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The Wycombe Railway and Joint Line Plus 5 - a free preview download is now available.

Fifty or so miles have been added to the route.

It features GWR and BR era Quick Drives and some basic Standard and Free Roam scenarios.

Scenario requirements with links are in the on line manual.

Also included are GWR and BR wagon and coach packs with custom Quick Drive consists.

These use a prefix to denote era and train type. The starting locations use the same prefix system.

Interactive Quick Drive instructions can be viewed on line via a second screen or mobile phone.

In game scenario instructions are also on line.

The route requires 5 DTG routes from Steam: 'Woodhead' - the original 'Classics Range' version, 'Falmouth',

'Isle of Wight', 'West Somerset' and 'Riviera in the 50s'

Manual: http://www.vpris.co.uk/index.htm      Although it says buy now IT IS FREE

Download here from SendOwl: http://www.vpris.co.uk/plus5/sendowl.htm

Please report any problems found.

From Backdated Trainsim;

South Lancashire & North Cheshire v5.0 - Updated 07/08/2021

By Andy Freeman and Nick Hudson

Nick sadly passed away suddenly at the end of 2020. Nick created all of the track and signalling infrastructure, custom road traffic and reskinned several assets for the route – he was always far ahead of me with the track and had already completed the track through to Crewe ( along with sections between Manchester and Wigan, Frodsham to Hooton and the Northwich area ). I have decided to complete the scenery on all sections for which Nick had completed the track and associated infrastructure.

I dedicate this section of the route to Nick, we never met in person but I regarded him as a friend.

Andy

This Network is a continuation and enlargement of our previously published route "Liverpool to Manchester Victoria and Manchester Piccadilly - BR Blue Period". Details for that are included in one of the Manuals included.

https://backdatedtrainsim.weebly.com/andy--nick-routes.html

Also available here; https://www.wotawallysbits.net/slnc.html

There is now an additional asset download for the South Lancashire and North Cheshire route. Same download link.

Very close to release now Virtual District line V3

Golden Valleys freeware route West of England released https://www.golden-age-develop…o.uk/west-of-england.html

DESCRIPTION

Description:

This route (Phase 1) covers the roughly 27-mile section of track between Exeter Central and Axminster as it would have appeared in the late-SR to early-BR era (c.1940 to c.1956). In stark contrast to the line as it exists today, there are two tracks throughout, intersected by branch lines to various seaside resorts on the East Devon coast. Many stations are unrecognisable, with full station buildings, bay platforms, sidings, yards, and much more substantial facilities. Passenger services range from local stopping trains to top-link named expresses, with freight services ranging from start-stop local vans trains, to heavy mineral through trains and important overnight newspaper trains. The route is intended to accurately depict the route with only minor embellishments for playability and minimal use of artistic licence. Scenery has been intricately placed to give the feeling that you are truly in Devon in the 1940s. The provision of numerous highly detailed custom assets has allowed us to faithfully recreate the many stations and locations along the line.

REQUIREMENTS

Payware:

Riviera Line*

Riviera Line in the 50s

Weardale and Teesdale Network

West Highland Line: Extension*

Western Lines of Scotland

Woodhead

Settle & Carlisle

*required for route to be drivable.

Freeware:

UKTS Clutter Pack 1 [20478]

UKTS LNWR Engine Shed Kit [25894]

UKTS Freeware Pack: Clutter

VP Grass Pack

VP Tree Pack

GAD Signalling Equipment Pack

OUT NOW!!
LT Heritage Engineering Stock Pack

Spice up your VDL Phase III install with this pack of new stock and reskins depicting several items of stock used historically on engineering trains on the London Underground.

All items in this pack are optional. For specific items, you will need the following installed:

Virtual District Line Phase III , for
- LT Standard Stock Yellow Pilot Motors
- LT L11 Locomotive
- LT Maroon Battery Locos

DTG London Transport Heritage Pack (Steam) , for:
- DTG LT Weathered Pannier Tank Loco

VictoryWorks GWR Pannier Loco Pack (Steam) , for:
- VW LT Weathered Pannier Tank Loco

Return to Maerdy Route Addon (Steam) , for:
- LT 16T Coal Wagon

DT British Railways Wagons Pack (Digital Traction) , for:
- LT Bogie Bolster C Wagon
- LT Croccodile H Wagon

DT Great British Wagon Pack 2 (Digital Traction) , for:
- LT 20T Brake Vans
- LT 10T Fitted Open Wagon
- LT 12T Dropside Wagon
- LT 12T Mineral Wagon

We're also using this pack to trial new headlight flare effects on our LU stock, which you can see on L11, Standard Stock Pilot Motors and the Battery Locos.
We'd appreciate any feedback on this to help us to decide whether to roll this out to all the other stock in VDL.

Download this pack now from: https://backdatedtrainsim.weebly.com/virtual-district...

Enjoy!

Now updated due to some unexpected errors.

From Facebook; Backdated Trainsim

The goodies just keep on coming.

OUT NOW!!
LU C69 and D78 Railtour and Farewell Pack
By Alexander L.

This is a pack of additional versions of the C69 and D78 stock train depicting the trains that operated on end of service trips and tours in 2014 and 2017.

YOU ONLY REQUIRE A FULL INSTALL OF VIRTUAL DISTRICT LINE PHASE III TO USE THESE TRAINS

They also come with new light flare effects, same as those debuted in the LT Heritage Engineering Stock Pack.

QuickDrive consists are included.

https://backdatedtrainsim.weebly.com/virtual-district...

Unfortunatly there is currently an error when you try to download. Hopefully it will be fixed quickly -NOW WORKING

From UKTS

Thanks to MaxCook I have uploaded a fix for the R49 stock on the Virtual District Line, it consists of a new Controlnames.txt file which need to be placed in your Settings folder and a new lever map which need to be placed in KeyMaps\Levers\RSCOTT\LONDONTRANSPORT folder.

you can download the two files here



https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cbwyvjrt3x6g ... tracking=1



If you wish to update your controlnames.txt file instead of overwriting it then you need to add the following entries.

Lever=Reverser=REVhandle

Lever=ThrottleAndBrake=MChandle

Lever=TrainBrake=DBhandle



Chris