Ouray Pacerville – Route Specification Forum

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jonathanmlewisMember since Sep-25-02 · 240 postsMar 21, 2003 2:26 PM

LAST EDITED ON Mar-23-03 AT 09:32 AM (EDT) by robertreedy (moderator)

Name of Route: Ouray Pacerville Narrow Gauge RouteVersion: 1.0Release Date: 3/21/2003 (50 years after the last train ran on the Ouray Branch)Description: A 40 mile narrow gauge route though western Colorado with steep grades of up to 4% on the North-East side of the Rio Grande Southern's Dallas Divide. This route features the Denver and Rio Grande's Ouray branch between Ridgway and Ouray on grades of up to 2.5%. This route also has the Rio Grande Southern's Dallas Divide in between Ridgway to Placerville with grades of up to 4%. This route is part of the North West side of the Narrow Gauge Circle.Installation Method: need to copy what is in the .zip files.Size of Download: 5 files adding up to about 120MB each about 25MB.Size of Installed Route: 325MBFantasy, Prototypical, or Freelance Operations: PrototypicalFreight or Passenger: Mainly freight but bothEra or Genre: The 1940's the later years of the line.Location: Western ColoradoLength of Mainline: About 40 milesLength of Branches: 10 miles {edit}Number of Branches: 1 {edit}Number of Sidings: About 20Number of Yards: About 4 but depends on what you call a yardMixture of Dual and Single Track: Single trackLevel of Trackside Detail: Sounds, Mileposts and platformsAmount of Scenery Completed: 55%FPS Specs, with qualifiers: over 1 GB of ram about 1100MB{edit}Add-In Track Sets: Xtracks required, compatible with v3.2 or laterTsection.dat file used: 00016 (I think)Payware or Freeware: FreewareURL for More Information and Screenshots: http://groups.msn.com/MSTSNarrowGauge/rgs.msnwWhere it can be downloaded: http://www.train-sim.comJonathan Lewis
jonathanmlewis@msn.com{edited to add branch info and specs from author .. rr}

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