[OTTD] W_t 's screenshot thread

[W_t]

Three shots here from a sub artic game.

[W_t]

Two shots and a map, 10 years into a new game, showing the expolits of the Leighton Railway Company, based (unsurprisingly) in the small town of Leighton Buzzard.

Despite the entrepreneurs of the company being based in Leighton, as well as planning for the town to be the centre of operations, the railway didn't reach Leighton until three years after the company had been established.

The first railway line was built to transport oil from wells in the countryside to the local refinery in Newton Aycliffe. LRC 001 shows the town of Newton Aycliffe. The passenger station sees occasional use by 0-4-0 saddle tankers that haul small, slow and uncomfortable passenger services to Birkenhead from Leighton.

As the money from transporting Oil slowly seeped into the company's bank account, a new railway line heading westwards was built. The line, which still stands, passes through Cannock and Langley before arriving at Leighton. Here refined oils from Newton Aycliffe are converted into goods, which are distrubuted around the local area using a mix of 0-4-0 saddle tankers and 0-6-0 tank engines operating out of the goods yard next to the factory. In around 1924/1925, 0-4-0 saddle tanker hauled, passenger services began operating out of the main passenger station. A few years later the line between Leighton and Newton Aycliffe was extended beyond Leighton to the towns of Sacriston and Harrogate. Extension towards the latter was of particular importance as it allowed for the transportation of Lumber from Harrogate sawmill to Leighton Buzzard factory.

LRC 002 shows the area around Leighton Buzzard. On view is a 0-4-0 saddle tanker hauled passenger service heading east towards Langley and Cannock; a 0-6-0 tank engine working a goods train between the goods yard and Sacriston; another 0-6-0 tank engine, this time loading up with goods in the east facing bay platform at Leighton Buzzard Yard; and lastly an empty plastic train heading back east to Newton Aycliffe (via the station at the factory) having just been serviced in the engine sheds adajcent to Leighton Buzzard Central.

Lastly LRC 003 is the Map.

[BTA90]

Nice shots, especially those of your arctic map!

[W_t]

Nice shots, especially those of your arctic map!

Cheers...

Time for another batch of screenshots.

In the 1930s the main aim of the company was to stablise its position as the leading railway company in the local area by a gradual extension of the network, with the hope that in the not to distance future the company will be in position to beginning paying back the large debts owed to various banks and creditors.

To do this, the company focused on transportation of new goods along its original infrastructure, rather than spending big on new routes.

In LRC 004 we see the growing town of Harrogate. The sawmill was originally what attracted the railway to the town, with wood being transported from nearby Bolton Woods. In the late 30s however the railway around the town was extended to the current set up we see here. A passenger station, served by two 'standard five's, was built to increase poularity among town officals, while the food processing plant to the south of the town, seemed the ideal place for food produce from langley farm to be transported too.

The area around Langley is shown in LRC 005. The relief lines around the station were built to allievate freight traffic, particuarly oil from sacriston to newton aycliffe refinery, in early 1940.

Finally shot LRC 006 shows sacriston after substantial remodelling. Originally, only a small 2 platform station existed here along with the original goods yard parralel to the mainline. Due to heavy traffic around the town, relief lines were added to the north (an empty oil train is seen on the down relief heading in the direction of Harrogate). As well as this, to cope with Standard Fives now calling at the station, the platforms at the station were lenghtened.

[The Irish]

phantastic stuff. I love it! Please give us more.

[W_t]

Cheers Irish

Here's another three; this time from the early

With money gradually coming into the company, expansion to the south of Harrogate began. Faversham, the next large town south from harrogate, was the railways next target. Shot LRC 007 shows the large passenger station and goods yard at Faversham. The station currently handles two Standard fives on Leighton Buzzard - Faversham workings (calling at Sacriston and Harrogate), the one A4 Strealiner operating the Leighton - Faversham express, as well as large amounts of freight traffic, in the form of wood (transported from further down south) .

