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Oberon · 01-17-11, 05:39 PM

British Transport starts out, as it always does, with coal routes, where the money is. A slight mistake is made by spreading out on a 0-6-0 goods loco, a little too early for such running costs, but it gets the coal there faster.
Coppernobs are used for the remainder of routes, and three six-horse carriages are used on a subsidied route for some extra coinage.

^ A 'Coppernob' class locomotive.

^ A Johnson 0-6-0 goods locomotive

Oberon · 01-17-11, 06:03 PM

The Coppernobs were too unreliable, so they will be phased out in favour of the Cramptons.

^ Crampton locomotive

Meanwhilein the middle of nowhere, a lone Patentee trundles backwards and forwards with the name 'Slow Freight' written on its tender, going nowhere and doing nothing but losing money.

Oberon · 01-17-11, 07:13 PM

Passenger services begin on British Transport with Midland Spinners and 'Lady' classes taking the strain.

Midland Spinner

Lady (of the lake) class

Meanwhile, TransArc folds, only to be reborn anew and shoot up the leader board like a rat up a drainpipe, Slow Freight is renamed to Fail Transport but undergoes a reorganisation and manages to start scraping a small profit in some areas. Unscrupulous Enterprises flounders under an ambitious ferry scheme, is renamed Bankrupt Industries and abandoned. Thomas Hogarth!!! flees to Switzerland, gets some money from the Swiss mafia and starts again.

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01-17-11, 06:03 PM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	The Coppernobs were too unreliable, so they will be phased out in favour of the Cramptons. ^ Crampton locomotive Meanwhilein the middle of nowhere, a lone Patentee trundles backwards and forwards with the name 'Slow Freight' written on its tender, going nowhere and doing nothing but losing money. Last edited by Oberon; 01-17-11 at 06:14 PM.

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01-17-11, 05:39 PM	#1
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	British Transport starts out, as it always does, with coal routes, where the money is. A slight mistake is made by spreading out on a 0-6-0 goods loco, a little too early for such running costs, but it gets the coal there faster. Coppernobs are used for the remainder of routes, and three six-horse carriages are used on a subsidied route for some extra coinage. ^ A 'Coppernob' class locomotive. ^ A Johnson 0-6-0 goods locomotive

01-17-11, 07:13 PM	#3
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Passenger services begin on British Transport with Midland Spinners and 'Lady' classes taking the strain. Midland Spinner Lady (of the lake) class Meanwhile, TransArc folds, only to be reborn anew and shoot up the leader board like a rat up a drainpipe, Slow Freight is renamed to Fail Transport but undergoes a reorganisation and manages to start scraping a small profit in some areas. Unscrupulous Enterprises flounders under an ambitious ferry scheme, is renamed Bankrupt Industries and abandoned. Thomas Hogarth!!! flees to Switzerland, gets some money from the Swiss mafia and starts again. 1898: