Weardale and Teesdale Railway

[robbit]

Awesome Route! Very well done!!!

[Chacal]

Congrats Derek!
It must be quite a feeling to work on something for years and finally see it released.

[OpenRailer90]

I'm interested to hear when Armstrong Powerhouse will update their 37 and 101 sound packs to support these new vehicles.

[bpetit]

This is a VERY impressive looking route. I think it's going to break my pattern of only buying North American DLC.

Come over to the dark side.

The whole route is top-notch. It's gonna be perfect to run the 3F jinty, J50, 2F dock, 2-6-2T Prairie, and the Black 5 on it.

[Derek]

Hi,

I am very pleased it got released. A few localisation bugs to address and maybe a few other minor ones, will see how how the feedback comes in.
It is a strange feeling having others now play what I have spent so long looking at.
I am OK with people pointing out errors, I am also OK with folks saying they don't like it.
It's one of the most positive things I have ever done in all my years and will now allow me to do move onto my oil paintings of that local area which I plan to exhibit in Bishop Auckland before I hit 50. (7 years time)

Thank you for all the well wishes and good will.

cheers

derek

[Chocorua]

It's gorgeous, like something out of a dream.

[SuperTux]

I am hoping to play it more today, working nights and then playing doesn't work out well, but from my quick plays I love what I have seen thus far.

Thank you Derek and DTG for bringing this to fruition.

[Derek]

Thanks guys, hope you all enjoy!

d

[ex-railwayman]

Well, I've now had a run round the whole layout, the trackwork and ground texturing, custom built buildings, scenery items and stations are superb and the new 2D and 3D cloud formation are very good, I like the shadows being cast across the valleys from time to time, very realistic. The whole route excudes the local area, wonderful countryside across the complete layout, the branchlines with their station halts are just typical of the period build. The various coal pits and colliery buildings blend in very nicely and having coaling stages at Crook, etc, give you a different starting point for your freight consists, than the large yards and stations, excellent portals dotted around give folks a plethora of scenario vantage points to commence from. The gradients are sharp, 1:76 in some areas, which make your locomotives cough a bit and keeps you on your driving toes, I haven't even bothered with the diesel locos included with the route yet, I've been far too busy with my steamers, as well as passenger trains and coal hauling the local area also had iron and steel companies dotted about which help to vary the types of freight trains we can realistically haul. If anyone hasn't got it yet, I can recommend it, even for a diesel nut like me, it's wicked. Congratulations and many thanks to the Grand Wizard, Derek, Bob, Stuart and everyone else connected with this artistic masterpiece and bringing it to the community.

Cheerz. ex-railwayman.

[Derek]

Thanks Steve, I will pass on the kind words to all who were involved.

take care.
d