Blue Mountains Route - Australia – Route Specification Forum

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MikeSimpsonCharter Member · 499 postsMay 12, 2003 12:32 AM

LAST EDITED ON May-11-03 AT 08:36 PM (EDT) by robertreedy (moderator)

Name of Route: Blue Mountains Route
Version and Release Date: v.1 Release date is : May 10, 2003Description : The Blue Mountains route links Lithgow in the central west of New South Wales with Sydney on the coast. This implementation covers the section from Lithgow to Penrith in Sydney's west. The route rises some 1100m (3600 ft) above sea level.Installation Method: Download available at Train-Sim.com, Uktrainsim.com and Yuri's steam4me site (the latter two sites are multi-part zips).Size of Download: 75megSize of Installed Route: Appox. 300megFantasy, Prototypical, or Freelance Operations: Based on actual route, but not completely accurate.Freight or Passenger: BothEra or Genre: PresentLocation: New South Wales, Australia Length of Mainline: 100 kmsLength of Branches: Total 5 kmsNumber of Branches: 1Number of Sidings: About 4Number of Yards: 3, Penrith, Mount Victoria and Lithgow Diesel Loco. Engineering Works.Mixture of Dual and Single Track: 5% single, 95% double.Level of Trackside Detail: Signals, stations, platforms, gantries. Overall... somewhat high.Amount of Scenery Completed: 85%FPS Specs, with qualifiers: 1.6gAMD with a 64meg Geforce Ti4200 625meg of Ram, averages 18-45. Activities Provided: Just a simple explore activity from each end of the route.Non-Default Consists or Rolling Stock Required in Activities: No stock will be included in the package. Australian rolling stock may be downloaded from Yuri's site at http://www.railpage.org.au/steam4me/trainsim/ - The only item needed for the activities is the Countrylink XPT package.Add-In Track Sets: Needs X-Tracks - latest version 3.5Tsection.dat file used: Standardized Tsection.dat, release 00017 or laterPayware or Freeware: FreewareWhere to Download: Available at Train-Sim.com, Uktrainsim.com and Yuri's steam4me site (the latter two sites are multi-part zips).Author: Mike Simpson
Contact: virtualtrains@optushome.com.au{edit by rr for clarity of download sites}

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