![]() ![]() Hadington marks completion of the first half of the South Mainline project, and is set to become the next hub station on the network. A new service centre is also opened at Fentfingford. Meanwhile work continues on the main line and Duningworth is connected up, with a 4-6-2 ‘Pacific’ hauled service to Fentfingford. Two more 2-8-0’s are bought, one for the new timber line, and a second to supplement the second coal mine due to an increase in production. New development in freight engines has resulted in the 2-10-0 and one is put into service on the Binnford timber train.Īfter and increase in Coal production, and extra 2-8-0 is bought to help cope with the extra cargo, and the line is double tracked.ĭemand for furnishings has been on the rise, and the local sawmill requested a new branch line be put in. Meanwhile a 0-6-0 ‘Pannier Tank’ is brought on for the local service from Hadtown to Buntfingway via Tudingworth Falls, and two 4-6-2 ‘Pacific’ is set on the Hadingtown, Cunwood stopping service. They gave the go ahead for the track to be doubled, and thanks to the subsidised links the town continues to grow. Tudingworth Falls local authority don’t seem to be too concerned though. Less than a month after services begin, Tudingworth Falls oil refinery also shuts down. Two 4-6-0 ‘Standard Five’s were raked up for these services and are show here leaving the local service depot, heading to Tudingworth Falls for the stations opening. Keen to keep it’s residents and it’s new station, Tudingworth Falls announced two special subsidised non-stop links between itself and Cunwood and Handingtown. Shortly after construction had completed on the Tudingworth Falls station, the neighbouring Steel Mill announced it would be shutting it’s doors. So Tudingworth Falls and Buntfingway became a branchline from Hadtown. Initially a loop-line was planned to service Hadtown, Harnhall, Cunwood, Tudingworth Falls and Buntfingway, but all the proposals were too complex and expensive. Seen here loading up at Duningworth, while the local pulls in alongside.Ī new plantation appears new the branch line at Binnford, so a new 2-8-0 is commissioned for the run, seen here giving priority to the diesel passenger train at the modified Prenville Junction.Īfter many, many days of long planning meetings between Management, Construction and 4 different Town Planners, the plans for the second half of the Mainline were finalised. The entire line is now double tracked, and a new 4-6-2 ‘Streamliner’ brought in for the new run. After many hours of planning, the new Junction at Duningworth is constructed, plans for an extra platform at Fentfingford were rejected and the buffers were removed instead.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |