Thought I would start a thread after mentioning it in a Run 8 discussion...
With over 100 routes in TSC it was beginning to get very hard to go in and choose what to play. Unlike TSW, TSC has no Quick Play "lucky dip" feature to pick out a run at random. I looked in vain for a (free) randomiser programme that could be downloaded and installed but all I could see were a few on line utilities, which I didn't really fancy feeding over 100 entries into each time.
So in a light bulb moment, I thought why not assign a pair of routes to each card in a standard 52 playing card pack. Even then a few were left over which went to the Joker pile.
First deal of the card gives you the line with the two routes in it. Second deal, red means you play the next available scenario in the first of the two routes, a black card means you pick the second.
As routes get used up (which could take a long time) routes will be promoted from the Joker pile. Any new routes go into the Joker pile.
Obviously doesn't preclude just firing up a particular route that takes your fancy or something new you bought, but thus far the exercise has generated a fascinating cross section of routes that in many cases I have barely played. So just for fun, here is the list that I drew up:
SPADES
Ace Albula Line or Arosa
Two Allgaubahn or B&O Subdivision
Three Leipzig - Riesa - Dresden
Four Falmouth Branch or Fife Circle
Five Frankfurt to Koblenz or Frankfurt U-Bahn
Six Liverpool to Manchester or LT Heritage
Seven London to Brighton or London to Faversham HS
Eight NEC Philly or Baltimore
Nine Pacific Surfliner or Pegnitztalbahn
Ten South Wales Coastal or SW Southampton to Bournemouth
Jack South Western Express Reading to Exeter or Springfield Line
Queen Stevens Pass or Surselva Line
King Tadami Line or Taurus Mountains
DIAMONDS
Ace Bernina North or South
Two Birmingham Cross City or B&O Springfield
Three Chatham Lines or Victoria to Ramsgate
Four Glasgow Airport or Glasgow North West Suburban
Five Glasgow Subway or GEML
Six GWML (original) or Guignang High Speed
Seven Longhai Railway or Malmesbury Branch
Eight Marias Pass or Metrpolitan Line
Nine Portsmouth Direct or Return to Maerdy
Ten Ring Bahn Berlin or Rio Grande Southern
Jack Tehachapi or The Kyle Line
Queen Riviera Line (both) or Forest Rail
King Tohuku Line or Tokyo Commuter
CLUBS
Ace CSX Hanover Sub or Cajon Pass
Two Canadian Mountains or Clear Creek NG
Three Clinchfield RR or Cologne to Dusseldorf
Four Hamburg to Hanover or Hamburg U-Bahn
Five Hidaka Main Line or Hope Valley
Six Horseshoe Curve or Huddersfield Line
Seven Mittenwaldbahn or Shelby to Havre
Eight Mount Shasta or Munich to Augsburg
Nine Munich to Garmisch or New York to New Haven
Ten Ruhr Sieg or S25 Heart Of Berlin
Jack Sacramento Northern or Semmering
Queen UP Wasatch or WCML South
King Wakayama or Weardale
HEARTS
Ace Corris Railway or Donner Pass
Two ECM London to P'boro, York to Newcastle or Newcastle to Edinburgh
Three Edinburgh to Glasgow or Engadine
Four Isle Of Wight or karawankenbahn
Five Konstanz - Viligen - Hausach
Six LGV Rhone Alps or Marseille to Avignon
Seven Netherfield Nottingham or Norddeutsche Lubeck to Kiel
Eight Norfolk Southern Coal or North London Coal
Nine North Somerset or North Wales Coast
Ten Settle to Carlisle or Sherman Hill
Jack Somerset and Dorset or South London Network
Queen Welsh Marches or West Somerset
King WCML North or WCML Over Shap
JOKER
West Highland South
West Highland mallaig
West Rhine
Western Lines Of Scotland
Wherry Lines
Woodhead Electric Blue
Woodhead Original
Wutachtalbahn
With over 100 routes in TSC it was beginning to get very hard to go in and choose what to play. Unlike TSW, TSC has no Quick Play "lucky dip" feature to pick out a run at random. I looked in vain for a (free) randomiser programme that could be downloaded and installed but all I could see were a few on line utilities, which I didn't really fancy feeding over 100 entries into each time.
