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Malcolm Rail Scottish landscape re-skin now available here https://caledonianrailworks.wo…ss-type/class-90dvt-sets/ for both AP and Steam class 90 packs. Also available from UKTS

Post from UKTS, an old favourite has been updated
South West Wales Route v4.0

The Oakwood Shed are pleased to announce an upgrade release of the freeware route 'South West Wales'.
Some of the changes made are as follows:
General tidy-up of route (very little needed!).
Extended the lines from Whitland towards Fishguard & Pembroke Dock by 2-3 miles and addded scenery.
Major re-doubling of the line around Gowerton including the new station etc.
Major extention of the line south east from Margam/Port Talbot to include Pyle Station and surrounds.
Route Markers now included.
Added new scenrios (with many thanks to Daniel Price for his undying help here!).
This is available for download now from the link below:-
http://www.oakwood-shed.co.uk/sww4/sww_route_v4.html

Liverpool Manchester BR Blue now updated to V1.4, same download link.
Glorious devon 1958 now updated http://www.dpsimulation.org.uk/routes.html 06/07/16 Updated again to resolve passenger loading issues at some platforms.
Beautiful steam route

Matrix Trains have released two updated and expanded packs of LMS Stanier Period 3 coaches on the Steam Marketplace

Pack 1
The LMS P3 Coaches Pack 01 recreates variants of LMS coaches in use from 1933 (Design Period 3), including the flush-sided coaches created by William Stanier in LMS maroon and Bloood & Custard liveries. It also includes the distinctive 6-Wheeled Full Brake coach in LMS maroon and BR Crimson.
The LMS P3 Coaches Pack 01 includes the following variants:

• LMS P3 First
• LMS P3 Brake Third
• LMS P3 Composite
• LMS 6-Wheeled Full Brake

Pack 2
The LMS P3 Coaches Pack 02 includes variants of the LMS coaches in use during Design Period 3 from 1933, including dining and brake variants, in LMS maroon and Blood & Custard liveries. It also features the 42-foot Utility van in LMS maroon and BR Crimson.
The LMS P3 Coaches Pack 02 includes:

• LMS P3 Third
• LMS P3 Dining Third Kitchen
• LMS P3 Dining Third Open
• 42-Foot Utility

Some pictures of the packs released so far and future plans http://train-simulator.com/introducing-matrixtrains/

More Matrix Trains coaches have appeared on steam.

Collet Coaches Pack 01 http://store.steampowered.com/app/295202/
Collet Coaches Pack 02 http://store.steampowered.com/app/295203

Thompson Corridor Coaches Pack 01
http://store.steampowered.com/app/326041/

Thompson Corridor Coaches Pack 02
http://store.steampowered.com/app/326042

Cambridge Lines and the ECML V2 released on UKTS

http://www.uktrainsim.com/filelib-info.php?form_fileid=35856
http://www.uktrainsim.com/filelib-info.php?form_fileid=35857
http://www.uktrainsim.com/filelib-info.php?form_fileid=35858
http://www.uktrainsim.com/filelib-info.php?form_fileid=35861
http://www.uktrainsim.com/filelib-info.php?form_fileid=35862
http://www.uktrainsim.com/filelib-info.php?form_fileid=35864

