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I highly recommend getting ConBuilder (easy consist editor), Route Riter (some powerful editing and correcting tools for free stuff) and Train Store (lets you load what you are going to use, so MSTS is faster to load).Conbuilder makes it easy to check downloaded equipment and activities for missing items and then to sub what you want. You can sub new equipment for old. It is much easier to use than the MSTS editor.Route Riter is really a packager for new routes, but you can use it to also find missing consist elements (especially the loose consists which ConBuilder may miss) and to check new routes for missing items. It selects from what you have to make corrections, so you can fix things fast.Train store not only lets you collect more new stuff than MSTS can handle (somewhere around 1200 items MSTS starts to freak out), but it adds the ability to explore routes with traffic patterns from your other activities. Really a nice feature.All of them are free on www.train-sim.com. Be patient and keep trying if you don't want a premium membership. Whenever a new route gets added, the free access gets harder (there have been 3 added resently, NS Pocahontas, NS Atlanta & Macon and CSX M&M route) so it can be frustrating.

The a couple of the utilities are also available at some other sites. Try railserve.com too. Lets roll with this!

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Yes, I understand how the sim's are over and above e-mail. I started with Atlas Right Track Software. I had NMRA in Chattanooga, TN fax me 'Scenery &Operation in 5'x8' December 1970 RMC. Then I transfered the track plan into the software by virtue of the fact that good 'ole Bill Shoppe used Atlas snap track and Snap Switches, and improvised with a #6 Custom Line Switch at Sheffield and routed an interchange track from the junction back to the yard, which brought a new dimension to the idea by default. Then I found out about 3rd PlanIt, at www. The presents of the opportunity to run a SD40 from the cab held a month of drive to be able to figure out the software.

Print these tutorials out as I did, with a black and white printer, no less, and punch holes to put the tutorial into a folder, a 49ct pocket type, to keep all this frustration from the rest of the world. Use a simple oval, then install a yard, then duplicate the yard to the other side of the layout.

At any time, add scenery, terrain, mesh, textures, objects. Then get out one of the old fashion 'magazines,' like MR or 'Trains,' and follow up on the internet addresses to the simulator websites. I'll bet you wind-up on Planet Auran. The dedication to the seriousness of the hobby will impress you. The content creators which give you the engine downloads will give you courage to try more!

Then go to John D. Petersons www.alabamarailfan.com and see the MSTS version. Follow the links and I'm afraid of what might happen to the LHS after that!

This is a first, I honestly fell asleep while playing this game. I don't know whether it was just me suffering from a long day or the realism of the sim but as I sat there watching my diesel locomotive thunder down a straight track I began to drift off, only to be jolted awake as the train went headfirst into a buffer post and crashed. And do you know what? Just for a moment I couldn't tell if it was real or not. Silver StreakFirst of all, let me reassure any doubters. I'm not about to criticise Train Simulatorfor actually being a simulator of trains. The argument over the merits of trainspotting is for another time and place.

The basic fact of the matter is that as train simulations go, this is as comprehensive a package as you could ask for. Hauling cargo, passenger manifests, long distance runs or short hops between local stations - it's all here and it works a treat.Plus, it looks, sounds and feels lovely. The attention to detail is superb and, cliched as it is, there's an undeniable thrill about pulling the whistle cord on the Flying Scotsman as you hurtle through the English countryside. Technically there's no faulting it.

Perhaps a little more detail when things go wrong and maybe a 'free ride' mode that wasn't so empty of computer Al, but otherwise not too bad at all.If there is a real criticism to be had though, it's that for the casual player there may not seem to be much variety in the long-term. The activities provide some interesting diversions and there's quite a bit of scenery to explore, but the bottom line is, once you've mastered the controls (which doesn't take long), the mechanics of one train journey are pretty much the same as another. For the train enthusiast though, what's provided in the box is just the start of a much larger journey. Riding The RailsWhether or not Train Simulator will be a success isn't down to the talents of British developer Kuju Entertainment though. As with Microsoft's Flight Simulator series, the game's longevity will depend on first and third party support. The included editing software should provide enough encouragement, although the route editor seems overly cumbersome to use.Hopefully, we'll start seeing new routes, new trains and new activities before long (there's already an Internet community growing and I've even seen a London Underground route ready for downloading).

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Software of this quality deserves a chance after all. Should it happen then there's no reason why Train Sim can't be as popular as a flight simulator. There are far more people with model train sets in their attic than model planes after all.