Network ScotEast – Phase 2

Network ScotEast – Phase 2

23rd January 2025 26 By Chris Horsfield

Well well well… it’s finally here! Now in it’s entirety, to give the full walloping of this incredible work. No longer just enough to appease your EMU driving needs, but now your diesels too. DMUs and Loco-Hauled galore.
Part 1 covered all electrified areas of the route, so from Edinburgh to Glasgow (via both Falkirk High and Falkirk Grahamston), and Glasgow to Alloa and Dunblane. Part 2 covers so much more.
This will enable you guys in the wonderful TS Community to enjoy and create a plethora of scenarios to use with the excellent 385 upgrade.
The unelectrified areas (Fife Circle, Longannet branch, and up to Ladybank, and not forgetting the Anniesland branch) that will form Part 2 ARE NOW HERE.
The route has undergone a massive overhaul since the release of Phase 1 a couple of years ago.
There are way too many things to mention here, and I am sure you don’t want to sit here reading a load of blah-de-blah text so I shall summarise as much as possible!
Many stations have been updated to use the station models from the TI Glasgow to Dunblane route, aswell as using other assets from the aforementioned route, such as bridges, and other scenery items.
The signalling has been completely redone, and utilises the AP Signal EP to the maximum.
Vegetation has had a gargantuan overhaul too, heavily utilising the AP Vegetation Pack.
Multiple custom Car Stop Markers are featured, aswell as stopping points at stations, allowing scenario creators to program their AI in scenarios to stop at the correct position in stations, rather than all trains rolling down to the end of the platforms!
Also within the route, probably for the more advanced scenario creators, are marker points which act as announcement triggers, enabling the use of on-train announcements on the route. This is quite an advanced process and is probably better for those who know how scripting works and how to get
announcements in scenarios.
Night lighting has been massively improved on the route aswell, I have probably changed technique about 5 times during the time we have been working on the route, I’m never completely satisfied with how it looks, but as it stands now, I am 99% satisfied with it!



REQUIREMENTS:

I cannot stress enough the importance of ensuring you have ALL requirements listed. Particularly the Signal EP, and the Signal EP patch. Without these you will have problems with signals not behaving as intended.

STEAM:
South Wales: Bristol – Swansea (Unbranded)
ECMLS London to Peterborough
Edinburgh to Glasgow (Original)
Fife Circle
GEML London to Ipswich
Glasgow to Dunblane & Alloa
Leeds to Manchester (Huddersfield Line)
Liverpool to Manchester
Portsmouth Direct Line
Suburban Glasgow Northwest
SWML Southampton to Bournemouth
WCML South
WCML Trent Valley
MARKETPLACE: Construction Pack
MARKETPLACE: Town Pack

OTHER:
Armstrong Powerhouse Common Library (Various DLC)
Armstrong Powerhouse MML BedPan Enhancement Pack
Armstrong Powerhouse Signal Enhancement Pack
Armstrong Powerhouse Vegetation Enhancement Pack
AlanThomsonSim Common Library
AlanThomsonSim OHLE Pack
AlanThomsonSim Kings Cross to Kings Lynn
AlanThomsonSim Chat Moss
AlanThomsonSim South Wales Mainline Modern
AlanThomsonSim Rigid OHLE Pack [WatsonPD]
AlanThomsonSim Glasgow Dunblane Signal EP Patch [JamesIvell]
Just Trains Common Library
Just Trains Scottish East Coast Main Line
4AspectSim Signage Pack (Now available on Train Sim Community)



INSTALLATION:

Copy the Assets and Content folders into your main Railworks directory. If you are asked to overwrite anything then select YES.

Then navigate to your Assets folder and run the ‘NSE Lampposts.bat‘ batch file.

After installation, make sure you have installed the ‘Glasgow Dunblane Signal EP Patch‘ by James Ivell and RUN the batch file.



SCENARIOS:

1A81 0933 GLASGOW QUEEN STREET – ABERDEEN
Traction: 43028 – HA12 – 43183
Track Covered: Glasgow Queen Street to Dunblane
Duration: 45 minutes
Stopping Pattern: Lenzie, Larbert, Stirling, Dunblane.
Created by: Thomas King

1L24 0631 DUNDEE – EDINBURGH
Traction: 170451 + 170427
Track Covered: Ladybank to Edinburgh
Duration: 60 minutes
Stopping Pattern: Ladybank, Markinch, Kirkcaldy, Burntisland, Dalgety Bay, Edinburgh Gateway, Haymarket, Edinburgh.
Created by: Chris Horsfield

1L31 1100 EDINBURGH – DUNDEE
Traction: 158741
Track Covered: Edinburgh to Ladybank
Duration: 55 minutes
Stopping Pattern: Haymarket, Edinburgh Gateway, Inverkeithing, Kirkcaldy, Markinch, Ladybank.
Created by: Chris Horsfield

