9P47 07:43 London Euston – Blackpool North (800)
17th May 2022*Fictional*
A glimpse to the future!
Prior to delivery in 2023 of their new Class 807 EMUs that will be used on London to Birmingham/Blackpool/Liverpool services, this is a press event hosted by Avanti West Coast in the early summer of 2022 to demonstrate that the Class 800 can keep up with Pendolino timings while restricted to 110mph, this mainly due to the new trains superior acceleration and braking performance. A 10 car set has been loaned to Avanti by Hitachi for route clearance and driver training purposes, this drive will be one of the first with passengers. Your job will be to get the best out of the Class 800 between London Euston and Birmingham New Street with three stops on the way.
There are 50 AI trains in the scenario, including as many static AI as the sim could cope with on this memory hungry route. The AI trains are based on the spring 2022 midweek timetable
You will need to press TAB to clear Signal NS154 on the approach to Birmingham New Street
To install, simply extract the .zip file using whichever software you have and copy the ‘Content’ folder to your RailWorks folder
Route: DTG WCML South
Traction: 800001 (2 x 5 car units)
Train weight: 448.5 tonnes
Train length: 260m
Distance: 112 miles
Maximum speed: 110mph
Duration: 80 mins
Weather: Clear and sunny
Difficulty: 2 (Normal)
Requirements:
AP
CLASS 321
CLASS 350 EP
CLASS 800-803 EP
TRACK EP
STEAM/DTG
CLASS 57 Freightliner Pack (Static AI)
CLASS 66 (All packs)
EWS CLASS 67
CLASS 92
CLASS 159
CLASS 378
CLASS 800
PORTSMOUTH DIRECT
WCML SOUTH
WCML NORTH
WCML OVER SHAP
WCML TRENT VALLEY
JUST TRAINS
VOYAGER ADVANCED
MAJOR WALES
CLASS 390 REVAMP PACK
ATS
Class 350 (AP) London Northwestern Railway (Base Grey) – LEANDER
Serco Caledonian Sleeper MK3 Car and MK3A Lounge & Seated Cars by Alistair Cowell (MARK 5 VERSIONS)
Class 220/221 (JT) – Updated Consists
WCML South V5.3 (ATS) or Virtual District Line (For Bakerloo Line Stock)
London Overground Class 378 Aventra Livery
Class 220/221 (JT) – Updated Consists
Transport for Wales Class 158
Class 92 Caledonian Sleeper
Ex-Virgin Trains Class 221
Freightliner Class 66 Pack – v2.1 – by BODGE IT TMD
DP SIMULTION
Class 66623 Bardon/Freightliner RF72
VULCAN PRODUCTIONS
GBRf Class 92
SUPERALBS
DRS Class 57 reskins (Static AI)
Great run. I think that prior to Milton Keynes, the speeds above 110 are not EPS and therefore we should be allowed to run at those speeds, which by the way would make it possible to be on time at Milton Keynes 😉
No spurious AWS at Hemel Hampstead for me, there is a speed board after that AWS ramp so perfectly normal.
Hi
Great Scenario and very nice model of the Class 800. (Very smooth to drive). Their are a couple of minor issues though. A spurious AWS warning on passing the AWS ramp prior to signal WT 2143 located just north of Hemel Hempstead station. I was wondering if this is deliberate what is the reason for the warning. The second is the train does not follow the route set through a slip just prior to Birmingham New Street. I have looked at this one several times and the point is definitely set for another route into the station. Overall great work.
Excellent scenario, Thank you.
hi i know this is not relavant to this senario but how do you make your ts look like that what are your rwe settings