Free MSTS download add-ons ratings

Posted by Anonymous

on Wed, Dec 22 2004 7:11 PM

I have Microsoft train simulator,so how do I get downloads?[%-)]

Posted by StillGrande

on Thu, Dec 23 2004 10:51 AM

Canton and Suddenly is by the same guys who did Ohio Rails, but they are different routes.

Martin, you can find the downloads in a number of places. Browsing through this forum should turn up a few. Probably the biggest for free stuff is www.train-sim.com. www.alabamarailfan.com has some locos and cars, and are very easy to install. www.avsim.com has some stuff (including OHIO Rails - used to have the PRR horseshoe curve, but it seems to have gone away) but you really have to hunt for some good ones. There are also others which have both payware and freeware, but you can find a list of them at trainsim.com

Dewey "Facts are meaningless; you can use facts to prove anything that is even remotely true! Facts, schmacks!" - Homer Simpson "The problem is there are so many stupid people and nothing eats them."

Posted by Anonymous

on Mon, Jan 31 2005 2:35 PM

[quote The other downside is they limit users to 25 downloads a day.

To get around this, you can try blocking all cookies on your internet browser. (Tools > Internet Options > "Privacy" tab > Raise security level to "Block all Cookies". You should be able to have unlimited downloads, unless they measure your downloads with you account.

Posted by Anonymous

on Fri, Feb 25 2005 10:20 PM

KLW TrainSim has an excellent Norfolk Southern Mega-pack. It includes 2 SD40-2's with high-hoods [you'll love the horn], 1 SD40-2 low hood, 2 GP40-2's with high-hoods, 1 GP40-2 low hood, 2 slug units, and a ton of rolling stock. AND IT'S FREE!!! They feature authentic cab views with radio chatter. They will be coming out with an activity pack soon based in North Carolina. My favorite lash-up is one of the high-hood SD40-2's and a Southern U-23B I downloaded from Alabama Railfan. Re-living the 80's!!!

Posted by trainmanj

on Tue, Mar 1 2005 6:44 PM

In my opinion, train-sim.com is the best place for MSTS anywhere. They have new uploads daily and keep up to date news and forums. It is not nice for free members, but the yearly membership is quite low.

Posted by Glen Ellyn

on Mon, Apr 4 2005 6:34 PM

Hey everybody, I am also in the train-sim area. I have a question, though, about lighted signals. Anly a couple of them work. Can someone help me on that?

Andrew Barchifowski, Glen Ellyn</font id="red">, LJ, #3300, Scott, FLODO.

Posted by StillGrande

on Fri, Apr 8 2005 12:47 PM

I have been messing around with a little route and have to say I am enjoying it more than I expected to. The Port Ogden & Northern is available on www.railserve.com. It is based on a model railroad plan but is amazingly fun and well detailed. It is a comparatively small download (1 part, about the size of a couple of locomotives) but WOW! It is great to play road switcher on. Cars in the yards, cars at different industries, traffic, and no extras to get. Self installing (after unzipping). Mountains, bridges, towns, lineside industries. The activities in the route are more or less 2 locos to tool around to the destination, but you can pick up and set out as you want as you progress. This is a perfect route on which to use the short line locos you have aquired.

Dewey "Facts are meaningless; you can use facts to prove anything that is even remotely true! Facts, schmacks!" - Homer Simpson "The problem is there are so many stupid people and nothing eats them."