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I will never have the level of wonder and amazement that your GER layouts have, but it's enjoyable for me and I think that is enough.
Be careful running the Garratt on the Dearnby & District narrow gauge line Tanker - I used one in the original sessions for Dearnby and was grateful to be advised that it would in practice be too big for the tight curves and gradients. The Ng line was made a bit more gentle in D & District but I'd take it carefully if I were you so as not to end up in the river!
Those screenshots look fantastic Ann! The route looks great, and I like the scenario!
I knew you were going to be the one to notice it Annie! It's an excellent loco I picked up from a guy who I follow on discord. I don't know if you remember me posting those Furness G5 0-6-0T pictures a while back, but that was one of his works too. It only comes in GER Black but I hope he decides to do LNER and BR Black one day!
I do have a rather deep fondness for the D81 - or J20 depending on your preference - as it's an incrediblely interesting 0-6-0 locomotive. Before the dawn of the famous Bulleid Q1, the D81 held the title of being the strongest 0-6-0 in Britain followed closely by the LBSCR C2x Class. With the 180psi boilers of the Holden B12s and a total Tractive Effort of 29,044 lbf (129.19 kN), these locos were capable of incredible freight haulage while remaining within the confines of the GERs loading gauge. Honestly, the SECR and MR should have taken some pointers from this remarkable design! The J16 and J17 - locos that do exsist within your time period I believe - were actually used as testbeds to push the utilitarian function of the GER's 0-6-0s to its absolute limit, resulting in the greatest GER six coupled goods engine of them all.
Ulfsweir will undoubtedly be worked on more in the future as it's small size and variety of things I can do with it provides a creative outlet when working on the South London Route just makes me want to scream. :hehe: I will never have the level of wonder and amazement that your GER layouts have, but it's enjoyable for me and I think that is enough.
Be careful running the Garratt on the Dearnby & District narrow gauge line Tanker - I used one in the original sessions for Dearnby and was grateful to be advised that it would in practice be too big for the tight curves and gradients. The Ng line was made a bit more gentle in D & District but I'd take it carefully if I were you so as not to end up in the river!