Sunderland To Leamside Trainz 2012

[@trevorstafford7257]

I enjoyed that video past Wapping bridge where I used to do my train spotting around 1958-62 , the building still there at the right at Fence Houses, everything good except I Live 150 metres from Leamside station and you missed the Listed road bridge from Leamside to Rainton about 100 metres from the station

[@lewisner]

Sorry I missed your comment , I started building this many years ago and it's only accurate up to Newbottle Lane crossing at Fencehouses.

[@russellbloxsom7082]

I remember the line well from my boyhood days..catching the train from Penshaw or Cox Green to Sunderland it was the highlight of the school summer holidays..a super video!

[@mahapadmananda1833]

Very nice video with such a realistic approach. I like the football / soccer filed by the track. Its a nice tour also. Barking dogs, tractor waiting at a railway crossing, all are very noticeable. Only at one place I noticed a shiny track at near of a buffer, usually that is rusty in real world. Thank You for sharing and free tour.

[@lewisner]

+Basanta Dutta Thanks, you are very observant about the track at the buffers ! I must have missed it 8-(

[@wedders1729]

Excellent job you've done. Brings back a lot of memories. It's uncannily accurate and just how I remember that stretch of line. Thank you.

[@lewisner]

Thanks it is all done from photos and maps as the first time I walked to Penshaw in 1972 the line was already closed 5 years before.

[@lewisner]

Here's a short clip of my new version which will eventually cover the whole Leamside Line plus branches. So far it is part complete Ferryhill - Fencehouses plus Durham Elvet and Durham Gilesgate. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5a9c6porbCWkLc

[@mitsymagicful]

Fascinating video, all of the effects and scenery are good too, pit heaps, dogs barking etc.

[@lewisner]

mitsymagicful Thanks I always seem to remember that in the North East there were random dogs barking which you never actually saw !

[@mitsymagicful]

Oh yeah, they're mainly invisible dogs up here, your video is spot on, nice touch!

[@snapper44]

Amazing vid, I really enjoyed this nostalgic rail tour.

[@scorchx3000]

And here's a fun game called "Let's spot where they built metro stations and how they differ from the original stations. St Peters: Relocated down the line from Monkwearmouth station. Sunderland: Competly rebuild. Park Lane/University: None. Milfield: Relocated to other side of Hylton Road. Palion: Relocated to opposite side of European way due to house developments on old route. South Hylton: Not sure. Rest of em: Bye bye.

[@lewisner]

South Hylton was built on the opposite side of the road due to not wanting a level crossing there and that funding was not available to continue on to Penshaw or Washington. A huge amount of money was wasted in demolishing the bridges and then had to be spent rebuilding them a mere ten years later.

[@scorchx3000]

3:51 If i'm in the right location, this would be roughly where the University station is right now, and that would be the burn that runs between the Durham road loop right? Amazing how things change in 100 years or so. And the Claxheugh cutting was made before the metro line was built? someone told me geologists were pissed off because the metro cut through the rock to get to Hylton.

[@lewisner]

Yes the University station is located at what was Burnfield Junction where the line to Robsons Flour Mill branched off. In the early 70s all that was left was a concrete footbridge over the flour mill sidings, all long gone now. www.sunderland-antiquarians.org/assets/Uploads/OPGM/DRS/DRSG0203.html

[@pauliwoo]

I used to live pretty much where that small reservoir is just past the Old Ford Paper Mill.. this really brought a time, before my time, to life..very nice to see how this line used to be.. do you have a rough year when this would have been? Late 50s?

[@lewisner]

I've set it in about 1962 but included some things that were there before then like the siding at Offerton. I had a mate whose dad worked in the paper mill and I went round it before it caught fire but never saw the reservoir. It's all done from old OS maps ! maps.nls.uk/view/120934734

[@pauliwoo]

@@lewisner I also used to live on Ferndale Terrace in Pallion in the late 70s.. I remember goods trains still arriving at Pallion (which was the terminus) even then! I have to say the attention to detail is freakishly good.. a very good job!!

[@lewisner]

@@pauliwoo Thanks ! If you bought the Trainz simulator I could send it to you as an email attachment.

[@pauliwoo]

@@lewisner thank you! I don't have the simulator but it's definitely worth thinking about.. i've sent this to video to both my dad and my brother! - we're all so fascinated by it!! :0)

[@lewisner]

@@pauliwoo I've started work on it again and here are Claxheugh Cottages with a westbound train. They're not an exact match just the nearest I could get. www.flickr.com/photos/155871599@N08/53804487463/in/dateposted-public/ Based on this photo www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/EAW014477

[@bonnietyler2012]

nice i like it due to buy 2012 next week is it on download station

[@Geordie-Geordie]

Would like to see this now, in its finished state

[@lewisner]

John Glendenning I gave up on it after making this video but I have cranked it up again on my PC and it runs really sweet.

[@commonman131]

When i was a kid that line took you to Durham.