Thameslink Full Run v2 (Class 700)
1st February 2022This is my second Thameslink Scenario, hopefully better than the first (But not perfect). In this scenario you will take a Class 700 from the sidings just outside of Bedford station, where you will reverse into Bedford to form a morning service from Beford all the way to Brighton. The stopping pattern and Ai in this scenario are very, very loosely based on the real time table but are not designed to be or attempted to be perfect replications of the real timetable. On both the MML and BML you will be running semi fast, but the entire run is still over two hours.
This is aimed to be a fun scenario that gives you a chance to take the 700 for a full route run. I like lots of yellow and reds so I have tried to make the scenario as challenging as possible and kept the traffic as heavy as I could for the entire run (Especially in the core). I’m by no means the best scenario maker in the world but I hope you enjoy.
Notes:
((I have now exported the scenario as a .rwp file. For those that are struggling to see the scenario in the route. Open the .rwp via utilities.exe. This is a standard scenario so it wont appear in career.)
– I cannot get the train to stop at London Bridge with an 8 car unit, so I have had to use a 12 car unit for the run. If anyone can get this working with an 8 car I am happy to re-upload and take this disclaimer out 🙂
– EMR HSTs are subbed for HSTs in IC swallow livery
– I have attempted to use as few EPs to make this as accessible as possible
Requirements:
– Dannys South London and Thameslink with all requirements.
– AP Class 377/379/387 Enhancement Pack
– AP Class 43 (MTU)/Mk3 Enhancement Pack
– Class 166 GWR SuperAlbs reskin
– WCML South (DTG) for the 378s
– Class 700 (DTG)
Held at Norwood Jct ,signal T17 showing red .
I couldn’t get past the first shunt signal either, so I just edited the scenario and deleted that one AI.
I noticed you had a bunch of AI starting inside a portal to go to London Bridge. This tends to cause all kinds of bugs so I would avoid doing it, it could even be causing the bug with stopping with the 8 car. Sending AI into portals to end their journey is fine, coming out of portals is the problem.
Awesome scenario! Thanks so much! I went in and swapped the consist out for the AP 700 and it’s made an already great scenario so much better!
How did You swap it, and do you think you could send me the AP Version?
Hi, how do we start this? Is it a quick drive route if so what do I choose? Thanks
It’s a Standard Scenario, not Quick Drive. Go to the Standard tab and then pick the South London and Thameslink route (from Danny’s UK Routes page on the Steam Workshop) and then the scenario should show up.
Hi Ollie, after multiple attempts to get this scenario going, I successfully managed to get it out of the sidings by manually setting both points by the shunt signal. I’ve now made it as far as Forest Hill and hit a red light on the down fast line (L 591). I am now stuck at this red signal and cannot proceed any further. The road looks clear until at least Norwood, so I believe the signal should have changed to at least yellow, but it’s stuck on red for at least 10 minutes. Tabbing it comes back saying Denied. Any ideas? I have had to stop and pause the game a few times, including once where I had to close TS, reopen and then hit Resume. Do you think that’s what’s screwed it up?
I couldn’t get it to start. I get an error saying the player train is blocked. Then I could only exit the scenario or edit it.
Leaving Bedford track points change against you every time as you leave further down the line , if you try changing it manually it doesn’t let you I’ve re-tryed numerous times please fix
Hi Tim, I have tested this numerous times and lots of people are having . It works fine for me and many others. I need to check you are deffinately stopping at the first shunt signal to allow the Ai into the siddings, then moving all the way to the 12 CSB and being clear of the sidings points. It should all work automatically. Perhaps you can add me on Discord and I can look through this with you. I’d be really interested to see what is happening. My Discord is “Armardar”. Sorry to hear you are having issues.
Sorry I’m having trouble finding your discord the only problem I have is leaving Bedford , like when I get just opposite the depot there is point in the track where I get derailed I’m not to sure what to do because I get into Bedford perfectly fine
So when you are in Bedford. You load passengers. Then are you changing ends to head back toward Londond?
