SLC Update 5 August 2025

Hi everyone, hope you’re well and enjoying the summer.

Anniversaries. There have been several of them recently:

• Flying Scotsman marked its centenary in 2023.
• Several preserved railways have been marking anniversaries.
• 2025 marks 200 years since the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (can’t forget the big one, can we?!)

There have been several SR-related anniversaries as well. N15 ‘Sir Lamiel’ marked its centenary in June 2025. The sole N, no. 1874, is 100 years old in September.

If you’ve followed the blog for a while, you’ll know that I am a big fan of the ‘Lord Nelson’ class. In August 2026, no. 850 ‘Lord Nelson’ marks its centenary. What better time to have an add-on on the class available! Thus, I am excited to announce that the next locomotive add-on from SLC will be the Lord Nelson class!

For a class of only 16 engines, the ‘Lord Nelson’s have a complex history. There are lots of variations to include, as well as some details that haven’t been identified before!

As I build the add-on, I’ll be making more use of the blog and the SLC YouTube channel. All future add-on updates will be under the banner ‘In The Works’. These will be a mixture of posts here on the website and videos on the YouTube channel. So make sure you’re subscribed to both so you don’t miss out.

But that’s not all. My interest in railways isn’t limited to just Train Simulator Classic. So there were will be several other series appearing on the website and YouTube channel.

Like many other developers, I’ve built up a large library as I research projects. Some of these may not be so well known. So in the blog series ‘Behind the Cover’ I’ll look at some of these lesser known publications.

‘SLC Scaled’ will be focused on my model railway adventures; repairing/maintaining and otherwise mucking about with model trains. This will be primarily on the SLC YouTube channel, but there may be the occasional written article on the website.

Finally, in ‘Behind the Lens’ I’ll share my visits to various railways and museums as well as mainline steam.

There’s no schedule for any of these series. They will be posted when I have something to show/write about. Hopefully, though, they’ll be more interesting than the 6-monthly I’m still working on an add-on style updates of late.

So much to look out for and I hope you’re as excited as I am.

Until next time…