About Coalburn Trench

This route is to be released by Just Trains whenever I eventually get around to finishing it! It can be found on their In Developments page and past two newsletters. They are also running a competition for a chance to win a free copy of the route, so if you were on the receiving end of July's newsletter, please feel free to enter.


  • Era: 1963-1968 - this means the best of both worlds (steam and diesel) are present
  • Mileage: 200-250 miles of track - have a look at the map below
  • Scenarios: 12+ (at least!) - driving various locos on different tracks and tasks of varying difficulty
  • Extra content: Thanks to SAD, dparry, DazDood and Richard Scott for their contributions so far and Will C for some exclusive reskins
  • Location: Fictional Southern England
  • Terrain: Mixed, city in the south with a few towns along the route separated by rolling hills, valleys and farms with a relentless 1 in 40 climb up into the mountains to the south
  • Main stations: 4 termini and 5 larger stations
  • Custom content: Several items have been submitted to be made and released with the route exclusively
  • Basis: Some parts of the route are modelled loosely on stations near where I live but are not intentionally meant to be copies
  • Due date: TBA
 Map courtesy of David Parry (dparry), correct as of early June but now obsolete slightly. End-to-end distances exceed 65 miles.