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## About This Content
Historic freight operations, spanning the plentiful collieries and challenging
grades of Nottingham, and a plethora of iconic steam locomotives are ready for
your command in this add-on for Train Simulator!

The history of freight movements surrounding Nottingham began in 1850, when
the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston & East Junction Railway formed an east-west
link to Grantham. At Colwick, near the small town of Netherfield and the
original western end of the line, several sidings were constructed to allow
inbound goods to be transported by horse and cart into the city of Nottingham,
as the Midland Railway was outright refusing to let freight traffic pass
through their station.

Having already made its place known, the Midland Railway grew a monopoly over
the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire coal traffic and the Great Northern
Railway, which consumed the ANB&EJR, wanted to have their own say in the
lucrative industry. Since the original Ambergate line reached the outskirts of
Nottingham, any further passage towards the city was through running rights.
As the GNR sought to introduce their own coal traffic, the Midland Railway saw
fit to significantly increase the cost of the rights to be prohibitively
expensive. In return, the GNR decided instead to build their own
infrastructure, it would be cheaper.

The line from Colwick was already extended into Nottingham, through a new
station titled ‘London Road’, (owing to the Midland’s freight refusal), but a
new line linking to various collieries all the way up to the Derbyshire
coalfields via Daybrook was soon in place. The first GNR shed at Colwick was
completed by 1875, and once the entire line was complete, it did not take long
for tons upon tons of coal to start rolling in from the north, and the
sidings, depots and collieries all saw massive expansion in the following
years.

The GNR, and the Midland, were not the only railways to pass through this
area, the Great Central Railway was also a keen contender in the coal
industry, shuttling between the yards of Annesley and Woodford Halse (south of
Rugby), upwards of 40 times a day!

When the GCR planned their ‘London Extension scheme, which would see the
construction of the London Marylebone and the now-lost Great Central Main
Line, they jointly worked with the GNR to build the entirely new ‘Nottingham
Victoria’. This vast and complex station was mostly hidden from view, being
sub-surfaced in the heart of the city, yet that doesn’t hide the fact that
there were four signal boxes, two turntables and passing loops around all
platforms, the volume of both passenger and freight traffic was incredible.

Of course nothing lasts forever, as was the case especially for the steam era
and Nottingham Victoria station; a gradual decline of coal traffic and the
streamline of the British railway network would soon see many lines fall
silent, and the day-to-day operations of Nottinghamshire would be allocated to
history.

The bustling network of Nottingham features authentic experiences and
challenging operations behind classic British traction:
## Included Locomotives
* Stanier Class 8F
* Fowler Class 4F
* Robinson Class O4
* Thompson Class B1
* Sir Nigel Gresley’s V2
## Included Career Scenarios
The Netherfield: Nottingham Network route includes 8 challenging career
scenarios.
* Football Special
* Iron Ore Hoppers to Colwick
* Coal to Colwick
* Annesley Dido
* Windcutter Empties to Annesley
* Tunnel Closure Diversion
* Gasworks Empties to Linby
* Coal Empties from Colwick to Hucknall
## Included Railfan Mode Scenarios
* Bulwell Common
* Hucknall Central
* Nottingham Victoria

More scenarios are available on 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
* 40 mile post-war Britain route depicting the Nottingham area between 1948 and 1965
* Five iconic steam engines including the Stanier 8F, Fowler 4F, Robinson Class O4, Thompson Class B1 and Sir Nigel Gresley’s V2
* Range of rolling stock from freight wagons to coaches, for period coal, cattle and milk operations
* 8 challenging career scenarios
* 3 Railfan Mode scenarios
* Quick Drive compatible
* Download size: 659 MB

Train Simulator: Netherfield: Nottingham Network Route Add-On