At
Train-Sim.com:
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2 June - a
quick summary - lots of foreign equipment in the past couple of
weeks (including from Brazil and Korea); a variety of activities,
including some for older routes such as Marias Pass 3.1 and the
Silverton Branch narrow gauge, and freeware and payware routes;
lots of gondolas, hoppers, tankers, boxcars, center beams, and
reefers in many different liveries; diesel (e.g. MP15 & Slug) and
steam (e.g. 2-8-0 and 2-8-2) locomotives; a tutorial for making
glass windows in your models; a trainset (the Full Bucket Line The
Desert Rose, powered by an F7A+B set).
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21 May - and
the new material just keeps on coming!
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rolling stock -
oil tankers (more default tanker repaints), Canton RR covered
hopper set, a CSX TOFC, some gondolas.
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some unusual
locomotives - a C30-7, several ConRail SD70 and SD70MAC
locomotives (plus a fix for them), an NZR G8A Loco DBv1 (in 1965
NZR put 17 of these 69 ton locos into service, and 40 years later
10 are still in service as G18AR's), an
NZR G8A Loco
DBv2, a Korail GP38 (Korea National Railroad),
11 Amtrak P40 Phase V AutoTrain locomotives in 3 packs, a CLN
GP35, Series 2000 repaint for Indian Railways, a DMU (Southern
Class 171 Twin Pack)
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also some
route scenery objects that are a bit different, e.g. a saloon
excursion steamboat, wooden crates, harbour crane).
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#18 in the
series of packs of equipment for the Moffat Road, including the
Rollins Pass/Moffat Tunnel Route: the D&SL & DNW&P Steam Rotary &
Tender pack. 2 steam rotary snow plows and 2 tenders, one lettered
for Denver & Salt Lake and one lettered for Denver, Northwestern &
Pacific. This model is very much like the actual 10200 series.
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16 May - some
fixes and upgrades for some material released earlier, plus some
other interesting files:
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a ScaleRail
Conversion Tutorial - describes a method to convert a route to
Marc Nelson's ScaleRail track system. Requires some additional
software and RouteRiter 6.2.55 or greater.
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a first time
set of files - Replacement NS Defect Detector Sound Files for use
with the Pocahontas route. These sounds are pieced together from
actual recordings of several NS detectors, and add an extra touch
of realism to the route.
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a range of
Brazilian equipment (e.g. C30-7 loco, box cars), PRR gondola,
Liberty livery 50' box car, an Amtrak Phase VI commuter Set
(includes 1 Phase VI baggage and 2 Phase VI coaches), PRR flanger
box car, Castrol and Kendall motor oil tankers, a Canton RR
100-ton coal hopper, a locomotive from Chile, an Urthel beer
reefer.
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a Canadian
Pacific SD40-2 Pack in 5 different liveries, another BNSF D9-44CW,
a set of Canadian Pacific GP35 locos, a GSWR GP9u loco, a BN Alco
RS3 loco, a GN 7 Alco S2 switcher, a GN GP20 (high-hood loco,
painted in Great Northern "Empire Builder" scheme. As the
prototype, the engine runs long hood forward).
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a Santa Fe RDC
Super Pack (multiple RDCs covering all the paint schemes and
configurations of the Santa Fe line).
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more packs for
the Moffat Road, including the Rollins Pass/Moffat Tunnel Route: a
D&SL 34' hopper car pack with loads (12 hopper cars: five with
coal load, two with ballast load and five empty); 10 tank cars.
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2 freight
activities for the Pacific Surfliner route - the supplied
activities for the route are mainly passenger, so people are now
producing freight ones.
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11 May - lots
of gondolas this week - don't know why!
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diesel
locomotives - New Haven C425, 2 ATSF ALCO RSD15 locos (1 in
traditional blue and yellow paint scheme and 1 in the Warbonnet
paint scheme), Canton RR Slug and Mother unit, Dash 9-44CW
photoreal repaints and highly detailed 1024 textures update for
the BNSF 603 Dash 9 Warbonnet.
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rolling stock -
5-pack of 65' gondolas, some Canton Railroad equipment (a gondola,
6-pack of 50' boxcars, snowplow, bay window caboose), D&H 50'
gondola, 12 Denver & Salt Lake gondolas (5 with coal load, 2 with
ballast load, and 5 empty), and 8 more empty Denver & Salt Lake
gondolas, using a different car and color, PRR 5-' gondola,
Southern Pacific Streamlined Lounge, 14 D&SL flat cars (5 empty, 3
with axle loads, 3 with lumber loads, and 3 with crate loads).
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activities for
Cajon Pass (2 parts), Pacific Surfliner, Tehachapi Pass 2.
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"Donner Pass
route map - a track schematic of 3DTrainStuff's new route. The
track diagram covers the complete route and shows the
(approximate) locations of signals, and bridges, water columns,
oil columns, as well as the siding names. PDF format."
