XP versus 9X using 2.6.3 (e.g. Redditch to Birmingham)
Started by Boxcars6 posts4 min read
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I've just run the Birmingham X-City South route for the first time selecting the 9X option instead of the XP option which naturally I've always selected because I have XP Home. I didn't run the whole route, just a few sections, but I noticed something rather interesting in the last section between Five Ways and New Street. In 9X mode, in the last tunnel before New Street, there are three lights on each side of the tunnel just before the end WHICH I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE! In XP mode, where these lights are, there are just three little white boxes on each side of the tunnel but no lights. I'm just wondering what other objects I haven't seen during the many times I've driven this route in XP mode. Can anyone explain why this is please? "Now if you ever heard the whistle on a fast freight train beatin' out a beautiful tune, if you ever seen the cold blue railroad tracks shinin' by the light of the moon, if you ever felt the locomotive shake the ground ... I know you don't have to be told, why I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks and watch them lonesome boxcars roll."
from "Boxcars" - Joe Ely (MCA Records Inc. 1978) (Copyright 1977 Butch Hancock)
RE: XP versus 9X using 2.6.3 (e.g. Redditch to Birming
Forgot to mention, same thing is seen with Track Viewer."Now if you ever heard the whistle on a fast freight train beatin' out a beautiful tune, if you ever seen the cold blue railroad tracks shinin' by the light of the moon, if you ever felt the locomotive shake the ground ... I know you don't have to be told, why I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks and watch them lonesome boxcars roll."
from "Boxcars" - Joe Ely (MCA Records Inc. 1978) (Copyright 1977 Butch Hancock)
RE: XP versus 9X using 2.6.3 (e.g. Redditch to Birming
Not on mine Derek, I've just tried it again (and with Track Viewer)"Now if you ever heard the whistle on a fast freight train beatin' out a beautiful tune, if you ever seen the cold blue railroad tracks shinin' by the light of the moon, if you ever felt the locomotive shake the ground ... I know you don't have to be told, why I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks and watch them lonesome boxcars roll."
from "Boxcars" - Joe Ely (MCA Records Inc. 1978) (Copyright 1977 Butch Hancock)
RE: XP versus 9X using 2.6.3 (e.g. Redditch to Birming
>Yep, I see what you mean Boxcars. > >That's right, derek, they are there in both versions but in >9x the lights are actually on. Thanks for checking this out Richard. I'm glad you found the same. It's nice to know it's not just me!Neil"Now if you ever heard the whistle on a fast freight train beatin' out a beautiful tune, if you ever seen the cold blue railroad tracks shinin' by the light of the moon, if you ever felt the locomotive shake the ground ... I know you don't have to be told, why I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks and watch them lonesome boxcars roll."
from "Boxcars" - Joe Ely (MCA Records Inc. 1978) (Copyright 1977 Butch Hancock)