A few years after the extension to Faversham the company began the task of extending the line to the South East onwards to Silchester. LRC 008 shows the town area - wood from Silchester woods is transported upto Harrogate, while the passenger station is served by trains from Faversham. In the future the southward facing bay platforms will be used by trains working on the proposed route between Swepstone and Silchester.

As well as the aforementioned services calling at Silchester, trains on the newest route between Zeals (to the east) and Tamworth (to the west) also make brief stops here, while coal traffic from Tamworth mines will pass through the station platfors when heading for Zeals Power station. LRC 009 shows the town of Zeals - note the unusual platform layout at Zeals Main which was a result of the station being expanded from one to three platforms after the opening of the tunnels that dive underneath the town. On view in this shot is a 'Standard Five' loading up with passengers at platfrom one of Zeals Main, while a 2-8-0 'freight engine' hauling a rake of empty coal wagons heads westwards towards Tamworth.

[W_t]

A new game here, similar stuff to before, though the landscape used is a lot more mountanious and "rough" than usual.

KR 001) The first shot the main city of Peterborough - the southwestern terminus of the railway network and home to the busiet airfield. The station is served by a mix of local and express traffic. "0-6-0 Tank engine"'s haul local passengers services from Peterborugh to Bury and Shrewsbury along the West Coast line, "4-4-0 express"'s work semi fast services to Vowchurch via Shrewsbury and the West Coast line, "2-6-4 Tank Engine"'s work on local services that follow the south coast line to Stratford and Vowchurch, while "4-6-2 Pacific"'s haul expresses services along both mainlines.

The airfield provides flights to Doncaster, Woking and Vowchurch through two franchises. These are Air Peterborough, aimed at the wealthy elite, which flies "Fokker F.VII"'s and "Handley Page H.P.42"'s, and EzyAir (aimed at the working class) which flies the unreliable and uncomfortable "Airship".

KR 002) The Second shot is of Rainford - a tiny village connected to the West Coast line. Despite its low population it still benefits from an incredibly good transport transport service. Rainford Town provides a link between Rainford & Shrewsbury, while the other station is linked by local services to and from Bury, Sunderland and Peterborough.

KR 003) The third shot is of Kidderminster - the second smallest Hamlet in the land. Bizarely enough the hamlet is one of the most well served communties throughout the land. Kidderminster West is served by 5 trains every day heading between Peterborough and Vowchurch or Peterborough and Stratford (by carrying on around to Kidderminster East). Kiderminster is served by 4 trains daily (two heading south-east to stratford, one heading northwards to Vowchurch & the other westwards to Peterborough).

3 more to come shortly.

[W_t]

Continuing on...

KR 004) A shot of one of the major cities in the region. Doncaster is set to become a major part of the rail and air network in the Eastern area of the map.

Doncaster South is the terminus for express services along the South Coast line - fast trains leave the line at livingston to head up north to Doncaster, while local services carry on along the South Coast Line to Blyth.

Doncaster Central and Doncaster Airport stations are yet to be introduced into public service. When they do Doncaster Airport station will be served by local trains rom the East, while Doncaster central will link the town to the Northern part of the Rail network.

KR 005) Stratford is a fairly important station on the network. Semi fast express services call at the station reguarly, while local services from Vowchurch and Peterborough terminate/originate here. Also of note is the goods yard to the west of the station which is served by goods trains from Peterborough Sawmill.

KR 006) Map so far.

[W_t]

Three more shots, from around the 1950 mark in the game.

KR 007 & KR 008) These two shots show the railway around Kendal before and after the railway was remodelled.

Originally there was only one railway station at Kendal. Trains travelling along the West Coast line to Bury/Shrewsbury would leave Peterborough, pull into kendal, where they would have to reverse back onto the line. As rail traffic between Peterborough & Kendal increased, the station became more and more overcrowded, resulting in long delays for services in all directions.

