CLASS 153 DMU
Features
- Set the destination blinds using advanced ActivScript functionality developed by Just Trains
- Working DRA (Drivers Reminder Appliance) using ActivScript functionality. Use the DRA to prevent the throttle from being applied at a station stop
- Accurate Westcode stepped brake operation using ActivScript functionality
- Highly detailed drivers cab and passenger view
- Animated passenger doors complete with external door interlock light
- Standard cluster and modern LED head and tail lights
- Switchable dial illumination
- Authentic sounds recorded from real Class 153 units
Liveries
- Anglia
- Arriva Trains Wales
- Central Trains
- East Midlands Trains
- First Great Western
- London Midland
- Northern Rail
- Regional Railways
Class 153 Scenarios
Oxford to Paddington route
JT 153 - Unit Shortage (Part 1) - Due to a shortage of class 165/166s, First Great Western has temporarily brought two class 153s from the south-west to London to cover. You must drive this pair from Slough to Paddington and then to Old Oak Common to stable until the evening rush hour. Year: 2010
JT 153 - Unit Shortage (Part 2) - Drive the pair of First Great Western class 153s from Old Oak Common to Paddington where you will then head for Reading at the beginning of the rush hour. Year: 2010
Totham - Passengers, Power & Freight route (Download route available separately, RailWorks 2 only)
JT 153 – Totham Stopper - Drive an East Midlands Trains 153 from Shollet to Merryhill Parkway. Year: 2010.
Note! Rolling stock from the Just Trains Class 20 Collection (Download or Boxed) and Cargowaggon IWB (PlusPak download or from the Class 60 & Freight Wagons add-on) is required for the following scenario:
JT 153 – Portsbridge Circular - Drive a Class 153 DMU on a circular service, starting from Portsbridge Central and returning to Portsbridge Central one hour later. Year: 2007.
Bristol to Exeter route (Download or Boxed route available separately, RailWorks 2 only)
JT 153 – Sub-zero- On a freezing December day, you must take a First Great Western 153 from Bristol Temple Meads to Weston-super-Mare starting at Barton Hill depot. Year: 2010.
JT 153 – South-west Skateboard - Drive a Regional Railways class 153 from Taunton to Bristol Temple Meads. Year: 1995.
Newcastle to York Modern route (Download or Boxed route available separately, RailWorks 2 only)
JT 153 – East Coast Commute - Drive a Northern Rail class 153 from Darlington to Newcastle on a morning commuter run up the East Coast Mainline. Year: 2010
TOTHAM ROUTE
Parts of the route are based around an estuary which houses a large oil terminal near to the Traincare facility. Large parts of the route are electrified, allowing to you use your own overhead electric stock.
From bustling urban Portsbridge, north to the flat estuary area of Bleaton, and due west past the docks and freight depots and through to the beautifully laid out countryside past Plainview Halt and to the end of the line at Merryhill Parkway, Totham is a complete route for you to savour and enjoy.
Around 30 miles of drivable track, including:
- Mainline Merryhill Parkway to Shollet
- Coal Dock Branch
- Axford Branch
- Fulwell Branch
- Halloaks Junction
Stations and Halts
- Merryhill Parkway
- Forde Parkway
- Warmwell
- Plainview Halt
- Hantsbury
- Axford
- Westerton
- Portsbridge Central
- Bleaton
- Fairlee Grove
- Merlin Riverside
- Walming
- Shollet
Route features
- Merryhill Coal fired power Station
- Burntash Coal fired power Station
- Axford Nuclear Power Station
- Totham Freight/Marshaling Yard
- Calverley Mail Depot
- Axford Yard
- Westerton Container depot
- Royton Freightliner depot
- Royton docks and car terminal
- Forely Refinery
- Nortsholt Traincare facility
- Westerton Container Diesel Shed
Seven scenarios
All Stops - Drive a Class 166 from Merryhill Parkway to Bleaton on an all-stations service. (Year: 2007)
Burntash Delivery - Drive 37095 & 37092 on a heavy coal train from Totham Yard to Burntash Power Station where you will unload your train and return to Totham Yard. (Year: 1992)
Double Trouble - Drive 47303 & 47309 on a container train from Westerton Container Terminal to Totham Yard. (Year: 2011)
High Speed Sunset - Drive an Intercity Swallow-liveried HST non-stop from Portsbridge Central to Merryhill Parkway on a crisp winter evening. (Year: 1996)
Well Oiled - Drive 47157 on an oil train from Foreley to Halloaks Junction on an overcast and rainy day. (Year: 2004)
Note! Rolling stock from the Just Trains Class 20 Collection (Download or Boxed) and Cargowaggon IWB (PlusPak download or from the Class 60 & Freight Wagons add-on) is required for the following two scenarios
Leaf Buster - Autumn leaf mulch is causing trains to slip on the rails. Drive DRS 20303 & 20312 on the Railhead Treatment Train, visiting many areas of the route. (Year: 2008)
Radioactive - Drive a nuclear flask train from Axford nuclear power station as far as Shollet with DRS 20303 & 20302. (Year: 2005)