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## About This Content
Some of the north east of England’s oldest and most important railway lines
come together in the stunning new Weardale & Teesdale Network route for Train
Simulator.

The broad network of railway lines connected some of the north east’s largest
town and cities with collieries across the Pennines, with the first line
opening in 1825 that connected the collieries near Shildon with Stockton-on-
Tees via Darlington.

At this time, the line was a mere 25 miles in length, but by 1860 it had grown
considerably with extensions and branches to virtually every corner of
Weardale and Teesdale, covering more than 100 miles. The original line is
probably most famous as being the world’s first public railway to use steam
locomotives when they were first introduced in 1833.

The area was linked with a prestigious and long list of railway heritage, with
several railway-related works and engineering facilities to be found
throughout the network. Darlington Railway Works, responsible for the building
of many steam and diesel locomotives, was built in 1863 and survived until the
Beeching Axe in 1966. Shildon Railway Works, known locally as ‘The Wagon
Works’ as it built many of British Rail’s freight revenue vehicles, is also a
famous landmark in the area, closing only recently in 1984 and now home to
‘Locomotion’, the National Railway Museum’s second site.

Much of this extensive railway network and many of those famous landmarks
suffered at the hands of Dr Beeching, whose sweeping changes to the British
rail network in the 1960s closed many of the branch lines to passenger
traffic. As collieries closed and freight traffic reduced, by 1980 there was
virtually nothing left of the famous routes as they were once known.

Towns such as Crook, Tow Law, Barnard Castle, Piercebridge and Bishop Auckland
– once bustling railway towns – lost their stations and trackbed lifted, and
today visitors to the area would never believe they once had such a rich
railway heritage.

The Weardale and & Teesdale Network faithfully recreates the main lines and
branch lines around the area as they were between 1950 and 1960, just before
the Beeching closures, recreating almost all of the 100 miles of rail lines
between Durham City, Darlington, Middleton-in-Teesdale and Wearhead.

Classic BR green liveried diesel traction is also represented, in the guise of
the Class 08, Class 25, Class 37 and Class 101, along with Mk1 blood and
custard coaching stock and a number of freight wagons, including a 21t Mineral
Hopper, 16t Mineral Wagon, Five Plank Mineral Wagon, Six-Wheel Milk Tanker,
Presflo Bulk Powders Wagon, 20t Bitumen Tank Wagon, 20t Toad E Brake Van and
10t Cattle Van.

Also new for the route is a diesel brake tender ‘slug’ in BR green livery,
alongside prototypical LNER semaphore and colour light signalling throughout
the route.
## Scenarios

Seven scenarios for the route:
* Barnard Castle to Bishop Auckland
* Bishop Auckland to Darlington
* Bishop Auckland to Wearhead
* Darlington to Durham
* Darlington to Middleton
* Durham to Barnard Castle
* Shildon to Darlington

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
* 200 miles of main lines and branch lines across Weardale and Teesdale, including Durham City, Darlington, Middleton-in-Teesdale and Wearhead
* LNER semaphore and colour light signalling throughout the route
* BR Class 25 in BR Green livery
* BR Class 101 in BR Green livery
* BR Class 08 in BR Green livery (Quick Drive only)
* BR Class 37 in BR Green livery (Quick Drive only)
* Diesel brake tender ‘slug’ in BR Green livery
* BR Mk1 ‘blood and custard’ passenger coaches
* Freight wagons, including 21t Mineral Hopper, 16t Mineral Wagon, Five Plank Mineral Wagon, Six-Wheel Milk Tanker, Presflo Bulk Powders Wagon, 20t Bitumen Tank Wagon, 20t Toad E Brake Van and 10t Cattle Van.
* Scenarios for the route
* Quick Drive compatible
* Download size: 1,503mb

Train Simulator: Weardale & Teesdale Network Route Add-On