Attention! Skyhook Games have a top-secret mission for you conveying some special freight loads. Cargo Line Volume 4: Military is coming 5th June!
The Story So Far:
Cargo Line Volume 4 continues Skyhook Games’ series of freight-themed gameplay packs that add different freight wagons to formations and more gameplay to selected Train Sim World routes.
Previous Cargo Line releases include:
- Cargo Line Volume 1: Petroleum (VTG TEA Tanker Wagon)
- Cargo Line Volume 2: Aggregates (HOA Bogie Hopper Wagon)
- Cargo Line Volume 3: Intermodel (FCA Intermodal Spine Wagon)
- Volume’s 1 & 2 added gameplay to Midland Main Line and Great Western Express.
Volume 2 also added services to Southeastern Highspeed and London Overground Suffragette line.
Volume 3 added rolling to stock to services in East Coast Main Line and West Coast Main Line.
You can learn more about these over on the Skyhook Games website.
Cargo Line Volume 4: Military
In Volume 4, take charge of more secretive movements across the UK rail network; the transportation of military vehicles secured aboard KWA Warwell wagons.
The Rolling Stock
KWA Warwell Wagons
The KWA Warwell wagon was introduced to the UK amidst the Second World War. These wagons feature a low profile for being laden with large equipment while keeping within Britain’s restrictive loading gauge.
The days of mass-importing Sherman tanks from across the pond have long since passed, but the railways still provide a vital role in modern national security. Rail-served Ministry of Defence sites are still dotted about the country to this day, and many pieces of equipment are still transported between them.
This brand-new wagon to Train Sim World is in a heavily weathered military green livery. The wagon consists of a main deck featuring a lower central portion and mounted on two wheeled bogies. Conventional draw gear and buffers are located at each end.
The wagon is available in three conditions:
- Unloaded/empty
- Loaded with a generic tracked armed personnel carrier (APC)
- Loaded with a 3-axle Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP).
The pack also comes with the DB Cargo variant of the Class 66, previously seen in other Train Sim World Add-ons.
Timetable, Scenarios and Gameplay
Gameplay takes place across two routes:
- Great Western Express
- West Coast Main Line: Preston-Carlisle
These are available as separate route Add-ons.
Great Western Express
Gameplay on GWE represents military movements between bases in the Westcountry, Oxfordshire and Essex making use of the various yards on the route such as Southall and Acton.
The Scenarios for GWE are:
6V03 Warminster MoD - Shoeburyness MoD, starting at Langley and heading east to Acton Yard.
6M45 Shoeburyness MoD - Marchwood MoD, starting at Southall and heading west to Reading.
6A48 Bicester MoD - Shoeburyness MoD, starting at Reading and heading east to West Ealing.
There will also be 6 timetabled services to operate between London and Reading:
- 6M21 07:28 Shoeburyness MoD - Kineton MoD (Military)
- 6V03 09:11 Warminster MoD - Shoeburyness MoD (Military)
- 6A49 12:08 Shoeburyness MoD - Bicester MoD (Military)
- 6A48 14:14 Bicester MoD - Shoeburyness MoD (Military)
- 6M45 14:17 Shoeburyness MoD - Marchwood MoD (Military)
- 6V98 19:12 Shoeburyness MoD - Warminster MoD (Military)
- Journey Mode is also supported in ‘All Train Vehicles’
West Coast Main Line: Preston - Carlisle
On Just Trains’ West Coast Main Line: Preston – Carlisle route, gameplay represents movements that would have taken place in the late 1980s moving equipment to the coast or through the country to other military bases located off the map in Scotland or the Midlands.
These trains are hauled by the Class 47 included in the route Add-on, rather than the Class 66.
The Scenarios for WCML Preston-Carlisle are:
6G64 Longtown MoD - Heysham Harbour, starting at Carlisle Kingmoor Yard and heading south to Morecambe.
6M00 Kineton MoD - Longtown MoD, starting at Preston and heading north to Carlisle
6V64 Glen Douglas MoD - Bicester MoD, starting at Carlisle and heading south to Preston.
There will also be 8 timetabled services to operate between Preston and Carlisle:
- 6G34 06:03 Longtown MoD - Bicester MoD (Military)
- 6C01 09:06 Kineton MoD - Glen Douglas MoD (Military)
- 6M00 09:56 Bicester MoD - Longtown MoD (Military)
- 6G64 11:58 Longtown MoD - Kineton MoD (Military)
- 6V34 16:00 Glenn Douglas MoD - Kineton MoD (Military)
- 6S01 19:51 Bicester MoD - Glen Douglas MoD (Military)
- 6V64 20:02 Glenn Douglas MoD - Kineton MoD (Military)
- 6C04 23:34 Kineton MoD - Longtown MoD (Military)
- Journey Mode is also supported in ‘Armoured Personnel Carrier’
8th Generation Console Experience
Please note that for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the spread of other trains running around has been reduced to provide acceptable performance. This reduction does not apply to PC, Xbox S/X or PlayStation 5 versions.
Creators Club Tools
Both the KWA Warwell Wagons and Class 66 are supported in Livery Designer and Formation Designer, including both full and empty wagons.
The Class 66 also has Raildriver support.
A multitude of formation lengths are available to spawn in Free Roam and select in Scenario Planner.
Train Sim World 5: Cargo Line Vol.4: Military is releasing on 5th June for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Epic Games Store, and Steam for £9.99/€11.99/$14.99
*UK pricing will be £9.49 on the PlayStation Store
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