SJs British "train set" game

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SJs British "train set" game

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Hello there,

When I play OTTD, I basically run it like a big interactive train set. Yes I cheat, but I try to keep things profitable, realistic (with compromises, like a train set) and aesthetically pleasing.

I run the 2013 Spring Patch pack, UKRS2+ with extended locomotive and rolling stock in Real World Colours. Av8 and WAS, Bobs British Vehicles (and British Buses) , RedFISH, FIRS, UK Town Set and a few other GRFs. I've tried to make the map basically resemble a section of Britain, ish, on a 1024 x 2048 map. I run 4 mainlines (WCML, ECML, South Coast to Brighton and Great Western). I started the game in 1890, with a Daylength of 16, so yes it takes a while.

I've decided to show screenshots from 1995, just a few months into Privatisation. Most trains are still in British Railways Sector liveries, although some have been repainted.

I will link the screenshots rather than IMG tag them, as they are rather large

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First, an overview of the Greater London Metropolitan Area. Yes it's massive. Grown an awful lot since the 1890s. I remember when all that were just fields... ahem. Anyway, there is much to talk about in this image. You can probably make out the 4 London Termini, along with the two great Airports, the M25 skirting around the edge marking the limit of metropolitan expansion, and the M2 cutting in toward the centre of the conurbation. It's also possible, just, to make out the Northern Electric Route (former Metropolitan Railway) alongside the ECML, serving Horsham, and the Brentwood Extension (former LTSR) through Clapham.

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And an overhead map, to give you some idea what I was talking about. The full extents of the Southern Mainline and Great Western Mainline are clear, with their respective branches, along with the southern portions of the West and East Coast Mainlines. You can also make out the motorway network (M1, M2 and M25)

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For this post, we'll focus on the West Coast Mainline. Here is it's southern terminus, London Euston. Class 86 220 Goliath is seen entering Euston with a Rail Express Services Post Train. Class 313 Set 3 is seen headed to the sheds for servicing. All three Class 313 sets are employed on the Euston to Harrow & Wealdstone via Finchley Valley stopping service, but this has been losing money in recent years. Also in shot are an AEC Routemaster on the Euston to Richmond service, a London Transport 1992 Stock train barely visible in station at Euston, and a Thai Airlines Airbus A300-600R on route from London Gatwick (LGW) to Windside (WND)

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Finchley Valley - A relatively new station (opened post-electrification in the 1970s) Finchley Valley provides a service to the suburbs of Finchley and Richmond, with a bus service to their town centres and to Hillingdon. Class 313 Set 2 is seen in station on the down line, with a Leyland Lynx on the Finchley Valley to Hillingdon via Richmond service.

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Harrow & Wealdstone - Partially rebuilt after a horrific rail crash in the early 1950s, the station was rebuilt from the ground up in the mid 1980s to provide car parking space with subterranean platforms. Class 313 Set 1 can be seen on the Slow Up line heading for Finchley Valley, with Class 86 223 Hector taking the Fast Up line to London Euston. Just entering shot is Class 90 012 on the Down Fast line. The Class 90 Electrics were brought in to replace earlier life-expired Class 81s and to supplement the steadfast Class 86. Also visible is a Harrow "City Bus" Leyland Lynx

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Trunningville - Not strictly on the WCML, this shot shows one of the many rural services that originally sparked expansion in the sleepy towns and villages of this region. Ran nowadays by a Class 150 Sprinter, in this case Class 150 Set 16, the electrified lines of the WCML can be seen to the north.

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Nuneaton Smithy Forge - The forge that gave this station it's name can still be seen, although it's now a museum ran by volunteers. The Trunningville branch joins the mainline here, barely in shot to the south. As with many stations on the WCML, Nuneaton Smithy Forge was given a facelift in the 1960s with the WCML Electrification plan. This included new overpasses and modern terminals, car parks and bus interchanges. Most of the grand canopy remains in tact. Two mail trains are seen here, yet to be painted in RES colours; The Up Post hauled by Class 86 213 Lancashire Witch and the Down Post hauled by Class 86 207 City of Lichfield

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Milton Keynes City - This station was completely rebuilt in the 1970s, although the architecture is considered somewhat dated now. Barely visible in the covered platforms is Class 86 205 City of Lancaster hauling the Down Express. The shorter non-electrified platform serves a branch line that follows the mainline for a short distance. Also seen is a Milton Keynes City Bus Leyland Lynx

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Coventry Central - Another station given a light facelift during the 1960s, Coventry is also the terminating point for a local branch line, and a small freight depot serving a nearby clay pit. The Down Post train has just pulled in, hauled by Class 86 204 City of Carlisle. Just leaving shot is the Down Express, hauled by Class 86 203 Andre Chapelon. A Coventry - Corley Dennis Dart is seen in the station bus terminal, and a paper lorry (Leyland DAF 95XL) can be seen headed toward Coventry from the nearby paper mill.