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8 May - a
couple of major releases this week:
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2 updates to
routes in the past couple of days - Version 4 of the Dual
Fictional route (see story on main news page - 95Mb file) and the
Santa Fe Marceline Subdivision v2.0 (Scale Rail upgrade) (20Mb
file).
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more boxcars
(including 17 for the Rollins Pass & Moffat route), route objects
(trees and power lines), a New Haven C-425 diesel locomotive, some
cattle cars (for the Rollins Pass & Moffat route), 2 freight
activities for the Pacific Surfliner route (payware route), and a
45Mb file that contains a Norfolk & Western steam pack (5 N&W
locomotives, 1 custom-built N&W coal car, and N&W repaints of a
boxcar, caboose, oil car, and 2 versions of a passenger car).
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4 May - a few
more new items - a GE Slug Model SCL3223 (first one for a while),
a GNBC rock hopper, and a New Haven C30-7.
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2 May - an
interesting week of new material - it just keeps on coming!
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new route (95Mb
download in 1 file) -
"Zafra-Jerez
de los Caballeros. A recreation of the railroad Zafra-Jerez de
los Caballeros, this route belongs to the RENFE (National Spanish
Railroads) in the south west of Spain, in the county of Badajoz,
with a 47 km single track main line. Very detailed route with
beautiful landscapes, typical of the Spanish south."
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diesel
locomotives - E. F. Oeste de Minas SD40-2; Conrail E8 A Set; 2 x
Portland & Western GP39-2; 3-pack each of Canadian National MLW
C-630M &M636 locos; MSTS ARR EMD MRS-1 (this loco was dedicated to
use by the US Air Force to head its ALternate COmmand Post (ALCOP)
train. Originally belonging to the US Army, it was transferred to
the US Navy and finally to the Alaskan Railroad, where it saw duty
with the Air Force. It appears here in its ARR paint scheme. It
retained this scheme when used by the Air Force as a means of
disguise.); pack of GNBC (FarmRail) locos; NZGR 'DE' Locos in
various paint schemes; 3-pack of Dash 9-44CW locos (2 from BNSF
and 1 from NS).
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electric
locomotive - a Pacific Electric Ry 64-Ton 1601-Class electric
freight locomotive (a 1916 Baldwin-Westinghouse Class D interurban
locomotive, painted in 1949 colors).
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rolling stock -
Indiana Harbor Belt Coil Cars; Grand Trunk Wide Vision caboose;
Monon MOW scale car; Pacific Fruit Express wooden reefer 3-pack;
LLW intermodal pack; N&W gondola; Besse Forest Products log cars;
BN 100-ton coal hopper; 5-pack of CPR domestic intermodal wagons;
pack of DME PS2 Hoppers, including two Pullman-Standard 4750 cubic
ft grain hoppers; GNBC 3-bay ACF Hopper; pack of boxcars of New
England (a couple are not actually from New England); NOKL
boxcars; Southern Pacific observation car; 3-pack of Canadian
National woodchip gondolas; Fyffes Bananas 50' reefer; Harry
Potter 50' reefer; lots of gondolas; several boxcars in various
liveries; various flat cars.
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Chicago North
Shore & Milwaukee Railroad Pullman heavyweight interurban set.
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Trackmobile -
used for switching in industrial yards - picture to the right.
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activities for
Whitefish 4 Hawk, Illinois Eastern,
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a Polymaster
tutorial in MSWord format.
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24 April - more
interesting material, even though winter is almost over in North
America (winter is usually when most of the new items are
produced). Much of the new material coming out now is interesting
and unusual - the developers must have run out of the common stuff
and are now researching deeper.
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new route - the
London & Port Stanley Bathurst Street yard - see a report on the
main news page.
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maps for routes
- Whitefish 6, Cajon Pass, Whitefish 4-Hawk, Crawford Hill,
Niagara Corridor: Dundas Sub, Sand Patch, Tehachapi Pass 2.
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activity for
the Tallahassee Sub route (switching).
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a Candrac
Valley Railroad promotional video - for this soon-to-be-released
freeware route by Eric A. Sipes.
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seven trams for
three tramways in Stockholm, Sweden - Tvarbanan, Nockebybanan and
Lidingobanan.
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diesel locos -
2 CN Dash 9-44CW photorealistic repaints (units 2528 & 2552, each
with forward and reverse AI versions and custom sounds, including
SMS aliases for CAB and AI units); a New Hampshire Northcoast RR
GP9; 2 New Zealand Government Railways General Electric DE locos;
a Clinchfield F7A and F7B pack; some repaints of the SD40-2 in BN
livery based on the one supplied with MSTS v1.2; a South American
Dash 9; a BNSF D9-44CW; a Cargill MK2000c (needs one of the Maple
leaf products for aliasing!); a Lake State Railway Co. M420.
