OVERVIEW: It’s May Bank Holiday and the hottest day of the year so far. With temperatures soaring and sun shining across the South East, it seems everyone has had the same idea today and are heading for the seaside – with Brighton proving especially popular and trains extremely busy as a result. To help ease the pressure a little, this morning you take charge of Gatwick Express service 1W56 led by 387172 in its shiny new GBR decals for the run down to the coast, calling at Gatwick Airport and Haywards Heath along the way. (Date = 25/05/2026).

DIFFICULTY & DURATION: 70 mins | Medium-Hard

TRACTION: 387172+387304+387225

ROUTE: GB’s Sussex Lines Phase 2

TRACK COVERED: London Victoria – Brighton

INSTALLATION:
Extract the download folder, and copy over the ‘Content’ folder into your Railworks directory.

NOTES:

~ This scenario is resource intensive at the start. To mitigate dumps, you must run the included “1W56 PRE-LOAD” standard scenario first, following the instructions provided on-screen. If issues persist, consider lowering your graphics settings.

REQUIREMENTS:

* = optional (scenario will still function without!)

(PAYWARE)

ATS:

~ Class 165/166 DMU

ARMSTRONG POWERHOUSE:

~ Class 158/159 (Cummins) Enhancement Pack

~ Class 375/377 Enhancement Pack

~ Class 377/379/387 Enhancement Pack

~ Class 378 Enhancement Pack

~ Class 444/450 Enhancement Pack

~ Class 465/466 Enhancement Pack Vol. 2

~ Class 700/707/717 Enhancement Pack

STEAM:

~ Class 159

~ Class 700

~ Chatham Main Line (any version)

~ ECML: London – Peterborough

~ North London & GOBLIN Lines

~ Portsmouth Direct Line: Waterloo – Portsmouth

~ Southeastern Class 465

(FREEWARE)

TRAIN SIM COMMUNITY:
~ Class 377 Aurora Refurbishment

~ Class 377/379/387 ‘The GTR Robbery’

~ Class 378 EP Branding Patch

~ Class 387 GBR Reskin

~ Class 387 Revised GX Branding

~ Southeastern No First Class

SEMAPHORE SIMULATION:

~ SWR 159 Reskin Pack

~ SWR 444-450 Reskin Pack

This scenario has also been designed and tested with the AP Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0, Cloud Enhancement Pack and ChiefJack’s AP Sky Accurate Time of Day patch in-mind. Whilst not essential, having all these installed will provide the most accurate weather and lighting conditions as of the date/time the scenario is set.

 

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