GreatNortherner
02-03-2009, 12:25 PM
Allegheny Rails Route
Version and Release Date: 2.0, February 4, 2009
Description: This is a semi-fictional route, losely based on the Pennsylvania, Bessemer & Lake Erie, Baltimore & Ohio, Pittsburg and Shawmut, and Western Allegheny railroads in western Pennsylvania. The route features real places and terrain, whereas the railroad structures and industries have been freelanced and extended to provide for more acitivties following the concept Richard Garber introduced with his masterpiece, Ohio Rails.
Installation Method: Update to Version 1 of the Route. Comes in ZIP archive, prior installation of version 1 is required.
Add-Ins required: XTracks, v. 3.18 will work. NewRoads 3.2 also required. The route should also be run with MSTS-Bin installed, in order to improve performance and decrease failure probability on this highly detailed route.
Size of Download: 75 MB in one ZIP archive, plus 220 MB for version 1.
Fantasy, Prototypical, or Freelance Operations: B&LE Branchton – Butler part mostly prototypical (based on B&LE mainline), all other lines freelanced
Freight or Passenger: Both
Era or Genre: 1920s-50s
Location: Around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lines Included:
- B&LE Branchton – Butler (prototypical)
- B&LE Butler – Freeport (real-world PRR)
- B&LE Butler - Parker (real-world B&O)
- B&LE Parker – Pittsburgh (real-world PRR)
- B&O Parker – Pittsburgh (real-world P&S)
- B&O Parker - Queen Jct (real-world WA)
- B&O Butler - Bridgeburg (real-world B&O)
Number of Sidings: dozens of passing sidings, very many industry spurs
Number of Yards: 10
Single/Dual Track: Single and Double Track
Level of Trackside Detail: very high. Includes Signals, Crossing gates, Buildings, Siding and Platform Names.
Amount of scenery completed: 95%
FPS Specs, with qualifiers: 12-35 (1.7 GHz Intel Centrino, 512 MB RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon 9700). Lowend system users might experience unacceptable slowdowns in some places on the route due to heavy usage of forest regions and single objects.
Activities Provided:
dozens available for download here:
http://www.gnpaintshed.de.vu/GNOldShort/AActs/aacts.html
Tsection.dat file used: Build 35
Payware or Freeware: Freeware.
URL for More Information and Screenshots: www.gnpaintshed.de.vu
Known Problems: Very graphics-demanding in some places, two secondary lines still with only light scenery, a few rough track joints
Designer's e-mail for more info: MichaelStephan (at) gmx (dot) at
Version and Release Date: 2.0, February 4, 2009
Description: This is a semi-fictional route, losely based on the Pennsylvania, Bessemer & Lake Erie, Baltimore & Ohio, Pittsburg and Shawmut, and Western Allegheny railroads in western Pennsylvania. The route features real places and terrain, whereas the railroad structures and industries have been freelanced and extended to provide for more acitivties following the concept Richard Garber introduced with his masterpiece, Ohio Rails.
Installation Method: Update to Version 1 of the Route. Comes in ZIP archive, prior installation of version 1 is required.
Add-Ins required: XTracks, v. 3.18 will work. NewRoads 3.2 also required. The route should also be run with MSTS-Bin installed, in order to improve performance and decrease failure probability on this highly detailed route.
Size of Download: 75 MB in one ZIP archive, plus 220 MB for version 1.
Fantasy, Prototypical, or Freelance Operations: B&LE Branchton – Butler part mostly prototypical (based on B&LE mainline), all other lines freelanced
Freight or Passenger: Both
Era or Genre: 1920s-50s
Location: Around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lines Included:
- B&LE Branchton – Butler (prototypical)
- B&LE Butler – Freeport (real-world PRR)
- B&LE Butler - Parker (real-world B&O)
- B&LE Parker – Pittsburgh (real-world PRR)
- B&O Parker – Pittsburgh (real-world P&S)
- B&O Parker - Queen Jct (real-world WA)
- B&O Butler - Bridgeburg (real-world B&O)
Number of Sidings: dozens of passing sidings, very many industry spurs
Number of Yards: 10
Single/Dual Track: Single and Double Track
Level of Trackside Detail: very high. Includes Signals, Crossing gates, Buildings, Siding and Platform Names.
Amount of scenery completed: 95%
FPS Specs, with qualifiers: 12-35 (1.7 GHz Intel Centrino, 512 MB RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon 9700). Lowend system users might experience unacceptable slowdowns in some places on the route due to heavy usage of forest regions and single objects.
Activities Provided:
dozens available for download here:
http://www.gnpaintshed.de.vu/GNOldShort/AActs/aacts.html
Tsection.dat file used: Build 35
Payware or Freeware: Freeware.
URL for More Information and Screenshots: www.gnpaintshed.de.vu
Known Problems: Very graphics-demanding in some places, two secondary lines still with only light scenery, a few rough track joints
Designer's e-mail for more info: MichaelStephan (at) gmx (dot) at