Met Great Central Screenies

[MetGreatCentral]

It is now 1910, 10 years after the last screenshots, and the network has grown significantly.

By 1900, the then Eastern Railway, now Great Eastern Railway, had expanded to Pontefract as shown previously. The main goal of the railway was to connect the major north eastern city of Wheatley. Thus, the railway expanded in a northerly fashion after Pontefract.

Pontefract in 1904

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By 1902 it had connected to Freckleton.

Cossington, in between Pontefract and Freckleton, in 1907

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In preparation to the extension to Wheatley and the expresses associated with it, it was decided to build the railways north of Freckleton with a top speed of 75mph, instead of the 40mph standard which was employed in all other railway projects. The Freckleton railway was upgraded to 75mph as a result in 1907. As you can see from the map below, much of the route is unpopulated making it ideal for a state of the art 75mph main line.

1902 map - distance between Wheatley and Freckleton

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In 1904 an extension to Bickerstaffe, and in 1906 a line from the village of Ivy Bridge, north of Wheatley to the town of Tilbury some way south opened in 1906.

The routes to Bickerstaffe and Tilbury became branch lines when the Wheatley extension from Freckleton opened in 1908.

More to follow tomorrow!

[MetGreatCentral]

Bickerstaffe:

Bickerstaffe in 1910

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Bradford is the junction where the Tilbury line diverges from the Great Eastern Main Line:

Bradford in 1910.

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As well as the extension to Wheatley, the Great Eastern looked at the option to build a branch lines to Crowborough, south east of Basingstoke, and Cresswell, east of Pontefract. Under further investigation, it was found that as well as building the branches, it was recommended to build a direct link between Crowborough and Cresswell to form a loop. This was built in 1907 and was called the Moon Railway after the Moon lake which it runs beside.

Thetford in 1910. Thetford station is in between Crowborough and Cresswell. You can see that the railway is single line, with passing loops at intermediate stations.

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[MetGreatCentral]

A high speed 75mph railway between Croxeth and Pembroke was built in 1909. It involved a new terminus at Croxeth and the new railway was named the Great Central Railway.

The northern terminus of the Great Central at Pembroke in 1910.

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Network Map in 1910:

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1909 map

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[Fairyfloss]

What New GRF Did you use for the disused rails?

[Arexander]

What New GRF Did you use for the disused rails?

That would be Nu Tracks' planning tracks. That's the one at the bottom of the track building list as you select the track type when you have activated Nu Tracks GRF.

[Fairyfloss]

What New GRF Did you use for the disused rails?

That would be Nu Tracks' planning tracks. That's the one at the bottom of the track building list as you select the track type when you have activated Nu Tracks GRF.

Realy? I Used Nutracks and the planning tracks looked like blue lines, yours looks like dirt.

[Arexander]

What New GRF Did you use for the disused rails?

That would be Nu Tracks' planning tracks. That's the one at the bottom of the track building list as you select the track type when you have activated Nu Tracks GRF.

Realy? I Used Nutracks and the planning tracks looked like blue lines, yours looks like dirt.

Then you're using an old version of it. The newest Nu Tracks have dirt 'tracks' as the planning tool.

[Dave]

Argh these are greatttt!

[MetGreatCentral]

Long time no see

Currently playing with 'Hardpack' patch

Plymouth Brick Works - Est 1905

The Brick Works at Plymouth had received several large orders for bricks from customers, with the potential of further orders in the near future. However, the Works had a problem. It would not be able to fulfill the orders unless the transportation of it's supplies (coal and clay) were sped up.

The owner of the Brick Works, Mr. Watkins, travelled to the United Kingdom on a research trip, and was amazed to see thousands of miles of 'iron roads' being worked by 'iron horses'. Upon coming back, Mr. Watkins insisted that a railway would solve the Brick Works conundrum. As part of a wider social responsibility drive, the Brick Works provided passenger and parcel stations at Wisbech, Plymouth and Torre.

Both coal and clay were supplied from the mineral rich region of Wisbech. The Wisbech Coal Board, upon hearing of this new railway, decided to build a short railway to connect it's two mines and supply the Brick Works from one hub station.

Plymouth in 1915 - Passenger and Brick Works stations

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Torre in 1915 - A mixed passenger and mail train destined for Wisbech leaves Torre station; A coal train heading to Plymouth Brick Works passes Torre; A clay empty approaches Torre.

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Wisbech in 1915 - A Brick Works ECS to the joint depot; a Brick Works coal train leaving Wisbech Coal Board hub station; Grey liveried trains are the property of Wisbech Coal board.

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[MetGreatCentral]

Line Diagram

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[SwissFan91]

How did you end up with the Arctic version of the UK roads?!

[MetGreatCentral]

How did you end up with the Arctic version of the UK roads?!

I'm playing in Arctic climate - using OpenGFX+Landscape newgrf to make the 'lowlands' green.

[SwissFan91]

Oh, l see. I don't know about the UK set, but some sets are available in a grf that forces there to be temperate grass under the sprite. I know I have a version of NA roads that does this - maybe a UK roads file exists.

[Dave]

See previous post above haha.

[STD]

Long time no see

Currently playing with 'Hardpack' patch

Plymouth Brick Works - Est 1905

The Brick Works at Plymouth had received several large orders for bricks from customers, with the potential of further orders in the near future. However, the Works had a problem. It would not be able to fulfill the orders unless the transportation of it's supplies (coal and clay) were sped up.

The owner of the Brick Works, Mr. Watkins, travelled to the United Kingdom on a research trip, and was amazed to see thousands of miles of 'iron roads' being worked by 'iron horses'. Upon coming back, Mr. Watkins insisted that a railway would solve the Brick Works conundrum. As part of a wider social responsibility drive, the Brick Works provided passenger and parcel stations at Wisbech, Plymouth and Torre.

Both coal and clay were supplied from the mineral rich region of Wisbech. The Wisbech Coal Board, upon hearing of this new railway, decided to build a short railway to connect it's two mines and supply the Brick Works from one hub station.

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Nice screenshots.

[SwissFan91]

See previous post above haha.

Wha?

[Dave]

See previous post above haha.

Wha?

Wasn't aimed at you haha. I was just asking MGC to refer to my previous post for my thoughts on the matter.

His latest are insane haha.

[MetGreatCentral]

Not a screenshot but a network diagram of Plymouth Brick Works Railway in 1925:

Network Diagram 1925

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Screenshots will come later in the week...

[TinyMusic]

Nice map, which software did you use to make it?

[MetGreatCentral]

It's been a while:

I'm playing with 'vanilla' OpenTTD 1.5.0

Neath Port Railways

The Port Authorities at Neath decided to build the first railway in the land to allow the speedy transport of an exotic fruit, Xenapples, from the gentle hills of Barry in to the port for export to Great Britain. Xenapples are held in high regard in the UK and provide significant revenue for the port.

Neath in 1909

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Barry in 1909. The xenapples are first transported down the hills via a tramway and then transported to Neath by railway.

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Rural branch to Hyde. A Tram engine undertaking a head shunt from the loco shed into the platform.

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