The Great Western Railway truly stood out during the romantic British Steam era, with revolutionary locomotive designs that remained key components of locomotives for decades, locomotives that could even put LNER to shame on their own tracks. If you believe that Great Western Steam is the only way to go, then the TS2016 Single Route Pack: Riviera Line in the Fifties is for you! Featuring a plethora of classic Great Western steam locomotives including the beautiful Castle Class, heavy-working, heavy-hauling Modified Hall Class, the plentiful powerful Grange Class and last but by no means least, the almighty King Class. Reminisce to the days before the Class 143 and HST and put the regulator to the max in a real locomotive!
Discover the traction available with the Modern Day Riviera Line
Whilst looking back at the grand steam days of the Riviera Line, you might as well discover the variety of traction that has traversed the likes of the Dawlish Sea Wall since steam saw its regular end. Speed along in one of British Rail’s masterpieces of the 80s that still stands to this day, the time-honoured Class 43, High Speed Train. Perform a local stopper service in what is likely the most controversial unit to ever come out of a British factory, the make-do Class 143 ‘Pacer’. Delve into the cab of a unit so reliable it can operate the longest journey in the UK, the impressive Class 220 ‘Voyager’, or take the helm of a short-lived albeit iconic locomotive, the unique Class 52 ‘Western’. Alternatively you could control the more powerful variant of a multiple unit that has dominated the South West since the notorious Network SouthEast era, the NSE Class 159 ‘South Western Turbo’.
