Class 323
The Class 323 is an electric unit from the UK in Train Sim World. It comes with 3 routes, and another DLC brings it to 2 more.
Picture: Centro Regional Railways BR Class 323, Dovetail Games.
Where you can drive it
Comes with
- Birmingham Cross-City Line: Lichfield - Bromsgrove & Redditch
- Glossop Line: Manchester - Hadfield & Glossop
- Manchester Airport Commuter: Manchester - Alderley Edge
With another DLC
Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.
- West Coast Main Line Trent Valley: Milton Keynes - Crewe: with Centro Regional Railways BR Class 323 or Glossop Line: Manchester - Hadfield & Glossop
- West Coast Main Line: Birmingham - Crewe: with Birmingham Cross-City Line: Lichfield - Bromsgrove & Redditch or Glossop Line: Manchester - Hadfield & Glossop
In the game
Names in Dovetail's lists: Class 323, Class 323 NT, Class 323 RR, Class 323 WMR, BR Class 323 RR.
In these DLCs: Birmingham Cross-City Line: Lichfield - Bromsgrove & Redditch, Glossop Line: Manchester - Hadfield & Glossop, Manchester Airport Commuter: Manchester - Alderley Edge, Centro Regional Railways BR Class 323.
Official manual: Birmingham Cross-City Line: Lichfield - Bromsgrove & Redditch.
From Dovetail's store page
- BR Class 323 EMU no. 323221 in its modern Regional Railways livery
- BR Class 323 EMU in West Midlands Railway livery
The real thing
An electric multiple unit built by Hunslet Transportation Projects from 1992 to 1995 for commuter lines around Birmingham and Manchester. It is known for its rapid acceleration, among the fastest on the UK network. 43 units were built.
- Built by: Hunslet Transportation Projects, Holec Ridderkerk UK (Wikipedia)
- Built: 1992–1995 (Wikipedia)
- Number built: 43 (Wikipedia)
- Operators: Current: Northern Trains, Former: Central Trains, First North Western, London Midland, Northern Rail, Regional Railways, West Midlands Trains (Wikipedia)
- Top speed: 90 mph (145 km/h) (Wikipedia)
- Power: 1168 kW (1,566 hp) total (Wikipedia)
- Wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′ (Wikipedia)
- Formation: 3 cars per unit: DMS-TS-DMS (Wikipedia)
- Safety systems: AWS, TPWS, (plus provision for BR ATP) (Wikipedia)
Photo: GerriitJan, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
From the English Wikipedia article British Rail Class 323 and Wikidata.
Sources. Dovetail's public DLC database and Steam store pages; English Wikipedia and Wikidata for the real train.