1M17 13.50 Fishguard Harbour – Birmingham New Street (1999) – Updated

1M17 13.50 Fishguard Harbour – Birmingham New Street (1999) – Updated

7th June 2023 4 By Matt Carroll

Hi, and thank you for downloading this 60 minute scenario for the South Wales Main Line (de-branded) route by DTG. This is an upgrade of one of the first scenarios that I published on ATS in February 2019, transferred to the de-branded route, with many updates to rolling stock and A.I.

To install, simply copy the enclosed ‘Content’ folder to your Railworks folder. This is a ‘Standard’ scenario and is named “[MJC] 1M17 1350 Fishguard Harbour – Birmingham New Street”

Summary
Drive 158816 on the Low Summer boat train from Fishguard Harbour, between Swansea and Cardiff. Year: 1999.
You begin this run on the approaches to Swansea High Street station, where you will reverse before continuing to Cardiff.
In the High Summer, the daytime boat train is operated by First Great Western with a through HST from / to London Paddington. In the Low Summer and Winter, this Wales & West ‘Alphaline’ service provides the link and, unlike the HST, calls at Swansea.
There are two HSTs due to depart Swansea right behind you, first is the once-daily Virgin Cross Country service to Newcastle, and the other is one of the regular hourly services to Paddington. Because of these connections, your service is booked to run non-stop between Swansea and Cardiff.

Requirements
The following are required to ensure that the scenario functions correctly:

* From STEAM:
– South Wales Coastal (de-branded) route
– Welsh Marches (de-branded) route
– BR Class 60 Trainload
– EWS & Freightliner Class 08s
– TS Marketplace BDA 80t Bogie Bolster

* From Armstrong Powerhouse:
– Signal Enhancement Pack
– Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack v2.0
– Wherry Lines route
– Class 37 loco pack volume 1
– Class 37 loco pack volume 2
– Class 43 / Mark 3 (Valenta) enhancement pack (and associated requirements)
– Class 43 / Mark 3 (VP185) enhancement pack (and associated requirements)
– Class 56 enhancement pack (and associated requirements)
– Class 66 enhancement pack (and associated requirements)
– Class 150/2 pack
– Class 158 (Perkins) enhancement pack (and associated requirements)
– BAA/BZA wagon pack
– JSA wagon pack
– JTA/JUA/PTA wagon pack
– Mark 1 coach pack volume 1
– Mark 2A-2C coach pack
– Mark 2D-2F coach pack
– MGR wagon pack
– TDA-D wagon pack

* From Alan Thomson Sim:
– HST Branded Virgin West Coast & Cross Country pack by James Ivell https://alanthomsonsim.com/downloads/hst-branded-virgin-west-coast-cross-country-pack/

* From Major Wales Design:
– Class 143/144 Revamp Pack (and associated requirements)

* From Just Trains
– Class 60 advanced

Optional Requirements
The following are NOT required to ensure that the scenario functions correctly, however they will add to the immersion.

* From Just Trains
– Class 153 advanced (static)

* From STEAM:
– Settle to Carlisle route (static consists)

I do hope you enjoy this scenario.