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electric
equipment - 2 Chicago Aurora & Elgin RR Baldwin Steeplecabs in
1950's paint (a two-unit set of Class B locos made to run
back-to-back for the CA&E standard operating freight power consist
- three choices of power: 3rd rail, 6.2 meter trolley pole or 7.2
meter trolley pole); a New Haven Electric Locomotive (a freelance
model of a typical NYNH&H electric locomotive, based on
Baldwin-Westinghouse E-28 used between Santiago-Valparaiso,
Chile).
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several packs
of equipment for the Rollins / Moffat route that has been around
for a while:
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D&SL & DNW&P
Rollins/Moffat Caboose Pack (5 cabooses for the Moffat Road -
Denver & Salt Lake red #10002 and #10014, and black #10060 and
#10062, plus the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific red #10001);
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D&SL & DNW&P
2-6-6-2 steam loco pack (2 locomotives #203 and #216, and two
tenders, one lettered Denver & Salt Lake and one lettered for
Denver, Northwestern & Pacific);
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D&SL & DNW&P
2-8-0 steam loco pack (2 locomotives #101 and #102, and two
tenders, one lettered Denver & Salt Lake and one lettered for
Denver, Northwestern & Pacific);
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D&SL & DNW&P
2-8-2 steam loco pack (2 locomotives #400 and #408, and two
tenders, one lettered Denver & Salt Lake and one lettered for
Denver, Northwestern & Pacific);
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D&SL & DNW&P
4-6-2 steam loco pack (2 locomotives #300 and #303, and two
tenders, one lettered Denver & Salt Lake and one lettered for
Denver, Northwestern & Pacific);
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D&SL & DNW&P
0-6-0 steam loco pack (2 locomotives #20 and #21, and two tenders,
one lettered Denver & Salt Lake and one lettered for Denver,
Northwestern & Pacific); and
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a set of D&SL
passenger cars - 19 Denver & Salt Lake heavyweight passenger cars
for the Moffat Road - 3 baggage cars, an REA, an RPO (RPO/REA
baggage combination), 9 coaches, 2 sleepers named 'David Moffat'
and 'Winter Park', 2 parlor observation cars, and David Moffat's
private (observation) car 'Marcia', named for his daughter.
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rolling stock
(lots of boxcars from fallen flags this week) - a 10 pack of
Burlington Northern 2 Bay Hoppers; a separate one of the same; a 3
pack of Clinchfield boxcars plus a caboose; a MoPac "Herbie" 40
Foot Safety Box Car (repaint of US 40' boxcar base from a
prototype photo HERB-1 - a converted boxcar with the slogan "Herbie
Rides the Help Every Railroader Be Injury Exempt Division",for
promoting rail safety as part of the instruction car fleet); a 3
pack of LLW boxcars; a 4 pack of New England boxcars; a B&O 50'
boxcar; a Wellsville Addison & Galeton (The Sole Leather Line) 36'
truss rod boxcar - typical of the turn of the century in North
America (the WAG serviced northern Pennsylvania's local tanneries
from 1954 to 1979);a Farmrail caboose; some model A Grand Trunk
Western coil cars with rectangular hoods decorated for the
Illinois Central and Indiana Harbor Belt, the Grand Trunk, and the
Norfolk and Western; Seaboard Air Line caboose set; 3 Waddell Coal
100 ton coal hoppers (1950s); a 6 pack of 50' boxcars (includes
ACL, B&O, C&G, PHD, SP and WAB repaints of Pullman Standard 50'
boxcar); a Farmrail grain hopper; a GNBC freight car set (a grain
hopper, coal hopper, and FMRC cupola caboose).
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2 generic GP38
(not the GP38-2) cab view - includes lots of variations and files
- you need to have a working knowledge of .eng file.
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a WAG line
Russell snowplow with headlight and 3D cab view.
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two utilities
by the same person:
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"A small
application in Excel to help with lighting for rotating beacons.
This program computes the positions of a light to revolve around a
beacon and also generates the lighting code which can be pasted
into your .eng file. Use macro or enter data manually. Requires
only seven manual data entries."
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"Light My
Loco.xls Update, for use with LIGHTUP.ZIP. This is not a fix -
includes a readme-only file that describes making the chart
display both X and Z positions properly during a session. It will
revert after each session, even if saved new, but does not affect
the functionality of the program - proper code is generated."
16 April - some
interesting files this week:
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a B&M caboose,
a Soo Line caboose, and a fix for the Lehigh valley caboose from a
few days ago, plus just one 40' boxcar today (slow day for the
boxcar makers!).
