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Class 158 in Train Sim World (Dovetail Games, Steam store page)

Class 158

The Class 158 is a diesel unit from the UK in Train Sim World. It comes with 2 routes, and another DLC brings it to 10 more.

Picture: ScotRail BR Class 158 Sprinter DMU, Dovetail Games.

Where you can drive it

Comes with

With another DLC

Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.

In the game

Names in Dovetail's lists: Class 158, Class 158 EMT, Class 158 ScR, BR Class 158/8, Class 158/0 EMT, BR Class 158 Sprinter.

In these DLCs: Midland Main Line: Leicester - Derby & Nottingham, Birmingham - Shrewsbury, ScotRail BR Class 158 Sprinter DMU.

From Dovetail's store page

  • BR Class 158 Sprinter DMU in ScotRail Saltire livery

The real thing

The Express Sprinter, a diesel multiple unit built by BREL at Derby between 1989 and 1992 to replace British Rail's first generation of DMUs. ScotRail ran the first ones in September 1990, and the type soon spread to secondary routes across the Midlands, the North, Wales and the South West.

  • Built by: British Rail Engineering Limited (Wikipedia)
  • Built: 1989–1992 (Wikipedia)
  • Number built: 180 (8 converted to ) (Wikipedia)
  • Operators: East Midlands Railway, Great Western Railway, Northern Trains, ScotRail, South Western Railway, Transport for Wales Rail (Wikipedia)
  • Top speed: 90 mph (145 km/h) (Wikipedia)
  • Power: NTA855-R1: 350 hp (261 kW), 2006-TWH: 350 hp (261 kW), NTA855-R3: 400 hp (298 kW) (Wikipedia)
  • Wheel arrangement: 2-car: 2′B′+B′2′, 3-car: 2′B′+B′2′+B′2′ (Wikipedia)
  • Formation: 2 or 3 cars per unit (Wikipedia)
  • Safety systems: AWS, TPWS, ETCS (158818-158841 only) (Wikipedia)

Photo: Alex Noble, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article British Rail Class 158 and Wikidata.

Sources. Dovetail's public DLC database and Steam store pages; English Wikipedia and Wikidata for the real train.

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