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[[File:YoahtlOverlandRailProgress feb18 bgbba.png|thumb|GOR as of February 2018, red=planned]]
'''The Great Overland Railway''' '''(GOR)''' refers to two iterations of a network of surface rails connecting several nations in [[CivClassic]], and the Eastern Continent in [[CivMC]]. Conceived by [[bgbba]], the original purpose of the railway was to connect the original [[Yoahtl]] settlements, but once Yoahtl evacuated to [[New Yoahtl City]] following the [[Yoahtl-Laconia Wars]], it was revived with the intention of connecting all the way to the initial Yoahtlan claims. A revival of the GOR has also been constructed by bgbba on [[CivMC]], with the intent of connecting players to major cities on overground, visible infrastructure.
== CivClassic2.0 ==
The railroad
=== Route ===
The main trunk line of the railway stretched between [[Vinland]] and [[Icenia]], stopping at major cities on the server such as [[New Yoahtl City]], [[Westminster]] in [[The Commonwealth (CivClassic 2.0)|The Commonwealth]], [[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]], [[Bloom]] among others. Branch lines were also built to other notable cities not along the main route such as [[Southshire]], [[Bloom]], [[Hjaltland]], [[Airhaven]], and [[Pacem]], among others. The original goal was to expand the railway across the entire server, however the server closed before pending extensions to [[Gensokyo]] and the eastern continents.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/k9lgk2/gor_progress_update_gor_now_goes_to_icenia_and/</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Main Route Station (Northwest to Southeast)
!Branchline Station
!Line Name!! Line Status
|-
| Icenia
|
|Main Line|| Finished
|-
|
|Airbud
|Bloom Line|| Finished
|-
|
|Anguila
|Bloom Line
|Finished
|-
| Bloom
|
|Main Line|| Finished
|-
| Gabon
|
|Main Line|| Non-Automated
|-
| Kaltsburg
|
|Main Line|| Non-Automated
|-
|
|''Lusitania''
|''Lusitania Line''||''Isolated Line''
|-
|
|''Atlantis''
|''Lusitania Line''
|''Isolated Line''
|-
|
|''TdC''
|''Lusitania Line''
|''Isolated Line''
|-
| MtA
|
|Main Line|| Finished
|-
|
|Albion
|Albion-Taliesen|| Finished
|-
|
|Taliesen
|Albion-Taliesen
| Junctions Functional
|-
|Westminster
|
|Main Line
|Finished
|-
|
|Southshire
|Southshire Branch|| Finished
|-
| Barrow
|
|Main Line|| Finished
|-
| NYC
|
|Main Line|| Finished
|-
|Kobylinski
|
|Main Line
|Finished
|-
|Olympics
|
|Main Line
|Finished
|-
|Hillshire
|
|Main Line
|Finished
|-
|
|''Resimere''
|''Resimere Branch''
|''Not Started''
|-
|
|Airhaven
|Resimere Branch
|Finished
|-
|
|Falstadt
|Pacem Branch
|Finished
|-
|
|Hjaltland
|Pacem Branch
|Finished
|-
|
|Pacem
|Pacem Branch
|Finished
|-
|
|Vinland
|Vinland Branch
|Finished
|-
|
|Okashima
|Vinland Branch
|Finished
|-
|Jungle
|
|Main Line
|Finished
|-
|Kraken
|
|Main Line
|Finished
|-
|Xyphros
|
|Main Line
|Manual
|-
|Goodsprings
|
|Main Line
|Manual
|-
|Danville
|
|Main Line
|Manual
|-
|Axochitlan
|
|Main Line
|Finished
|-
|Laconia
|
|Main Line
|In Progress
|}
=== Scenery ===
[[File:AzureStatueMarch20211.png|thumb|The [[Azura Statue]] as seen from the Great Overland Railway]]
The Overland Railway passes across multiple monuments and builds, such as The [[Azura Statue]], The [[Highgrove]] Palace, and others.
=== History ===
Upon the railway's creation in April 2018, the Overland Railway was setup such that users would temporarily add themselves to a [[NameLayer]] group in order to route themselves to their destination. When reaching their destination they would be routed into the station itself, otherwise being routed through other stations along the route using [[snitch]] switches. The system served as a concentrated precursor to today's Civ plugin [[RailSwitch]], introduced in June 2019, which circumvented the need for [[JukeAlert]] switches. Eventually the railway was converted to a [[RailSwitch]] system entirely.
The railway was not immune to controversy. The railway's projected extension in [[Mount Augusta (CivClassic 2.0)|Mount Augusta]] was widely detested as it would violate property rights in the city, and efforts to block progress in its northern end became a hotly contested topic in the [[Holy Jaded Empire]]. The country's dislike came from supposed "rail imperialism" method of expansion by bgbba was concerning as rails were being put into the land without expressed permission.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/95hlqs/the_holy_jaded_empires_perspective_on_last_weeks/</ref> Eventually, it was agreed upon that the railway would connect up with an overland bridge built by [[SPQR]] to [[Kaltsburg]]. During the [[Infinity War]], a section of the railway in [[The Commonwealth (CivClassic 2.0)|The Commonwealth]] north of [[Westminster]] was converted into a trap by [[Mir]] officials to capture [[NATO]] fighters who had been raiding the city in January 2019.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/alix3l/fighting_across_mount_augusta_and_commonwealth/</ref> The official Yoahtlan and [[SATO]] view of the incident was to maintain neutrality during the conflict, and using it for military purposes was disallowed.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/am5x60/sato_and_the_gor/</ref> As a controversial character, bgbba became entangled in server drama during the war and was banned for a time,<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/bw3wwm/good_evening_civclassics/</ref> but after his ban was reversed in 2020.
After 2020, a number of revitalization projects came into fruition to revamp the system into one with [[RailSwitch]], smoother curves, and expansion to destinations across the server. One such expansion was a line to [[Airhaven]] via Resimere, a southwest Yoahtlan territory.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/jtswib/gor_status_update_resimere_branch_complete/</ref>. [[Icenia (CivClassic 2.0)|Icenia]], [[Mount September]], and [[Gensokyo]] branches were completed or planned in 2021,<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/k9lgk2/gor_progress_update_gor_now_goes_to_icenia_and/</ref> with the completion of the [[Southshire]]-Yoahtl Friendship Bridge in 2021, finishing work on the branch since its creation in 2018.
== CivMC ==
[[File:CivMC GOR route.png|thumb|GOR route map as of October 2023]]
The railway returned on [[CivMC]], with the right of way being cleared and rails being laid down by October 2022, a few months after the server's launch. The GOR currently stretches from Katipan district in [[Lambat (CivMC)|Lambat]] at its northern end, making intermediate stops at [[Yoahtl]]'s capital Altepetl and its territories, and heads towards its southern territories before terminating at Portucale station in [[Lusitania (CivMC)|Lusitania]]. It also has a branch line to [[Nara]]'s exclave, Q'barra. The railway currently uses its own destination routing scheme, separate from the [[OneDest]] system.
As of October 2023, expansion is expected from Lambat southwards to [[Mount Augusta (CivMC)|Mount Augusta]], along with a station being constructed in [[Exilus]].
== References ==
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[[Category:CivClassic 2.0]]
[[Category:In_Progress]]
[[Category:Transportation]]
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