Wigan-Southport Line

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Wigan-Southport Line

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I thought it was about time I opened up a thread about my route that I have been working on for about four months now. This time round the route building block, I have laid all my track down first. So I have all my track from Wigan to Southport done (except the odd bit of fiddly pointwork :oops: )

Here's a screen shot to open with :) (and a video with patchy scenery to follow in a bit)

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If someone can guess the location above, they get a pat on the back and I can sleep easy :lol:

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Frog Lane Crossing?

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Did this trip a few times a a young teen. Plt 14 from Piccadilly then onwards :lol: Big junction just outside Southport where the Liverpool line converges if I remember. Nice work
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There is plenty track at Southport. Most of it being part of the Merseyrail network :D

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Looks incredible, Keep up the good progress! :)
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Coming along nicely this callum looking forward to more updates :)

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Thanks for the comments. :)

Looks as though a bomb has dropped on Wigan Wallgate though. Just built the platforms now. Took about 30 mins :-?

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Looks good man, you definitely have a knack for this :wink:
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Walking to Gathurst

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That is some very, very impressive route building!


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Thanks for the encouraging comments. Wigan is proving quite difficult to recreate due to the lack of custom assets. I'm muddling it together not too badly though :lol:

You can see the WCML in place here.

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Re: Wigan-Southport Line

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Very nice Callum! at last somewhere for the northern class 142s to run! :D :D
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