Great Overland Railway: Difference between revisions

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|The Commonwealth (CivClassic 2.0)|The Commonwealth]], [[Mount Augusta|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>

The railway was not immune to controversy. The railway's projected extension in [[Mount Augusta|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|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.

The railway is expected to make a return in CivMC, with the right of way being cleared and rails being laid down as of October 2022. The currently planned route is to travel to [[Lambat|Lambat (CivMC)|Lambat]] in its eastern end, travelling through [[Yoahtl]]'s capital Altepetl and its territories, and head towards its southern territories before terminating in [[Lusitania|Lusitania (CivMC)|Lusitania]].