In this scenario you form the next leg of the aviation fuel train 6-Mike-72 from Grain Oil Terminal bound for Carlisle, hauling a set of 10 loaded TEA tank wagons with a payload of around 740 tonnes. Having come all the way from Kent earlier this morning, you take over from your colleague at Crewe and continue down the WCML as far as Preston. This service will eventually arrive at Carlisle before being taken to Prestwick Oil Terminal later on this evening.

Today’s traction is in the form of the beautifully liveried 66796 ‘The Green Progressor’…ironic considering we’re hauling fuel for aeroplanes, one of the least environmentally friendly forms of travel. This is a low priority freight working so you are expected to make several pathing stops along the way to allow other regional and intercity services to overtake at converging junctions and double-track sections.

Setting: 5th September 2024

Total Duration: 115 minutes

Track Covered: Crewe – Preston via WCML

Traction: 66796 ‘The Green Progressor’

Important Things to Know:

• You will likely be waiting a short while at a few signals along the way for about 30 minutes max. If you would rather now wait, then by all means ASYNC keys to reduce the waiting time.

• Due to the absence of Northern’s Class 195/331 Civity units in TSC, I have replaced these with the Class 170 and Class 331 where applicable, and they have been relabelled appropriately.

• When coming to a stop at the red at Signal WN77 (just south of Springs Branch Jn at Wigan), the taskbar states that the user is still ~0.9 miles away from this destination. In reality, stopping at ‘Signal WN77’, as displayed on the HUD mini-map, will carry out this instruction as intended. The statement that one is still ~0.9 miles away seems to be a minor bug and should be ignored.

How to Install:

1. Download and extract the provided .zip file.

2. Navigate to the ‘Content’ folder found within the .zip file. Drag or Copy+Paste this folder into your Railworks directory. The scenario should now be installed!

Enjoy!

Requirements:

(* = non-important/stationary. Objects highlighted in bold are essential for the scenario to function as intended. Most AP DLCs come with their own further requirements. All credit due to the authors of the listed 3rd party objects and freeware.)

Route:

ATS WCML Midlands and Northwest (‘Missing Link’)

Payware, and related freeware:

Driver Consist –

> AP Class 66 EP

• GBRf 66 Pack

> TSRollingStock TEA-K Wagon Pack 01

Other AI and Requirements –

> AP Class 150/1 EP

> AP Class 156 DMU Pack

• Class 156 – NORTHERN

> AP Class 170 EP

• MJW Arriva Rail Northern Class 170

> *AP Class 158 (Perkins) EP

• *TfW Class 158

> AP Class 319 EMU Pack Vol. 1

• Class 319 TrainFX Destinations

> AP Class 350 EP

• Class 350 Cab and Pass View Patch

> AP Class 390 SP

• MJW Class 390 Revamp Pack

> AP Class 800-803 EP

• Avanti West Coast Class 805/807 Reskin Pack

> *AP JPA Wagon Pack

> *AP Sky & Weather EP 2.0

> EWS Class 92 Loco Add-On

• Tesco & Samskip Megafret Wagons

> WCML Trent Valley