Midland Main Line: Buxton and Peak Forest Extension

STATIONS

• Middlewood
• Disley
• New Mills Newtown
• Furness Vale
• Whaley Bridge
• Chapel-en-le-Frith
• Dove Holes
• Buxton

FEATURES TO LOOK OUT FOR ON THE ROUTE

Driving from Hazel Grove to Buxton:

• Hazel Grove Flyover
• A555 Bridge
• Norbury Hollow Crossing
• Site of Middlewood Low Level Junction
• Middlewood Tunnel
• Disley LNW Tunnel
• Furness Vale Marina
• Furness Vale Signal Box
• Jodrell Arms Whaley Bridge
• Combs Reservoir
• Chapel-en-le-Frith Signal Box
• Eaves Tunnel
• Barmoor Clough Tunnel
• Site of Peak Forest Tramway
• Buxton URS
• Buxton Signal Box
• Buxton (Midland) Station site
• Devonshire Dome
• Palace Hotel
• Buxton Crescent
• Site of Buxton TMD site (closed)

Driving on the Dowlow Branch from Buxton to Dowlow:

• Hogshaw Lane Viaduct
• Dukes Drive Viaduct
• Site of Junction with line to Whaley Bridge
• Hillhead Quarry
• Site of Hindlow Station
• Hindlow Tunnel
• Briggs Sidings
• Dowlow and Hindlow Quarries

Driving from Buxton to Chinley South Junction:

• Site of Buxton East Junction
• Ashwood Dale Tunnel
• Ashwood Dale Works
• Pictor Viaduct
• Pictor Tunnel
• Topley Pike Quarry
• Topley Pike Viaduct
• Site of Buxton Junction
• Site of Peak Forest Junction
• Peak Forest Junction Tunnel
• Tunstead Quarry
• Great Rocks Tunnel
• Great Rocks Junction Signal Box
• Peak Forest Stabling Sidings
• Peak Forest South Signal Box
• Site of Peak Forest Station
• Dove Holes Quarry
• Dove Holes Tunnel
• Site of Chapel-en-le-Frith Central Station
• Chinley South Junction

SCENARIOS

Eight scenarios are included which require additional payware content as well as eight scenarios which only require default Train Simulator stock.

Here’s a list of all the add-ons required to operate those scenarios which require additional payware stock.


Just Trains

• Class 222 Advanced 2019
• Class 60 Advanced
• Voyager Advanced 2019
• 3D ZUG Ealnos GBRF

Armstrong Powerhouse

• Class 142 Diesel Multiple Unit Pack 2.0
• Class 150/2 Diesel Multiple Unit Pack
• Class 156 Diesel Multiple Unit Pack
• Class 319 Electric Multiple Unit Pack Vol. 1
• Class 158/159 (Cummins) Enhancement Pack
• Class 158 (Perkins) Enhancement Pack
• Class 66 Enhancement Pack
• Class 150/1 Enhancement Pack
• Class 168/170/171 Enhancement Pack
• Class 175 Enhancement Pack 2.0
• Class 37 Locomotive Pack Vol. 1
• Class 37 Locomotive Pack Vol. 2
• Class 90 (Freightliner) Pack
• FSA/FTA Wagon Pack
• HIA Wagon Pack
• HKA/JMA Wagon Pack
• MEA/PNA-F Wagon Pack
• JGA-K/PHA Wagon Pack
• JPA Wagon Pack
• JHA Wagon Pack
• Mk1 Coach Pack Vol. 1
• Mk2A-C Coach Pack
• Mk2D-F Coach Pack

Steam

• BR Class 150/1 DMU Add-On
• BR Class 170 ‘Turbostar’ DMU Add-On
• Network SouthEast Class 159 DMU Add-On
• EWS Class 66 v2.0 Loco Add-On
• Welsh Marches: Newport - Shrewsbury Route Add-On
• Settle to Carlisle Route Add-On
• South Wales Coastal: Bristol - Swansea Route Add-On
• WCML South: London Euston - Birmingham Route Add-On
• Freightliner Class 66 v2.0 Loco Add-On

Alan Thomson Sim

• Alan Thomson Simulation and Imbue Studios – Class 185 Multiple Unit Pack

Standard scenarios requiring additional payware add-ons

[BPF] 2B05 0702 Buxton – Manchester Piccadilly
Drive 2B05 from Buxton to Manchester Piccadilly on a hazy morning in June 2018.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 60 minutes

