A steam-era goods trip from Ryde (Isle of Wight, England) to Bembridge, brough to life by Railworks 2. The route is the Island Line, available from uktrainsim.com. I did NOT create the route.
We join the short train at a busy Ryde St. Johns; overtaking a passenger train destined for Shanklin and Ventnor, we head south. We pass the junction with the Newport line (the present day IOW steam railway) and reach Brading. After some shunting to move the tank engine to the head of the train, we proceed along the branch to Bembridge Harbour. We then leave the wagons at the harbour and after a final reverse across the level crossing, proceed to Bembridge station yard,
Today, Ryde St Johns is still open on the rationalised electrified line, as is Brading although not as a junction station. The branch to Bembridge closed in 1953.
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