So in a light bulb moment, I thought why not assign a pair of routes to each card in a standard 52 playing card pack. Even then a few were left over which went to the Joker pile.
First deal of the card gives you the line with the two routes in it. Second deal, red means you play the next available scenario in the first of the two routes, a black card means you pick the second.
As routes get used up (which could take a long time) routes will be promoted from the Joker pile. Any new routes go into the Joker pile.
Obviously doesn't preclude just firing up a particular route that takes your fancy or something new you bought, but thus far the exercise has generated a fascinating cross section of routes that in many cases I have barely played. So just for fun, here is the list that I drew up:
SPADES
Ace Albula Line or Arosa
Two Allgaubahn or B&O Subdivision
Three Leipzig - Riesa - Dresden
Four Falmouth Branch or Fife Circle
Five Frankfurt to Koblenz or Frankfurt U-Bahn
Six Liverpool to Manchester or LT Heritage
Seven London to Brighton or London to Faversham HS
Eight NEC Philly or Baltimore
Nine Pacific Surfliner or Pegnitztalbahn
Ten South Wales Coastal or SW Southampton to Bournemouth
Jack South Western Express Reading to Exeter or Springfield Line
Queen Stevens Pass or Surselva Line
King Tadami Line or Taurus Mountains
DIAMONDS
Ace Bernina North or South
Two Birmingham Cross City or B&O Springfield
Three Chatham Lines or Victoria to Ramsgate
Four Glasgow Airport or Glasgow North West Suburban
Five Glasgow Subway or GEML
Six GWML (original) or Guignang High Speed
Seven Longhai Railway or Malmesbury Branch
Eight Marias Pass or Metrpolitan Line
Nine Portsmouth Direct or Return to Maerdy
Ten Ring Bahn Berlin or Rio Grande Southern
Jack Tehachapi or The Kyle Line
Queen Riviera Line (both) or Forest Rail
King Tohuku Line or Tokyo Commuter
CLUBS
Ace CSX Hanover Sub or Cajon Pass
Two Canadian Mountains or Clear Creek NG
Three Clinchfield RR or Cologne to Dusseldorf
Four Hamburg to Hanover or Hamburg U-Bahn
Five Hidaka Main Line or Hope Valley
Six Horseshoe Curve or Huddersfield Line
Seven Mittenwaldbahn or Shelby to Havre
Eight Mount Shasta or Munich to Augsburg
Nine Munich to Garmisch or New York to New Haven
Ten Ruhr Sieg or S25 Heart Of Berlin
Jack Sacramento Northern or Semmering
Queen UP Wasatch or WCML South
King Wakayama or Weardale
HEARTS
Ace Corris Railway or Donner Pass
Two ECM London to P'boro, York to Newcastle or Newcastle to Edinburgh
Three Edinburgh to Glasgow or Engadine
Four Isle Of Wight or karawankenbahn
Five Konstanz - Viligen - Hausach
Six LGV Rhone Alps or Marseille to Avignon
Seven Netherfield Nottingham or Norddeutsche Lubeck to Kiel
Eight Norfolk Southern Coal or North London Coal
Nine North Somerset or North Wales Coast
Ten Settle to Carlisle or Sherman Hill
Jack Somerset and Dorset or South London Network
Queen Welsh Marches or West Somerset
King WCML North or WCML Over Shap
JOKER
West Highland South
West Highland mallaig
West Rhine
Western Lines Of Scotland
Wherry Lines
Woodhead Electric Blue
Woodhead Original
Wutachtalbahn
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