[BPF] 2H08 1609 Blackpool North – Buxton
Drive an early prototype-liveried Class 156 on the Blackpool North to Buxton service in August 2005.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 55 minutes

[BPF] 0814 Dowlow Hindlow – Small Heath Lafarge GBRF
Drive a heavy-loaded limestone train from Dowlow Hindlow as far as Chinley North Junction in May 2021.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 75 minutes

[BPF] The High Peak Hustler
Drive 37427 from Heaton Norris to Buxton whilst working the outward leg of ‘The High Peak Hustler’ on 26 February 2005.
Difficulty: Medium/Hard
Duration: 40 minutes

[BPF] 6M22 1141 Hunslet Tilcon – Tunstead Sidings
Haul a rake of JPA tankers between Heaton Norris Junction and Tunstead on a gloomy August afternoon in 2018.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 50 minutes

[BPF] 6H52 1715 Dowlow – Ashburys S.S.
Drive 66035 from Dowlow to Woodley, working 6H52 loaded with stone on 20 September 2005. You will need to run round the train before proceeding via Peak Forest to Chinley. The maximum permitted speed is 60 MPH.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 120 minutes

[BPF] 1Q41 Derby R.T.C. – Crewe C.S.
Drive 37175 and 37219 on a lengthy test train working, starting out of Derby Rail Technical Centre and running via Ambergate, Chesterfield, Dore Curve, Edale, Peak Forest and Buxton, before returning through Peak Forest to pass New Mills and eventually Hazel Grove H.L., where this scenario will end. Over three hours of Class 37 action awaits.
Difficulty: Hard
Duration: 200 minutes

[BPF] 6M03 1200 Barrow Hill Up Sidings No. 2-3 – Tunstead Sidings
Drive a rake of empty limestone hoppers to Tunstead Sidings. This train began at Barrow Hill Up Sidings. You join the service at Sheffield, having waited for a path to continue. You will make your way across the stunning Hope Valley through to the bustling area of Tunstead over the next hour or so. This scenario is set in March 2019.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 70 minutes


Standard scenarios using default Train Simulator stock

No additional payware add-ons are required for these scenarios to operate correctly.

[Default] [BPF] 2B05 0702 Buxton – Manchester Piccadilly
Drive 2B05 from Buxton to Manchester Piccadilly on a hazy morning in June 2018.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 60 minutes

[Default] [BPF] 2H08 1609 Blackpool North – Buxton
Drive an early prototype-liveried Class 156 on the Blackpool North to Buxton service in August 2005.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 55 minutes

[Default] [BPF] 0814 Dowlow Hindlow – Small Heath Lafarge GBRF
Drive a heavy-loaded limestone train from Dowlow Hindlow as far as Chinley North Junction in May 2021.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 75 minutes

[Default] [BPF] The High Peak Hustler
Drive 37427 from Heaton Norris to Buxton whilst working the outward leg of ‘The High Peak Hustler’ on 26 February 2005.
Difficulty: Medium/Hard
Duration: 40 minutes

[Default] [BPF] 6M22 1141 Hunslet Tilcon – Tunstead Sidings
Haul a rake of JPA tankers between Heaton Norris Junction and Tunstead on a gloomy August afternoon in 2018.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 50 minutes

[Default] [BPF] 6H52 1715 Dowlow – Ashburys S.S.
Drive 66035 from Dowlow to Woodley, working 6H52 loaded with stone on 20 September 2005. You will need to run round the train before proceeding via Peak Forest to Chinley. The maximum permitted speed is 60 MPH.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 120 minutes

[Default] [BPF] 1Q41 Derby R.T.C. – Crewe C.S.
Drive 37175 and 37219 on a lengthy test train working, starting out of Derby Rail Technical Centre and running via Ambergate, Chesterfield, Dore Curve, Edale, Peak Forest and Buxton, before returning through Peak Forest to pass New Mills and eventually Hazel Grove H.L., where this scenario will end. Over three hours of Class 37 action awaits.
Difficulty: Hard
Duration: 200 minutes

[Default] [BPF] 6M03 1200 Barrow Hill Up Sidings No. 2-3 – Tunstead Sidings
Drive a rake of empty limestone hoppers to Tunstead Sidings. This train began at Barrow Hill Up Sidings. You join the service at Sheffield, having waited for a path to continue. You will make your way across the stunning Hope Valley through to the bustling area of Tunstead over the next hour or so. This scenario is set in March 2019.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 70 minutes


Free Roam scenarios

Pick a train and explore the route!

Tunstead Free Roam

Buxton Free Roam