This route is set at the end of the steam era and the beginning of the diesels. It covers the ECML from Kings Cross up to Arlesey, and the Cambridge main line from the junction with the ECML at Hitchin through Cambridge up to Ely. It also has the freight-only line between St Ives and Ely; the passenger line from St Ives to Cambridge and the route out to Newmarket. At present about 135 route miles - with a mixture of main line, some classic branch line and some industrial mileage.
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The line covers 51 stations - ranging from the tiny branch halts through the 1.5 miles of Cambridge station to the congested environs of Kings Cross and Top Shed.
The traffic across the region’s lines is very varied – fast passenger trains like the Kings Cross “Beer train” and the old Great Eastern "Fenman" route up from Liverpool street; endless coal trains between Doncaster and the great marshalling yards at Temple Meads and Whitemoor; food shipments (especially fruit) from the fertile farms of the fens - and local stoppers and pick-up goods making their stately way across the fens.
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This release is the second stage of this project - it includes an extended version of the original Cambridgeshire lines route which I have merged with a heavily modified version of the ECML-S route from RSC. Please read the route guide for details on what is included, to what level and with what future plans. Feedback is gratefully received - this is a long-term project aimed at providing a realistic, stimulating and accurate recreation of this fascinating area and era.
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For more info and screenshots visit the <a href='http://cambslines.ivimey.org/'>website </a>– the route includes a detailed manual including a full history of the route and the main traffic flows around and through it.
The route uses the track from the ECML-S route (this gives a much better ‘feel’ compared to the default Kuju track that I originally used). This means that the track WILL NOT LOAD unless you have the ECML-S. The IOW route and Euro-Asset pack are also important as they supply approx.25% of the scenic items. Of course, when I started, the ‘Euro-assets’ were included in the base game and the IOW route was either free or minimum cost (it’s so long ago that I can’t remember !).
The route is two-thirds ‘original’ work and one-third cloned from the ECML-S and then extensively remodelled. Many of the custom assets are either clones from existing items (mostly Kuju, RSC, DTG) or reference textures from them etc. Obviously I do not own the textures or underlying geometry of the ECML-S bit and the route owes a massive debt to the superior skills of the many people who created the assets that I have used or re-purposed. The rule of thumb is … if it looks a bit crap close up then I probably did it – if it looks good then someone else did it and I don’t own it or claim any rights over it.
The route is set in the 1950s but in order to provide for the widest time-span while retaining interesting period pieces I have been flexible – so the ECML has the expansion to 4 tracks and Potters Bar rebuild from 58/59 but I’ve retained the St Ives to Ely line that was half-abandoned by this time and Kings Cross has the surrounds of the early 1950s (pre diesel).

Pre-requisites

ECML South from DTG

To install this route you need the following freeware packs:
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CambridgeLines Assets 3rd party (Bundled Asset Packs) 1 of 3
⦁ CambridgeLines Assets 3rd party (Bundled Asset Packs) 2 of 3
⦁ CambridgeLines Assets 3rd party (Bundled Asset Packs) 3 of 3
⦁ CambridgeLines Assets Cambs (Custom Asset Pack)

⦁ UKTS NER Tall Signalbox
⦁ UKTS FP Foliage
⦁ UKTS FP Station Buildings
⦁ Great Northerner Telegraph Poles
⦁ Trumpington_Signal_box

These two require you to create a free sign-in account to their forum: (they are also included with some of their routes on steam)
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3DTrains – Rural Landscapes
⦁ 3DTrains - ScaleRoads

These 'legacy' assets packs were included in the basic game up to TS2013. If your installation is a fresh copy of TS2013 onwards then you may not have them. To check, in the Steam Library window, right-click on 'Train Simulator' and select “View Downloadable Content”. You need to ensure the following items are in this list:

⦁ Railworks 3 Legacy Assets Foliage
⦁ Train Simulator: European Loco & Asset Pack
⦁ Train Simulator: Isle of Wight Route Add-on
⦁ RSDL Stations Pack (freeware) or 'AP Station Pack', also known as the 'UK Buildings Model Pack' and sometimes 'Railworks AssetPack01' - this used to be freeware but now seems to be bundled with some routes (see Appendix A for a partial list)

Optional Items
These packs are required to run some of the included scenarios - they are not required to load the route:

from UKTS Freeware Packs:

⦁ UK Steam #1
⦁ UK Carriages #1
⦁ UK Classic Diesel and Electric #1
⦁ UK Wagons #1

from Mike Round, Harveype and Llew:
⦁ BR 9F 2-10-0
⦁ LNER 04 ROD
⦁ LNER A3
⦁ LNER A3 repaint

The old BR Britannia is used in a couple of the default scenarios. It can no longer be obtained from the original supplier but there is a Payware model available from Just Trains.

If you want the water troughs at Langley to actually work then you also need the 'Rivera Line: Exeter to Kingswear' from Steam.