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a couple of
loco files (a Canadian Pacific MLW Mainline Power Set
containing four C-424's, one C-630M, three M630's, three M636's,
and improved versions of the previously released RS-18's - highly
detailed models using one 1024x1024 and several smaller texture
files; a Long Island Rail Road Fairbanks Morse C-Liner CPA20-5
#2005 - the Long Island Rail Road purchased eight CPA20-5, 2000
horsepower units (2001-2008) in 1950 and in 1951 four additional
units (2401-2404) were ordered except that these were model
CPA24-5 with 2400 horsepower as preparation for the replacement of
its steam locomotive fleet - the Long Island was the only railroad
to purchase the model CPA20-5, which were kept in service until
1963),
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an interesting
Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad heavyweight
interurban car #39 (we don't have a route that is useful for
these vehicles, and there have been some interesting MSTS models
produced - our members don't run many passenger work orders, so
these would probably not be popular, as NERR is a working RR
rather than a place to try out all sorts of railroad vehicles.)
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some new
track systems:
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Mtracks
v1.50. Add-on track set for Microsoft Train Simulator,
compatible with default Kuju tracks, XTracks, and the like.
Includes turnouts in the sizes of #15, 20 and 24 with detailed
frogs and guard rail assemblies and a new track-center spacing
scheme, with new straights and curves. Also includes standardized
tsection.dat file build #0029.
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Replacement
Switches #1.1. Upgrade to Dick Cowen's 10/30/2004 beta
release. Y-switch correction, throw reduced, guide rails modified,
track aligned. 5d and 10d switches to replace Joseph Realmuto's
fine rail shapes only.
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Z-Tracks and
MT-Tracks Standard Edition. Metre-gauge tracks for rack and
non-rack railways in Microsoft Train Simulator. Also a
route-builder's edition.
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a 2 hour
freight activity for the payware Bridge Line route - begin on the
Altamont Branch and head westward over the 1.7% grade at
Richmondville into Oneonta Yard - needs 4 extra downloads.
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13 April -
route update (Pocahontas Update from Hawk - "this
update replaces all the trees and ground textures, including
autumn; the route takes fewer megabytes, and the frame rates
should be better"), locos (pack of Canadian Locos - SD9043, GP9u,
GP9RM, Canadian Pacific SD9043 #9126, Canadian Pacific GP9u #1588,
Canadian Pacific GP9u #1613, and CN GP9RM #4116; upgrade for the
Canton RR F7 loco package; Santa Fe Zebra Stripe SD24 4-pack -
ideal for the late 1950's to early 1960's - contains one drivable
and three AI SD24s), rolling stock (six 40' boxcars from various
lines), an activity for the new version 9 of the Wupper Express
route (uses the ICE train), and some winter tree models with snow.
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9 April -
something for everyone this week. A wide variety, including
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version 2 of
the
CSX M&M PD and PA Subdivisions
(the route is a 197Mb single file download! It has been praised
highly for its quality, but it's out of reach for those on
dialup!). File with a guide to the route also available.
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Another route -
the
Stinky Creek And Cheesman Pacific v1.1
- 7 files, each of about 15Mb. This is a fictional Wild-West
railroad (1880-1890s), in the southwestern US. The route runs
about 60 miles, with 10 miles dual track mainline "Cheesman
Pacific", and a 50 mile "Stinky Creek" - Branch line, including
coal and silver mine and logging spurs. Also nine more downloads
of extras for the route.
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a file of
extras for "Stinky Creek and Cheesman Pacific" route with the
"Consists" folder and a "Gravel Roads" folder needed to run the
S.C.&.C.P. Route and Activities.
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Plus files with
a Pacific 4-4-0 Camelback, a freight train set with a 2-6-0 Mogul
#5 and tender, wooden plow, #40216 boxcar, cattle car, three 40
foot flatcars (empty / with rails / with ties), caboose.
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a SCCP_Mogul8,
SCCP_US33, SCCP-CabWreck; 2-6-0 Mogul #8 and tender, US33 boxcar,
caboose wreck.
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SCCP_Atlantic,
SCCP_A1_B1; Cheesman Pacific Passenger set: steam engine 4-4-2
Atlantic #333 and tender; S.C.&.C.P.: A1 combine and B1 coach.
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SC_gen_1862,
SC_Rogers, SCCP_Logger; steam engine 4-4-0 General #27 and tender,
steam engine 4-4-0 Rogers #26 and tender.
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SCCP_D1,
SCCP_D2; two private coaches D1 and D2.
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SCCP_TenW,
SCCP_bagg1, SCCP_C1, SCCP_C2, SCCP_P1; Steam engine 4-6-0
ten-wheeler #33 and tender, baggage car, coach C1 "Longhorn",
coach C2 "Gun Hill", coach P1 "Parlor car".
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Burro with
wagons and loads; Pot hopper; Steam engine 0-6-0 #121 and tender;
Timber wolf camp car.
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SCCP_Rust_Train.
