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New Tunnel Face & Tunnel,
Cheers
G'day all,
Something I've been wanting to do for a while is a Trainz route based on the Blue Mountains. A fellow user, and mate of mine, has started his Blue Mountains route but in the modern era so I decided to backtrack 50 years to the 1960s. The 1960s were definitely the 'twilight' years of steam on the Blue Mountains after the line was electrified in the late-50s.
Attached are a few screenshots of what I have done so far. So far I have laid all the track from Lithgow to Penrith and have Valley Heights, Katoomba, Medlow Bath, Penrith, Clarence and Hartley Vale stations finished.
Cheers,
Jonesy
Nice shots Jonesy. You're right,... the 1950-1960s era was a great time in NSW to soak up train-rides travelling in every direction.
I remember on the run to Katoomba, at Valley Heights they would hook up a pilot D50 or C32 Class to handle the rest of the journey.
Good luck with your route.
Cheers,
Roy
All very nice work by everyone. Interesting Jonesy, as I've done (probably crudely by most standards), Mt Victoria to Lithgow ala, 1910, so it has the Zig-Zag not the ten tunnels deviation. Clarence, is not on any railway line by 1960 or after 1911 in fact, so I'm wondering if you mean Newnes Junction as it is the last station before Lithgow, except for the Zig-Zag platform (3 metres long) which didn't exist until after 1973? Certainly look forward to more pictures.