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Nels Anderson examines this route add-on from 3D Train Stuff.

Coming soon from Train Artisan is their EMD F7 locomotive trainsets. First up will be the Santa Fe Super Chief. Included will be an overhauled model and cab plus new sounds. Also in the works is a VIA passenger car.

The Spanish Train Simulator Designers Team has announced the release of a new MSTS add-on, the RENFE 10.000 Estrella passenger wagons.

Pete Higginbotham offers a first look at Trainz, based on the demo version.

Strategy First and Auran have just announced the availability of a downloadable demo for their upcoming rail simulator Trainz. The 55 meg download is available from the Strategy First web site now.

Robert Murphy looks at the train-sim community, as seen by members actions in online forums, and thinks there is room for improvement...people should consider all the value they get for free from web sites and freeware developers and maybe appreciate that a bit more.

Nels Anderson reports on the complete add-on package for the Rhine River, including route, several trainsets and activities.

New from How in the World? is Route Control, an MSTS utility that saves disk space and stop crashes by checking for problems in activity and consist files.

DCM, an independent group of MSTS enthusiasts, has released beta 2 of TsTools - a utility for MSTS route designers with advanced mapping and topographic functions. This pre-release version already offers excellent terraforming results from both contour and DEM data.

Created by Lago and published by Just Trains, Train Sim Activity Pack includes over 30 challenging new activities to test your train operating skills. Each activity includes a story to set the tone and comprehensive documentation is included.

New from Richard Garber, author of the Train Sim Activities tutorial published by Abacus, is DEM Tutorial, a low cost downloadable tutorial that will teach the use of Digital Elevation Modeling in train-sim route design.