Name of Route: Denver & Rio Grande Western Cumbres PassVersion and Release Date: 2.0, January 15, 2004Description: This is the XTracks narrow gauge version of the route taken by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad over Cumbres Pass in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. It is the route of the modern-day Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad that runs between Antonito, Colorado and Chama, New Mexico. The actual C&TSRR is a 3-foot narrow gauge line, one of the remnants of the D&RGW narrow gauge empire that ruled the Colorado mountains during the gold and silver mining days of the late 1800s. The C&TSRR climbs from Chama (7860 ft) along 4% grades to the summit at Cumbres (10,015 ft) in only 14 miles, then back down to 7888 ft at Antonito, another 49 miles down the track. Numerous custom structures and textures along the route. Narrow gauge GRAMPS tank car included with route.Installation Method: RouteRiter installme.bat file. Version 4.2.53 used to prepare the route. WinZip 8.1 used to compress the route. Download the 7 .zip files into a temporary folder and open CTSRRNG.zip using WinZip or RouteRiter. Files will install into Train Simulator\ROUTES\CTSRRNG folder. Run Installme.bat. Details in readme files.Size of Download: 80.2 MBSize of Installed Route: 302 MBFantasy, Prototypical, or Freelance Operations: PrototypicalFreight or Passenger: BothEra or Genre: Narrow Gauge Steam. Route developed from 1960s era topo maps. The route is intended to simulate the route as it existed in the 1940’s-1960s when it was a revenue freight and passenger road.Location: Antonito, Colorado to Chama, New Mexico via Toltec Gorge and Cumbres PassLength of Mainline: 63 milesNumber of Branches: 0Number of Sidings: 8 passing sidings, a reversing section at Lava, wyes at Big Horn, Cumbres, and Chama and an effective wye at AntonitoYards: 2 (Antonito and Chama)Mixture of dual and single track: Single track except for passing sidingsAmount of scenery complete: Scenery complete along entire route. Custom textures and structures included to simulate buildings in Chama, Antonito, and Cumbres. Distant mountains in place.FPS Specs: Celeron 1.7 GHz, 255 MB RAM, GeForce4 MX 420 Graphics card, with medium high display settings and distant mountains on (no dynamic shadows): 7-10 fps in Antonito and Chama; 10-15 elsewhere. Testers reported 18-20 in Chama to 24-25 in the wilderness areas; objects at highest quality and distant mountains off (Dell dimension 8100,1.4Ghz, 256M RAM, GeForce 5200 128M graphics). Activities provided: One default activity is provided – it has no AI trains. Several paths are provided for Explore Route activity.Non-Default consists or rolling stock required in activities: Consist file included. Non-default equipment needed:
K36_483.zip (Locomotive K-36 #483 by Julian Abram)
drgwbox.zip (D&RGW narrow gauge boxcar by Jonathan M. Lewis)
dsp1207.zip (Denver South Park & Pacific narrow gauge stock car by Wayne Campbell)
ngtank.zip (Phillips 66 narrow gauge tank car by Jonathan M. Lewis)Add-in track sets: XTracks 3.7 or later, NewRoads 2.3 or laterTsection.dat file used: Build 20 or laterPayware or freeware: Freeware. Further use of add-ons may require permission from original author. Known problems: NoneWhere it can be downloaded: Train-Sim.com file libraryContact: Andy Miller (drgwk36) – cam75@mindspring.com
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