1H 53 St Pancras to Manchester (Project Rio)

1H 53 St Pancras to Manchester (Project Rio)

22nd October 2023 2 By Clive Heard

1H53 St Pancras to Manchester 2003 Parts 1 and 2 (Project Rio)
Introduced in 2003 to alleviate disruption on the WCML, ex Virgin Cross Country units were used to provide an hourly service from St Pancras to Manchester. They soon became integrated into the MML stock and mixed livery trains were pretty much the norm. This scenario tries to re-create that time and was one of the reasons that I decided an extension to the DTG St Pancras Bedford route just had to be done.

Drive an ex Virgin Cross Country HST from St Pancras to Manchester.
The scenario is split into 2 parts:

Part 1 St Pancras to Leicester –
steam workshop route: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3041981673

Part 2 Leicester to Manchester
Just Trains MML (Combined version)

I have listed the requirements for each scenario seperately

SCENARIO REQUIREMENTS PART 1
The Steam workshop route and its dependencies.

Armstrong Powerhouse

AP_Class_43_(Valenta)-Mk3_Enhancement_Pack (Driver Train)
AP_Class_37_Locomotive_Pack_Vol_2
AP_Class_319_EMU_Pack_Vol_2
AP_Class_168-170-171_Enhancement_Pack
AP_JGA-K-PHA_Wagon_Pack
AP_TDA-D_Wagon_Pack
AP_Sky_and_Weather_Enhancement_Pack – Original Pack
Related DTG DLC for Armstrong Powerhouse eps.

SCENARIO REQUIREMENTS PART 2
A scenario for Just Trains combined Midland Mainline Route.
The scenario uses : Derby Sheffield
Nottingham Derby Leicester
Erewash Valley
Hope Valley

Armstrong Powerhouse
AP_Class_43_(Valenta)-Mk3_Enhancement_Pack
AP_Class_66_Enhancement_Pack
AP_Class_37_Locomotive_Pack_Vol_2
AP_JGA-K-PHA_Wagon_Pack
AP_Class_150-2_DMU_Pack
AP_Class_156_DMU_Pack
AP_Class_158_(Perkins)_Enhancement_Pack
AP_Class_158-159_(Cummins)_Enhancement_Pack
AP_MGR_Wagon_Pack
AP_TDA-D_Wagon_Pack
AP_TTA_Wagon_Pack_Vol_1
AP_Class_168-170-171_Enhancement_Pack
AP_Sky_and_Weather_Enhancement_Pack – Original Pack
Related DTG DLC for Armstrong Powerhouse eps.

OTHER
DTG BedPan Line (St Pancras to Bedford)

Clive Heard
Route and scenario author