Any Railroad, Any Route, Any Era - Part 9

[tie]

507 in Lloyd

[mg123]

BNSF NEW ET44C4

[chosenfrozen44]

[tarrant75]

SAR GP60 and patched ex-UP SD50 on a loaded ballast ex-Lethbridge for the Macleod subdivison heading east through Fort Macleod and north towards Granum

[ak3221]

UP7516 Grain Train waits for new crew to take over.

[lateagain]

MEP shots from Class40 Lincoln to Kings Cross activity

[ak3221]

[Armchair_Engo]

MEP by night

Some more pics from the legendary Mid East Plus, based on the "Evening HST to Kings Cross" activity.


With York far behind, the lights of Grantham provide a welcome respite from the gloomy shapes of moonlit countryside.
Even at the speed of the HST, Kings Cross is still some way off.



By Grantham the cloud had been closing in. By Peterborough, bands of light rain become a constant shower.
Peterborough station is deserted. It's a night not fit for man nor beast, but the railways carry on.
Next stop, Kings Cross.



The stations of satellite towns flash past with increasing frequency until the landscape becomes awash with suburbia.
The train slows to match the line speeds ahead. After so long at two miles per minute, it feels like the train is crawling to its destination.
At Kings Cross station the glare of the lights outside the carriage finally match the glare of the lights inside.



As I am in no rush for my destination of Broad Street, I hitch a train out to Finsbury Park to get a DMU to Broad Street.
The rain has stopped but humidity still hangs in the air. A DMU arrives and I'm glad to be back in a heated carriage of some sort again.
Still a bit of rail traffic around. Had to wait a bit before Canonbury Tunnel.



Most of the stations are near deserted, but Canonbury station seems busier than the rest.



Dalston Junction station has some patronage.



With Haggerston and Shoreditch behind me, I'm on the home stretch to Broad Street.



Nearly there.



Broad Street at last.



Now off to find a taxi.

[Armchair_Engo]

St Pancras station

A rare quiet moment at St Pancras station in Clive Heard's Thames-Trent V2 route, available at UKTS.
At the time of the real station's opening in 1868, the train shed roof was the largest single-span roof in the world.

[tie]

West of Kitscoty, towards Islay, AB


This area does not work in OR, it is covered by a mound of terrain that doesn't show up in RE or MSTS. I assume it's too close to the blue lines, dang it. Otherwise, no problems in MSTS. BTW Engo, those shots are awesome. Love it

[ekeating]

Hello everyone! Its been awhile since I've posted in the forums since I've been on hiatus for a little bit but I'm back in the saddle again. Here's the first run being back, not saying much about it but one may be able to tell what route it is on. This activity will be released soon

[ak3221]

MRL

[ThatSolitaryGuy]

Hello everyone! Its been awhile since I've posted in the forums since I've been on hiatus for a little bit but I'm back in the saddle again. Here's the first run being back, not saying much about it but one may be able to tell what route it is on. This activity will be released soon

Might I suggest swapping out those hideous default track textures with those from another route you may have? It's a fairly simple process that would really enhance your shots on that route . . . Raton Pass, if I'm not mistaken?

[Armchair_Engo]

Thanks tie and qballbandit. It is my humble way of thanking the content creators.

While I'm on an Anglo roll, here is a bit of end-of-steam-era branch line activity.

I've been enjoying the Bedford-Hitchin Branch V1, a route by Charles Malcolm, which is a sixteen mile ex Midland Railway branch set in the 1950's linking the East Coast Main Line at Hitchin with the Midland Main Line at Bedford.
Sometimes I don't want to drive a multi-hundred mile, multi-hour route. Just a pleasant jaunt in the country is enjoyable too.

Loco is an Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2 tank, British Railways number 41291, preparing to leave Bedford with a just a pair of carriages on a local run:


The MML is in the background:



Leaving the outskirts of Bedford:



At Cardington, the overgrown, disused platform on the right hints at this station's former importance:



Entering Southill station:



RAF Henlow is not far away. A pilot surveys the green patchwork tablecloth of England, visual navigation aided by the iron compass on the ground:



Passing RAF Henlow. Another pilot takes advantage of the favorable weather:



Henlow Camp station, a link to home and recreation for service personnel:



Approaching Hitchin. The gasworks in the background hints at future urban sprawl. The extra lines of the ECML beckon the passengers to the larger towns and cities, or perchance to coastal holidays:



At Hitchin station, the passengers will wait for a faster train to take them to a faster pace of life:

[chosenfrozen44]

Great stuff! Neil's absolutely right about the farmland!