Northern Route will be released by Vp productions. https://m.facebook.com/VulcanFoundry/?fref=ts
do not use Facebook, the route requirements are listed below:

Payware:

The Wherry Lines (Signals in places)
40% SALE THIS BANK HOLIDAY AT http://www.armstrongpowerhouse.com
WELL WORTH THE MONEY FOR THIS FANTASTIC ROUTE:
http://www.armstrongpowerhouse.com/index.php…

From Steam:

APStation pack (Free) also included with WCML Over Shap and most other Steam routes
Brighton Mainline
Liverpool to Manchester
Settle to Carlisle
Fort William to Mallaig
WCML Trent Valley
WCML Over Shap

From Just Trains:

Common Library (Included with routes released after Newcastle-Edinburgh)

From UK-Trainsim:

Chaddock Engineering
LNWR Signal Boxes
http://www.uktrainsim.com/filelib-info. ... leid=21628
Footbridges
http://www.uktrainsim.com/filelib-info. ... leid=28333
Bridges
http://www.uktrainsim.com/filelib-info. ... leid=21234

Once again thanks to those who have allowed us to bundle assets with the route,these will be fully detailed in the Readme and credited,but they include:
The TPR Team
“Yelland”
“JADSHome”
DP Simulation
“Cunningn”

The scenario requirements are different for each scenario and the list will be included in the read-me.

Update for Cambridge Lines http://www.uktrainsim.com/filelib-info.php?form_fileid=35915

2.01 was withdrawn, this patch can be used as a fix for 2.01 or an update from 2.0 from what I read.

GEML : London to Norwich by TractionDepot out now on Steam Workshop
Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/tractiondepot/
Route: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/…

TEMPORARILY WITHDRAWN DUE TO UNEXPECTED PROBLEMS

Released on UKTS Devon Rails http://members.uktrainsim.com/…nfo.php?form_fileid=35923

Welcome to version 1.01 of Devon Rails, which is based on and vastly extends DTG’s Riviera Line. This interim update adds the tracks to Gunnislake and Okehampton, and finishes the detailed scenery to Exmouth.

The route will be updated regularly. At the moment there is detailed scenery for:
Exeter to Plymouth, Exeter to Exmouth
It has partial scenery for:
Plymouth to Devonport and Cowley Bridge Junction to Tiverton Parkway.
And line, signalling and stations only for:
Exmouth junction to Axminster, Cowley Bridge Junction to Okehampton, Devonport to Gunnislake, and Tiverton Parkway to Bristol Temple Meads.
We’ll fill in the missing detail in due course, as well as extending the rails to Barnstaple.
You will absolutely need to have the Riviera Line installed for this to work. For an acceptable experience you’ll also need to have DTG’s Brighton Main Line and scenery packs, Just Trains’ Western Main Lines and Bristol to Exeter routes, DP Simulation’s Barnstaple to Exeter, and the UKTS community scenery packs. For the best experience you’ll need all the other assets listed below, but it’ll probably work pretty well with just those above. You’ll need the vehicle assets in the list to be able to run some of the scenarios, but they’re not essential if you don’t want to play them.