Rusty 2-6-0 Mogul #13 and tender, 40 foot empty flatcar.
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And a 3rd route
this week - the
CSX
Tallahassee Route
- 1 file of about 95Mb.
"Florida's
"Mountain" railroad, 100 miles of mainline running simulating the
western portion of the north Florida prototype, including
introductory train ride, default equipment activities and four
prototype activities requiring included CSX engines."
And a file with a guide to the CSX Tallahassee route.
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Also a MASW
Metra 8500 Series Cab Car/Coach, a number of other items of
rolling stock, including a Boston And Maine Milk reefer car, a New
Haven Business Car (the original car was built new by Osgood
Bradley (division of Pullman) of Worcester, Massachusetts in 1930,
and featured a rear observation deck, an observation room with a
luxurious curved sectional sofa, four private bedrooms, a dining
room replete with a full-service kitchen and crew quarters located
far forward of the car), a five-pack of Monon two bay ACF
CenterFlow(tm) hoppers, cabeese from Lehigh Valley and Norfolk &
Western, a five-pack of 86 Foot Auto Parts Boxcars in ATSF, B&O
(2), CNW and MP liveries, an update for the five-car set of
covered hoppers painted for Dierker Farms, a set of ten TTX/Railbox
cars that span 30 years.
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a New York
Central GP9B, 2 Pennsylvania GP9 locos, a Victorian N class diesel
electric locomotive number 466 "City of Warrnambool" in new V/line
passenger corporation livery now with animated train brake, sander
and whistle cord, 2 BNSF Dash 9-44CW locos, Spokane Portland &
Seattle Ry. F-3A and F-7A, Union Pacific 4-12-2 steam locomotive
(the largest non-articulated loco built in North America), 4-pack
of Class 218 German Federal Railways (DB) diesels, a Canton RR
SW1000, a CEFX SD40-2,
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a New Haven RDC
Set.
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RandomRoute
v2.5. This utility creates a randomly-generated route in MSTS
using pre-constructed modules or user-defined ones. It requires
X-Tracks and all default routes to be installed. This updated
version features a graphical tile key, and the grid now allows 3
digit codes for a possible 1000 custom tiles up from the previous
100.
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Update to What
Runs Where 3.0 - not meant to replace 3.0. Included is information
for 7 routes that were not included in version 3.0.
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2 April - some
New Zealand stock (loco and carriages), a 6-pack of U Boats for
the Monon line, plus a caboose and a boxcar - a quiet day today.
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There have been
a great number of items made available since the last update of
this page, including several routes (including Clinch River,
Pocohontas, Whitefish 6, GM&OSS - Springfield Switch, Mountain
Electric, Downtown Trolley), activities for a variety of routes,
and lots of stock and route objects (including a long list of
route textures). It has been a very busy time for developers and
downloaders!!
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22 February -
long list of old and modern items of rolling stock (lots of
boxcars, packs of bulk flats, gondolas, packs of hoppers,
tankers), some locos (five SD40-2, SD-45-2), activity (Coal to
Newcastle), route guides (Glorietta Pass, Marias Pass / Kootenai),
Red Line Series 2000.
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17 February - A
wide variety of new files this week! The Illinois Eastern is the
new route this week - a guide plus the 4 files that comprise the
route - totals a bit less than 75Mb - and don't forget the later
fix that contains the installme.bat file. Random Route v2 and a
later fix for it - I haven't heard much about this program (anyone
tried it?) - it needs ScaleRail as well. Quite a few boxcars and
tankers from ConRail and Penn Central, plus more based on original
models by Larry Goss and repainted by Ghislain Van Vlierden. A
3-pack of Santa Fe zebra-striped GP7 locos, a Central of Indiana
GP30, an EFE E-3223 Electric locomotive E-3223 with "Ferrocarril
del Sur" (FFCC del Estado de Chile) scheme, a Morrison-Knudson (MPI)
MK2000C - MPEX #6201 - the newest 3-axle switcher from
Morrison-Knudson (MPI) is a locomotive with 2000 hp, a PRR SD40.
Guides to the Raton Pass 2 and Rollins Pass / Moffatt routes.
Activities for Cajon Pass, the Monon route, Tehachapi Pass 2.
Replacement Detector Sounds for the 3DTS Tehachapi Pass Route 2 -
these sounds are direct replacements for the detectors included
with the route; they are the UP computer voice stating the
milepost, no defects and detector out.
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9 February - a
variety of new items this week, including locos (CSX loco pack of
Dash 9 and SD50, a GP40, SD60M, M420, GP10, SW900, Dash 8 40CM,
some Alco RS-11), a 2-pack of Chessie System cabooses, boxcars and
reefers, the industry list for the Monon route (handy for work
order developers), a 2-bay hopper, work orders (4 hour mixed
freight for the Tehachapi Pass using the Vintage Trains pack, a
Bonners Ferry To Sandpoint Activity Pack - this is the fifth and
final activity pack in the series - these three activities should
give the player a great feel for working the Kootenai River
Subdivision from Bonners Ferry to Sandpoint), TSUtil 3.2 (a
utility developed to simplify maintenance and modification of
routes).