1L66 0716 PERTH – EDINBURGH
Traction: 170411
Track Covered: Ladybank to Edinburgh
Duration: 75 minutes
Stopping Pattern: Ladybank, Markinch, Kirkcaldy, Kinghorn, Burntisland, Aberdour, Dalgety Bay, Inverkeithing, Edinburgh Gateway, South Gyle, Haymarket, Edinburgh.
Created by: Thomas Poole

1R55 1216 EDINBURGH – GLASGOW QUEEN STREET
Traction: 385105 + 385114
Track Covered: Edinburgh to Glasgow Queen Street
Duration: 55 minutes
Stopping Pattern: Haymarket, Linlithgow, Polmont, Falkirk High, Croy, Glasgow Queen Street.
Created by: Chris Horsfield

1R84 1545 GLASGOW QUEEN STREET – EDINBURGH
Traction: 170404 + 170429
Track Covered: Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh
Duration: 55 minutes
Stopping Pattern: Croy, Falkirk High, Polmont, Linlithgow, Haymarket, Edinburgh.
Created by: Chris Horsfield

1Z47 0810 BO’NESS JN EXCHANGE SIDING – CREWE (Part 1)
Tour Info: Bo’ness Christmas Explorer
Traction: 47712 + Scotrail Push & Pull Rake + 37403
Track Covered: Manuel (SRPS) to Edinburgh
Duration: 70 minutes
Stopping Pattern: Linlithgow, Linlithgow Passenger Loop, Edinburgh.
Created by: Chris Horsfield

1Z47 0810 BO’NESS JN EXCHANGE SIDING – CREWE (Part 2)
Tour Info: Bo’ness Christmas Explorer
Traction: 37403 + Scotrail Push & Pull Rake + 47712
Track Covered: Edinburgh to Glasgow Queen Street via Fife and Longannet
Duration: 210 minutes
Stopping Pattern: Dalmeny Down Loop, Alloa Loop, Stirling Middle Loop,
Eastfield Down Loop, Glasgow Queen Street.
Created by: Up Fast Simulations

1Z62 1130 LEVEN – TAUNTON
Tour Info: Scots Streaker III
Traction: 50049 + 50007 + Loads of coaches!
Track Covered: Thornton North Jn – Edinburgh via Dunfermline
Duration: 90 minutes
Stopping Pattern: Townhill Up Loop (approx 25-30 mins), Edinburgh.
Created by: Chris Horsfield

2G63 1218 EDINBURGH – COWDENBEATH
Traction: 158703
Track Covered: Edinburgh – Cowdenbeath (then ECS return to Cowdenbeath via Glenrothes)
Duration: 75 minutes
Stopping Pattern: Haymarket, Edinburgh Gateway, Dalmeny, North Queensferry, Inverkeithing, Rosyth, Dunfermline City, Dunfermline Queen Margaret, Cowdenbeath.
Created by: Thomas Poole

2W61 1502 GLASGOW QUEEN STREET – ANNIESLAND
Traction: 156439
Track Covered: Glasgow Queen Street to Anniesland
Duration: 20 minutes
Stopping Pattern: Ashfield, Possilpark, Gilshochill, Summerston, Maryhill, Kelvindale, Anniesland.
Created by: Chris Horsfield

5A81 0840 CADDER HST DEPOT – GLASGOW QUEEN STREET
Traction: 43183 – HA12 – 43028
Track Covered: Cadder HST Depot to Glasgow Queen Street
Duration: 30 minutes
Stopping Pattern: Empty Coaching Stock.
Created by: Thomas King



SCENARIO REQUIREMENTS:

ALAN THOMSON SIM:
50007 & 50049 BR Large Logo 2024
RES Pack
Class 220/221 (JT) – Updated Consists
Class 385 Upgrade
Mk2B Generator – Riviera 17105
ScotRail Stock Pack v3.4
ScotRail Class 334 ‘Juniper’ (2022 version)

ARMSTRONG POWERHOUSE:
Mk1 Coach Pack
Mk2 Coach Pack (Both)
Mk2 DBSO Pack
Mk3 Coach Pack
Class 156 DMU Pack
Class 320/321/322 Pack
Class 37 Locomotive Pack
Class 50 Locomotive Pack
Class 66 Enhancement Pack
Class 158 (C) Enhancement Pack
Class 800 Enhancement Pack
HST (MTU) Pack
JNA Wagon Pack

BACKDATED TRAINSIM:
LSL Scotrail Push-Pull Pack

DP SIMULATIONS:
Colas Class 70 reskin

JUST TRAINS:
Class 220/221 Voyager Advanced

SEMAPHORE SIM:
LNER Azuma Reskin Pack
Lumo 803003



CREDITS:

Clowes = Manual typesetting, lamppost reskins, custom posters, and general support.
Alan Thomson = Promotion and support.
Bulent Eroglu = For allowing use of Assets from SWML route.
Jake Fuller = For swapping out the track to ATS track (about 162 years ago!).
Rowan Harris Jones = Assisting with scenarios.



THE NSE TEAM:
Cameron Forbes
Matt Gooderson
Ollie Greenhalgh
Chris Horsfield
Thomas King
Aaron Pidduck
Thomas Poole



Thanks and enjoy!