1Z21 17:35 St. Pancras International to Manchester Piccadilly (2014)
10th November 2025Hello! This is one scenario for JT’s “Midland Mainline” route…
DESCRIPTION: During August, Saturday engineering work on the West Coast Main Line has allowed for East Midlands Trains to run a token single return journey between Manchester Piccadilly and St Pancras, recreating the Project Rio days! This evening, after clocking on and passing over to Derby, you now begin the first driving portion of your shift as Nottingham based DVRC NM4002, taking 1Z21 right through to Manchester. Year: 2014
TRACK COVERED: Derby to Manchester Piccadilly
TRACTION: EMT 43061 & 43075
DURATION: 95 Minutes
DIFFICULTY: Medium
CONDITIONS: Summer, Overcast to Clear
REQUIREMENTS:
PAYWARE:
ALAN THOMSON SIM:
• Class 185 Desiro
ARMSTRONG POWERHOUSE:
• Class 66 Enhancement Pack V2 (both vols)
• Class 142 Diesel Multiple Unit Pack V2
• Class 156 Diesel Multiple Unit Pack
• Class 158 Perkins Enhancement Pack
• Class 158/159 Cummins Enhancement Pack
• Class 168/170/171 Enhancement Pack
• Class 175 Enhancement Pack V2
• Cloud Enhancement Pack (Optional)
• HST (VP185) Pack
• JHA Wagon Pack
• Signal Enhancement Pack
• Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack (Optional)
STEAM:
• Birmingham CrossCity
• Class 66
• Class 159
• Class 170
• Settle to Carlisle
• South Wales Mainline
• West Coast Mainline South
JUST TRAINS:
• Class 60
• Class 153
• Class 222
• Midland Mainline (+relevant extensions)
TRAIN SIM ROLLING STOCK:
• HTA Wagon Pack
FREEWARE:
ALAN THOMSON SIM:
• Class 323 Northern Rail
BH RESKINS (FACEBOOK):
• Class 60 Reskin Pack
MAJOR WALES:
• Class 390 Revamp Pack
NOTES:
This scenario has been designed and tested with the AP Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack and TrainSimCommunity’s TimeOfDay pack installed. While not essential, it is recommended for the most accurate and realistic weather, sky, and lighting conditions corresponding to the scenario’s time and season. Without it, the visual environment may appear inconsistent or unrealistic for the given date and setting.
This scenario is extremely resource intensive. Therefore, to run this scenario, you MUST first run the included 1Z21 PRE-LOAD standard scenario. Have a fly around Derby 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 1Z21 as normal and it *should* work.
UPDATE LOG:
Nothing yet! (10/11/2024)
…and that’s it for this scenario. My other creations can be found here. Anyway, enjoy! 🙂





Tried driving this one, but my RAM maxes out, and upon looking inside the downloaded files, there’s nothing in them at all. I also appear to be missing the preload, which makes sense given there’s nothing in the scenario folders. I must’ve had the old version of the scenario which is the only reason why it shows up in TS, but again, no preload and it drinks my RAM and crashes TS.
Gorgeous looking run, thanks a lot!