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Last Updated 29-Dec-2005

Line news December, 2005

• <29-Dec-05>: If you're having problems with the New South Wales Central West route, check out Got A Problem With A Certain Route but any problems may be solved by checking you've got XTracks V3.16 and NewRoads V3.2 both installed. The Train-sim.com library has a number of new and upgraded Amtrak baggage carriages by Alex Stroshane and Superliner coaches by Matt Doti. Alex's passenger carriage sounds look good, pass-snd.zip (270kb, 26-Dec-05). The-Train crew were having server problems but they're back on the air but the download area doesn't seem to be operational at the time of writing.

• <26-Dec-05>: Chris Nelson's New South Wales Central West Route, AU_nsw_CenWest_v1_MSTS1_Setup.exe (49.2Mb, 24-Dec-05), can now be downloaded from its Australian MSTS Add-ons page. The route models the line from Orange Fork to Dubbo via Wellington and Orange to Dubbo via Molong for a track length of approximately 330km. At Train-sim.com Daniel Anderson has a set of timetables and maps from the 1950s of the Central West, nswcwdoc.zip (2.4Mb, 25-Dec-05), to go with the NSW Central West route. Also in the Train-sim.com library are Asher Jebbink's AMG GM42 and GM44 locos, arg_gm42.zip (8Mb, 24-Dec-05) and arg_gm44.zip (8Mb, 24-Dec-05); there's a large collection of Rhatische Bahn rolling stock, including the Arosa Express, rhbarosa.zip (3.9Mb, 25-Dec-05), a set of loco sounds, rhbsound.zip (10.8Mb, 24-Dec-05), and a set of RhB Ge 4/4 III locos, rhbgeiii.zip (17.4Mb, 24-Dec-05). Finally there's Chris Helfrick's Strasburg Railroad route, strasbrg.zip (163Mb, 25-Dec-05).

• <24-Dec-05>: Seasons greetings to one and all. Mike Simpson has an update to Route Riter to bring it to version 6.3.57, RRit6_3_57upd.zip (2.23Mb, 12-Dec-05), to add better error messages and update the TK.MSTS.Tokens.dll file. The Tunnel route by Frank Thomas can be now downloaded from http://hawkdawg.com/ (104Mb, 23-Dec-05). Peter Newell's Coals to Newcastle route is being further developed; for a preview, see what's new in version 5. Amicitreni has two new models, loco FS E444-048, FS_E444_048.rar (6.08Mb, 20-Dec-05), and Seatrain ALN776 FC, SEATRAIN_ALN776_FC.rar (18.8Mb, 20-Dec-05). UKTrainsim has good 'ol Australian ARG GM42 and GM44, Au_ARG_gm42.exe (7.66Mb, 22-Dec-05) and Au_ARG_gm44.exe (7.66Mb, 22-Dec-05). And from a few days ago, Trenomania now has: E656 navetta livrea old (two locos) (11Mb, 17-Dec-05), G2000 Railion (3Mb, 17-Dec-05) and Treno IC livrea 'old' (21Mb, 17-Dec-05).

• <21-Dec-05>: To prepare for Wupper Express 10, there are couple of downloads you need so check if you have the following:

• <19-Dec-05>: Train-sim.com has a number of Dick Cowen's steam locos reskinned into Great Northern vintage steam locos by Michael Stephan, one example being Great Northern 4-6-0 No. 1024, gn_4-6-0.zip (3.2Mb, 15-Dec-05). Dwight Mitchell and New England Backshops have a generic GE 25-ton cab, 25tcab.zip (1.9Mb, 16-Dec-05), and the TS-Grid might be a handy tool for route builders, ts-grid.zip (900kb, 15-Dec-05). Trenomania nas a night-time E402A cab (1.17Mb, 16-Dec-05). web•TrainSim has another Wupper Express 9 activity for you to try, Freight service, Krefeld Hbf to Bockum Hbf (0625 depature).

