Bringing Gerald Home – 1W96 CTR – HHD
13th April 2019Work the final leg of 1W96 17:16 Cardiff Central to Holyhead, from Chester
Requirements
North Wales Coastal Holyhead
Class 67 EWS (Steam) + AP enhancement pack
Either GEML Class 90 (Steam) or AP Class 90 MK III DVT pack
MWD ATW WAG pack
DPS Arriva Trains Wales MK3a + DVT packs
Optional Extras
AP Weather Enhancement
AP 158 Perkins
AP 175
AP 142*
Thomson Oovee 150 (discontinued)*
*static trains only used at one location each
Not played the scenario yet but looking at the screen shot, is the 67 pulling? If so, the 67 pulls up from Cardiff but then propels from Chester to Holyhead. If this is what you have in place ignore these whitterings.
The 67 is indeed pulling – however with the Premier set it’s not set in stone which way around it goes – it tends to swap around every so often. The 2nd set that sticks to the North Wales Coast and stables in Crewe every night does keep to the same formation, and if it ever finds itself the wrong way around it is turned on a triangle at the first opportunity. The Premier set however tends to stay the same way around for weeks on end.
I live on the line and I must have missed the occasions when the 67 pulls.
I’m a guard who works the other end of that services route, and used to sign loco hauled stock (not currently competent though). Trust me, it frequently runs both ways around – I’ve even worked it as such!
That said, the main reason I have the 67 leading is that as far as I can tell, only the HUD DVT has been modded to work with the 67 and not the ADV one, and I find the HUD DVT too basic for my tastes.
I wasn’t disbelieving. I’d like to catch it that way for photography reasons.