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Yatesmouth Branch Line (2nd Edition)

This is the second edition of the 'Yatesmouth Branch Line' route by Daniel O'Hearn (Drangus), designed with high detail and immersiveness in mind. This new edition strives to make scenario building easier, fixing many of the problems that persisted with the first edition of the route that was uploaded in late spring of 2018. Such fixes include the replacement of the problematic 'Riviera Line in the 50s' GWR signals with the more reliable 'Falmouth Branch Route' GWR signals, as well as the addition of several portals - making the running of AI traffic much more efficient.

The Yatesmouth Branch Line is an early Twentieth-Century fictional Great Western Railway (and later, British Railways) branch line that passes through the forests and fields of the fictional Yates River Valley, located in Southern Devon somewhere between the real cities of Totnes and Plymouth. The branch line connects the ficitional vacation and fishing town of Yatesmouth with the fictional city of Braxton on the Great Western Main Line to London, Paddington.

The route begins near the Greenwell Marshalling Yard (which includes a conflat crane and cattle pens) and Braxton Station (which includes a goods shed, carriage sidings, a turntable, a roundhouse, a coal bunker, and several water towers and pumps) in the fictional city of Braxton. Dyerchester junction, a short distance down the line from Braxton Station, is where the five-and-a-half mile Yatesmouth Branch Line diverges from the from the Great Western Main Line. The line heads further south and uphill over Westham Bank, the route's steepest grade, to Prescombe Station (which includes a goods shed). The tracks continue past the local gasworks sidings through Cranfield Tunnel, the route's only tunnel, and then over the River Yates via the Tilford Viaduct. The branch line then reaches Morrowsbury Station and Morrowsbury Dairies (which includes cattle pens) shortly thereafter. The final leg of the route passes Castle Yates, before crossing the River Yates once more via the River Yates Viaduct and on to Yatesmouth Station (which includes a turntable, a small engine shed, a coal bunker, and several water towers and pumps) and the Yatesmouth Dockyard (which includes a conflat crane and cattle pens) on the English Channel.

The Train Simulator routes needed for this route are the 'Riviera Line in the 50s' route, the 'Falmouth Branch Route,' the 'Western Lines of Scotland: The Port Road' route, and the 'Netherfield: Nottingham Network' route. The Train Simulator asset packs needed for this route are the 'UP 119 Loco/Cheyenne 1869 Add-On' pack (for some very minor assets and the roundhouse, so this is optional), and the 'European Loco and Asset Pack.'

If you enjoy this route, please give it a 'thumbs up' rating and feel free to comment about what you liked! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this route, please do not hesitate to contact Daniel O'Hearn (Drangus). If you are also a scenario builder and would like to make a scenario for this route, please feel free to do so.