STATIONS
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Alfreton
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Langley Mill
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Ilkeston
FEATURES TO LOOK OUT FOR ON THE ROUTE
Landmark buildings and other features of interest have been modelled along the length of the route – these are some of them, listed in the order you’d see them when driving south from the start of the Erewash Valley route:
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Clay Cross Junction
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Doe Hill bridge and site of closed station
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Site of Westhouses & Blackwell station
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Site of Blackwell Junctions
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Alfreton tunnels
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Ironville Junction
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Site of Pye Bridge station
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Codnor Park Junction
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Site of Codnor Park and Ironville station
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Site of Shipley Gate station
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Bennerley Viaduct
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Nottingham Canal
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Ilkeston Football Ground
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Armstrong Mill
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Erewash Canal
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Site of Trowell station
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Trowell Junction
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M1 motorway bridge
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Site of Stanton Gate station
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River Erewash bridge
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Stanton Gate footbridge
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Site of Stapleford and Sandiacre station
SCENARIOS
16 Standard scenarios are included that require additional payware content.
12 Standard scenarios are included that only require default Train Simulator stock and the European Loco and Asset pack to run; these are prefixed with [Default].
Here’s a list of all the add-ons required to operate those scenarios which require additional payware stock.
Just Trains
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Class 153 DMU Advanced
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Class 60 Advanced & Freight Wagons
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Voyager Advanced 2019
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Class 222 Advanced 2019
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JJA Autoballaster PlusPak Advanced
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VGA/VKA Wagon Pluspak
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Class 67 Advanced & Car Carriers
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Class 20 Advanced Collection
Steam
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Freightliner Class 66 v2.0 Loco Add-On
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Network SouthEast Class 159 DMU Add-On
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Settle to Carlisle Route Add-On
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BR Class 170 ‘Turbostar’ DMU Add-On
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BDA 80t Bogie Bolster Wagon Pack
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EWS & Freightliner Class 08s Loco Add-On
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EWS Class 66 v2.0 Loco Add-On
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Freightliner Class 70 Loco Add-On
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YLA Mullet Wagon Pack
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BR Class 150/1 DMU Add-On
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Chatham Main & Medway Valley Lines Route Add-On
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EWS Class 67 Loco Add-On
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YQA Parr Wagon Pack
Armstrong Powerhouse
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Class 168/170/171 Enhancement Pack
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Class 142 Diesel Multiple Unit Pack
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Class 150/1 Enhancement Pack
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Class 156 Diesel Multiple Unit Pack
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Class 158 (Perkins) Enhancement Pack
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Class 158/159 (Cummins) Enhancement Pack
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Class 43 (Valenta)/Mk3 Enhancement Pack
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Class 43 (VP185)/Mk3 Enhancement Pack
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Class 43 (MTU)/Mk3 Enhancement Pack
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Class 66 Enhancement Pack
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Class 37 Locomotive Pack Vol.1
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Class 67 Enhancement Pack
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HHA Wagon Pack
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JHA Wagon Pack
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HKA/JMA Wagon Pack
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JPA Wagon Pack
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JNA-C Wagon Pack
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FSA/FTA Wagon Pack
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HIA Wagon Pack
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Mk2D-F Coach Pack
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Mk1 Coach Pack Vol. 1
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Mk2A-C Coach Pack
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Class 150/2 Diesel Multiple Unit Pack
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MK2A-C Coach Pack
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MK1 Coach Pack Vol.1
Standard scenarios requiring additional payware stock
[EVL] (2007): 15:52 Liverpool to Norwich
Drive 170 633 from Dore & Totley to Nottingham via Sheffield and the Erewash Valley in July 2007.
Difficulty: Hard
Duration: 35 minutes
[EVL] 1B41 09:50 Leeds – London St Pancras International
Take an East Midlands Trains Class 43 HST on a service bound for London St Pancras. You will travel via the Erewash Valley and Nottingham before continuing south to Leicester
Difficulty: Medium
Duration: 90 minutes
[EVL] 1F30 12:02 St Pancras International – Sheffield
Drive a seven-car Class 222 set from Leicester to Sheffield via the Erewash Valley during the 2018 diversions.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 55 minutes
[EVL] 1R58 07:46 Nottingham – Liverpool Lime Street
Take control of a pair of Class 156s on a service bound for Liverpool Lime Street. You will run as far as Sheffield, calling at select stops along the way.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 55 minutes
[EVL] 1V52 07:00 Edinburgh – Exeter St Davids
Drive 43366 and 43357 on a diverted CrossCountry working to Derby via the Erewash Valley. This working is based on the same loco’s that ran the trip on 1 October 2018.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 60 minutes
[EVL] 1Y16 12:17 Nottingham – Leeds
Good afternoon, driver. You are in charge of 1Y19, the 12:17 Northern Service bound for Leeds. You will call at all stations en route. Please set your unit up and allow passengers to board.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 55 minutes
[EVL] 1Y19 13:08 Leeds – Nottingham
Good afternoon, driver. You are to work 1Y19 on an all-station stopper service to Nottingham. Your cab is set up so please depart for the Sheffield platform right away.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 60 minutes
[EVL] 1Y29 18:03 Leeds – Nottingham
Take a two-car Class 150/2 on a stopper service to Nottingham.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 55 minutes
[EVL] 6D25 11:48 Tunstead Sidings (FHH) – Radlett Redland Roadstone
You are in charge of the late-running 6D25 working as far as Syston East Junction. You join your Class 66 with a rake of loaded HIA wagons at Dore South Junction. Note that you may be required to tab the signal S 48 before receiving the ‘right away’. Your maximum permitted speed for this working is no more than 60 MPH and the scenario will automatically end as you travel over the Syston East Junction marker.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 100 minutes
[EVL] 6L45 07:34 Hope (Earles Sidings) FHH – Dagenham Down Yard
Take this train of loaded JPA Cement wagons on a working to Dagenham as far as Syston East Junction.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 105 minutes
[EVL] 6M55 15:56 Peterborough West Yard – Tunstead Sidings (FHH)
Take control of a Freightliner Class 66 with an empty rake of MJA box wagons as far as Totley Curve.
