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jdtrainmanMember since Apr-8-03 · 137 postsApr 22, 2003 1:18 AM

LAST EDITED ON Apr-21-03 AT 09:25 PM (EDT) by robertreedy (moderator)

Name: Gulf Mobile and Ohio (Eastern and Western Divisions)Version: 0.1Released: 4/10/03Description: The GM&O Route retraces the original Chicago and Alton Railroad route from Chicago to St. Louis and Kansas City. The route will eventually encompass some 700 miles of trackage and is being released in stages.The initial beta release (v0.1) covers the immediate area around Springfield, Illinois, which has been painfully recreated in exquisite and accurate detail by Paul Fowler (founder of Team GM&O). This portion of the line consists of approximately 15 miles of track from Sherman, though Springfield, past Iles Tower (Wabash/NW/NS crossing), under the Illinois Terminal, and south out of town on the old Main Line.At Iles Tower, the routes first expansion runs WSW toward Murrayville, Illinois where it joins the Jack Line (featured in Model Railroader "MR Rides a Doodlebug", April 1960) and continues south to Roodhouse, Illinois.At Roodhouse the line turns west toward the Mississippi River and Kansas City and also splits off south toward Godfrey, Illinois, and rejoining the Main Line.The Jack Line extends north from Murrayville into Jacksonville and will eventually run on to Bloomington.
Install Method: The GM&O is currently delivered in 15 standard zip files with internal directories. The user should create a directory under the ROUTES director of MSTS called "GM&OP1", i.e. <drive>\program files\Microsoft games\Train Simulator\Routes\GM&OP1. After all files are unzipped, run "INSTALL.BAT" in the GM&OP1 directory. This will copy all necessary files from the six default M$TS routes! USER MUST HAVE ALL SIX DEFAULT M$TS ROUTES INSTALLED OR THE ROUTE WILL NOT WORK!!! Unzip the files and be sure they are copied into the appropriate sub-directory!Size of Download: 15 zip files, totalling 493 MB!!Size Installed: 1.3 GigabytePrototype: Yes - the prototype ran numerous trains in a 24 hour period, both freight and passenger (restricted to the Eastern Division!)Era: 1970 but is easily back-dated as far as 1947 (GM&O was the first Class I railroad to completely dieselize!) EMD F3's and ALCO switchers were commonplace through the entire period. GP-30/35/38 after 1968....Location: Illinois and MissouriLength Main: Approx. +/- 100 in beta version 0.1 (700 miles when completed )Mixture of track: Primarily single track but double in some places on the Eastern Division (Chicago-St. Louis mainline)Detail Level: EXTREMELY high in spots, especially in/around Springfield....expect frame-rates of <7 in this area....Amount Scenery: Approx. 10% scenickedFPS: 10-25 with serious gaming platform. Lowest frame-rates in/around Springfield (See above comment!)Activities: Explore Route ONLY this release!Pay/Free: This route is CURRENTLY Freeware, NO MODIFICATIONS MAY BE DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF TEAM GM&O!!!Problems: BETA-TEST RELEASE!!! EXPECT PROBLEMS! Please report all problems to Team GM&O.Where: It is located on the files site at Train-Sim.com
{edited by rr for clarity)

Jim Duncan
Team GM&O

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