The solution to this (seen in KR 008), was to build two seperate stations, one on the West Coast Line, the other (the original) on the South Coast Line. As well, the West Coast Line was moved eastwards slightly between Kendal & Sunderland (Some old viaducts next to Kendal West indicate the path the line used to take), whie the drop off station for farm produce was realigned adjacent to the mainline.

KR 009) A shot of the nothern terminus of the West Coast Line. The station is now served by a stock of brand new fleet, "Standard Five"'s have replaced "4-4-0 Express"'s on Semi fast services; while "2-6-4 Tank Engine"'s have replaced the ageing "0-6-0 Tank Engine"'s on local services.

Recently an Airport was added to Bury to connect the town to the more central Cities of Woking & Doncaster, while a new bus service connects the town with Shrewsbury.

[W_t]

Some more shots.

KR 010) This shot shows Stratford station after significant expansion, Originally the station looked similar to this with three through platforms and the adjacent goods yard. However with an increase in trains terminating/originating at Stratford, and an increase in passenger numbers, the station was becoming congested. To solve this problem the station was expanded eastwards and revamped to its current look.

The west facing bays handle the new DMUs working on services to Stratford and services to Vowchurch; while the east facing bays are used by DMUs on the line to Tilbury & Blyth and the line to Woking.

KR 011) This shot shows the seaside town of Blyth, situated just east of Stratford. It's the terminus for the Tilbury & Blyth line, which runs to Stratford. The local power Station is served by a number of Coal trains, which deliver coal to the local area. The 0-6-0 "Pannier Tank"'ers - one of which is on show - were replaced with Class 47s in the mid 60s.

Although the railway line ends at Blyth, passengers can still continue heading eastwards as the town is still connected to Reading (the town furthest East) by ferry.

KR 012). A shot of the town of Reading. It has a direct rail link with Doncaster; the aforementioned ferry link with Blyth; and is linked directly to Peterborough via aircraft services from the airfield.

[Benny]

Nice shots!
And i especially like that last pic, it's very idyllic.

[W_t]

& more.

Electric age and massive stock replacement.

KR 013) Peterborough a few years on (1967). Electrification has begun, with the Line from Peterborough to Bury being the first target. On view here are: The new "AEI 'AL1' Electric" is seen hauling a semi fast service to Bury out of Peterborough Station. Also seen are "BR 'AM2' EMU"s and two class 47s working on wood services.

KR 014) A shot of Sunderland, the next stop north after Kendal West on the West Coast (Peterborough to Bury) line. To co-incide with electrification and the bid to increase speed of all services along the heavily congested WCL the station was relocated to allow freight and semi fast express's to speed through without disruption. Any freight originating and terminating at a point along the WCL is now hauled by AL1s to provide enough power for the freight services to be hauled at a reasonable speed so as not to slow down express services.

KR 015) Doncaster in the 70s. Doncaster central now sees services (all ran by EMUs) to Woking and Brighouse; while the Brickworks (recently built here) will soon be served by gravel trains from Devizes, and clay trains from Bramhope.


EDIT: Cheers Benny

[Badger]

The 0-6-0 "Pannier Tank"'ers - one of which is on show - were replaced with Class 47s in the mid 60s.

Thats a serious power upgrade! Nice shots too.

[B-b0y]

nice screenshots! I wonder if chris sawyer ever visited this forum and saw screenies like this. I think he would have s*** his pants.

btw, it looks like you used magic buldozer in some cities?

[Kanibal]

Question, sorry if it's answered and I missed it.

Do you use the cargo destinations build for your games? If so, how do you stop the passenger numbers from becoming ridiculous?
They're some really nice shots and it's be s shame to think all those connecting services and buses were for show.

[W_t]

nice screenshots! I wonder if chris sawyer ever visited this forum and saw screenies like this. I think he would have s*** his pants.

btw, it looks like you used magic buldozer in some cities?

Yep, Im guilty of that . Ta for the comment.

Question, sorry if it's answered and I missed it.

Do you use the cargo destinations build for your games? If so, how do you stop the passenger numbers from becoming ridiculous?
They're some really nice shots and it's be s shame to think all those connecting services and buses were for show.

