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TL;DR
This is a fictional UK route attempt. Feel free to skip to the pictures if my rambling wall of text is too much!
Background
Through the years I have made several attempts at making my own routes. I tend to not make it further than a single baseboard diorama that end up being used for a screenshot or two and then promptly forgotten because the inspiration for it vanishes. I mostly stay away from trying to recreate real railways as I find I do not have what it takes to make accurate scenery and track laying worth doing.
This route attempt is a fictional one, but instead of going completely from scratch, I have decided to try different approach. While composition of the route itself is made up, the track, stations and general scenery will be heavily based on different real life locations and railway lines. This allows me to hopefully create a realistic looking route while not worrying if everything is where it ”should” be.
What’s up with the name?
When Edh6 released his first Great Eastern Railway locomotives a bit back, I got bitten by the pre-grouping bug and wanted to make a GER themed preservation era route. After finding a forum thread somewhere (cannot recall where at the moment) where the discussion of fictional village/station names to use on a model railway eventually led to reusing names of lost/deserted settlements, I had a good place to find towns to repurpose.
Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lost_settlements_in_the_United_Kingdom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deserted_medieval_villages_in_England
I eventually settled on two names to form my fictional place; Godwick and Egmere, for the sole reason of calling it the Godwick-Egmere Railway, or G.E.R., for some very not so subtle reasons. While that version never really got anywhere, the names were too good to just forget about and I knew I wanted to reuse it for something down the road.
The route
I have decided to try and keep the route limited to the pre-grouping era for as long as I can, if for no other reason than to see how long I can keep it that way. The road types I am using might already be out-of-period, but oh well!
Godwick is the first section of the route and is heavily based on Cromer, with the location of the station being based on Cromer High Railway station (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromer_High_railway_station & http://disused-stations.org.uk/c/cromer_high/index.shtml).
Two GER Medium station buildings have been rotated and merged into one slightly larger building.
more views:
1. https://i.imgur.com/01MIO8t.png
2. https://i.imgur.com/UJUbPCO.png
3. https://i.imgur.com/dpNhaHe.png
4. https://i.imgur.com/A7vaq0v.png
My usual go-to platform assets are those by Itareus, the C+ lineup. However I wanted to try something different and ended up using various splines to achieve the look I was after.
Clearance between platform edge and locomotives is enough for an A1 Pacific, but a GWR Manor will damage its cylinders and upset the stationmaster by destroying the platform.
A1 Pacific: https://i.imgur.com/ZTVqgNS.png
GWR Manor: https://i.imgur.com/qsNCkoR.png
The platform walls are R3 UK station platform brick wall by rumour3.
https://i.imgur.com/FTLULAn.png
The white platform edge is an asset called Car park kerb by ray_whiley
https://i.imgur.com/j3GsRfc.png
The platform surfaces are of nexusdj's Platform tarmac surface 6m 1970s (the 1m, 3m and 7m types are also used)
https://i.imgur.com/xKBIaxG.png
A yard based on the one that existed south of Cromer High. I have have no idea of its purpose other than perhaps store and shunt wagons due for the goods shed near the station? Might be removed or reworked, depending on if I can work out what it is for. If anyone has an idea, or knows the answer, I would love to hear it!
map link: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=52.91700&lon=1.30977&layers=168&b=1
Tunnel near the yard entrance: https://i.imgur.com/pYLVZZM.png
The NLS map website I linked previously shows the section of line beneath the bridge going into single track, I have yet to decide if I want to keep it that way or not, but I will most likely go double all the way.
The signalbox down the line from the yard, the furthest south on the route so far, with a line diverting to the left and going down to another section of track.
A road bridge further down: https://i.imgur.com/RgswYiO.png
On the left, the line goes through a tunnel that is beneath the points to the mysterious yard in the previous pictures. On the right, the line up towards the bridge and the previous signalbox.
The rough location of the real-world Roughton Road station. Will most likely not make my own version here, as it was made it the late 1980s. Perhaps if I try a BR Blue era version though.
And lastly, a screenshot showing the map as it currently stands.
So far I am feeling happy about the progress made. Insperation comes and goes and sometimes life gets in the way, but if I do make the route somewhat presentable I will upload it, quite a long way indeed before that though!
Thanks for having a look!
