Screenshots


NS geeps on the NS 217.


Four GP60’s on the NS 213.


CN SD75I leads NS 31T.


Two WV&O RS1’s switch a dock.


CR GP9J’s.


Two NS GE’s (ex-CR C40-8W and NS C40-9W) power intermodal 23R on the D&H.


A BNSF intermodal pulls out of L.A. with three Dash 9’s.


Three BNSF units pass an intermodal.


Two NS C40-9W’s lead an SW1500 on train 12G.


RBMN U23B.


D&H units lead a D&H freight.


WV&O in the 70’s.


BNSF power idles in the late afternoon.


Light engine move.


Two BNSF C44-9W’s power a CSX freight. Notice the car that almost gets whacked by the lead unit.


A C40-8W and SD60M lead Mail-3-9 through Marion, OH/


OIPI-2 with an LMS C4

wow!!! nice screen shots where did you get all of this stuff I want
the NS GP60’s,CN SD75I,CR C40-8W,NSC40-9,BNSF DASH9,BNSF DASH-9 IN SF COLORS,THE CSX STREET RUNNING ROUTE,MARION,OH ROUTE,LMS UNIT AND THE CR SD50 AND ANY UP.FOR MSTS

kevin

I like the R&N and D&H units

Chris

That train sim looks like a lot of fun!

One of the BNSF C44-9W’s and some of the NS units are at www.mapleleaftracks.com. I think everything else you want is at train-sim.com (exept for the CR C40-8W with NS patch).

Where the heck did you get all those locos? I want some.

Adrianspeeder

There are hundreds of engines at train-sim.com. [:)]

i downloaded and installed a sd50, but how do i get it to work?

Adrianspeeder

where did you get the SD50??

kevin
Lynx 3 Texas 3 2nd intermisson

Did you make a consist?

Adrianspeeder, try here:

http://www.train-sim.com/howto/install/

and here:
http://www.train-sim.com/faq/msts/custom.htm#8.2

Dougal, Where’s the dockside photo route from. Train-sim again?

Noah

www.avsim.com

Ohhhhhhh, a consist, I made one of them before. Now i forget how…

Adrianspeeder

The train leaving LA, what route is it from?

Adrianspeeder: Go to Microsoft Games > Train Simulator > Train Simulator Editors & Tools then click on “Activity Editor”.

Once there, open any route and any activity. On the right side, under player service click “New”. In the box that opens on the left, click “New” under consist and name a create your train. Save it, then cancel out of the service editor and the MSTS editor, not saving changes to the activity. You can now run your train in explore mode. To edit an existing train, simply choose the train in the consist editor and click “Edit” instead of “New”.

Adrianspeeder, there is also a tool available for FREE at several sites (train-sim for example) called ConBuilder that lets you build consists, check downloaded consists for problems (i.e. missing items so you can replace them with ones you have), alter consists, etc. It is a nice tool to have.

Route-Riter will also do this, but it does not seem as easy to use. It does seem easier for editing loose consists though.

Once you build a bunch of consists (somewhere around 900-1400, depending on your machine), MSTS will start have problems. Train Store will fix that problem. This happened to me once I started to get the new activities for Tehachapi (Payware) and Crawford Pass (Freeware) and required engines and rolling stock to operate them as written. Train Store also lets you only load what you need, greatly speeding the loading time of MSTS. It does add a step to altering consists and what not, but I would say that it is worth it rather than not being able to run trains. Now I have been a little out of control getting what I want from all over rather than worrying about a problem.

The dockside shot is from Ohio Rails (freeware route). You can even drive the tugboat in one of the activities (okay, so you can go forward and backwards down the river). It is on avsim. There are activities and equipment which take the route from steam through transition era to modern. Really well thought out route. There is also a payware Canton & Suddenly Route by the same guy.

Also look at Metro East. It is a nice commuter line by the same group.