Yes , you load passengers and change ends and wait for the signal to clear you start leaving then once the train has gone through the point opposite the train depot train wash you get derailed after you’ve gone through the point
I can´t even get out the sidings at Bedford. the dispatcher routes me towards the buffers. Please take another look at this. Thx.
i am happy when i can drive this scenario
but many errors in logmate
After I got the scenario in to the right folder, I can´t even get out the sidings at Bedford. the dispatcher routes me towards the buffers. Please take another look at this. Thx.
Same for me, I am getting an error saying that the route ahead is blocked and routes me towards the buffer stops instead.
Same for me too.
Hi guys, I deleted the scenario out of my TS. Downloaded from ATS loaded it up and played it. It works fine. I think there are some points to remember when coming out of the sidings. So:
When you leave the sidings it is important to obey the car stop board on the reverse section of the mainline. The train is a 12 car train. You must stop at the 12 CSB. If you stop short of this, the risk is you will not clear the siddings junction and so the points wont be able to change themelves. It does say in the starting instructions, you must stop at the 12 CSB.
Can you try again, leave the sidings at Bedford and make sure you are alligned with the 12 CSB. When you change ends the points will have clearance to bedford.
I’m not able to leave the sidings as I go to leave the points are set against me as there is another train coming in. However once it passes I am still unable to leave.
Are you sure you are not fouling the shunt signal?
Shunt signal is showing the proceed aspect, however the route is set towards the siding with buffer stops.
Hi mate, sorry to hear this. I just had a look. So can I just confirm. When you load into the scenario the instruction is to drive out of the sidings, stop at the 12 CSB and ‘then’ change ends. Just to check, you are not changing ends as soon as the scenario loads in (Or you would be facing the buffers) and you are going all the way to the 12 CSB, which means the back end of the train will clear the sidings points allowing them to switch to face Bedford.
I found the issue I was having, I needed to set the points locally rather than the f9 way. If that makes sense.
Hi mate, I just took another look and I think replicated your issue. So I started the scenario, left the sidings. Stopped at the 8 car marker and the back of the train is still half in the sidings. When you change ends it just sends you back to the buffers. I believe this is likely to the problem you are having. Please confirm you are deffinately stopping at the 12 car stop mark. As when I tried it again, stopped at the 12, and I route into Bedford no problems at all.
I can confirm the issue is that the points are set incorrectly when you first exit the sidings. These need to be set manually outside of the train otherwise you run straight down to the buffers. This is before you connect to the mainline and get ready to change ends. I also get a message saying the route is blocked when the scenario loads. Thanks
Don´t work for me. Can´t find the scenario…
I have now uploaded the file again and included a .rwp file. Try this in utilities?
Good morning Ollie,
The first scenario was great. thak you for making it for us.
I tried installing this route but is not coming up on Dannys South London and Thameslink.
Just want to check to see where do I need to install the folder. I tried draggging the route folder into the routes and stll not there.
Thanks,
Eddie
Hi Eddie. You’re most welcome. Really hope you enjoy this too. So. I just had a look. I’ve downloaded the Scenario myself and the folder structure seems to be ok, I’ve also checked on RW_Tools and the scenario is in the correct route folder etc. The route in the directory should be 00000034-f002-0000-0000-000000002015. Simply copy the scenario into the scenario folder within that route directory. It would be worth ensuring you have the latest version of dannys route (as he updated since the dover DLC came out) and try clearing your cache too within TS. If you are still struggling let me know.
Hello Ollie,
Im pretty new at his game just gotted my PC . Played TSW2 first on xbox. i’m having a great time trying to figure out how to gewt the necessary items needed to play the scenarios. Can yu please let me know how to get the latest Dannys South London and Thameslink. I think i got it from steam but not sure since i’ve downloaded so many routes. I’ve you can provide a link would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
Eddie
Hi mate, here is the link to the steam page. In theory steam should keep the route up to date, but might be worth unsubbing and resubbing to the route in steam. It is really worth clearing your cache in train sim too.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=395528858
I played the entire scenario and It was great. I really enjoyed it thanks. Please can you make it from brighton back to bedford
Great really pleased to hear!
Hi, regarding the 8 car being a problem you didn’t need to worry anyway, as these services are mostly worked by 12 car 700s, 8 cars are used more on the CML
Hi Louis. That is great news. Thank you for letting me know. It puts my mind at ease 🙂 So does that mean SDO for stations like Flitwick for example?