Major engineering works are taking place across the West Coast Main Line over the New Year period, including a bridge replacement near Penrith and track upgrades at Hanslope Junction. A heavily reduced timetable has been implemented for the duration of the works, with Anglo-Scottish services curtailed to an hourly shuttle between Rugby and Wigan via the Black Country. Starting-off 2026 bright and early, you form 9S44, working the 08:07 Avanti West Coast service from Birmingham New Street. 

 

Setting: 1st January 2026

Difficulty & Duration: 90 mins | Easy

Traction: 390126

Route: ATS WCML Midlands & Northwest

 

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

 

REQUIREMENTS:

DTG Network SouthEast Class 159 DMU

AP Class 158/159 (Perkins) Enhancement Pack

+ Transport for Wales Class 158

 

DTG Class 170 ‘Turbostar’

AP Class 168/170/171 Enhancement Pack

+ EMR Class 170

+ VP Class 168 & 170 Airdam with XC & 168111 NHS Variants

 

DTG South Wales Coastal: Bristol – Swansea

AP Class 175 Enhancement Pack 2.0

+ MJW Class 175 Revamp Pack

(Class 175 used to represent the Class 197)

 

DTG WCML South: London Euston – Birmingham

AP Class 390 Sound Pack

+ MJW Class 390 Revamp Pack

 

DTG Portsmouth Direct Line: London Waterloo – Portsmouth

AP Class 350 Enhancement Pack

+ Class 350 Cab, Pass View & Destination Patch

+ Class 350 Improvement Patch

(Class 350 used to represent the Class 730/2, where applicable)

 

DTG Birmingham Cross City Line

AP Class 365 Enhancement Pack

+ VP Class 323 West Midlands Reskin Pack

(Class 323 used to represent the Class 730/0)

 

DTG EWS Class 67

DTG InterCity Class 91

AP Class 67 Enhancement Pack

AP Class 91/Mk4 Enhancement Pack

+ MJW Transport for Wales Class 67/Mk4 Pack

 

DTG ECML: London – Peterborough

AP Class 800-803 Enhancement Pack

+ Avanti West Coast Class 805/807 Reskin Pack  

 

JT Voyager Advanced 2019

+ Class 220/221 (JT) – Updated Consists

+ Class 221 Ex-Avanti (CrossCountry) Reskins

+ Class 220 Pride Livery

+ Meridian/Voyager Advanced 2019 Overhaul

 

The following objects are static/unassigned yard stock, and are not required for the scenario to function correctly:

AP BAA/BZA Wagon Pack

AP FSA/FTA Wagon Pack

AP JNA-T Wagon Pack

 

DTG Class 86

AP Class 86 Enhancement Pack

 

DTG Huddersfield Line: Manchester – Leeds

AP Mk2F DBSO Coach Pack

AP Mk3A-B Coach Pack

+ LSL Scotrail Push-Pull Pack

 

DTG GEML Class 90

+ Class 90 InterCity Swallow (LSL)

 

DTG InterCity BR Class 89 ‘Badger’

+ VP Class 89 Pack – In Service Liveries

 

TSRollingStock HRA Wagon Pack

 

This scenario has also been designed and tested with the AP Sky & Weather Enhancement Pack 2.0, AP Cloud Enhancement Pack and ChiefJack’s AP Sky Accurate Time of Day patch in-mind. Having these installed will provide the most accurate clouds/weather and lighting conditions as of the date/time the scenario is set.

 

NOTES:

• To mitigate dumps before you spawn-in, you must run the included “9S44 Preload” standard scenario first, allowing the game to load up the scenery-dense tiles in the Birmingham/Smethwick area and ensuring stable performance. Any further issues, consider lowering your graphics settings.

• You only need to TAB one signal in this scenario – CE149 at Crewe Platform 6 as you depart. Obey all other signals.

 

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