RW/TS2013 Narrow Gauge - Viable?

[satnur]

Hi Otto,

I will send you a link with a password: I regularly put my beta for testing... See you mail tonight ! You will see: it is better and better. And as usual, your comments will be appreciated and followed if possible.

Satnur

Hi Satnur !

Still hoping to get another Beta of your route to have a look at, there being little of interest going on with Train Simulators at the moment.

There is also another French route in the works, the Ligne du Nord, I am looking forward to, already having Freeware TGVs and other French rolling stock to run on !

OR is another ball game and after it has it's own routes and activities editor and all is looking and working better than in MSTS, Trainz and TS-2013, routes and rolling stock will have to be created for it's new Game and 3D Graphics engine, M$ having stopped supporting it's XNA OR is using !

O t t o

[OTTODAD]

Thanks a lot !

I don't think there is much more that I can teach you, the last beta of the route and the French tracks used by it having been near perfect already !

Take care, O t t o.

[satnur]

otto,

I sent you all the informations...

Satnur

Thanks a lot !

I don't think there is much more that I can teach you, the last beta of the route and the French tracks used by it having been near perfect already !

Take care, O t t o.

[NorthernWarrior]

Back on topic, another narrow gauge route which looks quite interesting is the old "Puggy Line" aka Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochabe..._Gauge_Railway

...though I fear with gradients of up to 1 in 25 none of the existing ng traction available in RW (with the possible exception of the Durango stuff) could cope with those gradients.

[NorthernWarrior]

Well I have just had a confirmation email from RSC Support that there are no plans to re-release Project Platform/Phorum Peninsula. So there you have it - anyone planning doing a route that uses resources from this add-on, needs to be aware that anyone not already owning it will be unable to get it. (With the caveat that Derek mentioned earlier he is trying to get permission to host some of the items on his own site).

[JasonM]

Back on topic, another narrow gauge route which looks quite interesting is the old "Puggy Line" aka Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochabe..._Gauge_Railway

...though I fear with gradients of up to 1 in 25 none of the existing ng traction available in RW (with the possible exception of the Durango stuff) could cope with those gradients.

Thats is one line I would love to see built in a sim Vern, it really fascinates me and I would of loved to have seen it for real when it was in full working order.
I have walked some of the track bed and have also purchased a book all about it, interesting reading.
As you say though without the proper traction it would not be worth building it, shame.

[OTTODAD]

Don't forget the excellent G-TraX Durango to Silverton NG route !

However, interest in NG routes is limited, there not being many available, mainly single-tracks with limited rolling stock.

My favorite is the UK South Wales http://www.festrail.co.uk/main.shtml I have traveled on to the slate mines years ago.

O t t o

[NorthernWarrior]

Thats is one line I would love to see built in a sim Vern, it really fascinates me and I would of loved to have seen it for real when it was in full working order.
I have walked some of the track bed and have also purchased a book all about it, interesting reading.
As you say though without the proper traction it would not be worth building it, shame.

I managed to pick up a copy of the book a couple of weeks ago, just in case. If all else fails I could always do it as a Trainz project, I guess.

[NorthernWarrior]

This has appeared on RSC Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=1&theater

Now it may mean nothing at all but, while 15" is not a substitute for full size narrow gauge of between 2'0" and 3'6", such a route could open up lots of possibilities for projects outside the RHDR. In the UK we also have the Ravenglass & Eskdale plus various estate railways that were built to this gauge over the years. In the US there is Train Mountain in Oregon which, while I know is 7" gauge, 15" would not go amiss.

So I for one would be quite happy to see RSC build this, as something a bit different.