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Birmingham Snow Hill - Birmingham was one of the few stations built without a canopy (a staple of LNWR and MR station design). Modernised in the 1960s, it also shows the extra lines originally built in the 1940s to accommodate the increased number of iron ore trains. Class 101 Set 23 is seen winding its way away from Birmingham on the Rugeley Branch.

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Shelton Iron & Steel - Not a passenger station, but the industrial heartland of the former LMS. Expanded in the 1940s (as mentioned), the lines serving the steel mill loading bays were electrified in the 1980s and Class 86/5 Electrics replaced the Class 37/0 Diesels formerly used to haul the extremely heavy steel trains from here to Crewe Factory. A large variety of locomotives and rolling stock can be seen. Class 86 210 City of Edinburgh is seen hauling the Up Express, and at the opposite end of the speed scale is Class 08 389 on the short line between the steel works and Rugeley Scrapyard. Class 47 306 The Sapper can be seen heading out of shot with a rake of empty HAA wagons headed through Birmingham for the Great Bar Iron Seam. Some of the Class 47/3 Diesels used on this route have recently been retired and replaced with new Class 60s, hauling rakes of Monster Box wagons, as can be seen crossing the bridge (Loaded, Class 60 003 Christopher Wren) and leaving the steel mill mineral unloaders ( Empty, Class 60 005 Skiddaw). With privatisation, this process has temporarily stopped, although it's expected that EWS will soon order even more powerful replacements for the remaining Class 47/3's. Incoming coal is hauled by Class 58s, seen here in both Railfreight Distribution and the new EWS Red livery.

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Stafford - Extra lines were built here, buried in cut and cover tunnels, to reduce the congestion effecting passenger services stopping at Stafford itself. More Class 86/5's and Class 58s can be seen on their respective steel and coal duties.

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Crewe - Steel trains from Shelton Iron & Steel terminate here at Crewe Factory. Originally built like Birmingham, Crewe was given a more modest modernisation with view to a more extensive rebuild in the 1980s, but this did not occur due to budget cuts. Class 86 201 Sir William Stanier can be seen hauling a train of excursion stock, along with a pair of Class 47/0's (one hauling a rake of Speedlink Opens, loading with goods and building materials , the other hauling a Cartic train). Further Class 86/5's can be seen here also.

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Manchester Piccadilly - This station has seen considerable development over the years. The once basic sidings have become a large freight depot, with Cartic and Speedlink trains delivering a variety of products. The passenger side of the station was modernised in the 1960s Electrification Plan, and then subsequently extended (notice the overpass across the freight yard entrance) with two extra bays to serve the new Manchester Airport Extensions in the late 1970s. In shot are two Cartic trains, hauled by Class 47/0's, and a Down RES Post train hauled by Class 86 214 Sans Pareil. Also visible is a Manchester City Bus Leyland Lynx.

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Preston - A rather quiet shot of Preston, a rather unremarkable stop on the West Coast Mainline.

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Carlisle - This station suffered a roof collapse in the 1970s, and most of the station was rebuilt. The remaining roof was complete refurbished and incorporated into the new structure. Again, a quiet shot.

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Dumfries Valley - Penultimate of the main line stations on the West Coast Mainline, Dumfries is the terminating station for EMU services from Glasgow. Seen here is Class 321 Set 4 on it's way to Glasgow via Carstairs Heights.

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Carstairs South - Original a suburban station opened to serve the "New Town" developments in the late 1950s, Carstairs South has become a bustling commuter station. Class 321 Set 1 is seen in station, with a Carstairs City Bus Dennis Dart nearby.

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Carstairs Heights - Opened in the 1970s after the completion of the WCML Electrification Plan, Carstairs Heights was originally only served by trains headed for Carstairs South, with Dumfries bound services passing through. Local demand increased and with the introduction of the Class 321 EMUs, service times to Dumfries were able to be kept the same whilst incorporating a stop at Carstairs Heights. Class 321 Set 2 can be seen headed to Glasgow from Dumfries, with Class 321 Set 5 on the same service headed to Dumfries, from Glasgow.

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Glasgow Central - The northern terminus of the West Coast Mainline, this grand station was rebuilt at the same time as London Euston (and equally controversially). Class 321 Set 6 is heading to the platforms to begin the next Glasgow to Dumfries via Carstairs Heights service, with Class 321 Set 3 (on the Carstairs South via Carstairs Heights service) heading to the depot for cleaning and servicing.

Next time: The East Coast Mainline :)
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Re: SJs British "train set" game

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SquireJames wrote:Hello there, ...
Beautiful and very interesting description to screenshots. The cool screenshots. :))
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