx Country Tank.

13th March 06

There is now an updated version of the Class 31 now available. Also some new station building from Kemplen and a set of James coaches now available for TRS

5th March 06

I'm pleased to announce the release of the much awaited Class 31 loco another master piece from George. This is the first Class 31 its a copy of the preserved D5600. We would like to thank "Crazy" for creating the sound pack for us and also "Eldavo" for the script and letting us use his drivers. You will need to download these to files from the DS kuid2:75134:67024 and kuid2:75134:67025

 D5600 Class 31 Brush Type 2 (previous running numbers 31179 31435) is Operational on the East Lancashire Railway. We will be releasing other models and liveries and these will be re-number able as well.

21st February 06

George have worked very hard since Sunday. I'm pleased to say he has managed to sort out the bogey problems with the Kings. The updated King files are now on our download pages. 

18th February 06

 We're happy to release 2 Class 60xx locos (from Skipper1945) King George V and King Edward VII. King George has also a Headboard  "Cornish Riviera" which can be raised and lowered using the pantograph control. Both these locos are TRS 04/06 compatible you will find them in the loco section of our downloads.

15th February 06

We'd like to welcome Kemplen to our team. We hope you enjoy your stay.

8th February 06

We'd like to welcome our newest member aboard, Russell (Wessex_Electric_Nutter)

I hope you enjoy your stay with us and that it is a long one.

25th January 06

 These 5 plank wagons have now been updated for TRS 06

also there is a weathered version of each included in the pack

18th January 06

Three new working Whistle Boards now available.

No need to use the whistle rule just place them and they will work.

17th January 06

Firstly Id like to apologize to people who have emailed me and I have not answered Someone asked me about BR Class 4s among other things. Please could you email me again as I have lost a hole bunch of email so can't reply to them. Any one wrote to me and didn't get a reply please can you write again.

Two ex GWR Auto coaches are now available for you to down load. Thanks go to Andi06 for allowing Andy (Honnymonster1971) reskinning of his original Autocoach

23 December 05

 The Pullman Observation Car has been updated for TRS 04/06  you'll find it on the carriage downloads page.

20th December 05

Here is a preview of a King George V  made by George (Skipper1945) available in the new year 

Also here's a couple of shots of a working Goods shed by me

Chris now has his Stove Van available as NOW FREE click the picture to go to the purchase page.

Here's an update on the Class 31. the Cab is almost done and fully functional even the windscreen wiper. Just the sound Pack to do now. Here's a shot of the cab.

3rd December 05

I have take the Thomas the Tank pages of line while we sort out all the files and make it much easier for you to download and get all the files that you need. This shouldn't take to long but it is essential work that needs to be done.

Ivor the Engine is there to keep you amused while your waiting for Thomas to return.

29th November 05

George is making progress with the class 31 . He is now making a working custom cab for it.

I have now added some more download pages so more  downloads are available from our pages. I have also Added The new Ivor the Engine page which now features the Merioneth layout made by tkeithmat.

I'm in the middle of updating all the Ivor content so now the will all have animated couplings and will also be loadable. Here is a shot of one of the new passenger carrying wagons that will be available very soon

9th November 05

Stepney is now available to download now both Thomas and Bluebell versions

4th November 05

BR Class 31 coming to you very shortly

I'm continuing to update he website so you'll keep seeing changes for a while

28th October 05

UKBL decision regarding TRS 06 updates is to not issue any more update unless any items do not work at all. we have found that 85 to 90% of the errors in TRS 06 were created by TRS 06. We feel that our time is better spent on new creations than updating stuff that works perfectly well with the errors in TRS 06.
Certain things will get updated with newer versions as and when we see fit to do this.

I'm also in the process of revamping the website to make it much easier for you all to find what you are looking for. so please bare with me for a few days. some thing may disappear will I'm doing this. if you can't see what you are looking for please go to Meet the Team page and click on the members KUID number to see there creations.

Thank you for your patients.

27th October 05

A few more updates added to day .Also a new page called Meet the Team

24th October 05

Here's a treat for you steam fans . From George we bring you Dinmore Manor works with TRS 2004 and TRS 2006. Now available here and the on the DS.

20th October 05

All the MK1 coaches have now been updated to work with TRS 2004/2006 and ready for downloading.  Don't forget to install the updated interiors as well.

The Conway Rail Bridge has also been updated along with the tunnel track

 used with it

19th October 05

To day all the 4 wheeled tank wagons have been updated and are now ready for download. Also added to day are the set of Blue/Grey Mk1s and the set of GWR MK1s both updated to TRS 2006

17th October 05

The First batch of updates for TRS 2006 are now available. The will have this logo added to the download picture  The first are Chris's Parcel Vans and my Mk1 coaches. Don't forget to download the updated MK1 Interiors. The MK1 coaches will all be ready by the end of this week tomorrow there should be a Southern set and some Tank Wagons

9th October 05

This new Long shed should be with you tomorrow. This is an update of Eric Zadro's Long shed done with his kind permission. In this shot I have place two sheds side by side.

24th September 05

Several of our items are not working in TRS 2006. We will be issuing updates as soon as we can.

26th August 05

New Bradnop & Kingston Railway layout from Chris now available

18th August 05

AEC 5 ton vans are now available

16th August 05

A new set of  AEC 5 ton vans with headlight at nigh from Brook

 will be with you shortly

14th August 05

LNWR Class G2 "Super D" are now on the DLS

13th August 05

LNWR Class G2 "Super D" has finished beta testing

and are now on there way to the DLS

12th August 05

The 51xx update is now available click the picture to download

11th August 05

A new set of Mk1 coaches now available, a Br Maroon set.

The 51xx is now available on the DS, Some people have had a problem with this and there will be an update very shortly. We're sorry for any problems you have had.

5th August 05

Just Sent for approval is George's Class 51xx hopefully it will be with you all by Monday or Tuesday.

Chris is getting on nicely with the Super D 0-8-0 this is memory of his late Grandfather who will be sadly missed by many.

4th August 05

There's not to much going on at the moment, We're waiting for the immanent launch of TRS 2006 before we make much more stuff.

Here's an interesting article about our Mk1 coaches if your interested.

Here pages 26 to 28