Bo'ness Branch

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Author: Don Clarke	Version: 1	Last Update: 2009-11-29
Country: Scotland	Fictional: No	Length: 6 km
Runs on: BVE2, BVE4, openBVE	Trains: J36, Cl20, Cl47	Url: http://www.gotopcs.net/

This route is BVETSS compatible.

Three files are needed to run the route: the scenery & sound file, the traction file and the route/timetable file. All the files are zipped and most self-extract. You only have to detail which DRIVE you have BVE installed on, then after downloading to a temporary directory, run or unzip the files "using folder names" to the appropriate (usually c:) drive.

Route is available for BVE 2.x, BVE 4.x, and openBVE.

Trains on this route

BVE2 and BVE4 routes are indicated. openBVE allows to directly select rolling stock which will be used.

• J36 at Bo'ness (BVE2, BVE4): drive a J36 class 0-6-0 steam engine from Bo'ness to Birkhill along the picturesque SRPS line on the south bank of the Forth. "Maude" taking 4 Mk1 coaches along the seafront then up the 1 in 95 incline all the way to Birkhill. Watch you don't slip!
• SRPS Class 20 at Bo'ness (BVE2): the last train of the day on the SRPS branch is usually diesel hauled. Here you take the train from Bo'ness to Birkhill using the resident Class 20 D8020.
• Bo'ness Rescue! (revised) (BVE2, BVE4, openBVE): the scenario here is that the Bo'ness branchline train has broken down at Birkhill - the class 27 which was in charge has failed while running round at Birkhill. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to drive the 47 from its stabling point behind the train shed at Bo'ness up towards Birkhill. The guard of the stranded train stops the light engine before arriving at Birkhill, then the engine proceeds to couple up to the stranded stock. Don't overshoot!!!!! This variant is as a result of an idea by Alex Farlie. The "buffer-up" sound comes from a recording by Timothy Corbett After you couple up, you drive the train back down the line to Bo'ness to arrive in the normal station platform. This is rumoured to be the first "there and back" route for BVE.

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