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23 January to 5
February - plenty to choose from:
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diesel
locomotives (CNJ EMD switchers, I&O GP30, GP38-2 [GSWR, AGR],
Maine Eastern F40PH [2 of], BNSF Dash 9 with the new logo [you
must have the MLT Dash 9 for this one to work], SD40-2 [ATSF, AGR,
CN]), RMPX GP40 [2 of], ENR GP38 [2 of], and a set of 10 Alco PA
locos for the Lehigh Valley [but without cabs and sounds]), as
well as cabs for the F40PH, GP-9r, 250-ton crane.
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There is also a
Claremont Electric Steeple Cab - narrow gauge.
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steam
locomotives (LIR Camelback 4-4-0, GN ten-wheeler 4-6-0, and two
British Rail Class A2 locos - the 'Sayajirao' and 'A.H.
Peppercorn', as well as a right-side cab for the Camelback.
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rolling stock -
2 tankers, 2 hoppers, 5 reefers as well as a 1927 billboard set,
23 boxcars, 17 CPR intermodals, as et of TTEX flatcars, 9 Lehigh
Valley freighters, and 1 caboose.
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2 snowplows
(one from the Monon line, one from the MEC with a cabview and
sounds), a 1954 New Zealand English Electric locomotive (their
first mainline diesel/electric), a set of sounds for early GP and
SD locomotives, a long list of Italian equipment from the 1930s to
the present (diesel and electric locomotives, cabviews, and
passenger carriages), and a 1926 Interstate Public State Co.
overhead line repair vehicle (with high detail).
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activities -
one for the Marias pass 3.1 route, and two sets for the Kootenai
River route (very interesting story-based series).
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an activity
template for Switch List Generator for the Cascades Crossing
route, sets of screenshots from the CSX and CN, and an update for
the GM&O route from 2.0 to 2.1.
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the Atlanta &
Macon route - two ways to download it -one 115+Mb file or 5 files
of about 15-25Mb, plus several other fix files and a document
file.
"Current mainline route length - Atlanta to Macon - 90-100 miles.
Atlanta to Griffin (old Central of Georgia at least 50 miles from
Inman yard. All branches were done, and the industrial areas.
Updates will consist of the following - Atlanta to Chattanooga (in
progress), Barnesville, GA to Thomasville, GA (almost complete)."
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the Switchback
Gravity route (25Mb file) -
"In 1827, the
Mauch Chunk & Summit Hill Railway, which became popularly known as
the "Switch Back," carried its first load of anthracite on the
Down Track from Summit Hill to the Lehigh River landing at Mauch
Chunk. The Down Track was graded with a level on the principle of
never rising, so the eastbound trip was entirely powered by
gravity. (Mules in the other direction.) In 1846, a Back Track was
added to transport empty cars westbound. Powered by stationary
steam engines, trains were lifted up two inclined planes to store
sufficient potential energy to keep the trains powered by gravity
otherwise. The Switch Back continued to carry coal trains and some
tourist trains – looping eastbound on the Down Track and westbound
on the Back Track – until 1872, when the Nesquehoning Valley
Railroad broke through to the Panther Valley, enabling locomotives
to power trains of coal and empties on a new route. But the Switch
Back was to live – as a tourist hauler – into the 20th Century,
which is the era modeled in this MSTS route." Comes with one
activity.
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Shape Shifter
utility -
"MSTS
ShapeShifter v1.0 for MSTS/Win98/XP. This program provides a
dialog box interface for MSTS ffeditc_unicode.exe and simplifies
compressing/decompressing MSTS shape files. It automatically
detects whether the shape file is already compressed and can send
temporary text to your favorite text editor for browsing or
changing the shape file."
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Pictorial
Tutorial on Sound (70 jpg graphics files - 5Mb) -
"For the first
time, this tutorial will show you how to convert an analog sound
to computer WAV (PCM) format, and then to MSTS format. After
editing the length of sound, you will be shown how to codify into
MSTS, and then finally you will be able to place sounds in the
route of your choice. Just follow the .jpgs in sequential order.
By Michael Sinclair."
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At
UKTrainSim:
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2 June - also a
great variety of material for both freeware and payware routes -
activities (e.g. Thames-Mersey v4); diesel (including Class 20)
and steam (including SVR reskins, 2-6-2T) locomotives; upgrades
for routes (Mid East UK, Thames-Mersey, GWR); rolling stock
(passenger coach set); DMUs (Class 156 set).
