Connecting the Bustling City of Manchester to The Peak District of Derbyshire is the Buxton Line, running 19 miles through the suburbs of Manchester, briefly running along the Old Remnants of the Peak Forest Route from TSW3. Mileage: 19 MILES Base Route Locos: BR CLASS 150/1 - (NEW) In Northern Livery BR CLASS 66 - (RESUED) In EWS Livery KEY LOCATIONS FOR THIS ROUTE Manchester Piccadilly Station Stockport Station Peak Forest Yard (Freight Only) Buxton Station Layers/AI: Class 390 (Pendolino) From WCML S - Playable Services up to Stockport Class 323 From Glossop Line and Manchester Airport Commuter - Playable Services up to Stockport - Also AI For Glossop Services Class 158 - From Midland Mainline - AI Services Going in and out of Manchester Piccadilly BR Blue Locos - Static Stock in Various Yards Route Hopping Glossop Line - Manchester - Hadfield - Glossop Manchester Airport Commuter - Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Airport and Alderley Edge POSSIBLE LOCO DLCS: BR Class 156 - Doing Mostly the same services as the 150./1 Overall, Whilst it is a short route, it does offer a lot of nice things, such as the freight only terminal at Peak Forest and tons of AI at Manchester
If/when the Class 104 appears this would also be a great route to set back in the BR Classic era. Class 104’s were pretty much the mainstay of the line, many being allocated to Buxton Depot.
Seeing as this would be the third Piccadilly and the stretch from Manchester - Stockport already being modelled I see the chance of this being created unlikely but a 150/1 or 156 in game would be great! However it might seem like a diesel Glossop line but it would certainly populate the station and give a different feel to northern services by having a little diesel action in the mix from the class 323 in the other two Northern DLCs.
