Class 47
The Class 47 is a diesel loco from the UK in Train Sim World. It comes with 6 routes, and another DLC brings it to 11 more.
Picture: on Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk, Dovetail Games.
Where you can drive it
Comes with
- Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk
- Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds
- WCML: Preston - Carlisle
- West Coast Main Line: Crewe - Preston
- West Somerset Railway
- Cumbrian Coast: Carlisle - Whitehaven
With another DLC
Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.
- Airedale & Wharfedale Network: Leeds & Bradford - Skipton & Ilkley: with WCML: Preston - Carlisle
- Cathcart Circle Line: Glasgow - Newton & Neilston: with Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk or Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds or WCML: Preston - Carlisle
- East Coast Main Line: Peterborough - Doncaster: with West Somerset Railway
- East Coastway: Brighton - Eastbourne & Seaford: with Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk or Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds or WCML: Preston - Carlisle
- Great Western Express: with Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk or Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds or WCML: Preston - Carlisle or West Somerset Railway
- Midland Main Line: Leicester - Derby & Nottingham: with West Somerset Railway
- Riviera Line: Exeter - Plymouth & Paignton: with Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk or Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds or WCML: Preston - Carlisle
- Semmeringbahn: Mürzzuschlag - Wiener Neustadt: with Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk or Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds or WCML: Preston - Carlisle
- Southeastern Highspeed: London St Pancras – Ashford Intl & Faversham: with Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk or Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds or WCML: Preston - Carlisle
- West Coast Main Line: London Euston - Milton Keynes: with West Somerset Railway
- West Cornwall Local: Penzance - St Austell & St Ives: with Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk or Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds or WCML: Preston - Carlisle
In the game
Names in Dovetail's lists: Class 47, Class 47/3, Class 47/4, Class 47 GRN, BR Class 47/0, Class 47/4 BLU.
In these DLCs: Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk, Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds, WCML: Preston - Carlisle, West Coast Main Line: Crewe - Preston, West Somerset Railway, Cumbrian Coast: Carlisle - Whitehaven.
Official manual: Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds, WCML: Preston - Carlisle, West Somerset Railway.
The real thing
The Brush Type 4, a diesel-electric locomotive built at Loughborough and Crewe between 1962 and 1968. 512 were built, more than any other British main line diesel class. It hauled passenger and freight trains for over 55 years, and some still work today.
- Built by: Brush Traction, British Rail Crewe Works (Wikipedia)
- Built: 1962–1968 (Wikipedia)
- Number built: 512 (Wikipedia)
- Operators: Eastern Region of British Railways, London Midland Region of British Railways, North Eastern Region of British Railways, Scottish Region of British Railways, Southern Region of British Railways, Western Region of British Railways (Wikidata)
- Power: Engine: originally 2750 bhp (2,051 kW), later derated to 2580 bhp (1,924 kW) (Wikipedia)
- Wheel arrangement: Co′Co′ (Wikipedia)
- Power type: Diesel-electric (Wikipedia)
Photo: Andrew Maycock, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
From the English Wikipedia article British Rail Class 47 and Wikidata.
Sources. Dovetail's public DLC database and Steam store pages; English Wikipedia and Wikidata for the real train.