Longcarse West - David Furnage
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Longcarse West is based on a few run down sidings in the Alloa area of Central Scotland in the period 1975/6. This was once a busy area with both the Caledonian and North British Railways building lines to tap into the local coal, glass making, brewery and distillery business. Although traffic remains buoyant the threat of closure is looming ever larger as local firms either turn towards road transport or shut down completely and many sidings in the area have already been abandoned or lifted as a result of this. The nearby dock lines will soon close and within ten years the railways of Alloa will almost all have disappeared although many locals hope for a return of passenger trains at some point in the not to distant future.
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