Best Free Routes to Download

Ijust got my membership to this site, and would be happy if you all could tell me what routes you like the best. That way, I will have a good selection of routes to download. Thanks very much, PcKiller

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RE: Best Free Routes to Download, Swissie, Aug-12-03, 08:03 AM, (1) RE: Best Free Routes to Download, sd70mac666, Aug-12-03, 08:33 AM, (2) RE: Best Free Routes to Download, ASR_Q301, Aug-12-03, 08:52 AM, (3) RE: Best Free Routes to Download, BNSF4723, Aug-12-03, 11:59 AM, (4) RE: Best Free Routes to Download, PcKiller, Aug-12-03, 03:31 PM, (5) RE: Best Free Routes to Download, darkhorse2, Aug-12-03, 04:04 PM, (6) RE: Best Free Routes to Download, mquist, Aug-12-03, 05:40 PM, (7) RE: Best Free Routes to Download, kevarc, Aug-12-03, 05:46 PM, (8) Another good route, Robber Baron, Aug-12-03, 06:58 PM, (9) RE: Best Free Routes to Download, stationmaster, Aug-12-03, 07:12 PM, (10) RE: Best Free Routes to Download, UP Wings, Aug-15-03, 02:17 PM, (11) RE: Best Free Routes to Download, CGW409, Aug-15-03, 07:32 PM, (12)

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LAST EDITED ON Aug-12-03 AT 08:22 AM (EDT)

Hi PcKiller(not a good timing for your picking name judging the stir-up that lovsan-worm of today caused, if you allow me this side remark)My personal pref's:- Whitefish 2, excellent 180 miles of single track with long passing sidings, highest quality scenery & detail, feels as real as it gets.- Marias Pass 3.1, much better and smoother than the default USA2 Marias Pass- ATSF Raton Pass II - not too much scenerywise, but long stretches of 70 mph freight and 90 mph passenger running, well working signals & passing pathes.- Glorietta Pass - from the same author as Raton above, continuation of the same route, more scenery, haven't seen it all there yet.- Renfe La Pobla 2: Single track Spanish branch line with an athmosphere of a line close to being shut down, excellent scenery, slow going in some places, but a lot of carefully placed details to be seen. - Mesaba II: Interurban (trolley) route in a 1930s athmosphere, not the final release yet, but a must have if you are into interurban operations. - FBL 2 (Full Bucket Line): Ficticious 100+ miles of Southwestern Desert railroading, well balanced scenery for good frame rates, mix of a double track mainline and a single track branchline with some spurs and sidings going to industries and other nice places, including a rocket testing area...- LeHigh Valley Routes. Some 70 miles of different RR's meeting / passing each other in the LeHigh Valley region. Not the final release yet, you need to get all scenery updates, but be warned that frame rates will go down due to the high density of scenery where it is finished.- Sea View 3 for a totally ficticious route of Pacific Island sightseeing. Funride, and some secrets & mysteries to resolve.- PRRR HooDoo Pass for a ficticious single track mountain railroading route.On other sites:
- Ohio Rail Build #10 (available at avsim.com).Waiting for (as announced by the authors, but release dates unknown, will be released when it's ready)
- Conrail Indy 2.0
- Rio Grande Cumbres Pass in fully scenicised NG-version
- FBL 3
- Mesaba Final version Just my personal opinion...Lukas a.k.a SwissieEdit: Use the list of routes in the Route Specification Forum to browse through the "official" descriptions of the routes by their respective creators - not all available routes are listed there, but those authors that have posted the description of their route there give you a good idea of what to expect from their work.

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My picks in no order
1. Marias Pass 3.0
2. Crawford Hill (and the activity packs that came with it)
3. NEC V4.0
4. Glorieta
5. Raton
6. FBL

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1. Marias 3.0
2. East River Route - Jakes NS coal route is the bomb of a route!!
3. Crawford Hill
4. NEC V4
5. Blue Mountains route - its an Aussie Route - i love it! >Mike Forster<
Perth, Westen Australiapacificnational_nr103@hotmail.com

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And if you're into Payware: just go to www.mapleleaftracks.com or www.3dtrainstuff.com . They got ya covered... thats not it though.Looks Like a Pony RUNS LIKE A STALLION

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It is ok, I have been using this name for quite sometime now. I got the name from the way I play my PC games. Run them all at 1,600 by 1,200 32 bit, and that is a KILLER on the PC, hence the name. And thanks for your input about routes, I got a lot to get.

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LAST EDITED ON Aug-12-03 AT 04:08 PM (EDT)

i like the....
1-ns east river district..great route needs more activitys though
2-crawford hill
3-conrail indy
4-kicking horse pass(payware)
5-sandpatch(payware)
all these routes have many great activities with them and a bunch more you can d/l from here.
RUN WITH THE THOROBRED!!!!

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Ohio Rail is my favorite free route (find it at AVSIM). It is fictional but consists of two interconected railroad OR&W and WV&O with reasonable main line runs. There are also numerous branches and industrial areas for way fright operations. You also need to hunt down the special equipment at the same site (there are speparate packages for diesel and steam eras). There are also lots of activities. The route is growing currently at version 10. It is easy to install and has given me no trouble at all.Be Seeing you.
Michael

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LAST EDITED ON Aug-12-03 AT 05:49 PM (EDT)

Activities are available for the NS route and a few more are on the way. Go to www.3dtrains.com amd get them in the Lone Wolf Forum.Kevin Arceneaux
DEFAULT IS FOR DUMMIES
Lone Wolf Activities Forum and Activity Packs are on www.3DTrains.com

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LAST EDITED ON Aug-12-03 AT 07:04 PM (EDT)

Another good route if you're into European stuff is the Wupper Express, which can be found here: http://www.the-train.deBeware! The site is primarily German, though they have some pages in English as well, so be prepared to spend a frustrating few hours trying to decipher the setup instructions, which are in German. Also the activity pack which comes with the route has German-only instructions and all the rolling stock for the activities is spread out over several German sites, and just when you think you've got it all, there will still be a couple of bits that you will need to track down. It took me the better part of a day and I haven't even started to fix the cabviews for the locomotives yet.

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One more - if you like switching activities, there's the Timesaver Route. It is also one of the smallest Train Sim downloads you will find - less than 60k.http://www.railwaystation.com/trainsim/routes.htmlRon
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For pay routes Maple Leaf Tracks is topps and for free routes you get here I like Sea View 3 the best, NEC version 4 is also good.

UP Wings
-Brian-
"Union Pacific-The Overland Route"

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Chicago to Oelwien IA
50's 60's granger railroading at it's finestGary S

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