Chatham Main Line

[Bhorton]

Hello! I would like to announce a new route, The Chatham Main Line (Phase I). This Kentish line runs from Victoria to Dover Priory & Ramsgate. Phase I Swale (Newington - Faversham including Sheerness branch). I am working on this with WarspiteWorks, and any custom buildings will be made in Sketchup (Sorry, bad at Blender and GMAX ) We live in the Sittingbourne area, so we have good knowlege of this route. Stations in Phase I will include Newington, Sittingbourne, Tenham and Favesham. On the Sheerness Branch, there is Sittingbourne, Kemsley, Swale, Queenbrough and Sheerness.
We have not started building the route, because we are trying to get some good track plans. Screenshots of our work to follow.

[Bhorton]

We will have 4 versions, made in the order they apprear:
V1: Current day (2013, March), as the route appears right now
V2: 1990's: As the route appeared back then
V3: 1950's-1920's: For older trains
V4 (In Limbo untill the upgrades are done) 20--: The route as it will apeare when the Network Rail upgrades (Including the moving of Rochester) are done. In current limbo untill that happenes.

[WarspiteWorks]

I have made Queenbrough and Newington staion buildings-
Only screenies of thw Queenbrough though.
Platform side:
[img]http://hostthenpost.org/uploads/db3c6ec ... bd477b.jpg[/img]
[img]http://hostthenpost.org/uploads/069b587 ... 59fe74.jpg[/img]
Roadside:
[img]http://hostthenpost.org/uploads/1e1d8bf ... 75dfc3.jpg[/img]

This won't be released yet- it was made in sketchup and i have some editing to do.

[Desironutter14]

Which version of trainz is the route for? Thanks

[Glen1974]

Looking forward to this route because i live in Chatham

[alexfleming380]

Would these be of help to you?



Alex.

[WarspiteWorks]

Question answering time:

@liverpool13- We are making it in TS2010 but I'm sure it we can adjust to other builds

@afleming97 (alex) - Yes the lamps will be very helpful, and the station board is going to be used somewhere on the route.

Chatham will be in Phase 2- When we add the medway towns into the route (just for info)

The route will take some time to build and I don't have that much spare time, but it will be out within at least 1 and 1/2 years- (worst case scenario)

[blackwatch13]

We have not started building the route, because we are trying to get some good track plans

I have a copy of the track plan for Ramsgate, if it's of any use pm me.

[Desironutter14]

hi just wondering if there is any news on the route thanks

[danny109]

No, there will be news when he posts updates. Please don't badger, as this is what causes annoyance on these forums.

[WarspiteWorks]

Well I've almost done Sheerness on sea station and i'm starting on Faversham buidlings.
The actual route will not be put together for a while yet.

[Bhorton]

I have just re-sized my shelters. Will probably not be doing much more progress over the Easter Holidays.

[WarspiteWorks]

Well...
It is going to be slow because I forgot to put the current projects on my USB - but I can start new ones, and I will be station bashing- (No not literally) but when the holidays are over, I shall resume building again.

And now I have got GCSE's which pushes a lot of time into revising, and then In Late June: Belgium and August: USA- so progress is very, very slow, but once the station buildings are finished then I shall hand them over to him.
CUrent Progress

Newington: 99%
Sittingbourne: 6%
Teynham: 15%
Faversham: 40%
Kemsley: 100%
Swale: 100%
Queenbrough : 100%
Sheerness on sea: 90%

EDIT- Newington now 100% and Sheerness now 95%

[WarspiteWorks]

Finally almost done on the building side of things!
Route will be started and finished soon,
A few pics of my sketchup creations.
Faversham
http://hostthenpost.org/uploads/b77daaa ... cf0745.png

http://hostthenpost.org/uploads/f023d0a ... 5fd338.png

Newington
http://hostthenpost.org/uploads/7ffe926 ... fbc105.png

http://hostthenpost.org/uploads/95e8512 ... 3c0f31.png
Sheerness on sea
http://hostthenpost.org/uploads/c3c0af5 ... 9b0ee4.png

[alexfleming380]

Well done with the buildings, they look great!