Arriva Trains Wales DMU Pack

Arriva Trains Wales DMU Pack

1 BACKGROUND... 3 1.1 Class 158... 3 1.2 Design & Specification... 3 1.3 Class 143... 3 1.4 Design & Specification... 3 2 ROLLING STOCK... 4 2.1 Class 158 Arriva Trains Wales... 4 2.2 Class 143 Arriva Trains Wales... 4 3 DRIVING THE CLASS 158... 5 3.1 Cab Controls... 5 4 DRIVING THE CLASS 143... 6 4.1 Cab Controls... 6 4.2 Locomotive Keyboard Controls... 7 4.3 General Keyboard Controls... 7 5 SCENARIOS... 8 5.1 [ATW] 01. 2G50 Cardiff to Cheltenham Spa... 8 5.2 [ATW] 02. 2B02 Cardiff Queen Street to Cardiff Bay... 8 5.3 [ATW] 03. 2L65 Cheltenham Spa to Maesteg... 8 5.4 [ATW] 04. 9B01 Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff... 8 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... 9 Page 2

1 Background 1.1 Class 158 Classified Class 158, the trains began to appear in 1989. Called Sprinter Express, the name was based on British Rails wish to advertise the new acceleration ability the units had over older aging heritage DMU fleets. Their introduction saw a massive fall in journey times in the areas operated, with timetables quickly being updated to take advantage of these new trains. The Class 158 soon became common place across the UK, operating short distance domestic services as well as long distance cross country trains. With carpeting throughout, full air conditioning, and provision for a trolley service during travel, passenger comfort and relaxation was vastly improved and warmly welcomed by customers. Today a large number of different interiors have been adopted as private operators each seek to tailor their trains to customer needs. Various qualities of first class accommodation also exist. All seating in standard class compartments is in 2+2 formation, with first class sporting 2+1. 1.2 Design & Specification Builder BREL Locomotive Weight 38.5t Vehicle Length 23.21m (76ft 3in) Vehicle Power 400hp (300kW) Top Speed 90mph (145km/h) Brake Types Air EP 1.3 Class 143 The British Rail Class 143 is a diesel multiple unit, part of the Pacer family of trains introduced between 1985 and 1986. Originally they worked in the North-East of England, but were later transferred to Wales and South-West England Porterbrook proposed an extensive refurbishment of the Class 143 locomotives in order to meet The Rail Accessibility Regulations of 2008, which require that all public passenger trains must be accessibly by January 2020. In order to meet these requirements both the Class 143 and 144 locomotives would have to significantly reduce the number of seats available. The units are currently used on short distance services around Cardiff and Exeter. Previously they were common on services in the Bristol area. 1.4 Design & Specification Operator Total Built Locomotive Weight Vehicle Power Top Speed Build Date Arriva Trains Wales 25 Sets 24t 225hp (165kW) 75mph (121km/h) 1985 - Present Page 3

2 Rolling Stock 2.1 Class 158 Arriva Trains Wales 2.2 Class 143 Arriva Trains Wales Page 4

3 Driving the Class 158 3.1 Cab Controls 1 Train Brake 8 Engine Start Button 2 Exterior Lights 9 Sander 3 DRA 10 Throttle 4 Wipers Switch 11 Cab Light Switch 5 Horn 12 Instrument Lights 6 AWS Reset 13 Reverser 7 Engine Stop Button Page 5

4 Driving the Class 143 4.1 Cab Controls 1 Wipers Switch 7 Horn 2 Cab Light Switch 8 Throttle 3 Train Brake 9 Sander 4 DRA 10 Headlights 5 Start Up / Shut Down 11 Reverser 6 AWS Reset Page 6

4.2 Locomotive Keyboard Controls Key Equivalent A / D W / S Action 4.3 General Keyboard Controls Key Equivalent T H Z Q X L I Space B Train Simulator Arriva Trains Wales DMU Pack Increase or Decrease Brake and Throttle Control. Move Reverser control Forward or Backward. Action Load/Unload passengers or freight. Headlights. Repeatedly pressing will cycle through headlight states where appropriate. (Expert) Engine Stop/Start. By default engines will already be running at the start of a scenario. Press this button to stop and then again to restart the engine. (Expert) Alerter. The Alerter is a system used on some trains to ensure that the driver has seen a signal. If the Alerter sounds (a black/yellow striped symbol is shown on the Driver's display), this must be acknowledged by pressing the Alerter button or the emergency brakes will be applied. (Expert) Sander. Causes sand to be laid on the rails next to the wheels to assist with adhesion. Press and hold to activate sander, let go to stop. Cab Light. Toggle the Cab light on and off. Instrument Light. Toggle the Instrument Light on and off. Horn. Sound the horn s low tone. Horn. Sound the horn s high tone. / Handbrake. Toggle the train Handbrake on and off. Ctrl + Shift + C Couple manually. Page 7

5 Scenarios **For driving tutorials, please visit the Academy from the main TS2016 menu screen** 5.1 [ATW] 01. 2G50 Cardiff to Cheltenham Spa A Class 158 Sprinter service from Cardiff Central to Cheltenham Spa. Your duties will end at Caldicot after passengers there have boarded the train. Duration: 50 Minutes Difficulty: Easy Train: Class 158 5.2 [ATW] 02. 2B02 Cardiff Queen Street to Cardiff Bay Prepare the first Class 143 service of the day by heading through the train wash and finishing at Cardiff Queen Street. Expect to be required to run a return service down to Cardiff Bay and back. Duration: 20 Minutes Difficulty: Easy Train: Class 143 5.3 [ATW] 03. 2L65 Cheltenham Spa to Maesteg Take to the controls of this Class 143, Cheltenham Spa to Maesteg service between Caldicot and Cardiff Central. Duration: 45 Minutes Difficulty: Medium Train: Class 143 5.4 [ATW] 04. 9B01 Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Following engine repairs at Barton Hill depot, you re tasked with returning the train to passenger service. Head to Bristol Temple Meads P1, and from there operate an all stops service to Cardiff Central. Duration: 55 Minutes Difficulty: Hard Train: Class 158 Page 8

6 Acknowledgements Dovetail Games would like to thank the following people for their contribution to the development of the Arriva Trains Wales DMU Pack: Beta Testing Team Page 9