Difficulty: Medium
Duration: 90 minutes
[EVL] 6M57 11:04 Lindsey Oil Refinery – Kingsbury Oil Sidings
Drive a DB Class 66 on an oil train bound for Kingsbury, starting at Tapton Junction and Sheet Stores Junction.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 55 minutes
[EVL] The Retro Lincolnshire Belle
Take control of the Retro Lincolnshire Belle between Tapton Junction and Nottingham on a dull overcast Saturday morning in June 2015. You have a pair of Class 20s at your helm.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 50 minutes
[EVL] [AP67] 1Q50 13:40 Derby RTC – Doncaster West Yard
Take control of a pair of Class 67 locomotives to work 1Q50 between Derby and Nottingham via Ilkeston Junction.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 60 minutes
[EVL] [JT67] 1Q50 13:40 Derby RTC – Doncaster West Yard
Take control of a pair of Class 67 locomotives to work 1Q50 between Derby and Nottingham via Ilkeston Junction.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 60 minutes
[EVL] Driver Training on the Erewash Valley
Welcome to your driver training along the Erewash Valley. You will learn the route from end to end while learning about the area at the same time.
Difficulty: Medium
Duration: 80 minutes
Standard scenarios using default Train Simulator stock
[Default] [EVL]: 15:52 Liverpool to Norwich
Drive a Class 166 from Dore & Totley to Nottingham via Sheffield and the Erewash Valley.
Difficulty: Hard
Duration: 70 minutes
[Default] [EVL] 1B41 09:50 Leeds – London St Pancras International
Take a Class 43 HST on a service bound for London St Pancras. You will travel via the Erewash Valley and Nottingham before continuing south to Leicester.
Difficulty: Medium
Duration: 90 minutes
[Default] [EVL] 1F30 12:02 St Pancras International – Sheffield
Drive an HST set from Leicester to Sheffield via the Erewash Valley.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 55 minutes
[Default] [EVL] 1R58 07:46 Nottingham – Liverpool Lime Street
Take control of a pair of Class 166 DMUs on a service bound for Liverpool Lime Street. You will run as far as Sheffield, calling at select stops along the way.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 55 minutes
[Default] [EVL] 1V52 07:00 Edinburgh – Exeter St Davids
Drive an HST set on a diverted CrossCountry working to Derby via the Erewash Valley.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 60 minutes
[Default] [EVL] 1Y16 12:17 Nottingham – Leeds
Good afternoon, driver. You are in charge of 1Y19, the 12:17 northern service bound for Leeds. You will call at all stations en route. Please set your unit up and allow passengers to board.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 55 minutes
[Default] [EVL] 1Y19 13:08 Leeds – Nottingham
Good afternoon, driver. You are to work 1Y19 on an all-station stopper service to Nottingham. Your cab is set up so please depart for the Sheffield platform right away.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 60 minutes
[Default] [EVL] 1Y29 18:03 Leeds – Nottingham
Take a two-car Class 166 on a stopper service to Nottingham.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 55 minutes
[Default] [EVL] 6D25 11:48 Tunstead Sidings (FHH) – Radlett Redland Roadstone
Drive a freight train between Dore South Junction and Syston East Junction.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 100 minutes
[Default] [EVL] 6L45 07:34 Hope (Earles Sidings) FHH – Dagenham Down Yard
Take this cement train bound for Dagenham as far as Syston East Junction.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 105 minutes
[Default] [EVL] 6M55 15:56 Peterborough West Yard – Tunstead Sidings (FHH)
Take control of a freight train as far as Totley Curve.
Difficulty: Medium
Duration: 90 minutes
[Default] [EVL] 6M57 11:04 Lindsey Oil Refinery – Kingsbury Oil Sidings
Drive a Class 47 on an oil train bound for Kingsbury, starting at Tapton Junction and Sheet Stores Junction.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 55 minutes