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Southern Belle

Hop aboard the footplate of the powerful King Arthur Class locomotive and journey back to the glorious days of steam during the 1930's.

You can almost feel the heat from the firebox and smell the billowing steam as you thunder along the famous London to Brighton run.

Using the footplate controls and gauges, you have 60 minutes to two the Pullman carriages from Victoria to Brighton. Any delays could ruin your timetable, so keep an eye on your stocks of water and coal - check the efficiency of your coal burn by the density of the smoke. Your present speed, time and the position of the next signal for guidance are lso displayed.

Wipe the soot from your eyes and peer out of the cab to pick out the 24 stations as they rush by. Look out for other well known landmarks such as Battersea Power Station and the Clayton Tunnel.

Take the option as the driver with your Spectrum guiding you along the right track, or harder levels where you are the driver and the fireman, perhaps facing adverse conditions that could make you disastrously late!

Realistic controls such as a regulator controlling the flow of steam to the cylinder, the damper controlling air flow to the fire, vacuum brakes and the fire doors, plus authentic sound and graphics make Southern Belle second only to the real experience.