This is a fictional UK route attempt. Feel free to skip to the pictures if my rambling wall of text is too much!
Background
Through the years I have made several attempts at making my own routes. I tend to not make it further than a single baseboard diorama that end up being used for a screenshot or two and then promptly forgotten because the inspiration for it vanishes. I mostly stay away from trying to recreate real railways as I find I do not have what it takes to make accurate scenery and track laying worth doing.
This route attempt is a fictional one, but instead of going completely from scratch, I have decided to try different approach. While composition of the route itself is made up, the track, stations and general scenery will be heavily based on different real life locations and railway lines. This allows me to hopefully create a realistic looking route while not worrying if everything is where it ”should” be.
What’s up with the name?
When Edh6 released his first Great Eastern Railway locomotives a bit back, I got bitten by the pre-grouping bug and wanted to make a GER themed preservation era route. After finding a forum thread somewhere (cannot recall where at the moment) where the discussion of fictional village/station names to use on a model railway eventually led to reusing names of lost/deserted settlements, I had a good place to find towns to repurpose.
Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lost_settlements_in_the_United_Kingdom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deserted_medieval_villages_in_England
I eventually settled on two names to form my fictional place; Godwick and Egmere, for the sole reason of calling it the Godwick-Egmere Railway, or G.E.R., for some very not so subtle reasons. While that version never really got anywhere, the names were too good to just forget about and I knew I wanted to reuse it for something down the road.
The route
I have decided to try and keep the route limited to the pre-grouping era for as long as I can, if for no other reason than to see how long I can keep it that way. The road types I am using might already be out-of-period, but oh well!
Godwick is the first section of the route and is heavily based on Cromer, with the location of the station being based on Cromer High Railway station (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromer_High_railway_station & http://disused-stations.org.uk/c/cromer_high/index.shtml).
Two GER Medium station buildings have been rotated and merged into one slightly larger building.
more views:
1. https://i.imgur.com/01MIO8t.png
2. https://i.imgur.com/UJUbPCO.png
3. https://i.imgur.com/dpNhaHe.png
4. https://i.imgur.com/A7vaq0v.png
My usual go-to platform assets are those by Itareus, the C+ lineup. However I wanted to try something different and ended up using various splines to achieve the look I was after.
Clearance between platform edge and locomotives is enough for an A1 Pacific, but a GWR Manor will damage its cylinders and upset the stationmaster by destroying the platform.
A1 Pacific: https://i.imgur.com/ZTVqgNS.png
GWR Manor: https://i.imgur.com/qsNCkoR.png
The platform walls are R3 UK station platform brick wall by rumour3.
https://i.imgur.com/FTLULAn.png
The white platform edge is an asset called Car park kerb by ray_whiley
https://i.imgur.com/j3GsRfc.png
The platform surfaces are of nexusdj's Platform tarmac surface 6m 1970s (the 1m, 3m and 7m types are also used)
https://i.imgur.com/xKBIaxG.png
A yard based on the one that existed south of Cromer High. I have have no idea of its purpose other than perhaps store and shunt wagons due for the goods shed near the station? Might be removed or reworked, depending on if I can work out what it is for. If anyone has an idea, or knows the answer, I would love to hear it!
map link: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=52.91700&lon=1.30977&layers=168&b=1
Tunnel near the yard entrance: https://i.imgur.com/pYLVZZM.png
The NLS map website I linked previously shows the section of line beneath the bridge going into single track, I have yet to decide if I want to keep it that way or not, but I will most likely go double all the way.
The signalbox down the line from the yard, the furthest south on the route so far, with a line diverting to the left and going down to another section of track.
A road bridge further down: https://i.imgur.com/RgswYiO.png
On the left, the line goes through a tunnel that is beneath the points to the mysterious yard in the previous pictures. On the right, the line up towards the bridge and the previous signalbox.
The rough location of the real-world Roughton Road station. Will most likely not make my own version here, as it was made it the late 1980s. Perhaps if I try a BR Blue era version though.
And lastly, a screenshot showing the map as it currently stands.
So far I am feeling happy about the progress made. Insperation comes and goes and sometimes life gets in the way, but if I do make the route somewhat presentable I will upload it, quite a long way indeed before that though!
Thanks for having a look!
