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Class 387 in Train Sim World (Dovetail Games, Steam store page)

Class 387

The Class 387 is an electric unit from the UK in Train Sim World. It comes with 2 routes, and another DLC brings it to 1 more.

Picture: on Brighton Main Line: London Victoria - Brighton, 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 387 GX, BR Class 387/1 (Great Northern).

In these DLCs: Brighton Main Line: London Victoria - Brighton, East Coast Main Line: London King's Cross - Peterborough.

The real thing

An Electrostar electric multiple unit built by Bombardier, able to run on 750 V third rail as well as 25 kV overhead wires. 107 were built, the first in service with Thameslink in December 2014, and they now work for Gatwick Express, Great Northern, Great Western Railway, Heathrow Express and Southern.

  • Built by: Bombardier Transportation (Wikipedia)
  • Number built: 107 (Wikipedia)
  • Operators: Current: Gatwick Express, Great Northern, Great Western Railway, Heathrow Express, Southern, Former: Thameslink, c2c (Wikipedia)
  • Top speed: 110 mph (177 km/h) (Wikipedia)
  • Power: 1.68 MW (2,253 hp) (Wikipedia)
  • Wheel arrangement: 2′Bo′+2′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′2′ (Wikipedia)
  • Formation: 4 cars per unit: DMSO-MSO-PTSO-DMSO (Wikipedia)
  • Safety systems: AWS, TPWS, ETCS (HX & GN units only) (Wikipedia)

Photo: Vanmanyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article British Rail Class 387 and Wikidata.

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

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