You can also watch a player driving the route on Open Rails in this video, which provides a voice-over. Your service is a morning express from Edinburgh Waverley as far as the town of Linlithgow, about 20 minutes running. The model, generously donated by Making Tracks Ltd, reproduces the route between the Scottish capitals during the "blue" period of British Rail. The route comes with several excellent scenarios.You can try out Open Rails by downloading this model to drive the route from Edinburgh towards Glasgow.Īnd this model, which is cut down from a full-size commercial route, compresses to 250MB. There is much to discover, from rail connected docks to stations long since closed but now brought back to life. Although the location is predominately rural, freight services were varied too, including coal distribution and fuel for a 40MW power station, livestock, milk, fruit, fish and china clay and ballast. Glorious Devon offers great potential for scenario writing, from local passenger services, to inter regional expresses to London, the Midlands and beyond. The iconic Intercity House at Plymouth North Road station had yet to be built. It was a period of great transition for Britain's railways, from much loved steam traction – Manors, Halls, Castles and Kings, to early classic diesel hydraulics – Hymeks, Warships and Westerns on the GWR route, along with Bullied light pacifics King Arthurs, Schools, T9, S15’s and many other smaller classes on the Southern portion.Ĭolour light signals were just making an appearance around Plymouth and the diesel shop at Laira was in the first stage of construction. Significant research has been undertaken to achieve the closest possible authenticity, recreated in digital, for Train Simulator. “Glorious Devon” recreates the area as it would have looked in 1958 after which the Beeching changes took effect. GWR and SR would run trains along both routes in order for drivers to familiarise themselves with the branches in case an emergency detour was necessary. A scenic but less busy route servicing many small holiday communities in north Devon. The alternative Southern / ex-LSWR route climbs through farmlands to Okehampton then across northern Dartmoor and down to Tavistock, terminating in Plymouth Friary Station. The section of the former Great Western Railway that runs across the South Devon Banks to Plymouth from Exeter and its branch to Kingswear is one of the most famous and picturesque locations in England that has captured many people's hearts.
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