Ten of the best... freeware edition

AKA A Sunday evening list

In no particular order, and with the only criteria for inclusion being that I like 'em! I have tried to highlight some of the routes that are perhaps a little bit less well known or publicised though, so there are a few "obvious" routes that I have omitted as their quality is well known and I often see them talked about around t'interweb (Cresston, Wales & Borders to name but two; there are obviously many, many more).

As usual, non-inclusion is indicative of nothing more than that I have not gotten around to giving a route a good drive. Sorry!

1. Four Counties (AKA Yeovil Back From The Past)
2. The Central Route
3. The Mayflower Line
4. Ribble Island (R.I.) Lines
5. Settle to Carlisle 1960s
6. Blyth & Tyne
7. Kanturk to Newmarket (Eire)
8. Westhouses & Blackwell Branch
9. The Crabenmore Branch
10. Western Rails

Steve

Brighton Belle

Richard Scott has created a fantastic rendition of the Brighton Belle Pullman EMU for use on RailSimulator.com's excellent Brighton Main Line route. This is a completely free addon and is available on UKTrainsim.com here: http://uktrainsim.com//filelib-info.php?form_fileid=29327. Richard also produced the brilliant 4SUB and 2BIL EMUs amongst a host of other free rolling stock for Railworks and Rail Simulator.

Ten of the best

List time... simply my ten favourite commercial routes, in no particular order.

1. Edinburgh to Glasgow (Thomson Interactive)
2. Bristol to Exeter (Just Trains)
3. London to Brighton (RailSimulator.com)
4. Settle to Carlisle (RailSimulator.com)
5. Newark to Peterborough (Creative Rail)
6. Portland Terminal (G-Traxx)
7. Woodhead (RailSimulator.com)
8. Totham (Just Trains)
9. China Clay For Export (Creative Rail)
10. Falmouth Branch Line (RailSimulator.com)

This was actually far harder to compile than I thought it would be. The fact that I have left out excellent routes such as The Isle of Wight, West Coast Main Line and Glasgow Airport Rail Link (to name just three) only goes to show what a fantastic choice of routes there now is for Railworks.

More Free Wagons

Another new item of rolling stock has been made available for Railworks in the form of an unfitted 12 ton coke wagon by Peter Ellis http://members.uktrainsim.com//filelib-info.php?form_fileid=29220. Peter has previously modelled a number of custom buildings in the Kirkby Stephen area that can be seen in John Griffiths' excellent, free Settle & Carlisle route http://members.uktrainsim.com/filelib-info.php?form_fileid=28298.

S

New Free Wagons for Railworks 3

The very talented Malcolm Mackay has just released three new and completely free wagon packs for Train Simulator 2012 over at DPSimulation.org.uk, which is rapidly becoming a must-visit site for Railworks freeware and also hosts exclusive free content from Darren Porter (Darpor) and Peter Gillam (karma99). The wagons featured include:

• BDV Bolster D Pack
• BPV Boplate E Pack
• FEV Conflat E Coke

and are available here: http://www.dpsimulation.org.uk/rollingstock.html. Many thanks to Malcolm for making these available to everyone.

S

Doug Smith, 1977-2012

With great sadness I have heard of the passing of Doug Smith, proprietor of smittyslocomotiveshed.com, AKA HeavyChevy at the age of just 35. Doug was a very active member of the US Railworks community and my thoughts are with his family and friends at this time. S

Class 47 Megapack from Vulcan Productions

VP have released another excellent freeware pack featuring some brilliant new liveries by Nattydred; perfect for fans of the later BR era. 
Featured liveries include:

• GWR 150 Green

• Highland and Eastfield Large Logo

• Stratford white-roofed Large Logo

• Scotrail

• Original and revised Network SouthEast

Get it here: http://www.vulcanproductions.net/br-class-47-collection.html
S