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## About This Content
Haul the fuel of a nation in Creative Rail’s East Midlands Coal route, which
has arrived for Train Simulator in classic British Rail fashion!

The coal industry and railways historically go hand in hand, once upon a time
all locomotives were fed by coal, but even once those days had past it still
fell upon the railway to transport coal to power stations all across the
country. One such was High Marnham Power Station in Nottinghamshire, one of
three fossil fuel plants that were situated along the path of the River Trent
– combined, they colloquially made the area known as the “Megawatt Valley”.

Where there were power stations, there was coal to fuel them, and an abundance
of it lay beneath the East Midlands soil. In all, 8 collieries were connected
to High Marnham Power Station (although a total of 17 actually served it), and
each were connected by the High Marnham branch line; a 14-mile stretch of
railway that separated off from the Robin Hood Line.

In order to facilitate faster unloading of coal at power stations, the “merry-
go-round” (or MGR) system was introduced; MGR trains would deposit coal while
on the move, loop around the power station or run around the consist and head
straight back to a colliery to pick up more. This seemingly endless operation
served power stations for decades, and in some cases, British Rail ordered
locomotives specifically for coal-hauling MGR duties.

However, with the decline in the industry and the turn towards nuclear and
greener ways of generating the nation’s electricity, there was a lesser need
for coal-fired power plants and High Marnham eventually closed in 2003.

While confined to the history books, you can get a taste for MGR coal services
at their 1980s best, as Creative Rail have brought the dusty beauty of East
Midlands Coal to life in Train Simulator!

## Included Scenarios

A total of 9 engaging Career scenarios are included:

* Warsop Sidings – Mansfield Concentration Sidings
* Ollerton Colliery – Sherwood Colliery
* Tuxford Central – Shirebrook Depot
* Warsop Main – Mansfield Concentration Sidings
* Mansfield Concentration Sidings – Sherwood Colliery
* Ollerton Colliery – High Marnham
* Sherwood Colliery – High Marnham
* Shirebrook Colliery – Warsop Sidings
* NCB Sherwood Colliery

Please Note: BR Class 20 Loco Add-On, BR Blue Class 20 Add-On Livery, BR Class
31 Freight Loco Add-On and European Loco & Asset Pack are required, as
separate purchases, in order to play the scenarios featured in this add-on.

More scenarios are available on the Steam Workshop online and in-game. Train
Simulator’s Steam Workshop scenarios are free and easy to download, adding
many more hours of exciting gameplay. With scenarios being added daily, why
don’t you check it out now!

Click here for Steam Workshop scenarios.
## Key Features

* 25-mile route from Sherwood to High Marnham
* 6 collieries; Sherwood, Shirebrook, Clipstone, Warsop, Thoresby & Ollerton
* Key Locations; Shirebrook TMD, Mansfield Concentration Sidings & High Marnham Power Station
* BR Class 56 diesel locomotive in BR Corporate Blue, BR Large Logo, BR Railfreight & BR Coal Sector liveries
* Sentinel diesel shunter in NCB Blue livery
* Period-accurate details such as signal boxes, semaphore signalling and detailed track with 3D wooden sleepers
* Historical “merry-go-round” operations, and more, brought to life across 9 Career scenarios
* Quick Drive compatible
* Download size: 246.3mb

Train Simulator: East Midlands Coal: Sherwood – High Marnham Route Add-On