It’s Valentine’s Day, and the sun is shining across the country, in many places for the first time this year…

It’s also the first day of the ‘Ardwick blockade’, an unprecedented nine-day closure of Ardwick Junction which will see platforms 1-12 of Manchester Piccadilly out of action and numerous passenger and freight services diverted, placing enormous strain on the already congested Castlefield corridor.

Starting from Warrington Bank Quay, you’ll be taking 4H43 on the final stretch of its journey from Daventry DRS to Trafford Park Euroterminal, diverted via the Chat Moss. Your traction is 68005 ‘Defiant’ and 68007 ‘Valiant’, top-and-tailed to allow reversing at Manchester Piccadilly. Expect delays as signallers try to thread your train between higher priority passenger services.

REQUIREMENTS

To play this scenario, you will require the following assets AND their associated dependencies:

ROUTE – ATS Chat Moss

ESSENTIAL

AP Class 150/1 Enhancement Pack

AP Class 156 Diesel Multiple Unit Pack

AP Class 158/159 (Cummins) Enhancement Pack

AP Class 158 (Perkins) Enhancement Pack

AP Class 66 Enhancement Pack 2.0 Vol. 1

AP Class 68 Enhancement Pack

AP Class 800-803 Enhancement Pack

AP Container Wagon Enhancement Pack Vol. 1

ATS Class 185 Multiple Unit Pack

Class 323 Northern by Owen Edwards

DTG WCML South

MJW Northern Class 150/0

MJW Transport for Wales Class 158

Manchester Metrolink M5000 LRV by Richard Fletcher

Northern 158s by Clowes

RECOMMENDED

For the most true-to-life experience, I also recommend the following mods:

AP Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0

AP Sky Accurate Time of Day by On Track Simulation