Torbay 1955

Description

Covering the period from 3.30 am to midnight to cover almost all traffic, this is set in the summer of 1955. Everything is steam, and your control area covers the whole of the line from the terminus at Kingswear to just short of Aller Junction, including the Brixham branch – seven 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 Paignton, where the heavy holiday traffic has to be handled in just two platforms and with limited siding space; to add further interest, some heavier trains need banking from Torquay up to Torre. At this period the gas works at Torquay was supplied with coal by sea, delivered to the docks at Kingswear, so you may need to handle extra weekday coal trains at higher difficulty levels. As usual bonus points are available for allocation of locos of the correct type, and for correct placement of incoming freight.