2024 Steam Route Lner Doncaster To York

Back in 2022 we were given Spirit of Steam from Liverpool to Crewe. When the big 4 was a thing the LMS main works was at Crewe and if my theory is correct that every year we get 1 new Steam route and 2 new Steam engines (if we get the Flying Scotsman) and since most people apparently are bored of the LMS they would go to the LNER since it is the 2 biggest after the LMS and if that is correct then they would start with the LNER at Doncaster.


So Doncaster to York is around 40-50 miles. Might be hard for the consoles but still even if they have to make the game bigger fine by most people. In the 1960's the speed limit was about 100 mph I think.


The Trains
LNER Class A4 (Express)

Capable of 126 mph but on regular service 90-100 mph

LNER V2 (Mixed)

Capable of 101 mph but normally 90 mph


Layors
SoS/PF 8F
Maybe the LNER A3
Class 47 br green
Class 45 br green



I may have missed something and I am not sure if the Class 47 if it even work there


Named Expresses
The Flying Scotsman (Edinburgh Waverley-London Kings Cross)

The Yorkshire Pullman (Newcastle-London Kings Cross) (Good way to add Pullmans)

 

Great suggestion mate, love the V2s especially. Yes the 47s did make their way to the ECML but can't think of a date off my head. The Deltics would be great DLC for transition era proposed.

 

Thank you for the information on the class 47 and maybe if we are lucky to have a Class 55 Deltic maybe we could have the prototype aswell

 

That's alright mate. I have just had my father on the phone who worked on the railway at that time and I thought I'd ask him and he said it was autumn 1962 he first came across them on the ECML, so they went there from new.

 

Cheers for that I didn’t realise they worked that early

 

Nor did I, for some reason I thought it were '63 they were introduced.

 

I thought it was 65 or late 60s’ or 70s’

Why do BR diesel classification have to be so difficult like class 43 1975 but class 45 were built in 60

 

Length has nothing to do with whether consoles can handle tsw or not. There are much longer routes in tsw with no issue. It's not a console limitation. It's more of a matter of time/deadlines/type of route, etc that determines length

 

Okay thank you

 

I do believe it is to do with the power produced:
Class 40s produce 2000 BHP
Class 43s produce 2250 BHP
Class 45s produce 2500 BHP
Class 47s produce 2750 BHP

All numbers are off my head so may well be slightly off.

Also if this is wrong please inform me as TOPS isn't my specialist subject!

 

I didn't think of that

 

There was an earlier class 43, known as the Warship class. These had all been withdrawn by the time the HST was introduced, so the number was reused.

 

As Matt said they were done in power for instance every class from 14-20 are type 1s, 21-31 are type 2s, 33-40 are type 3s, 42-53 are type 4s, 55 and above are type 5s.

 

Does this mean my 2 steam locomotives a year is correct