This Train Simulator route brings you the 36-mile Sheffield-Derby section of the Midland Main Line. Running through the heart of South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, it serves the towns of Dore, Dronfield, Chesterfield, Belper and Duffield along the way.

Midland Main Line features the bustling centre of Sheffield, 'The Steel City', and the climb to Bradway Tunnel before the speedy descent through Dronfield to reach Chesterfield. From here the wonderful Derwent Valley features prominently as you pass through the towns of Belper and Duffield before arriving at the railway centre that is Derby.

The route includes seven accurately detailed stations and a vast array of detailed custom assets including Derby Rail Technical Centre and its associated sheds as well as the Etches Park Traction & Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot and a number of the unique buildings around the station at Sheffield.

15 scenarios are included and 12 of these are available in two versions: one which requires additional payware and one which uses default Train Simulator stock. The other three scenarios are only operable using additional payware stock.

STATIONS

• Sheffield
• Dore and Totley
• Dronfield
• Chesterfield
• Belper
• Duffield
• Derby

FEATURES TO LOOK OUT FOR ON THE ROUTE

Numerous landmark buildings and other features of interest have been modelled along the length of the route – these are some of them, listed in the order you’d see them when driving south from Sheffield:

• Park Hill housing estate
• Sheffield Station Supertram stop
• Electric Works building
• Sheffield Hallam University
• Sheffield station architecture
• Sheffield station multi-storey car park
• Sheffield Power Signal Box
• Sheffield station footbridge
• Sheffield Depot
• Sheffield Funeral Care building
• Shrewsbury Road tunnels
• Granville Road bridge
• Sheffield Supertram bridge
• The Sheffield College
• Casino
• East Bank Tunnel
• Home improvement warehouse
• Charlotte Road bridge
• Sheffield salt dome
• Bramall Lane football stadium
• Health club
• Woodseats Road bridge
• Archer Road bridge
• Superstores
• Dore South Junction
• Bradway Tunnel
• Sheffield Football club stadium
• Dronfield retail park
• Whittington Bridge
• Whittington play area
• Chesterfield FC Stadium
• Tapton Junction
• Tapton foot bridge
• Crooked spire – Chesterfield
• Clay Cross
• Clay Cross Tunnel
• Higham footbridge
• Toadmoor Tunnel
• Ambergate bridges
• Ambergate Junction
• River Derwent bridge
• Broadholme loops
• Belper cutting North
• Belper cutting South
• Milford Tunnel
• Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
• Duffield ‘Poetry’ bridge
• Breadsall Junction
• Breadsall bridge
• St. Mary’s bridge
• Underpass and Derby NHS offices
• Derby Bus Depot
• Pride Parkway bridge
• John Ellis House
• Offices – Derby
• Hotel – Derby
• Derby College
• Etches Park
• Pride Park Stadium
• Health club – Derby
• Derby Rail Technical Centre
• Litchurch Lane Works
• London Road bridge
• Derby Power Signal Box
• Chaddesden Yard

SCENARIOS

15 scenarios for Midland Main Line are provided and 12 of these have two versions: one version using default Train Simulator stock (these scenarios are prefixed with [Default]) and another version which requires additional payware. The other three scenarios are only operable using additional payware stock.

Here is a complete list of all the payware add-ons required to operate all the non-default scenarios:

Just Trains

• Class 20 Advanced Collection
• Class 153 DMU Advanced
• Class 222 Advanced 2019
• Class 60 Advanced & Freight Wagons
• Cargowaggon Flat IGA PlusPak
• Cargowaggon IWB PlusPak
• VGA/VKA Wagon PlusPak
• Voyager Advanced 2019

Steam

• Freightliner Class 66 v2.0 Loco Add-On
• Network SouthEast Class 159 DMU Add-On
• PCA wagons from the Settle to Carlisle Route Add-On
• BR Class 170 ‘Turbostar’ DMU Add-On
• BR Sectors Class 56 Loco Add-On
• BDA 80t Bogie Bolster Wagon Pack
• BR Class 31 Loco Add-On
• Chatham Main & Medway Valley Lines Route Add-On

Armstrong Powerhouse

• Class 142 Diesel Multiple Unit Pack
• Class 150/2 Diesel Multiple Unit Pack
• Class 158 (Perkins) Enhancement Pack
• Class 158/159 (Cummins) Enhancement Pack
• Class 43 (Valenta)/Mk3 Enhancement Pack
• Class 43 (VP185)/Mk3 Enhancement Pack
• Class 43 (MTU)/Mk3 Enhancement Pack
• Class 66 Enhancement Pack
• Class 156 Diesel Multiple Unit Pack
• Class 56 Enhancement Pack
• JNA-C Wagon Pack
• BAA/BZA Wagon Pack

Standard scenarios

The first 12 of these scenarios are available in two versions: one version using default Train Simulator stock (these scenarios are prefixed with [Default]) and another version which requires additional payware. The final three scenarios are only operable using additional payware stock.

