Please Add The Class 800

Discussion in 'Suggestions' started by waflenuke1, Jun 1, 2021.

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  1. waflenuke1

    waflenuke1 New Member

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    upload_2021-6-1_20-58-3.jpeg I would like this train because it is new and modern
     
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  2. B3N

    B3N Active Member

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    They have already said it is unlikely
     
  3. waflenuke1

    waflenuke1 New Member

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    :(
     
  4. brfan#9132

    brfan#9132 Active Member

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    GWE is set in 2016 when the class 43 were still around
     
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  5. driverwoods#1787

    driverwoods#1787 Well-Known Member

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    Good point but June 30th 2016 Class 800 entered service on GWE.

    The way it's going to work is Electric mode to Hayes and Harlington from London Paddington Station but diesel mode Hayes and Harlington all the way to reading. Inbound trips are diesel mode to Hayes and Harlington but Electric mode Hayes and Harlington to London Paddington
     
  6. brfan#9132

    brfan#9132 Active Member

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    But that was when they were being tested
     
  7. fabdiva

    fabdiva Well-Known Member

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    Yeah that was a promo run with the pre-production sets - they entered service in late 2017
     
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  8. trainsimplayer

    trainsimplayer Well-Known Member

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    And GWE is set in 2015...
     
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  9. djhawtin1

    djhawtin1 Well-Known Member

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    tbh, it will never come to GWE, Maybe if a route set in modern times [2017-Present] it will appear
     
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  10. Ravi

    Ravi Well-Known Member

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    At some point, I want to see a fully electrified GWE with the class 800. I would pay good money for that. Plus, it is not a DLC for a DLC, it could be its own DLC like TS classic's Riviera Line and Riviera Line in the 50s.
     
  11. rhyttik

    rhyttik Active Member

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    well we do have the 180 that time
     
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  12. brfan#9132

    brfan#9132 Active Member

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    You can make the GWR IET in livery designer
     
  13. Coastway trainspotter

    Coastway trainspotter Well-Known Member

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    Add more detail
     
  14. Coastway trainspotter

    Coastway trainspotter Well-Known Member

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    It’s actually 2015
     
  15. trainsimgaming1001

    trainsimgaming1001 Well-Known Member

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    I think that if this is added, then it would be like a bristol - exeter type route.

    What we all want is a GWE extension.
     
  16. trainsimplayer

    trainsimplayer Well-Known Member

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    And the reasonable among us* know it won't happen
    *If anyone makes a sus joke I swear-
     
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  17. brfan#9132

    brfan#9132 Active Member

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    We won’t have a route extension because the line is out dated now it has overhead lines
     
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  18. tehangrybird345

    tehangrybird345 Well-Known Member

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    We would need a new route or a modern timetable pack with full electrification but I would love it
     
  19. brfan#9132

    brfan#9132 Active Member

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    I do agree on that it would be lovely if we had another pack like Diesel Legands of the Great Western but modern day
     
  20. djhawtin1

    djhawtin1 Well-Known Member

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    you are sus as hell
     
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  21. trainsimplayer

    trainsimplayer Well-Known Member

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    Damn it.
     
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  22. jolojonasgames

    jolojonasgames Well-Known Member

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    The 800 will probably not come as a loco add-on for GWE (reasons for which have already been mentioned above), however on a new route, set in more recent times (like my Exeter - Plymouth/Paignton suggestion ;)) we might one day see an IET.
     
  23. solicitr

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    AIUI, the problem with the 800 series is that not only is a TOC license required for the livery, but Hitachi have trademarked the train itself so a license would be required from them as well. (DTG had to get a separate license from Deutsche Bahn for the ICE3, which is similarly trademarked)
     
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  24. trainsimplayer

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    I doubt that would be a problem considering the 800 (in the test livery) was in TS Classic.
     
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