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CivilEngMember since Oct-7-02 · 1 postsNov 3, 2002 8:07 PM

Name of Route: North Coast Railroad v1.0Version and Release Date: V1.0, released 10/13/02Description: This route is based on part of a railway in Northern California, the North Coast Railroad, also called the Northwestern Pacific. The railroad connected the San Francisco Bay area with the Northern California city of Eureka. This route contains the northern stretch of track starting from the south at the small town of Dos Rios and ending north beyond the city of Eureka. The route passes through mountainous terrain along the Eel River and also serves several small cities and towns.Installation Method: Unzip both NCR1_1.zip and NCR1_2.zip into directory and run Installme.bat. If X-Tracks is not installed, add 250 m radius curve track sections (see readme.txt in original route and ncr_tsec.zip download at www.train-sim.com.)Size of Download: 2 ZIP files, 26 MB and 30 MBSize of Installed Route: 290 MBFantasy, Prototypical, or Freelance Operations: PrototypicalFreight or Passenger: BothEra or Genre: 1970s-1998Location: Northern California, USALength of Mainline: 133 milesLength of Branches: 5 milesNumber of Branches: 1Number of Sidings: 17 passing sidingsNumber of Yards: 3 small yardsMixture of Dual and Single Track: All single track, with passing sidingsLevel of Trackside Detail: Sidings, platforms, mileposts spaced at least one every 4 milesAmount of Scenery Completed: 100%Activities Provided: 2 simple activities to view routeNon-Default Consists or Rolling Stock Required in Activities: ncr3779.zip - NCR GP9, download from www.train-sim.comAdd-In Track Sets: 250 m radius curvesTsection.dat file used: Tsection.dat in ncr_tsec.zip (from www.train-sim.com,) or any version of the standardized tsection.datPayware or Freeware: FreewareKnown Problems: Track database boundary causes "Great White Void" problem when traveling northbound at one point. Modified global tsection.dat included with route causes some problems in Route Editor, ncr_tsec.zip corrects this.Where is can be downloaded: www.train-sim.com

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