Introduction My most favourite region in England is the Northeast region of England. The Route The route travels for 63 miles between Darlington Railway Station and Newcastle Central Station on the East Coast Main Line. This is not an extension of the East Coast Main Line for Train Sim World 4. The Rolling Stock: Intercity 225 The Intercity 125 first appears in the Great Western Express route and then in the Midland Main Line route. But this one has the Cross-country livery. "Class 43/3 HST (MTU) 2,250 hp Bo-Bo No.43 303 (ex-43 103) of Cross Country departs Bristol Temple Meads on a Leeds-Plymouth service 8/09" by Hugh Llewelyn is under licensed by CC BY-SA 2.0. Class 221 The British Rail 221 or the Bombardier Super Voyager is a 125 mph DMU and it is the titling version of the British Rail class 220 aka the Bombardier Voyager. The Bombardier Voyager was built by Bombardier Transportation at their plant at Burges in Belgium. Sadly, Cross Country the operator of the Super Voyager for the East Coast Main Line disable the train tilting function to improve reliability and reduce maintenance costs. "221-127 Cross Country arrives at Leamington Spa with a Manchester Piccadilly - Bournemouth service ( 1010) 18-06-2015" by Rob Hodgkins is under licensed by CC BY-SA 2.0. Class 801 The British Rail Class 801 aka the LNER Azuma from the East Coast Main Line will also appear in this route. "LNER Azuma No. 800104 stabled at York after a training run" by The joy of all things is under licensed by CC BY-SA 4.0. Class 802 The British Rail Class 802 or TransPennine Express Nova 1 is a bi-mode version of the Class 801. This version of the Class 801 can run on both diesel and electric. But the diesel engine is disabled for this route because most of the route is fully electrified. "802201 'Nova 1' is seen testing at London Kings Cross in full Transpennine Express livery on 20th February 2019." is under licensed by CC BY-SA 4.0. LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado and Mark I Coaches LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado is Britain newest steam locomotive for operation on the modern rail network as well as heritage railway. It is the newest member of the LNER Peppercorn A1 Class. They were designed by Arthur Peppercorn and they were built after World War II for pulling express passenger trains in the Northeastern region of England. This locomotive will have need Mark I coaches. "Tornado on the East Coast Main Line in 2016" by Alan Wilson is under licensed by CC BY-SA 2.0. Operator: CrossCountry (Need license). TransPennie Express (Need license). The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (Need License). LNER Stations: Newcastle Chester-le-Street Durham Darlington "East Coast and CrossCountry trains at opposite platforms" by Russel Wills is under licensed by CC BY-SA 2.0. Infrastructure: River Skerne Viaduct Aycliffe Viaduct Croxdale Viaduct Langley Moor Viaduct Relly Mill Viaduct Durham Viaduct Plawsworth Viaduct Chester Moor Chester Burn Viaduct King Edward VII Bridge High Level Bridge "High Level Bridge in 2014" by Heworthjb by CC BY-SA 3.0. "King Edward VII Bridge, in 2015" by Ardfern by CC BY-SA 3.0. Durham Viaduct by David Robinson is under licensed by CC BY-SA 2.0. Conclusion: In Conclusion, travelling through the Northeast region of England is a very spectacular route in England with so many brick-built viaducts and massive stations.
Great suggestion, this part of the ECML is required in game in the modern era (Darlington is depicted but in TVL's BR era), the rolling stock is the perfect mix of old and new as well One thing though, I'd start the route from York instead of Darlington as then you have another iconic station in York in addition to the two at Darlington and Newcastle
Great suggestion would be a great route for any era with the scenic northern section and the racetrack towards York. As you have guessed I agree with TG about doing the whole way from York to the Toon. It would be lovely with Deltics but even now in the 80xs it is still a nice section of track. Great suggestion!
Would be good to get an ECML route with more operators. Also agree with it starting at York (around 80 miles I think).
York to Newcastle would be much better, the traction should be provided by: TPE 802, LNER 801 and a XC voyager with a XC HST as a potential adddon
You have some passenger services on other routes in TSW which take an hour or there abouts so I don't see a problem in starting the route from York
Excellent idea overall if you want to make it even better extend this down to Doncaster that way when TSW has the technology to merge tour route becomes ECML Peterborough Newcastle
