Intercity BR Class 89 'Badger'

Train Simulator – InterCity BR Class 89 'Badger'

InterCity BR Class 89 'Badger'

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Contents

1 Background ...... 4 InterCity BR Class 89 'Badger' ...... 4 2 Rolling Stock ...... 5 3 Driving the Class 89 ...... 6 Cab Controls ...... 6 Key Layout ...... 8 4 Scenarios ...... 9 Career Scenarios ...... 9 5 Acknowledgements ...... 10

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Whilst we do our utmost to reproduce sounds that are accurate and true-to-life, sometimes these sounds may not completely tally with the user’s expectation. Due to the nature of the simulation, it is often not possible to reproduce a completely accurate soundscape for a variety of reasons such as limitations with our current technology and occasional inability to gain meaningful access to the locomotives being created. You should therefore regard the audio reproduction for our locomotives as authentic interpretations rather than perfect recreations.

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1 Background

InterCity BR Class 89 'Badger'

The locomotive was built at British Rail Engineering Limited's Crewe Works in 1986. It was initially delivered in the old-style InterCity Executive livery, with no British Rail double arrows. The locomotive's first powered working was on 9 February 1987, and its first lone run was on 20 February 1987. After being used as a test bed, the locomotive was used on passenger trains from London King's Cross to Leeds. As the development of the ECML Electrification continued the engine was painted into the new style InterCity Swallow livery and named Avocet, in recognition of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on 16 January 1989 at King's Cross station. After the ceremony, the locomotive hauled a special train conveying the RSPB president Magnus Magnusson, along with other VIPs, to Sandy. Passenger use continued on the ECML until 5 March 1989, a week before the Class 91s entered service. All hope and opportunity ended, however, when 89001 suffered a serious failure and was withdrawn from traffic in July 1992. When 89001 failed, it was still owned by British Rail, and Brush had no contractual obligation with regard to it. Additionally, having no orders from BR for their design investment, there was little incentive for Brush to construct spare parts for it. BR had written off the locomotive as part of the ECML development. As such, the locomotive was side-lined.

Source: Wikipedia: British Rail Class 89

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2 Rolling Stock

BR Class 89 ‘Badger’ in InterCity Livery

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3 Driving the Class 89

Cab Controls

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1 Locomotive Brake 5 Instrument Lights 2 De-mister 6 Cab Light 3 Marker Lights 7 Train Brake 4 Tail Lights 8 DRA

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9 Headlights 14 Reverser 10 Throttle 15 Master Key 11 Pantograph Up 16 AWS Reset 12 Pantograph Down 17 Horn 13 Driver Guard Call

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Key Layout

Function Key Key Increase or Decrease Power. A D Move reverser control Forward or Backward. W S Load/Unload passengers. T Increase or Decrease Train Brake. ; ‘ Increase or Decrease Locomotive Brake. [ ] Increase or Decrease Speed Set Y C (Expert) Alerter. The Alerter is a system used on some trains to ensure that the driver has seen a signal. If the Alerter sounds (a black/yellow striped symbol is shown on Q the Driver's display), this must be acknowledged by pressing the Alerter button or the emergency brakes will be applied. (Expert) Sander. Causes sand to be laid on the rails next to the wheels to assist with adhesion. Press and hold to X activate sander, let go to stop. Headlights. Repeatedly pressing will cycle through H Shift + H headlight states where appropriate. Windscreen Wipers. Press once to switch on and again V to switch off. Pantograph. Press once to lower and again to raise. P Horn. Sound the horn’s low tone. B Horn. Sound the horn’s high tone. Space Cab Lights. Toggle the Cab lights on and off. L Instrument Light. Toggle the Instrument Light on and off. I Couple manually. Ctrl + Shift +

C Guard communication. U

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4 Scenarios

Career Scenarios

• [89] 1. Badger On Tour: Part 1 • [89] 2. Badger On Tour: Part 2 • [89] 3. Badger On Tour: Part 3

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5 Acknowledgements

Dovetail Games would like to thank the following people for their contribution to the development of InterCity BR Class 89 'Badger':

Ricardo Rivera Class 89 Artwork, Audio Implementation & Scripting Dovetail Games Beta Testing Team

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