West Country

This map covers the entire English counties of Devon and Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly off the tip of Great Britain, and the Channel Islands (Which have been moved to fit but kept roughly to scale). While this area didn't have much heavy industry, it's known for it's China Clay deposits which are shipped across the country. Two railway companies controlled this area, the Great Western Railway and the London and South Western Railway. The GWR conquered the region first, eventually taking control of the line from Exeter to Plymouth via the south, and onwards to Falmouth and Penzance. The LSWR still wanted to access the region, so was left to build a longer route along the north of the moors and down into Plymouth from there. It also built branches across northern Cornwall, but these never made much profit and became known as the "Withered arm" before closing. Many other branches were built across the county, and some survive today. The map also includes the tiny Isles of Scilly, typically reached from Penzance, and the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, typically reached from Plymouth.