Steam Wcml Birmingham To Crewe - Awc 390 Coaches Are The The Wrong Way Around Within Their Formation

Hi everyone,

I've just noticed that the coaches that make up the middle of the 9 and 11-car Class 390 formations are flipped. This only happens when playing on the WCML Birmingham to Crewe route and does not affect the WCML South Route.

It also doesn't affect AI trains, and only happens if you select the service from the timetable mode menu. If you instead spawn on foot at the starting station and catch the train at the starting point, the coaches are arranged correctly.

Also of note: When I spawned directly into this service, 1A23 0955 Manchester Piccadilly to Euston (Evero 2025 timetable), the first-class end of the train was incorrectly pointing towards Manchester. When catching it using the on-foot workaround, the first-class end points towards London as it should do.

The Avanti livery is designed such that as you go down the train, adjacent doors, for example, the rear door on coach A, and the front door on coach B, are the same colour. However, when loading in a 390 timetable service on the Birmingham to Crewe route, the coaches look like this:



It is also evident by looking at the position of the pantographs. Ordinarily, they are at the end of their given coach that is closest to the end of the train, so, for example, the pantograph on coach C should be closest to coach B, but here it is closest to coach D and the centre of the train as shown here:



For reference, images of how the train should be set up for the service are below. These were achieved by spawning on foot and catching the train at its start point.

First class is now pointed in the correct direction, and the coach K rear door and coach J front door now match.


The pantograph on coach H is now situated at the end of the coach closest to the front of the train.


Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't leaving any details out!