I first started this years ago and due to size went off and on regarding the build. Originally got hold of a pen drawn layout on a giant rolled sheet at a model rail show and thought would do the west of the city where I have always lived. Then frowned at lines ending and pondered on another bit so after the west did the city centre then the north and over the months into the east and completed everything north of the River Clyde and thought "that is it taking ages and too big. However I had the lines going over the bridges and nothing. Fiddled and kept being of the opinion it could never be completed due to the size of the former system. Once again I crawled through the south another break and the southeast tempted and got done and the final area the southwest!
Think it took me at least three years off and on and having been a lover of the thing since a wee boy captivated me. Silversmith did a brilliant job producing the various cars - Standard, Kilmarnock Bogie, Single Decker, Coronation, Cunarder and brilliant. When in discussion with him said that when young in the tram days living in Whiteinch the No 17 ran from there to Cambuslang so he produced a car with the number and destination on it! The only passing problem was driving facility was only included on one end so at each terminus crossover I put in an invisible circle. The city had the largest system out with London and 1,200 trams. Routes went into the country and all over the place only two folk had copies - one a tram fan from outside the city who contacted me and years ago he drove to my home to get a copy - a Belfast man got one as well. Have blethered on this because it took so long and never thought i would ever be able to do the whole thing. To get an idea of it visit my website and I have slideshows for the West, Centre, North, East, South East, South, West. On top of all the effort I actually alked every former route and traced where every terminus had been. In addition I did something odd. A second line from one of the western routes was proposed to be built in 1948 as a second route into Clydebank and linking with the Duntocher line at the edge of the country but I have added it!
For all it's routine faults as my first attempt on Trainz with great ambition (1), I feel it should be made available for tram fans to explore if faults and all. To explore it will frankly take ages as you will see on the site and maps so now what I need to do after all my enjoyment is to get round to the procedure of making it available. I built what was over ten tram depots although made them to suit Trainz. If you have not seen my site pay a visit and am I doing the concrete thing wanting to make it available??
Visit and am I putting something worthwhile up?
Bobby (visit.... www.http://www.glasgowtramsim.moonfruit.com
ps. The round yellow tram stops are not factual but I used them as more obvious when first tinkered with Trainz building.
Think it took me at least three years off and on and having been a lover of the thing since a wee boy captivated me. Silversmith did a brilliant job producing the various cars - Standard, Kilmarnock Bogie, Single Decker, Coronation, Cunarder and brilliant. When in discussion with him said that when young in the tram days living in Whiteinch the No 17 ran from there to Cambuslang so he produced a car with the number and destination on it! The only passing problem was driving facility was only included on one end so at each terminus crossover I put in an invisible circle. The city had the largest system out with London and 1,200 trams. Routes went into the country and all over the place only two folk had copies - one a tram fan from outside the city who contacted me and years ago he drove to my home to get a copy - a Belfast man got one as well. Have blethered on this because it took so long and never thought i would ever be able to do the whole thing. To get an idea of it visit my website and I have slideshows for the West, Centre, North, East, South East, South, West. On top of all the effort I actually alked every former route and traced where every terminus had been. In addition I did something odd. A second line from one of the western routes was proposed to be built in 1948 as a second route into Clydebank and linking with the Duntocher line at the edge of the country but I have added it!
For all it's routine faults as my first attempt on Trainz with great ambition (1), I feel it should be made available for tram fans to explore if faults and all. To explore it will frankly take ages as you will see on the site and maps so now what I need to do after all my enjoyment is to get round to the procedure of making it available. I built what was over ten tram depots although made them to suit Trainz. If you have not seen my site pay a visit and am I doing the concrete thing wanting to make it available??
Visit and am I putting something worthwhile up?
Bobby (visit.... www.http://www.glasgowtramsim.moonfruit.com
ps. The round yellow tram stops are not factual but I used them as more obvious when first tinkered with Trainz building.