Should this have been "The real East Coast Main Line?"
I needed a "rest" from Hard News yesterday, so in between trying to get my car sorted out, (it requires some welding for the MOT), I spent a lot of time on my "Trainz" hobby.
I've been really doing some extensive running on a Route centered around the "North Yorkshire Moors" railway.
I deceided that, using my Railway Clearing House route maps from 1904, I would extend operations.
In reality, that very scenic but little used line along the North Sea Coast from Middlesborough to Scarborough has long been removed, (even pre Beeching), but on my Yorkshire Trainz layout it is still in situ and seeing quite an extensive service.
I spent hours yesterday using my "Surveyor" software and I have re-instated the line from Middlesboro' to Eston.
I have done the maths, and today I am going to start building the route Southwards further along the coast from Scarboro' through Seamer, Bridlington,Driffield, Beverley, as far as Hull.
I will then be able to run a service for well over 100 miles all along the coast of The North Sea.
You have probably heard about the "East Coast Main Line" on the News particularly over Easter when the line was closed in part for maintainance?
Well, if a huge section of the line I am working on had not been closed, then this should have been the "Real East Coast Line", and there would still have been a viable alternative for Rail Passengers.
I still think that between them, British Railways and Doctor Beeching were extremely short-sighted, and should have thought more carefully before closing lines simply because of economics.
I needed a "rest" from Hard News yesterday, so in between trying to get my car sorted out, (it requires some welding for the MOT), I spent a lot of time on my "Trainz" hobby.
I've been really doing some extensive running on a Route centered around the "North Yorkshire Moors" railway.
I deceided that, using my Railway Clearing House route maps from 1904, I would extend operations.
In reality, that very scenic but little used line along the North Sea Coast from Middlesborough to Scarborough has long been removed, (even pre Beeching), but on my Yorkshire Trainz layout it is still in situ and seeing quite an extensive service.
I spent hours yesterday using my "Surveyor" software and I have re-instated the line from Middlesboro' to Eston.
I have done the maths, and today I am going to start building the route Southwards further along the coast from Scarboro' through Seamer, Bridlington,Driffield, Beverley, as far as Hull.
I will then be able to run a service for well over 100 miles all along the coast of The North Sea.
You have probably heard about the "East Coast Main Line" on the News particularly over Easter when the line was closed in part for maintainance?
Well, if a huge section of the line I am working on had not been closed, then this should have been the "Real East Coast Line", and there would still have been a viable alternative for Rail Passengers.
I still think that between them, British Railways and Doctor Beeching were extremely short-sighted, and should have thought more carefully before closing lines simply because of economics.
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