• <16-Dec-05>: web•TrainSim has a bit of catching up to do. The Train-sim.com library has a loco creation tutorial by Brian Piotrowski, naltutor.zip (9.8Mb, 12-Dec-05); there's a shape file patch for the CLW AS-616 locos downloaded before 11-Dec-05, as616pat.zip (1.6Mb, 11-Dec-05); and there's an activity pack for the LP&S route, lpsrr456.zip (690kb, 13-Dec-05). web•TrainSim has been trying out Windows Live Local and came up with these three quick "tours": RE2 Monchengladbach to Essen (WE9), RB33 Monchengladbach to Oberhausen and Shelby to West Glacier on Marias Pass (the scratchpad has limit of ten entries). At last view, Germany hasn't yet got the aerial view - Australia has but it's at a 20-mile zoom scale so not very good for detail - and it'll be good to view the real thing when all countries (those with MSTS routes anyway) have a high-resolution aerial view and, better still, the bird's eye view. However, web•TrainSim has been doing a test of a freight activity on Wupper Express 9 and that should be ready in a day or two.

• <10-Dec-05>: Amicitreni.net has version 2 of the FS E402A loco Pack D, FS_E402a_Pack_D_V2.rar (15.4Mb, 06-Dec-05), and the E402A cab by Mauro Ciociola, CabE402a.zip (4.22Mb, 06-Dec-05). The E402A loco set is also available from Trenomania.it. Georg Dissen's BR 480 Berlin S-Bahn trainset is available from Michael Krege's cabs site (6.5Mb). web•TrainSim has uploaded his Evening (2021 departure) RE2 Service Monchengladbach to Essen Wupper Express 9 activity to web•TrainSim Downloads.

• <08-Dec-05>: An important snippet of news - the Graphics15 team have announced that Wupper Express 10 will be available on January 8, 2006 - a great New Year present!

• <05-Dec-05>: Train-sim.com has Austin Yoder's Norfolk Southern Pocahontas District route, running from Bluefield West Virginia to Williamson West Virginia. The download file, pokeyv1.zip (255Mb, 04-Dec-05), contains a self-installer for the route and includes route maps. Daryll LeCroy has programmed a MSTS utility he's called M.A.L.T. (MSTS Auto Loader Tool) to aid the loading of the MSTS Editors; M.A.L.T. can be downloaded from this page and there's a discussion forum for any help you require. Mike Simpson has already warned about using Route Riter on the Berlin Subway route; Tony Formosa also points out how to be careful when using Train Store after an installation of the Berlin Subway on the Copy/Restore Problem with Berlin Subway Addon thread on the Train-sim.com forums. web•TrainSim has two activities for Wupper Express 9, Afternoon RE2 service Essen to Monchengladbach and Early morning RB33 service Oberhausen to Monchengladbach. The activities are packed using Route Riter and can be downloaded from web•TrainSim Downloads.

Crossing the Rhine at Rheinhausen.

• <03-Dec-05>: John Hopkins has contributed all possible variations of cab design for Dash 8 and Dash 9 locos to the Train-sim.com library: left-hand or right-hand drive, day, night, imperial or metric measurement units. For example, the U.S. right-hand drive day cab is in download d8-am-us.zip (2.2Mb, 01-Dec-05) and the left-hand drive day cab is in d8-amimp.zip (2.2Mb, 01-Dec-05). Cameron Lashley of Columbus Locomotive Works (CLW), and with help from North American Locomotive Works, has modelled the Baldwin AS-616 (All Service, 6 axles, 1600 horsepower; the link is to those used by Union Pacific but there's a good description of the class) - the download files are el_as616.zip (17.5Mb, 01-Dec-05) for the Erie and Erie Lackawanna models and co_as616.zip (11.1Mb, 03-Dec-05) for models in Chesapeake & Ohio livery. Paul DeVerter of the Port City Car Company has his Narrow Gauge Mulecar No. 7, mulecrng.zip (630kb, 01-Dec-05), and Bob Boudoin has an updated ENGine file for the CSX ES44DC No. 5528 DC loco, csx44dc.zip (8kb, 02-Dec-05). web•TrainSim is working on a couple of activities for Wupper Express 9 and should be uploading them in a day or two once he's completed another test run (and, fingers crossed, the timing for the traffic does what he wants).


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