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I have just uploaded two items to the libraries. The most important one is an Excel spreadsheet and Word instruction document for assisting setting up .eng files in MSTS. I will say that using this spreadsheet will require some detailed knowledge about the locomotive being modeled or you will get the GIGO effect. I developed this spreadsheet over about a two year period and have attempted to learn to think about steam locomotive performance as the older designers did. Playing with the spreadsheet will show a lot about the relationship between the various components of a steam locomotive -- perhaps of interest to some in itself.
My second item, just for fun, is a substitute .eng file for the SAR 25nc locomotive that attempts to capture as many of the unique steaming features of the famous "Red Devil" as possible.

Bill Hobbs

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Bill, Thank you very much for uploading the Excel spreadsheet! I downloaded it yesterday and gave it a rather quick try afterwards. I soon got the "GIGO effect" -- however so much potential lays in that little utillity, it is simply amazing! I am already searching through all kinds of resources I can think of for technical data of all my steam engines. I am already so looking forward to being able to drive my steam engines even more realistically then as of now.Thank you a million times!Mike

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