LMS Circuit Preview #1

We have uploaded a trailer and preview video for our upcoming LMS Circuit project, a re-imagining of the popular Steam Workshop route 'An LMS Route'. The trailer shows the variety of operations possible on this route!

After the trailer, we take a slow goods train from Broadbottom to Woodhead Yard, via the eastern loop and a stop for trainspotting in a refuge siding at Crowden. The route uses names from Woodhead.

We look forward to sharing more. For now, here's the route page.

Great Western Levels (1902) v1.2

 An update has been released which fixes the following issues with Great Western Levels (1902):

• Fixed issue with Metro Tank Metro scenario
• Fixed issue where some ground textures from Riviera Line modern were used
• Fixed duplicate wagon number in Dropping Off The Goods scenario
• Fixed some issues with enamel sign placement at Bridgwater
• Fixed spelling issue with Ashcott North station markers
• Fixed passengers spawning on Bridgwater platforms
• Fixed bake issue on some signal boxes

Download and reinstall from the route page.

Weathered GWR Hall Class

We have released a weathering pack for the PLD GWR Hall & Modified Hall Classes. For example, shown below is Modified Hall No. 7905 Fowey Hall in grubby BR Lined Black livery:

Alternatively, here is an example of Hall No. 4982 'Acton Hall' in weathered GWR Shirtbutton livery.

The pack, along with many others made by our expert reskinner Anthony, can be downloaded here.

KWVR Anniversary Day 1 Scenario Pack

This scenario pack covers the KWVR 50th Anniversary. Day 1 would see Ivatt 41241 officially launched into service after an appeal to return her to steam in time for the gala.

This pack, as well as others from our collaborators Stephen and Sean, is available for download here.

Great Western Levels (1902) Released

Great Western Levels (1902) is set in an alternate timeline where the railways in Somerset were built around a GWR mainline from Salisbury to Williton, rather than the Bristol & Exeter line. The route covers around 42 miles of track, with 27 miles of mainline, an 8 mile branch to Bridgwater, and a 5 mile branch to Highbridge. There are also extensive industrial branches totalling up another few miles. 

The route features the GWR in a transitional period, where the Broad Gauge has been gone for 10 years but it is still a decidedly Victorian railway. Red distant signals, baulk road track, and point signals are indications of the early period in which this route is set. The route is all managed by the GWR, but the LSWR and other companies frequently venture onto it to take advantage of its access to the docks and holiday traffic.

We hope you thoroughly enjoy this route, which is the culmination of countless hours of work from a wide team of people. Thanks especially to MM for financing a large part of the route building.

This route is available to download here.

Great Western Levels (1902) Trailer

We have uploaded a trailer for our upcoming Great Western Levels (1902) route!

This fictitious route is set in rural Somerset at the turn of the last century, from Glastonbury to Williton via the coast, and branches from Highbridge to Bridgwater. This makes it a perfect pre-grouping race track for not only GWR engines, but LSWR and other companies. Watch the trailer below:

You can read more information about the route on its page.

5 Years of West of England

21st July 2025 marks 5 years since West of England mainline was started. 

On 21st July 2020 Joe laid the first scenery at Lower Abbey Farm, just South of Axminster:

Working diligently, Joe continued progress for two days, making a start on Axminster station and laying more track. On the 23rd July he started the first asset for the route – Axminster signal box:

By the 26th July, I (Harry) had started route building, fleshing out Joe's work so far and developing my route building technique, as it was my first time attempting the route editor:

It was more than 14 months of work – during which time several more people joined the team – until Phase 1 of the route released on 9th November 2021. This was followed by the Seaton Branch on 23rd April 2022, then finally Phase 2 on 23rd December 2023. Since then, my work has focused on other projects, but I'd like to celebrate 18,450 downloads over all releases of the route. I'm very proud of what we have achieved and I hope one day to extend it even further.

Golden Age Developments, of course, has grown to be much larger than just the West of England mainline. Flagship projects like Dorset Coast and the upcoming Somerset and Dorset cannot be ignored, but nor can our numerous scenario packs, reskins, and patches. Our output consists of 211 website uploads with over 213,000 downloads from over 30,000 unique IP addresses. 14 team members, 134 donators, well over 1500 discord members, and 1700 facebook followers are proof that the Steam era scene is still very much alive in Train Simulator. We have many more projects in progress and planning, which I will be excited to share in the future.

Welcome to our new blog!

How can you find out the latest GAD news?

There are several ways to stay in the GAD loop.

• Facebook – we post releases and updates
• Discord – as above, with more frequent updates and a community
• YouTube – previews, trailers, and occasional other videos
• Blog – This will be similar to our Facebook posts

We hope that this will be a useful resource!