(RW) 1S49 Plymouth – Glasgow Central

(RW) 1S49 Plymouth – Glasgow Central

30th June 2026 0 By Ryan11223344

Route: The Railways Of Devon & Cornwall V11 (part 1), JT Southwestern Expressways – Reading (part 2), Birmingham – Bristol Extended (part 3), Birmingham 2010 (part 4), JT Midland Mainline (part 5), South TPE (part 6), ATS ECML Kings Cross – Leeds – York Merge (part 7), OTS Harrogate Loop (part 8), ATS ECML Merge (part 9) and ATS WCML North West & Scotland (part 10)

Player train: 221 139

Track covered: Plymouth to Swinton and Moorthorpe to Glasgow Central

Duration: 570 minutes

Date: Summer 2026

Difficulty: Extremely Hard (5/5)

 

Brief: It’s a late summers morning in Devon as you climb into the cab of 221 139. You’re working one of the longest train journeys in Great Britain, taking 1S49 from The Ocean City to The Dear Green Place; calling at Totnes, Newton Abbot, Exeter St Davids, Tiverton Parkway, Taunton, Bristol Temple Meads, Cheltenham Spa, Worcestershire Parkway, Birmingham New Street, Burton-on-Trent, Derby, Chesterfield, Sheffield, Wakefield Westgate, Leeds, York, Darlington, Durham, Newcastle, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Edinburgh, Haymarket and Motherwell.

The weather is currently clear but rain is forecasted later on in Scotland. There are no other issues to report.

 

Warning!

Part 1 is extremely resource intensive. Please load the attached Free Roam and follow the instructions before playing.

 

Requirements:

 

Armstrong Powerhouse

~ AP Class 66 2.0

~ AP Class 91

+ Class 91 LNER/VTEC Reskin Pack

~ AP Class 150/1 

+ Class 150/1 NORTHERN Reskin

~ AP Class 150/2

+ Class 150/2 NORTHERN Reskin

~ AP Class 156

+ Class 156 NORTHERN Reskin

~ AP Class 158/159

+ Class 158 NORTHERN Reskin

+ Class 158/159 SWR Reskin Pack

~ AP Class 168/170/171

+ Class 170 EMR Reskin

+ Class 170 NORTHERN Reskin

+ Class 170 WMR Reskin

+ Class 170 XC Revised

~ AP Class 175 2.0

~ AP Class 220/221 (essential)

~ AP Class 222

~ AP Class 318

~ AP Class 320/321/322

+ Class 322 Northern Metro Reskin

+ ScotRail Extra Stock Pack V3.4

~ AP Class 350

+ Class 350 Improvement Patch

~ AP Class 390 

+ MJW Class 390 Revmap Pack

~ AP Class 800-803

+ Class 805/807 Reskins

~ AP BAA Wagons

~ AP FSA Wagons

~ AP JNA-C Wagons

~ AP JNA-T Wagons

~ AP JPA Wagons

~ AP Signal EP (essential)

~ AP Sky & Weather 2.0 (recommended to experience intended weather patterns)

+ AP Sky Accurate Time Of Day (recommended to experience intended sky and weather patterns)

~ AP Wherry Lines

 

Alan Thomson Sim

~ ATS Class 165/166

~ ATS Class 185

~ ATS Airedale & Wharfedale Lines

 

DTG

~ DTG Class 380

+ Class 380 Abellio Reskin

~ DTG Cross City

+ VP Class 323 WMR Reskin

~ DTG Glasgow – Dunblane & Alloa

+ ATS Class 385 Improvement Patch

 

Just Trains

~ JT Class 153

+ MJW Class 155 Northern LED Reskin

 

Train Sim Rolling Stock

~ TSRS HTA Wagons

 

Replacements

  • Class 195s are replaced by Class 158s
  • Class 196s are replaced by Class 170s
  • Class 331/0s are replaced by 3 car Class 322s
  • Class 334s are replaced by Class 320s
  • Class 397s are replaced by Class 802s
  • Class 730/1s are replaced by Class 323s
  • Class 810s are replaced by Class 222s

 

Notes:

  • The AP Sky plugin is not compatible with part 4

 

Installation guide:

Copy the ‘Content’ folder into your ‘Railworks’ folder.