The Microsoft
Train Simulator Pages.
This is the UK Site for the MTS.
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A second simulator product that finally arrived in the UK market place in November 2003 is
TRS 2004 Railway Simulator This product was originally
released as a Community Edition in December 2001 as TRAINZ. Several patches later it was
released as a Retail Version. 2002 saw the release of the next version called Ultimate Trainz
Collection (UTC). TRS 2004 is the latest version.
Please note TRS2004 is a NEW product and NOT an upgrade to the original TRAINZ or UTC.
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Nels Andersons web site, where you can
visit the Forums and ask questions and get answers; you can DOWNLOAD
additional locos (mainly US and Canadian) and rolling stock for Train Sim and link to other sites.
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Matts web site, where you can
look through the excellent tutorials on HOW TO create your locos and rolling stock for
Train Sim; HOW TO reskin rolling stock to the livery of your choice.
These tutorials will grow and grow over the coming months. Now hosting the largest
collection of UK based content creation for TrainSim (Over 4500 items).
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Abacus Software who have
already produced a number of addons: Train Sim Roundhouse (A collection of
locos, rolling stock, activities and a new route), Train Sim Modeler (Design your
own Locos, Rolling Stock, Buildings etc and export them straight into Train Sim),
The LTV Erie Mining Company (This is a complete package from the route through activities
to rolling stock).
They have also produced two e-books: A Step by Step Guide to Route Building which I
found excellent (Now upgraded to Version 2) and A Step by Step Guide to making your own activities.
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Mike Banfields Medway Valley TRAINZ pages
where he offers numerous track items (including 3rd Rail and Narrow Guage),
buildings, bridges (including the Forth Rail Bridge) all for download.
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TrianzLuvr
If you want additional loco's, rolling stock, scenery etc for the Auran Trainz Simulator
then this is the site for you.
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Vern Moorhouses TrainSim pages
where he discusses and provides reviews and links to ALL the Train Simulators available.
Vern has also produced five routes of his own for MS TrainSim.
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For those that would rather be the signalman than the driver, you should visit
The PCRail Signalbox Simulation Site where you
will find Heritage Simulations of yesteryear signalboxes, PowerBox Simulations of
current day signalboxes and International Simulations.
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