Class 170 – West Midlands Trains (& Ex-London Midland)
8th October 2019The franchise successor to London Midland, consortium ‘West Midlands Trains’ took to splitting the branding into two distinct identities. The Orange/Gold and Purple West Midlands Railway for more local based services, and London Northwestern Railway for services that generally serve London. The 170s received tweaks to the LM livery, the green strips being removed, and the front third a new golden diamond appearance.
What’s included?
An accurately reskinned 170 into the West Midlands Railway ‘transitional’ livery, and Ex-London Midland, with WMR logos.
PreLoads for both guises in 2 and 3 car formations.
Requirements
Class 170 DMU or Edinburgh – Glasgow
AP Class 168/170/171 EP
Credit
Thank you to James Ivell for the door decals depicting the bicycle and wheelchair/buggy area.
Changelog
Fixed an issue with the Door Decal.
Hey, Has this been discontinued? The download won’t work?
Can someone tell me how the destination board works for this reskin?
There are two other issues I am having. 1. The West midland railway skin is not working and the train has no body – just wheels. 2. The regulator lever only goes up to the neutral point – it works for all of the breaks but it will not go past the middle point.
Hello. This repaint is not working for me, not sure if I have installed it correctly. Every time I go to load it, it just comes up with an error. Can anyone help me?
Do you have the necessary requirements? Did you run the batch file? If you’ve done both of these I suggest reinstalling the AP 170EP followed by this reskin. If that doesn’t work, get back to me.
Thanks.
Hi, I have just realised how stupid I have been – I did not install the AP Class 168/170/171 EP. I will get it and reinstall everything. Do you mind just running me through the instalment steps to ensure I do not do it wrong?
Hiya. So to install the AP 168/170/171EP you’ll need to run through the exe files. First the main pack, then extra stock, then the realisitic branding patch. Once you’ve done that I’d recommend testing one of the skins already included with the EP to ensure you’ve got it installed correctly. If you have, then install the skin, dragging and dropping the file, then running the batch file. If you’re stuck with either, try consulting https://youtu.be/bwKysmuGIjc and https://youtu.be/VOJYNckWD_0
Thanks, could you also help with this: I have not been able to move the class 170 – The brakes seem to be working but no sign of the train moving and no engine sounds.
Really nice reskins. Really nicely detailed. But I encountered a small issue where the purple planel on the right hand doors (Right from the drivers view) stays still when the doors are open.
Thanks! Not something I was aware of. I’ll look into it.
This has now been patched. Apologies for the inconvenience!