Nope no probs, as for Cargo Dest. no I don't use them. Though that doesn't mean all the connecting bus services etc. for show. Of course they are some, which are used between two stations in one town to give the impression that passengers can travel all over the network, that are mainly just there for show. However others - such as the bus service's in the city areas (ie Doncaster - Here) are used to encourage the growth of the towns. Even with Town growth on slow, a good bus service around the town can cause it to grow by quite a bit. For example in this game Doncaster began with a population of around 600 in 1921, compared to around 5000 in the mid 1960s.

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Ta for the comments guys, they are always welcome

[W_t]

Another two shots and an updated map.

KR 016) Shot of Woking. Woking had always been one of the main cities of the region, hence the connection to Peterborough & Doncaster that exists via the airport built in the earlier 20s. The rail links to the town have gradually been increasing, with the town now connected to: Stratford by DMUS; Doncaster by EMUs and 86s; and Cleethorpes also by EMUs and 81s/86s.

KR 017) Shot of Brighouse. The station lies on the most recentley opened line between Doncaster & Devizes. Only EMUs call at the station, Express services (operated by 86) pass straight through, along with gravel trains that load up from the Quarries among the hills around Devizes. 86001 City of Doncaster is seen passing 81014 on the viaducts to the south of the town.

KR 018) Updated map of the game so far.

[B-b0y]

With all those newgrfs, the airport looks a bit out if place. Other than that, great screenies again!

[W_t]

Yeah, I see your point B-b0y, they do look abit out of place. I'll have to find some newgrfs for the airports - though I don't always use them during my games.

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Back to the Screenshots:

A large amount of reworking was required on the Line between Peterborough & Bury/Shrewsbury, due to an increasing number of jams on the line as well as an increased amount of freight running between Shrewsbury & Peterborough.

The worst affected area on the line was the railway around Sunderland.

KR 019) This shot shows Sunderland in 1975 displaying the layout of the station back then having been reworked in the mid 50s. A large number of freight trains & express passenger service pass by reguarly, as well as 6 EMUs which work local services along the West Coast Line.

KR 020) The after shot, showing how the area was remodified. The station was realigned nearer the town, while the whole line between Peterborough & Sunderland North Junction gained another pair of tracks. Most freight now travles on the relief lines, although Food & Milk from Sunderland farm travels on the passenger line to avoid crossing all four lines and causing delays.

The rework didn't go entirely to plan - 1 serious accident involving a freight & passenger train occured, while there were a few incidents of spads occuring, due to the resignalling of the line.

KR 021) Shot of the approach to Peterborough. An increase in wood trains heading to Peterborough Sawmill (taking the grand total to around 20) and the introduction of two 16 car length container trains (Carrying 600 crates of goods) meant that congestion around the area increased. To reduce the delays around the town, a pair of tunnels (heading north in the direction of Kendal West) were built underneath the passenger line, while a seperate freight line was built next to the passenger line between Kendal & Peterborough.

[W_t]

New game here, this time on a Sub - Artic map and pb_build turned on (plus no magic bulldozer ).

First 3 here showing the exploits of 'Alpine Rail' based high up in the Mountains in the town of Milton Keynes.

AR 1) Shot of Milton Keynes which is the center of network largely due to the amount of industry based in and around the town. The throat into the station and yard which serves the local food processing plant has caused problems due to increasing levels of traffic travlling to and from the Stations.

AR 2) Shot of Truro , which is located west of Milton Keynes, on the line to Torpenhow (currently the only town below the snowline which is served by the railway). Local passenger trains serve the station, however most passing traffic is freight heading to and from Torpenhow. (Wheat/Livestock heads to Milton Keynes, Coal heads north to Heskin Green, while paper heads to Torpenhow)

AR 3) shot of Scunthorpe, which is a large town in close proximity to Milton Keynes. Currently the only town to receive food from the FPP at Milton Keynes.