Installation instructions
Route
Save the Devon Rails 7z file to a suitable folder. Unzip the contents to the same folder.
Copy the unzipped file xxx to this folder:
C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonRailWorksContentRoutes
Ceege folder
Copy the unzipped Ceege folder to this folder:
C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonRailWorksAssets
Riviera_Stations.dcsv
This is not essential, but you can get a comprehensive list of stations from the extended route to show in the navigation window by copying over the Riviera_Stations.dcsv file in the 7z to your system. Begin by using RW Tools to unpack the main content .ap file in this folder:
C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonRailWorksAssetsRSCRivieraLineRouteMarkers
When you’ve done that rename the existing .dcsv file to Riviera_Stations.bak and then paste in the Riviera_Stations.dcsv in the download.
Bear in mind that you’ll get the same list when you use your original Riviera Line route, even though the stations aren’t actually there.
Full asset list
Author Label Website
Callum Renton Ceege In the installation zip
DevL Barnstaple to Exeter DP Simulation
JADsHome Chain Link Fencing uktrainsim
JADsHome Palisade Fencing uktrainsim
JADsHome Signs pack 2 uktrainsim
JADsHome Signs pack 3 uktrainsim
mbtech22 LSWR Trestle Platform Kit uktrainsim
mbtech22 SR Pedestal Platform uktrainsim
Callum Renton / Simon Spoerer Devon Rails v 1.01 uktrainsim
UKTS_FP Blocks and Lofts uktrainsim
UKTS_FP Clutter uktrainsim
UKTS_FP Commercial uktrainsim
UKTS_FP Housing uktrainsim
UKTS_FP Industrial uktrainsim
UKTS_FP Railway Buildings uktrainsim
Mbrinton RailNetwork uktrainsim
JASLoot Railway Crossings uktrainsim
Richard Maxted Banks and cuttings uktrainsim
Callum Renton HST repaints uktrainsim
JT Voyager Just Trains
JT 153 Just Trains
JT Western Main Lines Just Trains
Kuju Rail Simulator Just Trains
RSC AP Station Steam
RSC Brighton Main Line Steam
RSC Class 159 Steam
RSC MP02 Town Steam
RSC MP Platform Clutter Steam
RSC Riviera Line Steam
RSC West Somerset Steam
RSDL Foliage Steam
S9BL Class 158 Steam
Thomson_Oovee Class 150 Steam
Keith Ross WCML North Steam

From DP simulations

Glorious Devon TPO Patch
Patch for the users of Victory Works Travelling Post Office
Victory Works have provided the “GWR Saint Class and Travelling Post Office”
addon for Train Simulator 2017. In order to provide reasonably accurate locations for the lineside apparatus and track links for the owners of this addon the Glorious Devon team has produced this TPO patch for Glorious Devon Exeter to Plymouth ver. 1.2.
The patch provides location markers for the lineside apparatus, a few small changes to the scenery so as to provide room for the apparatus, with attending Royal Mail vans etc. and the manual provides lots of information for scenario writers who wish to produce TPO scenarios.
Included is a sample scenario primarily to show the placement of lineside apparatus and links in the scenario editor but also for a chance to have the excitement of driving a double headed Saint mail train from Exeter to Plymouth.

http://www.dpsimulation.org.uk/routes.html

Yorkshire Coast update
from UKTS

Onedrive link for a work in progress version if anyone would like to see how things are going, I've learned to back up several times a week to avoid losing anything if TS2016 takes a turn and does odd things to my track as it seems prone to, After a quick fly through in the editor this version seems fine https://1drv.ms/f/s!Aq3KWBrMkhYOhOcL5NZKqXo88VuRZA

Payware requirements are as follows
The main TS2016 Package including Riviera 1950s - http://store.steampowered.com/app/24010/
West Highland Line Extension for track, Embankments & Vegetation http://store.steampowered.com/app/277748/
Weardale & Teesdale Network for majority of scenery at the Whitby & Saltburn end and industrial buildings - http://store.steampowered.com/app/277777/
Donner Pass for the viaducts on the coast route - http://store.steampowered.com/app/65239/
Not so essential but used in the middle section built earlier
Woodhead Route - http://store.steampowered.com/app/65244/
Settle & Carlisle - http://store.steampowered.com/app/65255/
Falmouth Branch - http://store.steampowered.com/app/24096/
All freeware files available on UKTS are listed as related files to this earlier build of the route - http://members.uktrainsim.com/filelib-info.php…

VP Productions Preston - Blackpool North freeware route available http://www.vulcanproductions.c…-blackpool---preston.html
Installation is a little complex.
Requirements for route here https://drive.google.com/file/…A4L7WUkRUVUlHRHdJQVU/view
Scenario requirements here https://drive.google.com/file/…A4L7WaHFrZ1FHcXZGRHc/view

DPsimulation East Coast Mainline: North East - V1.4 Released

http://www.dpsimulation.org.uk/routes.html