Hello! This is one scenario for JT’s ‘Southwestern Expressways to Reading (SWEX)’ route… 

DESCRIPTION: Major track repairs over the latter half of summer east of Bristol Temple Meads saw XC services running with an amended timetable at weekends, being diverted via Dr Days Junction, Bath and Castle Cary providing the rare return of passenger HSTs down a portion of the Berks & Hants route for the first time since May 2019. On this lovely August afternoon, take 43378 & 43357 from Bath Spa to Exeter St. Davids via Westbury and Castle Cary. Year: 2021

TRACK COVERED: Bath Spa to Exeter St. Davids (via Westbury & Castle Cary)

TRACTION: CrossCountry 43357 & 43378

DURATION: 95 minutes

DIFFICULTY: Medium

WEATHER: Summer, Fair Cloud

 

REQUIREMENTS: 

PAYWARE: 

 

ARMSTRONG POWERHOUSE: 

• Class 66 Enhancement Pack

• Class 150/2 Diesel Multiple Unit Pack

• Class 158/159 (Cummins) Enhancement Pack

• Class 80X Enhancement Pack

• Cloud Enhancement Pack (Optional)

• HST (MTU) Pack

• JNA-c Wagon Pack

• JNA-T Wagon Pack

• MFA/MHA/MTA Wagon Pack

• Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack (Optional)

 

AROBINSON (Kofi): 

• IOA/MWA Wagon Pack

 

JUST TRAINS: 

• Autoballaster PlusPak

• Class 220/221

• Southwestern Expressways to Reading (SWEX)

• Southwestern Mainline

 

STEAM: 

• Class 66 EWS

• Class 66 Freightliner

• Class 159

• Class 800

• South Wales Mainline: Bristol to Swansea

• YLA Mullet Wagon Pack

 

TRAIN SIM ROLLING STOCK: 

• HTA Wagon Pack

 

FREEWARE:

ALAN THOMSON SIM: 

• Class 70 Colas Rail

• JJA Autoballaster Extra Variants

 

MAJOR WALES: 

• Class 66 EWS

• Class 66 Freightliner

 

SEMAPHORE SIM:

• Class 159 SWR Pack

 

TRAIN SIM COMMUNITY:

• Class 66 GBRf Reskin Pack

 

PLEASE NOTE!!!!

To run this scenario, you MUST first run the included 1V56 PRE-LOAD free roam scenario. Have a fly around between Westbury once spawned in and follow each of the tracks away from the station for a few miles and allow the game to load in the problem ‘tiles’. Then, exit and load 1V56 as normal and it *should* work. 

 

UPDATE LOG: 

 • Nothing yet, V1 (03/09/2025)

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