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Bristol to Bath via Mangotsfield

This is the first version of the Bristol to Bath line via mangotsfield which covers:

Bristol St Philips sidings
Bristol St Philips station
Lawrence Hill
1950’s Bristol temple meads
Dr Days sidings
Kingsland Road sidings
Bath Road engine sheds
St. Phillips Marsh Engine Shed
St. Phillips Marsh DMU Shed
St. Phillips Marsh Sidings
Barrow Road Engine Shed

You can only do shunting activities at the moment as there is no scenery beyond Lawrence hill and track has been removed to be reworked at Pyle Hill cutting off the Exeter line

History of the line:

The line was created in 1835 (6 years before the GWR) as a horse drawn tramway to bring coal into Bristol from the south Gloucestershire fields. In 1844 it was converted to double track Broad-gauge by Brunel and extended to Gloucester. In 1846 the Midland railway took over the line (although the line was well into GWR territory) and converted it to standard gauge and extended the line from Mangotsfield to Bath in 1869.

The line was not as direct as the GW line and had to deal with a 1in62 gradient lasting for approx. 2 miles the gradient would become easier when locomotives passed through fishponds station with the gradient easing to a 1in78 and reducing to 1in583 at Staple Hill the gradient to bath was a gentle 1in100 gradient. (If you want to test you skills on the gradient you can as the track is in place but there is little to no scenery as you go up or down).

Due to the development of road transport and the post war growth in car ownership the railway ceased to be viable and the Mangotsfield - Bath section closed to passengers & freight on 7th March 1966. The Bristol - Mangotsfield section closed on 3rd January 1970 for passengers and freight continued until 28th May 1971.

Locomotives that commonly used the line were the S&D's 2-8-0's, Fowler 4F's, Johnsons 0-4-4T's. Towards of the end black fives, Ivatt 2-6-2t's & 2-6-4t's, BR 6MT's & 9F's, Ex-LNER B1's and Stanier 8F's could be seen.

2nd May 1965 Ex-LMS 0-6-0 no.44264 hauled one of the last Railtours over the stretch of line and onto the Ex-SDJR to Bournemouth.

**Inorder for this to work you will need to have the files from the link below otherwise the route won't work**

https://jumpshare.com/b/Bh5k5pnilg4MaLtzWrAn

**Files had to be removed to allow me to upload it onto the workshop**

**REQUIRED DLC**

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Any issues, feedback, track & scenery improvements leave a comment or message me and I more than happy to help