Route information

Ballyfeckin & Waterville

Ballyfeckin and Waterville Railway first version emerged at the beginning of 2011. The places are fictional, but many features will be recognised by those familiar with the west of Ireland, where most of the photo images for the 3D modelling came from. The lamost current release is  BWR2015. This differs from the original release by having true 1600mm Irish gauge trackwork. Signals have been fully integrated to avoid the possibility of disappeared/missing items due to external linking in previous versions.

The network of routes is designed to give the fullest possible range of passenger and freight movements. Short journeys are provided as well as full trips along the whole 104km from Ballyfeckin to Newbridge. The suburban routes from Waterville run from Kinlough to Knockmore and the Ferry Terminal. Rural fans can enjoy the Killavalley Branch from Killavalley to Mill Street, with manual level crossings and semaphore signals.

The Ballyfeckin & Waterville Railway was the first Irish Rail themed route to be made for the OpenBVE simulator project.

Cheltenham

Cheltenham is Celtictrainsim’s GWR scene – a recreation of the part of the Cheltenham to Banbury line, as far as Andoversford, which was closed by 1968. This short route recalls a time when Cheltenham Spa boasted no less that seven railway stations from the early steam railway days.  Only one survives today, on the Bristol to Birmingham line.

Cwm Twypsin

Cwm Twypsin is Celtictrainsim’s Welsh scenario. It’s based on the Newport to Abergavenny railway for the first part and followed by an entirely fictional branch beyond Abergavenny, with a Welsh flavour influenced by the south Wales valleys and the heart of Wales line. This second part of the the ‘Cwm Twypsin” track is purely fictional   –  It runs a distance of about 25km from Y-Fenni – a little under a half-hour trip, and it is intended to replicate aspects of the Welsh landscape. It all came about because graymac decided it was a disgrace that no Welsh-themed routes were available for the OpenBVE project.  By the start of 2013 (and after dropping hints for the previoust year or three that it would be nice to see a Welsh-themed route for the train sim) there was still no reaction from Owain Glydwr’s mob. So, gray decided to give it a go, beginning at Newport, Gwent.