The Swanage Route - A Preserved Railway In Southern England is a realistic, and highly accurate representation of the former LSWR branch from Wareham to Swanage in the county of Dorset for the Microsoft® Train Simulator program. Today (2004) the southern half of the route, between Swanage and Norden, is the preserved Swanage Railway, while the northern section, as far south as Furzebrook, is part of the National Rail network and serves an LPG terminal. The route has been modelled as it is today, but with the two sections of line joined together to allow through running from Swanage to Wareham. In addition to the branch, The Swanage Route also includes 5 miles of main line towards Poole and Bournemouth.

3D Train Stuff UK (3DTS-UK) would like to acknowledge the assistance provided by the folks at Swanage Railway and Southern Locomotives in producing The Swanage Route. Also, proportion of the proceeds from the sale of The Swanage Route is being donated to The Swanage Railway in recognition of their assistance.

A manual and two high resolution maps
suitable for printing included on the cd.

A manual and two high resolution maps
suitable for printing included on the cd.

Route History - The Swanage branch first opened for passenger services on 20th May 1885 with goods traffic beginning nearly two weeks later. In addition to the usual merchandise such as coal and agricultural products, much of the goods traffic on the branch came from the clay workings north of Corfe Castle, near the present day Norden station and at Furzebrook. Narrow gauge tramways were built to transport the clay from where it was dug to the standard gauge railway and these remained in operation until the second half of the 20th century. Passenger traffic was also important to the railway, with many tourists travelling the line in the summer months to visit the popular coastal resort of Swanage and the famous Corfe Castle.

Route Activities - The Swanage Route also includes 23 realistic activities set in three different eras - 1960s, present day and in the near future.

You can learn more about the history of this fine line and the actvities in our manual which is on the cd.

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