UK Seton Line

[Holoperson]

Yet another freestyle UK layout! Sixty miles of route, from sea level to 1500 feet; coastal flats, industrial areas, mountains, snow etc. I'm posting these pictures because the route should be available on the DLS in the near future.

Here's a guided tour. We start at Seton, a small seaport.

 

[Holoperson]

UK Seton Line Part 2

I accidentally posted the first message before completion. Here's the real thing:

We start at Seton:

The cliff run between Seton and Middleton:

At Middleton, in the river (Clyde?) valley:

Riverside run with lush farmcountry.

On the way to Overton; Ravenscraig iron and steel:

A closer look at Ravenscraig:

Oil refinery at Ravenscraig:

Back on the pass, we approach Overton. Shieldmuir on the left, Overton Colliery on the right:

At Overton. For more, see Part 3 post.

Cheers
Holo

 

[Holoperson]

Seton Line Part 3

We now take the branch line from Overton to Achiltibuie, then back to Seton.

Heading towards Achiltibuie; climbing up to the high moors:

There's snow ahead!

A leased Swedish DMU battles snowdrifts and a 1:50 gradient at the Fairy Hillocks:

Achiltibuie, at 1500 feet, the highest point on the line. Snowsports is the chief industry.

At Huntly, Clashindaroch Forest provides logs:

And back at sea level, we approach Seton by the famous sea wall. Lucky it's not stormy!

That's all. We've already seen Seton.

Cheers,
Holo

 

[lewisner]

Looks great Holoperson - I'd like to see some closeups of that beach.They are so difficult to do...

 

[Holoperson]

Looks great Holoperson - I'd like to see some closeups of that beach.They are so difficult to do...

Ok... I'll do that. Thanks for the complement too.

Cheers
Holo

 

[Holoperson]

Seton now on DLS

Sorry for the long delay, Lewisner.

Seton is now on the DLS, so you can analyse the coastline as much as you want in Surveyor.

I hope my humble effort helps you. As a tip, the secret of coastal flats is very gentle gradients in the topography. I achieve this by setting the deform tool (raise land) to its largest radius and its slowest speed and "wiping" it across the landscape. A single wipe produces a very gentle rise in the land.

Cheers
Holo

 

[Symon_C]

Downloaded this route this morning.

Very impressed, thanks!