WCML-The Stour Line

[crsmith1]

Thanks Skoda,the background to the Route is that I made a very naïve attempt at this route back in the early Railworks days ( I think there are still screenshots in the Railworks forum index) but this was lost, mainly due to my inexperience.

Then Photons66 realised his excellent WCML-Midland route, and purely as a personnel project, I restarted the route using his Rugby area as my start point ( Thank you again Dave for your permission to get this out to the community)

I have relayed Track, replaced Scenery and added long gone places, to give it the look that I remember in my younger days!
So to answer your question.......
1.The tiles from Rugby to New St ( Photons66's) are DEM with a few untouched stretches of his track laying.
2.Continuing from New St to Stafford (with the loop via The Grand Junction Line/Bescot Yard and the line to Walsall and Birchills Power station ( I know..... long gone) are not.

Talking of long gone..........After leaving Sandwell and Dudley, The former Gulf Oil Depot at Albion




Bw Chris

[photons66]

More than welcome; looks excellent.

Good luck with it.

[crsmith1]

Thank you my friend

Continuing on to Tipton Owen St






Bw Chris

[crsmith1]

Some shots of Bescot Yard Up Sidings









Bw

Chris

[michaelhendle]

Hi
I really like the look of this route,hope fully it will give some one the incentive to make these electric locomotives, classes 81-85,in BR Blue,Tim Court made some really nice ones for MSTS.

Mike

[crsmith1]

Still at Bescot and some of the detail im trying to include...............
The footbridge just north of the yard


A view of the TMD from the old steam shed...........

Locos stabled at South entrance

Bescot station

and the now gone Loco holding sidings



Bw
Chris

[crsmith1]

Thanks Mike...and yes if only someone could make those great Loco's...... sorely missing from TS.

Bw

Chris

[crsmith1]

Walsall Area Pt 1
Leaving Bescot Yard........





Passing under the M6







Approaching Pleck Junction

Walsall Power Box


Bw
Chris

[fakenham1]

This looks excellent...a lot of work you've put in here!

[crsmith1]

Thank you my friend....... Walsall civil engineering sidings

Walsall Yard

and Walsall Station





Bw
Chris

[tofwings]

Hi Chris..
I seem to recall we had a conversation wayyyy way back about the signal box just before tipton station....( i still have that pic somewhere )
Just thought i would ask if this route will include Tipton (formerly known as Owen Street ) ( i spent a lot of my holidays down there , from the age of 6......Im now 60.....Yikes ).....Cosely and on to Wolverhampton.
Cheers, and good luck with the route, its looking great.

Brian

[tofwings]

My Bad...... I re read the Thread and i can see you mention Owen Street, .....Excellent stuff.....
Looking forward to using this route.

Cheers
Brian

ps...I dont know why but my posts have to go through a moderator before posting.......

[tofwings]

Test

[michaelhendle]

Hi Chris,

I wonder if DTG could be persuaded to release the AL2\Class 82 that was made by he who can't be named,as I believe they took over all his models.

Mike

[crsmith1]

Hi Brian............I hope il do it justice





Hi Mike

I guess maybe with Keith's 3 WCML Routes now available they will consider it........Id pay over the odds for all the
AL1-AL5 series.

Bw

Chris