Route: Aberdeen Angus (part 1), JT Scottish ECML (part 2), Network Scot East (part 3), ATS ECML Merge (part 4), ATS Kings Cross – Leeds – York Merge (part 5), South TPE (part 6), JT Midland Mainline (part 7), Birmingham to Bristol (part 8), JT Southwestern Expressways – Reading (part 9), The Railways Of Devon & Cornwall (part 10) and JT Western Mainlines (part 11)

Player train: 221138

Track covered: Aberdeen to Moorthorpe, Swinton (Yorks) to Derby and Birmingham to Penzance

Duration: 745 minutes

Date: Summer 2024

Difficulty: Extremely Hard

 

Brief: The sun rises over the Grampians on the summer solstice and you’re charged with driving Britain’s longest train journey in it’s entirety. Departing Europe’s oil capital, you’ll roll through Aberdeenshire and Angus, trundle along the Fife coast, fly down the East Coast Mainline to York, traverse the busy Yorkshire commuter networks, Climb up the Derbyshire peaks, weave your way through the West Midlands, cross Gloucestershire, power past Somerset and navigate the winding railways of Devon and Cornwall to reach Penzance.

You’ll be calling at Stonehaven, Montrose, Arbroath, Dundee, Leuchars, Cupar, Ladybank, Markinch, Kirkcaldy, Inverkeithing, Haymarket, Edinburgh, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Alnmouth, Newcastle, Durham, Darlington, York, Leeds, Wakefield Westgate, Sheffield, Derby, Birmingham New Street, Cheltenham Spa, Bristol Parkway, Bristol Temple Meads, Taunton, Tiverton Parkway, Exeter St Davids, Newton Abbot, Totnes, Plymouth, Liskeard, Bodmin Parkway, St Austell, Truro, Redruth and St Erth.

Multiple disruptions have been reported across South West England so do not expect your journey to be an easy one. The longest train journey on the longest day of the year. What could possibly go wrong?

 

This run covers 724 miles (1,207 kilometres), 221 AI trains and over 12 hours of driving.

The only parts missing is the 10 mile section between Moorthorpe and Swinton (not represented in TS) and 40 miles between Derby and Birmingham (did not know this existed in Train Sim Classic at the time of making).

 

Notes

• Parts 4 and 10 are particularly resource intensive. Please run the included Free Roams and follow the instructions before attempting to play them.
• There is limited scenery in part 1 between Aberdeen and Montrose. I one day hope to live in a world where Aberdeen Angus is completed but sadly, we currently do not.

 

Requirements:

AP Class 220/221

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

AP Sky Accurate Time Of Day Plugin (recommended to experience intended sky and driving conditions)

AP HST MTU Pack

AP Class 168/170/171

Class 170 NORTHERN Reskin

Class 170 EMR Reskin

Class 170 WMR Reskin

Class 170 XC Revised Livery

AP Class 158/159

AP Class 158 NORTHERN Reskin

AP Class 800-803

Class 805/807 Reskin

Glasgow – Dunblane & Alloa

ATS Class 385 Improvement Patch

AP Class 320/321/322

Class 322 Northern Metro Reskin

ScotRail Stock Pack V3.4

AP Class 390

MJW Class 390 Revamp Pack

AP Class 156

Class 156 NORTHERN Reskin

GST Ballast Tamper Pack

AP Signal EP

DTG Class 180

ATS Class 185

AP Class 66 2.0

AP JNA T Wagon

AP JNA C Wagon

AP BAA Wagons

AP MFA Wagons

JT Class 153

MJW Class 155 ARN

AP Class 150/2

Class 150/2 NORTHERN Reskin

ATS Leeds North West

AP Class 150/1

Class 150/1 NORTHERN Reskin

AP Class 56 

AP Class 222

DTG Cross City

VP Class 323 WMR Reskin

AP Class 350

Class 350 Improvement Patch

AP Class 175 2.0

ATS Class 165/166

Mk3a-b Night Riviera Coach Pack

DTG Class 57

VP Class 57 GWR

 

Replacements:

Class 334s are replaced by Class 322s

Class 195s are replaced by Class 158s

Class 331s are replaced by Class 158s

Class 69s are replaced by Class 56s

Class 196s are replaced by Class 170s

Class 197s are replaced by Class 175s

 

Installation guide:

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

Download file