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Publisher Strategy First has announced an agreement with German developer German Railroads to bring two add-ons for MSTS to the North American market. German Railroads 1 and German Railroads 2 will ship in the first and second quarters respectively of 2003.

Nels Anderson takes a look at the released version of the RailDriver cab controls.

Now available from Maple Leaf Tracks is Michigan Iron Ore - The Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad, offering over 40 miles of shortline ore hauling activity for MSTS. Included with the route are first and second generation Alco and GE locomotives that are capable of pulling 100 car ore trains from the mines to the docks.

3D Train Stuff has announced the release of v1.60 of their Cajon Pass route. This update, free to current owners, addresses all known issues in activities and includes some new wellcars, poles and even some new activities.

Are you interested in joining a virtual railroad but aren't sure what exactly they are all about? In this article Jim Vaughn, director of workforce development for North Eastern Railroad (Virtual) offers a detailed explanation of what is involved and what to look for in a virtual railroad.

Virtual-Motive-Division is a group of designers building detailed creations for Auran's Trainz simulator. Current projects include the EMD GP38-2, GP7 and GP9 in liveries for five North American railroads.

Now available from 3D Perfection Models is a collection of four Santa Fe GP20 locomotives with four matching activities, custom cabs and custom sounds. Also available as a free download is a Santa Fe box car.

Coming in the next month from Aerosoft are two new train-sim related products. TrainSim Activity Pack 1 includes more than 60 hours of fun with activities for ProTrain 1 and 2, High Speed Trains, Heidi Express and German Railroads. Also announced is Raildriver's Cab Controller, the first hardware controller for Microsoft Train Simulator.

Rich Garber tries out a pre-release version of the RailDriver cab controls.

TrainzProRoutes is a new group of developers working on high quality prototypical routes for Auran's Trainz simulator. Current projects include the Tehachapi Route.

By now you've certainly heard about Auran's Trainz Ultimate Collection but you'd probably like to know more. We've just been supplied with a large collection of screen shots that are just stunning! Here's your chance to see just how good this sim is.