UK Screenshots for Pre BR Blue. High resolution warning.

[lewisner]

A 9F heads for Consett with a load of iron ore seen from above the Felshaw estate of prefabs. These were very short lived from about 1948 to late 1960s. The actual prefabs were shorter and fatter than the only prefab on the DLS so I've stacked 3 in 1 near the camera to give an illusion of depth.

9F Washington Prefabs 27.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr

 

[IsambardKingdomBrunel]

Thanks for the confirmation of a real world example. I had read they were used in this role, but the reference was a bit light on details.
I can see why they would have been useful, - a handy small wheeled engine with a tender and a yellow power and weight classification, - absolutely perfect for the job in every way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_2..._train_geograph-2932565-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg Gloucester area Annie.
They were allocated to Neyland and Carmarthen sheds in my area, for use on goods and passenger traffic.

Mike.

 

[KotangaGirl]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_2..._train_geograph-2932565-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg Gloucester area Annie.
They were allocated to Neyland and Carmarthen sheds in my area, for use on goods and passenger traffic.

Mike.

Thanks very much for the information Mike.

 

[lewisner]

One of the most challenging parts of my project is to replicate the former Newalls Insulation Works at Washington. This once towered above the tiny village of Cox Green with a mountain of chemical waste which I remember as having a colour of greenish white. The works has been completely demolished , landscaped and replaced by houses but I've worked out a method to transfer dimensions from OS maps to Trainz but the waste heap texture has eluded me so far as a search for "chemical" and "waste" has produced no results. Note* most of the buildings in the distance are my "builders yard" of buildings useful in the area.

Washington Chemical Works TRS19 28.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr

The original with Cox Green in the foreground.

Newall's Works from Cox Green by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, on Flickr

 

[marky7890]

One of the most challenging parts of my project is to replicate the former Newalls Insulation Works at Washington. This once towered above the tiny village of Cox Green with a mountain of chemical waste which I remember as having a colour of greenish white. The works has been completely demolished , landscaped and replaced by houses but I've worked out a method to transfer dimensions from OS maps to Trainz but the waste heap texture has eluded me so far as a search for "chemical" and "waste" has produced no results. Note* most of the buildings in the distance are my "builders yard" of buildings useful in the area.

Washington Chemical Works TRS19 28.6.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr

The original with Cox Green in the foreground.

Newall's Works from Cox Green by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, on Flickr

I had quite a challenge texturing all the old China Clay quarries and spoil hills North of St Austell in Cornwall, although luckily LIDAR mapped the heights of them very accurately.

 

[lewisner]

I had quite a challenge texturing all the old China Clay quarries and spoil hills North of St Austell in Cornwall, although luckily LIDAR mapped the heights of them very accurately.

I'll have a look at China Clay textures - I think the settlement tanks I use are China Clay related.

 

[KotangaGirl]

A quiet moment at Branwyn on 'Tristyn in Winter'. The Dukedog waits here for some minutes for a connecting passenger service from one of the branchlines to arrive. By the look of that sky it's going to be snowing again fairly soon. TANE running under Linux.

 

[lewisner]

When poring over the 1959 OS maps for Washington I found a mystery ; a factory in the "V" of the Leamside Line and Consett line marked simply as "Works" or "Prefabricated Building Works". I started travelling over the Leamside in 1978 but couldn't remember this factory and it is now covered in houses, also there are no photos of it. It could been a sort of UK Area 51 but I got in touch with a Washington Local History site and it turned out to be Calders & Grandidge timber manufacturers who are still in business in Boston Lincs . The site owner provided me with an aerial view circa 1964 and a couple of hours downloading Timber products ensued. It's not finished yet but here are a couple of Clayton Class 17's leaving the Washington Up Independent heading south.

Claytons at Washington South Junction 1.7.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr

 

[lewisner]

An ex NER Q6 hauls an empty train to Washington F Pit across Brady Square crossing in the centre of Washington. Remarkably , looking at Google Earth the metal powerline/light pole beside the crossing is still there.

Q6 63381 Brady Square Washington 2.7.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr

Brady Square - Washington History Society - Washington History Society, Washington

Brady Square information for Washington, Tyne And Wear, on the official site for Washington History Society

www.washingtonhistorysociety.co.uk

 

[KotangaGirl]

You're doing some impressive work there lewisner.

Not the best snap I could have taken at Rathtyen MPD, - but then the weather was pretty awful that morning.

 

[KotangaGirl]

Large Prairie No.4114 (built 1936) gets a chance to blow out the cobwebs on 'Tristyn in Winter' I must've purchased No. 4114 from Gary Price all of two years ago and then for some reason never used it.

 

[KotangaGirl]

No. 4114 again. Here at Secombe station'.

 

[lewisner]

Thank you @KotangaGirl ! I made a significant upgrade to my rope worked incline at Ford Paper Mill yesterday after searching for "Roller" on the DLS and I found these Vertical Rollers by Cyberstorm which are perfect for the incline. I was able to work out from the BritainFromAbove 1948 photo https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/EAW014477 that they were spaced at 25 foot intervals. Here's a coal wagon making it's way down the incline to the coal unloader attached to an Invisible Loco.

Ford Works Incline 4.7.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr

A mysterious feature of the Paper Mill was the cylinder wagon parked at the end of the wharf beside the river. https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/EAW014475 I've started a thread about it on RMweb but although I've learned a lot about paper mills I am no nearer to finding out what it is. However I found a good lookalike in the form of a Hot Metal Ladle Car.

Ford Paper Mill River Wharf 4.7.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr

 

[KotangaGirl]

Now that is clever with the rope worked incline. Not something you see done every day in Trainz.

 

[lewisner]

Now that is clever with the rope worked incline. Not something you see done every day in Trainz.

Thanks ! I would imagine @borderreiver has some as they were all over the north east.

 

[PortLineParker]

Not much new from me I'm afraid, at least not in this screenshot - rest assured I've made a fair bit of progress on the S&D over the past two days. I took this shot by chance and although the angle is slightly off, it gives a good impression of the topography around Midford and should hopefully give a taste of what is to come when this is all landscaped. There was a reason it was Ivo Peter's favourite location to photograph! Note Chrisaw's excellent new home bracket signal - thanks Chris!

It's the summer of 1957 and Stanier 5MT 44823 heads an empty goods train down through Midford enroute to Writhlington colliery.

Cheers,

PLP

 

[nobody1]

Not much new from me I'm afraid, at least not in this screenshot - rest assured I've made a fair bit of progress on the S&D over the past two days. I took this shot by chance and although the angle is slightly off, it gives a good impression of the topography around Midford and should hopefully give a taste of what is to come when this is all landscaped. There was a reason it was Ivo Peter's favourite location to photograph! Note Chrisaw's excellent new home bracket signal - thanks Chris!

It's the summer of 1957 and Stanier 5MT 44823 heads an empty goods train down through Midford enroute to Writhlington colliery.

Cheers,

PLP

Nice screenie, PLP

 

[lewisner]

"Here's one I made earlier".
9F 92203 hauls 9 x 56 Ton Iron Ore hoppers off to Consett past South Pelaw Junction, near Chester-Le-Street.

9F 92203 South Pelaw Junction 8.7.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr

 

[KotangaGirl]

Looks like it's a good day to take the train instead.

 

[lewisner]

A G5 simmers in the platform at Birtley with a train bound for Consett while 60049 Galtee More thunders through with a Kings Cross train.

Trainz at Birtley 9.7.24 by A1 Northeastern, on Flickr