Class 45 Peak

Where you can drive it

Comes with

• Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds

With another DLC

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

• Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk: with Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds
• Cathcart Circle Line: Glasgow - Newton & Neilston: with Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds
• East Coastway: Brighton - Eastbourne & Seaford: with Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds
• Great Western Express: with Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds
• Midland Main Line: Leicester - Derby & Nottingham: with Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds
• WCML: Preston - Carlisle: with Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds
• West Cornwall Local: Penzance - St Austell & St Ives: with Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds
• West Somerset Railway: with Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds

In the game

Names in Dovetail's lists: Class 45, Class 45/1, Class 45/1 BLU.

In these DLCs: Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds.

Official manual: Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds.

The real thing

The Sulzer Type 4, a diesel locomotive built at British Railways' Derby and Crewe works between 1960 and 1962. With the similar Class 44 and 46 it is known as a "Peak".

• Built by: British Railways' Derby Works and Crewe Works (Wikipedia)
• Built: 1960–1962 (Wikipedia)
• Number built: 127 (Wikipedia)
• Operators: British Railways (Wikipedia)
• Top speed: 90 mph (145 km/h) (Wikipedia)
• Power: Engine: 2500 bhp (1,864 kW), At rail: 2000 hp (1,491 kW) (Wikipedia)
• Wheel arrangement: (1′Co)(Co1′) (Wikipedia)
• Power type: Diesel-electric (Wikipedia)
• Safety systems: AWS (Wikipedia)

Photo: MaltaGC, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article British Rail Class 45 and Wikidata.