An awful long time ago I started to build just a bit of that great tramway system here in my home city. It was my first rather rough attempt at building on Trainz. It did get finished and off and on with needed breaks it took a goodly couple of years to do. For those who have long memories this was years ago - think I started it in TRS06. One Trainzer did get a copy as he phoned and asked if he could drive from the nearby town of Clydebank with a portable HD! More lately and with no connection two other members have asked about it as I have been concentrating on my NI Railways and cross border extensions. So I mentally dusted the kuid and decided it was time to see if the more obvious flaws could be attended to. At the same time I have to discipline myself because as it is spread all over Glasgow and outlying places (was the largest real one outside London) I could spend forever sorting out quirks.
Looking back I have even wondered how the dickens I ever managed to do the whole dashed thing and every single route is in the project and I have also included the route beyond Elderslie Depot past Paisley and the bit out to Johnstone and Kilbarchan which was shut just before WW2. To add to things I also rather impishly extended a western route that had been planned in 1948 but not built! Haven't recently counted all the depots the system has but it is just over the double figures although I made the trackage to suit Trainz. Must also feel a bit guilty as silversmith built all the excellent trams - standard - Kilmarnock Bogie - single decker - excellent Coronation (with flashing indicators) - later Cunarder version. One Trainzer in particular has been good enough to press me on the Glasgow effort and was right to give me a wee push!
So folk before I get back to the Irish project I am sorting out some of the more in the face tram probs and the rest will remain then will see to the stage of getting this in the not too distant future up for people. If you haven;t seen it then visit my website listed below and there are also slideshows for each area west-city-north-southeast-south-southwest. Can I also say that I walked over every former line route you will see on the web site maps and that was important as in one area a street had been bult over with houses and outlying had to trace where a terminus was with old pictures. I suspect it may be the largest tramway built to a once real system and the website will let you decide.
Bobby
www.glasgowtramsim.moonfruit.com
Looking back I have even wondered how the dickens I ever managed to do the whole dashed thing and every single route is in the project and I have also included the route beyond Elderslie Depot past Paisley and the bit out to Johnstone and Kilbarchan which was shut just before WW2. To add to things I also rather impishly extended a western route that had been planned in 1948 but not built! Haven't recently counted all the depots the system has but it is just over the double figures although I made the trackage to suit Trainz. Must also feel a bit guilty as silversmith built all the excellent trams - standard - Kilmarnock Bogie - single decker - excellent Coronation (with flashing indicators) - later Cunarder version. One Trainzer in particular has been good enough to press me on the Glasgow effort and was right to give me a wee push!
So folk before I get back to the Irish project I am sorting out some of the more in the face tram probs and the rest will remain then will see to the stage of getting this in the not too distant future up for people. If you haven;t seen it then visit my website listed below and there are also slideshows for each area west-city-north-southeast-south-southwest. Can I also say that I walked over every former line route you will see on the web site maps and that was important as in one area a street had been bult over with houses and outlying had to trace where a terminus was with old pictures. I suspect it may be the largest tramway built to a once real system and the website will let you decide.
Bobby
www.glasgowtramsim.moonfruit.com