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21 May - not a
busy week, but some interesting new material:
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LMS ex-CR
coaches set, a set of Talyllyn Railway Goods Wagons, and n PCA
Presflo Wagon [RMC Livery] from Making Tracks (free download
Friday section).
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2 activities
for the Full Bucket Line route; 2 activities for the Ffestiniog
Railway route; 1 activity for the Manningtree to Harwich route.
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Steam
locomotives - an ex-GWR BR Black liveried 56XX 0-6-2T, a J94
Warbler, a GWR Class 8750 pannier tank,
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Class 57 diesel
loco in Virgin livery, Wootton Railway Diesel 'Hard Stone', Alan
George in Green.
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16 May - not
many files so far this week:
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activities for:
Thames-Mersey (2), West Somerset, London & South East, Ffestiniog
routes.
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locomotives: a
diesel locomotive for 3' gauge line, a Class 56 diesel, 2 Class 9F
steamers, 2-6-2 fictional steamer, 2 Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
diesels, a J94 steamer.
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a Class 334 EMU
cabview (Kenji Kimura again); Class 73 electro-diesel loco.
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a Class 150 DMU.
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11 May -
interesting series of 5 1979-80 timetable files for the GWR line
in south-western England and 1 for the 1978 NWE line, plus:
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Wooton Railway
steam locomotive, Mad Bess steam locomotive, Class G5 LNER tank
locomotive.
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activities for
Yorkshire Coast, Scottish Central, Burton-Derby, London & South
East.
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rolling stock -
Rye & Camber line (goods wagons and an open coach).
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DMUs - Arriva
Class 153 & Class 156 Twin Pack, Class 150.
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diesel
locomotives - Class 47, several Class 37 locomotives (there is a
really good sound pack available for this class), Class 56.
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a document file
for converting activities to use AI and Dead locos.
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8 May - just
the one new release - a freight wagon.
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4 May - a
4-part activity series for the Warrington route, an activity for Ffestiniog route (the Take Mountaineer and David Lloyd George
steam locomotives on the 1345 train which is timetabled for 1st
May 2005), a freight activity for the Mid-East UK V.1.3 route, a
freight activity for the Yorkshire Coast route, a Class 25
diesel locomotive, the Wooton Railway steam loco 'Joseph', a Class
171 DMU, 2 Class 156 DMU sets, a Class 222 'Pioneer' DMU (UK
railways use a lot of DMUs!), a Class 57 diesel locomotive ('Lady
Penelope'), and an LMS Working Time Table of Trains from Skipton
to Carlisle in the summer of 1938.
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2 May - a
busier week for this website:
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activities for
Yorkshire Coast, Burton - Derby, Thames - Mersey, North Western,
Paddington to Penzance, Scottish Central (now available on CD from
UKTS with activities and stock).
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diesel
locomotives - 2 Class 56, Class 33 'Cromptons', Class 45s from the
1970s.
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steam
locomotives - Gresley A4, Hall Class, lots of updates for older
models, Class 14xx.
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rolling stock -
bolster cars, LMS coaches.
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a Tangara DMU
set from Australia.
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a tourist loco
No. 3 - picture to the right.
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a battery loco.
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a UKTrainSim
toolbar for your browser - now that's different!
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cab views for
the Class 168 and Class 220 DMUs.
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24 April - a
few totally quiet days - the site owner might have been at an
exhibition - he seems to attend most of them around the country
with demonstrations of MSTS and the routes that they host. But
there are still plenty of new toys here for anglophiles!
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an update for
the GWR Paddington to Penzance route (from London to the south
west of England - gradually being finished in stages - route is
complete but not the scenery) to version 2.4.3;
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The working
timetable for the Seattle and Carlisle route for 1971-1972, and
what was used in the old British Rail days. It includes passenger,
parcel, and freight timings. This will help for activity writes
for the default S&C MSTS route of. You can tell what locos were
used by looking at the head codes and then looking at image 02 in
the file. There are two large zipped jpg files.
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diesel locos -
2 Class 31; a Grand Central 67+MK3+DVT.
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some steam
locos - a Class 55XX tank; new skins (2 payware ones); a Southern
Railway D1 Class 0-4-2T; GWR 72xx 2-8-2T; GWR 4-6-0 6000 King
George V;
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a set of
Highland Railway coaches in LMS livery - contains the following
coaches: 47 ft Lavatory Composite (with luggage compartment), 47
ft Lavatory Composite (with half compartment), 47 ft Passenger
Brake Van (non-gangwayed), 38 ft Passenger Brake Van (non-gangwayed)
- includes examples in both full and simple LMS livery; a Highland
Railway Post Office sorting van in LMS livery (includes both full
and simple livery).
