Creation Sharing Branch Lines In South Suffolk, North Essex & Cambridgeshire

I am planning to recreate the disused lines between Mark's Tey to Shelford via Sudbury & Haverhill, including the branches via Halstead, Lavenham & Saffron Walden.

These lines are nearly complete for TSC, but as you can imagine, this will take some time as the route building process is completely different. At least, I can reuse most of the assets from the existing TSC game.

 

I would love to see this recreated

 

I expect it will take se several years to make, but I can reuse all the custom assets from my TSC stour valley route. Tha route is nearing completion.

 

Progress to date, all tiles have lidar and basic track layout between stations, this will keep me busy for a few years.

 

That's amazing news, it's looking pretty hefty that's for sure. Do you reckon this could be released in parts? For example.. Marks Tey - Sudbury for part 1

 

While it is preferable to complete the track and signalling as one project, I've seen videos from route-builders who recommend the track be completed before adding signals as it could cause issues if track is added to a signaled route.
I will look at splitting the scenery into sections as this will be, by far the most time consuming part of this project.
Track and signalling may take a few months to a year.

The scenery will take years, there is only one of me.

 

Yea that's completely understandable, hope it all goes well and can't wait to see more of this in the future

 

This will be a very welcome addition.

 

Just laying track at the stations, here is Sudbury for example. Nine done about another thirty to go..



Chappel & Wakes Colne, easy to see where the viaduct will be.



I don't intend on doing any signalling until the track layout is complete.

 

I sincerely hope you get taking on by DTG as a 3rd party dev, even though it will take years to complete, it will be a welcome addition to TSW and I'm sure people would having no issue paying for it.

 

I'm open to offers

 

Superb pictures, cannot wait to see that beautiful viaduct

 

Here it is, slight lack of scenery at the moment, just testing migration of assets from TSC

 

Gorgeous work sir

 

Some progress over the past few weeks, but some challenges with PC Editor slowed things down.
All Stations and sidings have been laid out (except Cambridge, this one still being worked on, very complex).
I will soon start signalling the section between Marks Tey and Sudbury.
As this route is basically a rebuild of the TSC route I worked on previously, which I have also continued to work on.
I have just uploaded the latest copy of the route to my website (see signature below) so if you can't wait for this to be completed, here's one I prepared earlier.

 

Some Progress, just trying to get to grips with modular meshes, looks like a good way to create Station buildings & signal boxes as most use the same basic design. If successful, it means that many of these assets could be modular instead of modelling each one individually.


Looks like a badly made jigsaw puzzle at the moment.

 

That's a great idea - I remember talking with RSDerek years ago about whether that would be possible for the station buildings in his Weardale route as it would have made building stations easier, but it never came to anything. Great to see the "modern" version

 

I think I am getting the hang of modular signalbox building, doing this will save me a lot of time as I build out the route.
I can also use the same approach for stations as well, fortunately, for the GER routes, they have the same style of stations & signal boxes at most stations.

 

After some blending, I have the initial signal box kit ready to test fit into unreal

 

First attempt to make the model in unreal looks OK, the texture gives it the new build appearance at the moment

 

I have updated and imported a few more assets, here for example is the Sudbury footbridge, most of the signal boxes are done and working through the stations. The TSC originals lacked a lot of detail

 

Slightly off topic, but is it Sudbury's bridge that's now at Chappel & Wakes Colne for access to the East Anglian Railway Museum. Sure I read that at some point...

 

Yes it is, moved in the 1990s I think. Here's an image from wikimedia

This is how Chappel footbridge used to look

 

This is How the footbridge used to look

 

You can definitely still see the origins from the original showing through.

 

Awesome stuff so far, good luck with the rest of the project

 

Thanks Guys, Still getting to grips with Unreal engine at the moment, right now, I'm tackling nav meshes to get passengers to board trains.

 

Some progress, I now have passengers loading and unloading from the stations that are set up at the moment, this now means that I have the correct process for building and placing working stations.
Here for example are some of the modular sections of the standard GER station buildings of the 1860's. The rendering makes them look dark, but you can see the basics.

 

Chappel & Wakes Colne station, WIP.

 

They look great and, in some ways, match the way that the real thing was, sort of, modular too.

 

Great work, station and bridge look terrific