Class 170

Where you can drive it

Comes with

• Fife Circle Line: Edinburgh - Markinch via Dunfermline & Kirkcaldy

With another DLC

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

• Birmingham Cross-City Line: Lichfield - Bromsgrove & Redditch: with West Midlands Railway & CrossCountry BR Class 170 DMU
• Cathcart Circle Line: Glasgow - Newton & Neilston: with Fife Circle Line: Edinburgh - Markinch via Dunfermline & Kirkcaldy
• ScotRail Express: Edinburgh - Glasgow: with Fife Circle Line: Edinburgh - Markinch via Dunfermline & Kirkcaldy
• West Coast Main Line Trent Valley: Milton Keynes - Crewe: with West Midlands Railway & CrossCountry BR Class 170 DMU
• West Coast Main Line: Birmingham - Crewe: with West Midlands Railway & CrossCountry BR Class 170 DMU

In the game

Names in Dovetail's lists: Class 170, Class 170 ScR.

In these DLCs: Fife Circle Line: Edinburgh - Markinch via Dunfermline & Kirkcaldy, West Midlands Railway & CrossCountry BR Class 170 DMU.

From Dovetail's store page

• BR Class 170/5 (2-car) and 170/6 (3-car) DMUs in two liveries;
• Livery-specifc cabs and passenger interior layouts
• BR Class 170 DMU in ScotRail Saltire livery

The real thing

The Turbostar, a diesel multiple unit built at Derby by Adtranz and then Bombardier, first in service in May 1999. 139 units were built for regional and long-distance work. CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, Northern Trains and ScotRail run them today.

• Built by: Adtranz, Bombardier Transportation (Wikipedia)
• Built: 1998–2005 (Wikipedia)
• Number built: 139 (Wikipedia)
• Operators: CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, Northern Trains, ScotRail (Wikipedia)
• Top speed: 100 mph (161 km/h) (Wikipedia)
• Power: 315 kW (422 hp) per engine (Wikipedia)
• Formation: 2 or 3 cars per unit (Wikipedia)
• Safety systems: AWS, TPWS (Wikipedia)

Photo: Foulger Rail Photos, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article British Rail Class 170 and Wikidata.