Crouch Valley Version 2

[jimessex]

Hi. I don't think merging the routes would work as you'd end up losing scenery. I'm already at colchester. Just London and colchester to complete and then need to decide whether to go on to ipswich as a final bit for some express running.

Depends on what happens over the next few weeks.

The station list currently built stands as:
Southend victoria
Prittlewell
Southend Airport
Rochford
Hockley
Rayleigh
Wickford
Billericay
Shenfield
Brentwood
Harold wood
Gidea park
Romford
chadwell heath
Goodmayes
Seven kings
Ilford
Manor park
Forest gate
Maryland
woodgrange park
Wanstead park
Leyton high road
Battlesbridge
South Woodham Ferrers
North Fambridge
Althorne
Burnham on Crouch
Southminster
Ingatestone
Chelmsford
Hatfield Peveral
Witham
White Notley
Cressing
Braintree Freeport
Braintree
Kelvedon
Marks Tey
Chappell and Wakes Colne
Bures
and Sudbury.

Also includes Leytonstone, Leyton, Stratford, Mile End, Bethnall Green and Liverpool St on the underground.

So left to do is
London Liverpool St
Stratford
Colchester
Colchester Town and then maybe Manningtree and Ipswich.

[bigvern]

You have been busy Jim!

Soon, I think you will need to rename it Anglia Region.

Don't forget the Harwich branch so we can run 31's and 37's on the Boat Trains!

[Trainguy76]

You might as well put, "The whole south England." That's an impressive list!

[msey0002]

wow well done, Jim

[darren10000]

Out of curiosity as the pier has got track laid on it, will it be driveable Excellent work btw

Darren
73E

[jimessex]

hi guys. Thanks for the comments. Hopefully it will be worth the wait. Nearly 4 years in the making!

Providing you have the isle of white route then southend pier is driveable from one end to the other. You can even see the mud as you head out

[spikeyorks]

Good news Jim. Particularly if you have made any of these

http://forum.mtimag.co.uk/viewtopic.php ... 45b6f6bd5c

[ghills]

.... Nearly 4 years in the making!

That is frightening, when you think about it - which I try not to.

[TractorBasher]

So left to do is
London Liverpool St
Stratford
Colchester
Colchester Town and then maybe Manningtree and Ipswich.

Saved the easy ones to last, I see. 4 years is a long time, but it sounds like we're getting 4 times as much as the first release, if not more!

As far as names go, will you be sticking with "Crouch Valley" or changing it to something that covers the wider graphical area?

[jimessex]

Hello
The new route has been christened 'Essex Valley'

I felt this reflects the wider area of lines covered but still refers back to the original.

I thought of calling it Great Eastern but then it doesn't cover the whole GE so settled on essex valley instead.

Four years is a horrific amount of time but i work full time and with all the other day to day stuff I get little time to spend on it. In the first version it was 30miles after two years work. The second version should be about 150 miles so i guess the work rate has increased.

Def left the best stations til last. Work starts on liverpool st tomorrow as i have been putting it off so long.

[cowey2511]

It's great you have stuck at it for so long though!! Finally something on a alarge scale that is local to play with!
Best of luck with Liverpool Street!, that canopy is going to be fun

Looking forward to more news of progress

josh

[Tankski]

Very nice Jim, you've been busy and looks like you've given me reasons for up-coming projects! I hope the PIS screens are working out a treat for you too

[jimessex]

They are excellent thank you. Much appreciated.

I think I have reskinned about 80 of them for all the different stations

[msey0002]

80 different PIS reskins?

Amazing, Jim, the effort you have put into this is absolutely fantastic

[Tankski]

They are excellent thank you. Much appreciated.

I think I have reskinned about 80 of them for all the different stations

Jheeze! that's a lot, hopefully the size of the download won't be too big!