ROUTE FEATURES
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Route class: Modern
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Route length: Circa 100 miles
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Beautifully detailed and immersive scenery from Burnham and Highbridge, through Exeter and down to Plymouth
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Includes 12 Standard scenarios
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Quick Drive enabled
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Custom-built stations
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Many custom-built prominent buildings and objects
CUSTOM BUILDINGS AND POINTS OF INTEREST
Numerous landmark buildings and other features of interest have been modelled along the length of the South Devon Main Line route – these are just a few of them to be seen when running from north to south!
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Home Farm Caravan Park (near Burnham-on-Sea)
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Cogload Junction
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Fairwater Yard - sidings near Taunton station)
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West Somerset Railway Triangle
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Barnstaple Junction (repeatedly floods)
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Exeter College
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Exeter riverside
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Alphin Brook flood measures
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Turf Hotel and Exeter Canal locks
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Starcross Yacht Club
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Waves - watch the waves ebb and flow as you pass by
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Starcross landing
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Cockwood Harbour
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Dawlish Caravan Parks
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Dawlish Warren Amusement Park
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Dawlish holiday accommodation coaches - these eight converted railway carriages, with many original features, are run as holiday accommodation but their future is sadly under threat
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Red Rock, Dawlish
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Dawlish town
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Dawlish rock tunnels
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Teignmouth Docks
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Newton Abbott Racecourse
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South Devon Railway, Totnes station (The South Devon Railway is a 6.5 miles long heritage railway that runs from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon, mostly alongside the River Dart. Only the Totness station is featured in the South Devon Main line route.)
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Plymouth sidings
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Plymouth superstore
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Laira TMD - this Traction Maintenance Depot in Plymouth works on the overhaul and daily servicing of their fleet of Class 43 Trains (HST 125) and local service DMUs
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Mutley Plain car park
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Moor Sculpture, Plymouth
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Station signs
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Warehouses
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Garages
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Numerous custom objects - miscellaneous signs, speed signs, mileposts, plant pots and station furniture such as seats, escalators, phone boxes, luggage trolleys, benches and much more
STATIONS
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Highbridge and Burnham
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Bridgwater
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Taunton
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Tiverton Parkway
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Exeter St Davids
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Exeter St Thomas
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Starcross
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Dawlish Warren
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Dawlish
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Teignmouth
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Newton Abbot
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Totnes
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Ivybridge
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Plymouth
SCENARIOS
Please note that although some of the scenarios use the default locomotives and rolling stock, some require extra items to allow them to run correctly.
Locomotives followed by ‘Steam’ in brackets can be purchased from the
Steam website:
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EWS Class 67 Loco Add-on (Steam)
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BR Class 52 Loco Add-on (Steam)
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Class 143 from the Riviera Line: Exeter-Paignton Route Add-on (Steam)
If you purchased Train Simulator after 20 September 2012, you will require the European Loco & Asset Pack (available to purchase via Steam) to obtain the following locomotives:
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Class 47 (Steam)
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HST (Steam)
Locomotives followed by ‘JT’ in brackets can be purchased from the Just Trains website:
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BR Standard Class 5MT Advanced (JT)
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Class 67 Advanced (JT)
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Class 153 DMU Advanced (JT)
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Voyager Advanced (JT)
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Cargowaggon IWB PlusPak Advanced (not required if you own the Class 60 Advanced & Freight Wagons add-on)
Standard scenarios
(Default) 1A85 1058 Penzance to London Paddington
Required stock: High Speed Train FGW Blue (Steam)
Duration: 150 minutes
Take the 1255 Penzance service from Plymouth to Taunton.
(Default) Early Morning Manoeuvres (Class 47)
Required stock: Class 47 BR Blue (Steam), Class 67 (Steam), Class 143 (Steam), Class 153 DMU Advanced (JT), Voyager Advanced (JT)
Duration: 107 minutes
Take a pair of Class 47s from Plymouth to Exeter riverside on a late-night freight run. You will have a clear run due to the nature of the cargo on board.
(Default) JT Class 153 – 2E89 2125 Plymouth to Exeter
Required stock: Class 153 DMU Advanced (First Great Western) (JT)
Duration: 80 minutes
Take the evening stopping service from Plymouth to Exeter St Davids.
(Default) JT Voyager – 1S39 0520 Plymouth to Glasgow
Required stock: Voyager Advanced (JT), Class 153 DMU Advanced (JT), Riviera Line Class 143 (Steam)
Duration: 110 minutes
Drive the 05:20 service from Plymouth to Taunton. The weather is awful today so be careful.
(Default) Steam Tour to the West (DTG Black 5)
Required stock: Black 5 4-6-0 BR Black (Steam)
Duration: 90 minutes
Take the 5MT on tour from Exeter to Plymouth.
1A85 1058 Penzance to London Paddington
Required stock: High Speed Train FGW Blue (Steam)
Duration: 150 minutes
Take the 1255 Penzance service from Plymouth to Taunton.
A Western over the Western
Required stock: Class 52 Maroon yellow panel
Duration: 120 minutes
Take the Class 52 from Plymouth to Taunton before reversing onto the West Somerset Railway for a special tour.
Early Morning Manoeuvres (DTG 67)
Required stock: Class 67 EWS Maroon (Steam), Class 143 (Steam), Class 153 DMU Advanced (JT), Voyager Advanced (JT)
Duration: 107 minutes
Take the Class 67 from Plymouth to Exeter riverside on a late-night freight run. You will have a clear run due to the nature of the cargo on board.
Early Morning Manoeuvres (JT Class 67)
Required stock: Class 67 Advanced (JT), Voyager Advanced (JT), Class 153 DMU Advanced (JT), Cargowaggon IWB Pluspak (JT), Class 143 (Steam)
Duration: 107 minutes
Take the Class 67 from Plymouth to Exeter riverside on a late-night freight run. You will have a clear run due to the nature of the cargo on board.
JT Class 153 – 2E89 2125 Plymouth to Exeter
Required stock: Class 153 DMU Advanced (First Great Western) (JT), Voyager Advanced (JT), Riviera Line Class 143 (Steam)
Duration: 80 minutes
Take the evening stopping service from Plymouth to Exeter St Davids.
JT Voyager – 1S39 0520 Plymouth to Glasgow
Required stock: Voyager Advanced (JT), Class 153 DMU Advanced (JT), Riviera Line Class 143 (Steam)
Duration: 110 minutes
Drive the 05:20 service from Plymouth to Taunton. The weather is awful today so be careful.
Steam Tour to the West
Required stock: BR Standard Class 5MT 4-6-0 Black (JT)
Duration: 90 minutes
Take the 5MT on tour from Exeter to Plymouth.
Free Roam scenarios
Click on a train and take it for a drive!
Exeter
Locomotive: Class 166 FGW (Steam)
Newton Abbot
Locomotive: High Speed Train FGW Blue (Steam)
Plymouth
Locomotive: BR Standard Class 5MT 4-6-0 Black (JT)
Totnes
Locomotive: Class 47 BR Blue (Steam)