I need Train Simulator Advice (nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org)

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Ben,
As you may know (and even the most experienced route builders will tell you) 
MSTS is a royal pain in the ___&@#*! But since there's nothing that 
approaches it (I've tried Trainz and don't like it), it's the best game in 
town until TMTS comes sometime later this year.

Both of Austin's NS (N&W) routes are excellent and compare (and better than) 
with a lot of the payware routes. I was fortunate enough to be one of the 
beta testers on the routes and can speak from experince.

Allen Evans
al1218 on train-sim.com



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>Ben:

>Check the Train-Sim.com file library.  Austin Yoder has made a couple great

>routes:  The Pokey mainline with branches and the New River (he calls it

>East River, I call it New River).   There is also a partial Clinch Valley

>route which I have not tried but hear good things about.  You might want to

>try these to see what can be done.  Or you can wait for a new sim that is

>expected to out someday that promises to be easier on route builders (check

>forum).  You're right that route building is rough.  I bought a Route

>Building Guide (pdf) that got me further than I ever could on my own.

>However, even with that, I never got completed the Saluda route I started,

>darn it.

>John Marbury

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>Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 05:36:51 -0800 (PST)

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>To any of you guys who are into train simulators:

>   I need advice.  I'm wanting to get into train simulators.  I used to 

>have

>Microsoft train simulator, but had a terrible time trying to figure out how

>to build a route, so I gave up.  Now, I've lost one of the discs for it so

>I'll have to start from scratch again.  What simulators and such would you

>all recommend?

>   Reason I'm asking is I wanted to do a sim version of the Saltville 

>Branch,

>but I couldn't even figure that out on MSTS. Any help would be appreciated.

>   Thanks,

>   Ben Blevins

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