Mideast UK

New buildings and features from members of the community, including:

55003 "Meld" Passing Stevenage, one of the Non default Stations on the Route (loco by mark Shipman)

• Tim Court
• Ian Jenkins
• Ian Morgan
• Terry thornton
• "The Highworth Team"(Paul Gausden, Mark Ollard (caldrail), saddletank, Robyn Howell)
• Mike Simpson
• John Milligan
• Steve Nicklin
• enocell
• Rob Thorburn (Goingnorth)
• Edmund Kinder

Retford has been modeled as closely as possible within the bounds of MSTS capabilities and has been co- modelled with Ian Jenkins a resident of the town itself.

Mideast has a mixed signal set with both Colour Light signals by Rob Thorburn and Semaphore Signalling by Edmund kinder.

Much of the photographic work has been provided for the route by community members of UKTrainSim.

Lincoln High Street crossing, from photos provided by Nolly, a UKTrainSim Community Member living in lincoln

44004 "Helvellyn" at Rufford, one of the many Collieries on the Route (loco by Paul Mitchell, Stock by Ian Morgan)

Provided for your enjoyment the CD features many Unique locomotives which are prototypical of the area the route Covers models by Kim Durose, Ian Morgan, Ian Jenkins, Paul Mitchell and Jame Hunt with some very special but important Steam Loco’s Provided by

Paul Gausden, Most of these loco’s have Cabviews by Bob Potts and sounds by Gary Cox

Set in the period from 1977-80 The route runs from welwyn garden city in the south, up the ECML to Retford in the north, the middle section is the old Fictional ECML but the new sections at either end have been modelled from maps and BR track diagrams.

To the West we have Worksop and the North Midlands Coal field and to the east the line runs via Gainsborough down to the City of Lincoln and to peterborough Via Spalding.

Many existing sections of the old fictional ecml route have been reworked for better performance.

47163 In Jubilee Livery approaches Sleaford (Model-Ian jenkins, Reskin- Daryn Dunkley)

56 Hauled Merry go round Trains are Prominent in this area (West Burton Power Station)

The Terrain varies considerably from area to area, running from Rural Hertfordshire and the Cities of Welwyn up to Retford in the north and out to the Flat area’s of Rural lincolnshire and the Fenlands, the Coalfields are in Nottingham and Derbyshire with its rolling hills and forests, one Famous one –Sherwood forest is also included on the route, famous for Robin Hood and his Merry men!

New Industry is well represented and provides scope for many activities in addition to the ones included in the route, Coal is the main industry supplying the Power Stations in the north at Cottham and West Burton.

All entry and exit siding and Merry go Round Loops are featured in the power stations.

Coal Mines Featured on the route contain nearly all non default buildings and features, Famous Names in the coal Mining Industry are also featured with plenty of scope for using the 2 industrial tank loco’s provided.

Collieries included are , Thoresby, Welbeck, Clipstone, Rufford, Bevercotes and Manton near Worksop.

Keep an Eye out whilst driving the route for plenty of things happening by the trackside, People on bridges going about their daily business and also the Permanent Way crews out doing maintenance on the line.

Industrial Steam at Clipstone Colliery