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## About This Content
As small mixed traffic branch locomotives, the Great Western Railway’s
Prairies were diminutive workhorses of the railway network, and are now
available for Train Simulator from Victory Works.
The 2-6-2 tank engines were introduced to the GWR in 1904 with the 4400 Class,
primarily for use on the railway’s numerous hilly branch lines. Only 11 of the
class were built before the production of its successor, the 4500 Class – the
same in design but with larger driving wheels, giving the locomotive extra
speed and therefore more widely used on the GWR network.
Between 1927 and 1929, a further 100 small Prairies were built with larger
1,300 gallon water tanks, and were allocated the Class number 4575. A number
of these locomotives were fitted with equipment to run push-pull trains with
autocoaches, which saw them pressed into service on lines through South Wales.
Withdrawal of the Prairies began in the late 1950s and by the mid-1960s all
had been assigned to the scrapyard. However, three 45xx Class and 11 4575
Class locomotives were saved and many run today on preserved railways around
the UK.
The GWR Small Prairies for Train Simulator, developed by Victory Works, are
available in a variety of GWR and BR liveries – GWR Green and BR Black, plus
BR Green (45xx Class and 4575 Class) and a fictional red livery for the 4575
Class.
Three operating modes await drivers – simple, standard and advanced – each
with their own style of driving and features for the novice and expert
drivers. An abundance of detailing can also be found on each locomotive,
including realistic wheel slip, simulated steam chest, operable cab doors,
windows and hatches and 3D fireboxes. The 4575 Class can also be set with
optional auto-gear to make it fully compatible with Victory Works’ GWR Class
14xx autocoaches.
A number of freight wagons are also included with the locomotives, including
fruit vans, covered goods vans, standard vans, banana vans, iron minks, milk
siphons and toad brake vans.
The locomotives are also Quick Drive compatible, giving you the freedom to
drive the GWR Small Prairies on any Quick Drive enabled route for Train
Simulator, such as those available through Steam. Also included are scenarios
specifically for the Falmouth Branch route (available separately and required
to play these scenarios).
## Scenarios
Six scenarios for the Falmouth Branch route:
* Get Off Your Iron Horse… and Drink Your Milk!
* Penzance Puzzle
* Give Generously
* Hard Graft
* Night Freight
* All Stops
More scenarios are available on Steam Workshop online and in-game. Train
Simulator’s Steam Workshop scenarios are free and easy to download, adding
many more hours of exciting gameplay. With scenarios being added daily, why
don’t you check it out now!
Click here for Steam Workshop scenarios.
## Key Features
* 44xx, 45xx Class and 4575 Class in GWR Green and BR Black liveries, BR Green livery (45xx Class and 4575 Class) and fictional red livery (4575 Class)
* Simple, standard and advanced driving modes
* Realistic wheel slip
* Simulated steam chest
* Operable cab doors, windows and hatches
* 3D fireboxes
* Optional auto-gear for the 4575 Class for compatibility with Victory Works’ GWR Class 14xx autocoaches
* Freight wagons
* Quick Drive compatible
* Scenarios for the Falmouth Branch route
* Download size: 628mb
Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
CPU | Processor: 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo (3.2 GHz Core 2 Duo recommended), AMD Athlon MP (multiprocessor variant or comparable processors) | |
RAM | 2 GB RAM | |
OS | Windows® Vista / 7 / 8 | |
Graphics Card | 512 MB with Pixel Shader 3.0 (AGP PCIe only) | Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required |
Direct X | 9.0c | |
SOUND CARD | Direct X 9.0c compatible | |
HDD Space | 6 GB HD space |