OR - Isle Of Wight

[Martels]

Hello everyone.

Recently I got recommended a YT video that talks about congestion and traffic in Newport, Isle of Wight, and subsequently goes onto saying that the island had actually had a pretty extensive rail network.

This sparked some curiosity in me and I started doing some research.

This all ended in me using various methods for tracing a more-or-less-kinda path for the old railways, and make a OpenRails map for it, since I cannot find any evidence if it ever got released.

And even if it actually got released and I'm just incapable of finding it, oh well, now we have a new version lol.

As of right now, I just made the small 7km-ish section between Cowes and Newport.

I'm also building in tsmodeler the old railway buildings based on the photos I found online in my research.

Hope that everything is going to turn out very nice!

I'm also taking inspiration for the landscaping and details and textures from the Settle-Carlisle line because the route that I'm buildng will be set in that time period, more or less.

It will not be 100% accurate, but I'll post some updates once in a while.

-martels

[slipperman]

Hi Martels,
If you are interested, the original MSTS version of a route based on the Isle of Wight is available as file ID 18565 (Island Line) from this site's library. it covers the line between Shanklin and the Ryde Pierhead.
Great that you are creating a new version

Cheers,
Ged

[Martels]

hello.
thanks! i'll try and download it!
for this update photo I'll send the platform object of cowes main station, that from what I found on archives, it had a distinct curved platform with 1 being longer than 2-3.
next I'm trying to put some old buildings in it, either by building them myself or using the settle-carlisle line objects.
the texture of the platform itself is the texture for the japan road of msts but with the outside dark lines converted to a nice yellow.

[Martels]

Good morning/day/afternoon/night, depending where you're reading this from.

I'm completed another section of the Cowes Station.

The first screenshot you can see is from the end of the line, where you can see the ticket office. (this is what i've understood from my researches)
the wood i got from a free textures download, istead the shelter bit of the platforms I asked gemini to make them for me and then I photoshopped them.

The small brick section in the right and the roof on top of the ticket office textures they come istead from the EUROPE1 scenario of the original MSTS, since it has a lot of buildings and textures of that era.

Next step will be finishing the small yard that you can see in the other photo, and put down some buildings on the platform 1 side, as shown from the photos I found on internet.

All the photos of the IOW that I found are from a website called "Southern Railway e-mail Group".

I tryied asking them for permission to use the actual photos for textures, but I think the website is so old that I don't think I'll have an answer soon, but I tryied anyway.

I'll be back as soon as I can with more updates!