Gameplay Improving Lineside Industry: Glossop Line: Manchester - Hadfield & Glossop (2 Industries)

Introduction

Hi, welcome to another post in my series "Improving Lineside Industry". I'm going to be looking at various routes in Train Sim World and highlighting what we have, and what we could have, in regard to railways that serve the various industries along them. I find these to be very interesting, and I think maximizing opportunities for players to use them in TSW would greatly enhance our game.

I've tried to limit any suggestions to what is just about already within the scope of the route, and might just need some extra modelling of scenery, and perhaps a few new wagons.

It must be said that I haven't been a fan of railways for very long, and I'm from Australia, so I'd love for you to add your knowledge about these far-flung routes and correct anything I get wrong. I have speculated at times, as information can be hard to come by.

(Some of the screenshots here of the in-game map are rather poor-looking as I couldn't do any better with their resolution when zoomed out. Some areas do not have 3D buildings on Google Maps so only some locations will have those images included.)

Route

In this post, I'll be looking at Glossop Line: Manchester - Hadfield & Glossop. I believe the route is set in 2023. Here is a map of the route as represented in game, numbered with each location that I will be highlighting.



Industries

Location 1

Starting at the west of the route in east Manchester, Tarmac and Breedon share a siding that serves their aggregate terminals. Sand and gravel is unloaded by bucket. Players can currently run trains of JNA and HKA wagons to the site.







Location 2

In Ashton-under-Lyne, Freightliner has their Manchester Vehicle Maintenance Facility. Here they service wagons. Players could drop off mixed rakes of rolling stock that require repairs and then take them away again.








Conclusion

I hope this was interesting. Please feel free to add to this and let me know what I've got wrong. Thanks for reading!