John Franklin's OpenTTD screenshots and videos

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Some screenshots and videos of my OpenTTD gameplay, mostly on servers such as my own JFServer.

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Tempoku Wilderness: C62 Hauling Express "Tempoku", Hamatombetsu to Wakkanai Section (JFServer)

In the autumn of Showa 37 (1962), the express train 'Tempoku' hauled by C62 was travelling through the wilderness of Hokkaido, and soon it was going to reach Wakkanai, the northernmost terminal.
The line was rudimentary, and even though the maximum speed was only 75 kilometres per hour, the violent jolts and bumps made the passengers feel like they were hurtling through the air. People always want to go faster and prosper, but they don't realise that this is already the breakneck speed of history: the Tempoku Line will be scrapped in 25 years, and the buses that come after it won't live for more than 35 years; and even these buildings along the route will pass away before the people who live along them do.
For residents of Tokyo, Osaka, and other big cities, the imagery of Hokkaido has always had the beauty of a ‘remote paradise’; however, do they realise that Sapporo thinks of this endless Tempoku Wilderness in the same way?

Also on Bilibili:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1fy411Y7eV/

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Soya Shinkansen Express "Polaris" Shin-Asahikawa - Wakkanai Whole Section (1972) (Also JFServer)

[Fictional Content]
The operation of the Soya Shinkansen began on 1 June 1972. This line starts from Shin-Asahikawa, passing in order through stations at Pippu, Kenbuchi, Shibetsu, Furen, Nayoro, Bifuka, Otoineppu, Shin-Nakagawa, Horonobe, Toyotomi, and terminates at Wakkanai Station. Currently (Game time: October 1972) there are 20 "Arctic" trains [number: G1003/4-(01-20), stopping at every station, 82 mins] and 24 "Polaris" trains [number: G1001/2-(01-24), only stopping at Shin-Asahikawa, Nayoro, and Wakkanai] scheduled daily.

The train in this video is G1001-22 "Polaris", with a schedule as follows:
Shin-Asahikawa 21:02 Dep.
Nayoro 21:24 Arr. 21:25 Dep.
Wakkanai 22:10 Arr.

Also on Bilibili:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1nZ421s7CQ

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Wakkanai Airport in September 1994

The train appearing in the zoom-in picture is Sleeper Express "Tempoku", 2245 Wakkanai - Sapporo 0610+1