{"id":706,"date":"2016-06-02T23:05:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T23:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bvecornwall.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=706"},"modified":"2019-11-29T12:58:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T12:58:25","slug":"br-class-52-western","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.bvecornwall.co.uk\/wordpress\/br-class-52-western\/","title":{"rendered":"BR Class 52 Western"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The British Railways Class 52 &#8216;Western&#8217; represents one of the finest examples of the initial batches of diesels who took over from their steam forebears.<\/p>\n<div tabindex=\"0\" class=\"cycloneslider cycloneslider-template-standard cycloneslider-width-responsive\" id=\"cycloneslider-br-class-52-western-1\" style=\"max-width:960px\" > <div class=\"cycloneslider-slides cycle-slideshow\" data-cycle-allow-wrap=\"true\" data-cycle-dynamic-height=\"off\" data-cycle-auto-height=\"960:745\" data-cycle-auto-height-easing=\"null\" data-cycle-auto-height-speed=\"250\" data-cycle-delay=\"0\" data-cycle-easing=\"\" data-cycle-fx=\"fade\" data-cycle-hide-non-active=\"true\" data-cycle-log=\"false\" data-cycle-next=\"#cycloneslider-br-class-52-western-1 .cycloneslider-next\" data-cycle-pager=\"#cycloneslider-br-class-52-western-1 .cycloneslider-pager\" data-cycle-pause-on-hover=\"true\" data-cycle-prev=\"#cycloneslider-br-class-52-western-1 .cycloneslider-prev\" data-cycle-slides=\"&gt; div\" data-cycle-speed=\"1000\" data-cycle-swipe=\"1\" data-cycle-tile-count=\"7\" data-cycle-tile-delay=\"100\" data-cycle-tile-vertical=\"true\" data-cycle-timeout=\"4000\" > <div class=\"cycloneslider-slide cycloneslider-slide-image\" > <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bvecornwall.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/western1-960x745.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/> <\/div> <div class=\"cycloneslider-slide cycloneslider-slide-image\" > <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bvecornwall.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/western2-960x745.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"cycloneslider-pager\"><\/div> <a href=\"#\" class=\"cycloneslider-prev\"> <span class=\"arrow\"><\/span> <\/a> <a href=\"#\" class=\"cycloneslider-next\"> <span class=\"arrow\"><\/span> <\/a> <\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Download:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This locomotive is provided in openBVE package format.<\/p>\n<p><em>Beta Version 1.0.0:<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vps.bvecornwall.co.uk\/trains\/D1015.zip\">http:\/\/vps.bvecornwall.co.uk\/trains\/D1015.zip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one came about, as a result of cab access provided by the DEPG at the West Somerset Railway&#8217;s 2015 diesel gala, where D1010 was sadly laid up with engine troubles. That didn&#8217;t stop me photographing every square inch of the cab, and a while later I started building&#8230;&#8230;<br \/>\nThis model actually carries the name and number of D1015 &#8211; Western Champion in BR Maroon livery with full-yellow ends, as that&#8217;s where my external images came from.<\/p>\n<p>The guts of this locomotive are once again powered by my plugin BVEC_ATS, and highlight features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Realistic twin-engine traction modelling<\/li>\n<li>Working turbocharger<\/li>\n<li>A complete (Well, at least relatively&#8230;..) prototypical startup sequence<\/li>\n<li>Working cab fault lights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Driver&#8217;s Guide:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Due to the sheer complexity of this loco, a complete driver&#8217;s guide, complete with images is available here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8J1sNhKppA\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bvecornwall.co.uk\/wordpress\/br-class-52-western-drivers-guide\/\">BR Class 52 &#8216;Western&#8217;- Driver&#8217;s Guide<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;BR Class 52 &#8216;Western&#8217;- Driver&#8217;s Guide&#8221; &#8212; BVE Cornwall\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bvecornwall.co.uk\/wordpress\/br-class-52-western-drivers-guide\/embed\/#?secret=wvOJt1rj0p#?secret=8J1sNhKppA\" data-secret=\"8J1sNhKppA\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Thanks:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This locomotive would not have been possible without the support, images, sounds and access provided by many people.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The DEPG at Williton for providing cab access during the WSR Diesel Gala 2015.<\/li>\n<li>The Diesel Traction Group ( http:\/\/www.westernchampion.co.uk ) for an extremely useful website with technical data, pictures and more.<\/li>\n<li>http:\/\/www.locodocs.co.uk\/ for posting a &#8216;Western&#8217; drivers manual.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Licensing and Legal:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Except where noted below, I am specifically releasing this locomotive and it&#8217;s components under the BSD 2-Clause licence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Run &amp; Compressor Sounds:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe &#8216;Run&#8217; and compressor sounds for this locomotive are borrowed from the (similar) Class 47\u00a0 for openBVE, and are courtesy of Martin Corbett of BVETMD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British Railways Class 52 &#8216;Western&#8217; represents one of the finest examples of the initial batches of diesels who took over from their steam forebears.<\/p>\n<div tabindex=\"0\" class=\"cycloneslider cycloneslider-template-standard cycloneslider-width-responsive\" id=\"cycloneslider-br-class-52-western-2\" style=\"max-width:960px\" >\n<div class=\"cycloneslider-slides cycle-slideshow\" data-cycle-allow-wrap=\"true\" data-cycle-dynamic-height=\"off\" data-cycle-auto-height=\"960:745\" data-cycle-auto-height-easing=\"null\" data-cycle-auto-height-speed=\"250\" data-cycle-delay=\"0\" data-cycle-easing=\"\" data-cycle-fx=\"fade\" data-cycle-hide-non-active=\"true\" data-cycle-log=\"false\" data-cycle-next=\"#cycloneslider-br-class-52-western-2 .cycloneslider-next\" data-cycle-pager=\"#cycloneslider-br-class-52-western-2 .cycloneslider-pager\" data-cycle-pause-on-hover=\"true\" data-cycle-prev=\"#cycloneslider-br-class-52-western-2 .cycloneslider-prev\" data-cycle-slides=\"&gt; div\" data-cycle-speed=\"1000\" data-cycle-swipe=\"1\" data-cycle-tile-count=\"7\" data-cycle-tile-delay=\"100\" data-cycle-tile-vertical=\"true\" data-cycle-timeout=\"4000\" >\n<div class=\"cycloneslider-slide cycloneslider-slide-image\" > <\/div>\n<div class=\"cycloneslider-slide cycloneslider-slide-image\" > <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"cycloneslider-pager\"><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"#\" class=\"cycloneslider-prev\"> <\/a> <a href=\"#\" class=\"cycloneslider-next\"> <\/a> <\/div>\n<p><strong>Download:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This locomotive is provided in  [&#8230;]<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bvecornwall.co.uk\/wordpress\/br-class-52-western\/\">&raquo; Continue Reading.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-706","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bvecornwall.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bvecornwall.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bvecornwall.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bvecornwall.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bvecornwall.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.bvecornwall.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":910,"href":"http:\/\/www.bvecornwall.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/706\/revisions\/910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bvecornwall.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}