Route to be made please

[richard43]

there's a route I would like to be made for railworks and its Hereford to London Paddington please tell me if its possible
it is a long route and load of stations but I think it would be a great add-on for railworks

[Darpor]

You already have a large portion of it as default.

It's fine to want a route though but people are only going to create what they want to and within the little time they have.

[gypbrc]

Hmmm. Do you want it before or after the redoubling? Would you be happy with default upper quadrant semaphores or with more accurate lower quadrant ones? Would you mind having all stations built of default objects, or want custom ones? Why do you want this particular route anyway? Either way I think it would be more productive to build Hereford-Oxford, considering we already have Oxford-Paddington.

Would people really appreciate driving single line between Great Malvern and Hereford; in which case might it be better to use the Hills as a natural facade and end the line just after Great Malvern? Personally I'd be swaying more toward Great Malvern - Birmingham along the Snow Hill Lines.

[bigvern]

I recall someone was doing a Worcester to Hereford route as part of the RBC2, but not sure if this made it to a finished state?

[richard43]

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I would prefer it to be double tracked.
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[richard43]

ledbury to hereford is being redoubled at the beginning of 2011 so i would like the double version of the route

[bigvern]

ledbury to hereford is being redoubled at the beginning of 2011 so i would like the double version of the route

News to me... There is a scheme to progressively redouble part of the Cotswold line but that is being undertaken over a period of a few years.

[gypbrc]

ledbury to hereford is being redoubled at the beginning of 2011 so i would like the double version of the route

News to me... There is a scheme to progressively redouble part of the Cotswold line but that is being undertaken over a period of a few years.

Yup, the first part is virtually finished already I believe. There's probably not much point to double-tracking Ledbury-Hereford until Worcester's triangle gets sorted out. Be sad to see all those semaphores go though

All in the name of progress I suppose.

[FoggyMorning]

I wonder if they'll make as much of a bodge of redoubling it as they initially did with the Chiltern Line... they've only just sorted out the ridiculous dog-leg on the up line at Bicester North I believe

[rhysicus1989]

Just wondering, If someone was to clone Oxford - Paddington for example, and then extend the line to Swindon and possibly even further, would they be able to distribute it? (Not for money like, as a freeware one)?

[Darpor]

Just wondering, If someone was to clone Oxford - Paddington for example, and then extend the line to Swindon and possibly even further, would they be able to distribute it? (Not for money like, as a freeware one)?

You would have to contact RSC, for common courtesy more than anything else of course. However, pure speculation on my part but I think they would prefer it to be all default and not have a payware requirement. Anyone planning to do it could always pop an email their way, you may even find out they are extending it as we speak.

[rhysicus1989]

Just wondering, If someone was to clone Oxford - Paddington for example, and then extend the line to Swindon and possibly even further, would they be able to distribute it? (Not for money like, as a freeware one)?

You would have to contact RSC, for common courtesy more than anything else of course. However, pure speculation on my part but I think they would prefer it to be all default and not have a payware requirement. Anyone planning to do it could always pop an email their way, you may even find out they are extending it as we speak.

Fair doos, The reason i asked is because I have asked before about attaching routes together, For example, Bristol - Exeter with South devon banks. (I KNOW there different eras but lets pretend ) Im not planning anything personally until I get some more route building skills, Still have my branch line to finish lol. Made a nice video of it thanks to the pannier tank add on

[gypbrc]

Ah, you see, now what you propose there is different. You can easily enough extend routes, but joining them together (without them initially being set up that way) is near enough impossible.

As for the GWML, I'm sure lots of people would like to see it extended, but I think it would need to be done so in the style of the original. Or, the original could be revamped as it were, and extended; either toward Swindon or Bath, or up the Cotswold Line. I think either would be great (the latter requiring use of semaphores), and could bring it close to the standard of WCML North. If someone got into a position where they were updating/extending the route, then to me it would be logical to see if RSC would be interested distributing the route were it suitable.

[bigvern]

I suspect there could be other more practical issues extending original routes, regardless of the EULA. For example if you don't have the original blueprint or kml/csv/marker file you can't add in new markers. About the best you could do is start over and use the existing Oxford station building in your own route.

Once again it's worth pointing out that the OP needs to appreciate the scale of what he is asking. Building a route in spare time you're probably looking at a minimum of 8 - 10 weeks per 20 miles and that's to fairly basic standards with no 3D modelling. On that basis, Oxford to Hereford would probably take nearly a year!

Now the pannier is out the most likely possibility is that someone might attempt a steam era branch off it, e.g. Chipping Norton or Shipston on Stour perhaps Bromyard for the Malverns.

[rhysicus1989]

Ah, you see, now what you propose there is different. You can easily enough extend routes, but joining them together (without them initially being set up that way) is near enough impossible.

As for the GWML, I'm sure lots of people would like to see it extended, but I think it would need to be done so in the style of the original. Or, the original could be revamped as it were, and extended; either toward Swindon or Bath, or up the Cotswold Line. I think either would be great (the latter requiring use of semaphores), and could bring it close to the standard of WCML North. If someone got into a position where they were updating/extending the route, then to me it would be logical to see if RSC would be interested distributing the route were it suitable.

Ah right, See thats a real shame. It would be amazing one day to be able to run from Paddington - Bristol, then bristol - Exeter then onwards from there for example. Could even link up the amazing West somerset railway freeware route to the Bristol - Exeter line! Now that would make for some NICE Scenarios!

But there we are, tis life after all lol!