Following a challenging 2016 so far, I am pleased to announce that
V1.4 of East Coast Mainline: North East is now available for
download.
Unfortunately, it still
does not include the full extension to Leeds but does include the not
insignificant 17 mile
section between York and East Garforth. Following the good progress
made last year, this is obviously not where I wanted to be with the
route, but following the death of my mother earlier this year, at
some point I inexpicably replaced all backups with the files from the
workshop version, meaning I lost the majority of work between York
and Leeds, along with some other bits and pieces that I had been
working on. What has been released today has been an attempt to
rescue the project somewhat and it should still prove as a reminder
to the vision I still have for this route.
The new 17 mile section
features Colton Junction where the ECML diverges towards Doncaster,
as well as the stations at Ulleskelf, Church Fenton, Micklefield and
East Garforth. Scenery is completed in full throughout and although
scenery has been trimmed back in areas where there are cuttings and
the surrounding scenery cannot actually be seen, this has no impact
on visuals when driving from the cab or from near the train.
As well as the original
requirements of the East Coast Main Line (Newcastle to York) and
Great Eastern Main Line (London to Ipswich), the route also now
requires the AP Station Pack. Although this pack isn't available to
download, it is included with a large number of popular routes
available on Steam.
The update can be
downloaded by following this link.