1F01 0717 Derby – Sheffield
[Default] 1F01 0717 Derby – Sheffield
Good morning, driver. Release the doors and set up the cab ready for your 0717 departure. You'll call at Belper, Chesterfield, Dronfield and Sheffield. Please note that there is a lot of extra padding added to the timetable so you'll probably arrive a few minutes early. Have a safe trip!

1C13 06:00 Sheffield – St Pancras International
[Default] 1C13 06:00 Sheffield – St Pancras International
You are rostered to drive 1C13 as far as Derby. Having driven your loco in as an ECS from Neville Hill, your driving hours permit you to drive only so far south before heading back north later on in the day. Please allow your waiting passengers to board and depart at 06:00. You will call at Chesterfield on the way.

1C35 10:29 Sheffield – St Pancras International
[Default] 1C35 10:29 Sheffield – St Pancras International
Good morning, driver. Today is a simple run down as far as Derby. You will call at Chesterfield en route before arriving at Derby for a crew change.

1Y26 17:17 Nottingham – Leeds
[Default] 1Y26 17:17 Nottingham – Leeds
Good evening, driver. You are in charge of this Nottingham to Leeds service as far as Sheffield. You join the service at Clay Cross North Junction.

4E26 Dollands Moor Sidings – Scunthorpe Redbourne Sidings
[Default] 4E26 Dollands Moor Sidings – Scunthorpe Redbourne Sidings
Good afternoon, driver. You join 4E26 just alongside Etches Park. You will be required to call into Derby station before travelling northbound to Sheffield. A driver change will take place when you arrive at Sheffield. Please note that you are currently running approximately 20 minutes late. Your maximum permitted speed for this run is 75 MPH. Try your best to claw back some lost time.

6M83 Doncaster Belmont – Bescot Yard
[Default] 6M83 Doncaster Belmont – Bescot Yard
Drive an empty rake of wagons bound for Bardon Hill. You join the working just outside Sheffield station. You will run as far as Derby, where a crew change is scheduled.

1997: 1F38 10:00 St Pancras – Sheffield
[Default] 1997: 1F38 10:00 St Pancras – Sheffield
Drive a Midland Main Line HST from Derby to Sheffield in the summer of 1998.

1R86 11:57 Norwich – Liverpool Lime Street
[Default] 1R86 11:57 Norwich – Liverpool Lime Street
Drive 156 408 on 1R86 from Clay Cross to Dore and Totley via Sheffield in September 2019.

6M83 Tinsley Yard GBRF – Bardon Hill GBRF
[Default] 6M83 Tinsley Yard GBRF – Bardon Hill GBRF
Drive an empty rake of wagons bound for Bardon Hill. You join the working just outside Sheffield station. You will run as far as Derby, where a crew change is scheduled.

1Y99 2003 Leeds – Nottingham
[Default] 1Y99 2003 Leeds – Nottingham
Good evening, driver. Today you’ll be taking one of two Leeds – Nottingham services which go via Derby instead of via the Erewash Valley line. You'll call at Dronfield, Chesterfield and Derby before handing over to another driver. Have a safe trip!

1C00 07:25 Sheffield – St. Pancras
[Default] 1C00 07:25 Sheffield – St. Pancras
Drive a Class 222 Advanced on the 07:25 from Sheffield as far as Derby in the Summer of 2019.

1E67 16:40 Paignton – Leeds
[Default] 1E67 16:40 Paignton – Leeds
Drive a CrossCountry HST on 1E67 16:40 Paignton to Leeds from Derby to Sheffield in June 2019.

Test Train to Derby
Drive 31233 on an overnight test train, returning to Derby on a drab autumn morning.

1Q34 Derby RTC – Hull
Drive the New Measurement Train (HST) from Derby RTC to Sheffield on a glorious morning in May 2019.

5Z20 13:35 Crofton – Derby Etches Park
Drive 20142 towing 222 101 from Crofton Depot to Derby Etches Park on 19 December 2013, as per real events on that day. Note that AI timings are semi- fictional, although this move did actually take place!

Free Roam scenarios

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Sheffield Free Roam

Derby Free Roam