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Title: New Adlestrop Railway Atlas update
Post by: Richard Fairhurst on December 27, 2021, 00:27:38
I've just uploaded an update to my (very long-standing) New Adlestrop Railway Atlas:

https://www.systemed.net/atlas/

Cumbria, (the rest of) Yorkshire, and other bits and bobs. Including Okehampton marked as a full-service passenger line!


Title: Re: New Adlestrop Railway Atlas update
Post by: IndustryInsider on December 27, 2021, 10:22:03
Well done, Richard.  It is an excellent resource I use quite regularly.


Title: Re: New Adlestrop Railway Atlas update
Post by: Richard Fairhurst on December 27, 2021, 13:12:01
Thanks! I genuinely enjoy working on it, and this update particularly... all those long-lost lines across the north Pennines.


Title: Re: New Adlestrop Railway Atlas update
Post by: Western Pathfinder on December 27, 2021, 18:43:25
Thank you so much for all the hard work that you put in to this wonderfully useful resource Richard it's most appreciated by many .


Title: Re: New Adlestrop Railway Atlas update
Post by: eightonedee on December 28, 2021, 09:18:35
That's great, thanks Richard  - looking forward to the North east and Scotland!

A tiny point of detail if I may - can you include the former Coley branch from Southcote Junction please? And the Westward Ho!, Bideford and Appledore?


Title: Re: New Adlestrop Railway Atlas update
Post by: Western Pathfinder on December 29, 2021, 12:51:56
Following on from your link ,the version I get doesn't seem to show the Settle To Carlisle line yet any plans for this to continue northwest?.

Note to add ,I've now been able to make this link work Thanks again Richard.


Title: Re: New Adlestrop Railway Atlas update
Post by: ellendune on December 29, 2021, 13:00:58
Following on from your link ,the version I get doesn't seem to show the Settle To Carlisle line yet any plans for this to continue northwest?.

Um the version I get does show it.  Do you need to clear the cache on your browser? 


Title: Re: New Adlestrop Railway Atlas update
Post by: Richard Fairhurst on December 29, 2022, 15:29:28
And a year later... here's another update:

https://www.systemed.net/atlas/

It now includes the north-east - which means England is complete. (Newcastle was pretty complex!) Plus a few tendrils into the Borders, and various changes/updates/corrections around the country.


Title: Re: New Adlestrop Railway Atlas update
Post by: IndustryInsider on December 29, 2022, 17:16:42
Brilliant - it’s a great resource.  Thank you, Richard.


Title: Re: New Adlestrop Railway Atlas update
Post by: grahame on December 29, 2022, 18:40:29
And a year later... here's another update:

https://www.systemed.net/atlas/

Richard, it's fantastic - thank you. I have just spend a fascinated couple of hours, learning and marvelling.


Title: Re: New Adlestrop Railway Atlas update
Post by: bradshaw on December 29, 2022, 20:02:17
The railways of the County Durham and Newcastle area are very complex as I found out when trying to produce a map of the waggonways associated with the coal and quarry industries


Title: Re: New Adlestrop Railway Atlas update
Post by: Richard Fairhurst on December 29, 2022, 21:05:43
They are!

The Newcastle area was the biggest cartographic challenge - basically trying to balance legibility with accuracy and completeness. But to be honest it's the rural areas I enjoy the most - just thinking of an old line through Wooperton, Wooler and Coldstream. Entirely unviable right now but a man can dream...


Title: Re: New Adlestrop Railway Atlas update
Post by: Mark A on December 30, 2022, 12:45:37
+1, especially having had cause a few months back to pass by the site of Saughtree station, the building still there on its hillside though the nearby viaduct is long gone. Photo here:

https://www.facebook.com/saughtreerailwaystation/posts/the-viaduct-that-once-stood-proud-at-saughtree-many-years-ago-but-sadly-got-knoc/644929835707283/

And a classy video of the station from Forgotten Relics. There aren't many b&bs that have their own 12" to the foot garden railway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1BnXgVpXBw

Mark



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