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activities for
Burton-Derby route (with plenty of AI), Yorkshire Coast route (the
new route available by download and CD - the preferred way),
Cambrian Coast payware route, Thames-Mersey route;
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cab views for
the Class 180 DMU set (Class 180) and the Class 390 EMU - both by
Kenji Kimura - a prolific producer of high quality cab views.
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16 April - 4
more steam locos (2 reskins for payware ones, plus an 0-4-2 tank
engine and a 4-4-4); new skin for a passenger carriage set; a file
that is a "compilation of Steam Locomotive Data Files designed to
be used with steam locomotive .eng file calculator V1.0 or the yet
to be released V2.0. Additional entries are solicited from the
community and a data entry form is provided.); a measuring gauge
for laying track; a British Rail Class 37 diesel (good sound files
available for this class of loco); a re-scaled narrow gauge 0-4-0
diesel loco; 2 DMUs from a payware company.
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13 April -
locos (4 new skins for Blue Arrow diesel [Severn Valley Railway]
payware locos, British Rail [Scottish Region] N2 0-6-2T tank
engine ([steam], 5 new skins for Blue Arrow steam [Severn Valley
Railway] payware locos), a fix for the sidings on the Warrington
route (one of the very large and complex freeware English routes
available from UKTS), some repaints of Tallylyn coaches to Wootton
Rail livery, and a couple of route objects.
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9 April - a
variety of equipment and extras this week, including:
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the
Burton to
Derby route
- 7 files, each of about 15Mb. The route needs the UKfinescale
track pack to be installed. An activity pack is also available -
always a handy addition for those of us who are activity
development challenged! And there is a map of the route available
as well. A patch to v1.01 has been added to the library.
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a number of
activities for various routes, mostly the ones that can be bought
on CD from UKTS - excellent routes and top value-for-money.
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cab views for
Class 43 locos, a Class 87 loco, a couple of steam locos,
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an optional
patch for the new Talyllyn Railway V2.0 route - the route is not
available by download. It has to be bought on CD from UKTS.
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2 April - some
activities for the newer UK routes, including the London South
East and Paddington to Penzance. There has been one new route
released in the past month - the Yorkshire Coast Line, available
only on CD from UKTS (a fast, excellent service - comes with a
free 1 month subscription to the UKTS file library at full speed).
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22 February -
activities (Scottish Central, North West England v2, and others),
steam locos (BR(E) L1-2-6-4T, two A4), DMUs (Class 101, SWT Desiro
Liveried Class 73), rolling stock (Inter City Mk 1 Coaches Set),
diesel loco (Class 31), several sets of sounds (e.g. Class 37),
variety of buildings for routes.
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17 February -
Rolling stock - BR brake van, loaded timber wagon, BR(W) ex-GWR
Suburban Coach set., MKI Coaches Blue Grey livery - SR Set 70,
TipHook JRA Wagon, and a set of SR (Late) Ex SECR 50ft coaches.
Steam locos - Dean 0-4-4 Tank engine, GWR 2-8-0T, LMS Hughes
"Crab", BR J27, GWR 4-4-0 4168 Stephanotis. Diesel locos - Class
20 Twinpack. DMU - Class 156, BRCW Class 104 DMU in 80's BR Blue
Livery - 2 types. Electric loc - ex-Virgin Class 90, plus a new
cab view for the Class 90 locos. Several activities for a variety
of UK routes, including North West England 2 and London-Brighton.
Plus new skins for stock supplied with the payware route, the
Severn Valley Railway.
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9 February - a
variety of new items this week, including the South Eastern Branch
Line (5 files, totaling about 125Mb, plus a patch and activity
packs), steam locos (BR Q1/2, Eastern Region V2), DMUs (1970s
Brighton Belle, Class 101, Class 121 Bubble Car, Class 321),
activities (passenger and freight for UK routes), new skins for
Severn Valley route locos (need the payware route), a pictorial
tutorial on MSTS sound (70 jpg files), diesel locos (Class 37,
Class 47), rolling stock (tanker, 12 ton van).
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23 January to 5
February -
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steam
locomotives (four different 0-4-4T, a 0-6-2T, a 2-6-0, a 0-6-0,
and two 4-6-2 Class A2 - Sayajirao and A.H. Peppercorn).
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diesel
locomotives (two Class 47, Class 122, and Class 25, plus a Class
66 cabview, a Class 03 switcher, a D1705, and a set of sounds for
a Class 37 [I have tried this sound package, and it is superb]).
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lots of DMUs -
diesel multiple units (seven Class 156, six Class 101, five Class
104, and six Class 100 [this last has been eagerly long-awaited,
as this class has not been modelled before), three Cravens [Class
129]).
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three sets of
passenger coaches, a ballast wagon, 2 cattle wagons, and one van
(boxcar).
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12 activities,
a patch for the Thames-Mersey route CD, an upgrade for the GWR
route, an animated static turntable route object, and more
animated crews for some locomotives.
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