Exeter 1955

Description

Covering the full 24-hour period, this is set in the summer of 1955. Everything is steam, and your control area covers the whole of the Exeter area from just north of Cowley Bridge Junction to just south of City Basin Junction on the Western and to Exmouth Junction on the Southern – eleven screens in all. Both weekday and Saturday schedules are provided; effectively this gives you two rather different simulations. A major feature on Saturdays is the congestion at St Davids, where the heavy holiday traffic has to be handled in just five through platforms. Most Southern trains need banking from St Davids up to Central, and in both directions an engine change is normally necessary at either Central Station or Exmouth Junction Yard. Freight marshalling is split between Riverside and Exmouth Junction Yards, with local traffic handled at sidings in the St Davids area and at Central and Alphington Road Yards. In addition, there are a power station and gas works at City Basin and a Concrete Works and Wagon Works at Exmouth Junction, each generating traffic. There are two engine sheds to manage, the major Southern one at Exmouth Junction (72A) and the smaller Western one (83C). As usual bonus points are available for allocation of locos of the correct type, and for correct placement of incoming freight.