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Class 52 Western in Train Sim World (Dovetail Games, Steam store page)

Class 52 Western

The Class 52 Western is a diesel loco from the UK in Train Sim World. Another DLC brings it to 9 routes.

Picture: BR Class 52 'Western', Dovetail Games.

Where you can drive it

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 52, BR Class 52, Class 52 BLU, Class 52 MAR, Class 52 BLUE.

In these DLCs: BR Class 52 'Western', Diesel Legends of the Great Western.

Official manual: BR Class 52 'Western'.

From Dovetail's store page

  • BR Class 52 Western diesel-hydraulic locomotive in BR Maroon livery

The real thing

The "Western", a diesel-hydraulic locomotive built for the Western Region of British Railways between 1961 and 1964. All 74 carried two-word names starting with "Western". The last ones were withdrawn in 1977.

  • Built by: Swindon Works (30), Crewe Works (44) (Wikipedia)
  • Built: 1961–1964 (Wikipedia)
  • Number built: 74 (Wikipedia)
  • Operators: Western Region of British Railways (Wikipedia)
  • Top speed: 90 mph (145 km/h) (Wikipedia)
  • Power: Engines: 1350 bhp (1,007 kW) at 1,500 rpm × 2, At rail: 2000 hp (1,491 kW) (Wikipedia)
  • Wheel arrangement: C′C′ (Wikipedia)
  • Power type: Diesel-hydraulic (Wikipedia)

Photo: Barry Lewis, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article British Rail Class 52 and Wikidata.

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

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