am i mad? which of these would be most popular?

yourdomingo · Post by **yourdomingo** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 9:58 am

OK, i've been thinking about this a lot, and i kinda fancy having a go at a route. (i've farted around with RE quite a lot, and i can get some stuff to look ok), so which of them would you most like to see made? I'm trying not to be too ambitious, since i'll probably run out of patience, and personally, i'd rather drive a short route that looks the business than a long one that's flat and green!

which one would be more fun from a traffic point of view?

if you do suggest something, then give me the best peroid, too. I'd plan on doing Reading - Basingstoke when the military stuff at bramley was open (cos it'd be a bit dull otherwise), and the kingswear line i could make the end of it preserved, so we can run all kinds of train on it!

I'm not sure what traffic i could put on weymouth, but obviously i'd put the weymouth quay line on, that could be interesting. as for southampton, that's a bit longer, but i do forsee some interesting freight movements, at so'ton at least.

don't expect to see much for quite a while though! if someone's already making one of these, then let me know!

[edited for spelling about 10 seconds after initial posintg]

basildd · Post by **basildd** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 1:21 pm

ok - close the poll - Basingstoke to Reading won!

yourdomingo · Post by **yourdomingo** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 1:31 pm

well, it's been there for about an hour...

did you vote for it by any chance?

markw · Post by **markw** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 3:39 pm

I think Weymouth Quay would be nice.

Must find that picture of a 33 "giving way" at a zebra crossing I took as it took the empty stock of our railtour away...

Hymek · Post by **Hymek** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 4:40 pm

Weymouth, i want to see how many ignorent pedestrains i can squash, Sorry, i think ive watched speed to many times.
Weymouth because the quay would be quite intresting to drive along!

Id like to see and 80's weymouth so i could run basills 33s down it!

basildd · Post by **basildd** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 5:03 pm

Basils' been down Weymouth Quay with his 33's!

(And a pair of 31's, assorted 73/74's and a 37....)

DrkAngel · Post by **DrkAngel** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 7:03 pm

I vote for the Weymouth one

but could you extend to Bornemouth please as I used to live near Poole so traveled behind the 33's all the time and it would be so nice to have that in MSTS

yourdomingo · Post by **yourdomingo** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 7:17 pm

if i though i stood a chance of actually doing it i'd try waterloo to weymouth, but i'd rather not jump in to something i'd stand no chance of doing! well, i could do it, but i want to do something small well rather than something big badly.

we need some kinda southern route here, though. If i can do dorchester well enough then perhaps bournemouth would be possible. might go to yeovil...

basildd · Post by **basildd** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 7:59 pm

Bournemouth to Weymouth would actually be a good choice! Good stations either end of the line, a big depot at Branksome, sidings at Poole, Hamworthy goods Branch, Wareham - Swanage preserved line, Wool MOD depot, Winfrith Nuclear Power Sidings, Dorchester triangle, Bincombe tunnel, Weymouth sidings and the tramway to the Quay. Lots of potential there and not too huge a route to model!

Hymek · Post by **Hymek** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 8:08 pm

And if you are the new timcourt then you could always go further!

johndibben · Post by **johndibben** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 8:14 pm

Newton Abbot to Kingswear .... it's GWR

markw · Post by **markw** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 9:05 pm

johndibben wrote: it's GWR

The perfect reason NOT to do it.

salopiangrowler · Post by **salopiangrowler** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 11:55 pm

southampton - portsmouth. plenty of scope for various activities, including top and tail 31's on 5 mk2 intercity coaches.

phill70 · Post by **phill70** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 12:48 am

it has to be Basingstoke to Reading

yourdomingo · Post by **yourdomingo** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 8:31 am

well, the vote's decisive, but resources will win, and i have a 1:25000 OS Map of Weymouth to Branksome (darn!)

so i'm going to try that. Phase 1 will be as far as dorchester, and then i'll extend it if i feel i'm capable of doing a good job. I think bournemouth - weymouth would be quite good, so that will do nicely.

maybe phase 4 could be extending it to portsmouth! (i'm thinking 2 to Bournemouth then 3 to Southampton)

let's not get ahead of myself...

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