Craig H
09-04-2004, 04:41 PM
Route Name: The Clinton Subdivision in MSTS folder: UPCS
Version: 1.0
Release Date: 9-4-04
Description: A former CNW route, now operated by the UPRR, the Clinton Sub is part of an intercontinental freight system. It see's over 40 million tons of freight per mile annually. The route runs from Clinton, IA on the Mississippi westward to Boone, IA. This version covers the first 115 miles from Clinton to Belle Plaine. Based in the midwest, it's relatively flat running through farm country. It's quite common to see 100+ car trains running over the route. Commodities hauled are primarily grain, coal to the east, autos, intermodals, and chemical cars.
Installation: 10 spanned zip files - unzip into the ROUTES folder, and 1 zip file with documents.
Size of download: Spanned files - 20mb each
Size installed: 588mb
Operations: Freelance
Freight or Passenger: Mostly freight with passenger capability
Location: Eastern Iowa
Length of mainline: 115 miles
Length of braches: 20 miles
Number of sidings: >50
Number of yards: 6 large yards, several smaller ones
Mixture of dual and single track: Dual track mainline (except for one river crossing), single track branches
Level of trackside detail: Includes signals, mile markers, speed limits, crossings, car spawners, and sounds.
Amount of scenery completed: 100%
FPS specs: 10-30fps on a celeron 2700 with 512mb RAM and 64mb video card.
Activities provided: Three activities (in three flavors - default, NALW, and NERR) you choose which you prefer. Lots of explore path start points.
Stock required: default (for the default activities), NALW's GEMEGV2.zip for the NALW activities (available on Train-Sim.com), and NERR stock for the NERR activities.
Add-ons: Requires X-Tracks 3.10 and NewRoads 3.0
Tsection.dat used: build 23 or later
Payware or Freeware: Freeware
Problems: Non that I know of (except that it's possible to create a loop in Cedar Rapids if a path is set just right).
Download from: Train-Sim.com
Version: 1.0
Release Date: 9-4-04
Description: A former CNW route, now operated by the UPRR, the Clinton Sub is part of an intercontinental freight system. It see's over 40 million tons of freight per mile annually. The route runs from Clinton, IA on the Mississippi westward to Boone, IA. This version covers the first 115 miles from Clinton to Belle Plaine. Based in the midwest, it's relatively flat running through farm country. It's quite common to see 100+ car trains running over the route. Commodities hauled are primarily grain, coal to the east, autos, intermodals, and chemical cars.
Installation: 10 spanned zip files - unzip into the ROUTES folder, and 1 zip file with documents.
Size of download: Spanned files - 20mb each
Size installed: 588mb
Operations: Freelance
Freight or Passenger: Mostly freight with passenger capability
Location: Eastern Iowa
Length of mainline: 115 miles
Length of braches: 20 miles
Number of sidings: >50
Number of yards: 6 large yards, several smaller ones
Mixture of dual and single track: Dual track mainline (except for one river crossing), single track branches
Level of trackside detail: Includes signals, mile markers, speed limits, crossings, car spawners, and sounds.
Amount of scenery completed: 100%
FPS specs: 10-30fps on a celeron 2700 with 512mb RAM and 64mb video card.
Activities provided: Three activities (in three flavors - default, NALW, and NERR) you choose which you prefer. Lots of explore path start points.
Stock required: default (for the default activities), NALW's GEMEGV2.zip for the NALW activities (available on Train-Sim.com), and NERR stock for the NERR activities.
Add-ons: Requires X-Tracks 3.10 and NewRoads 3.0
Tsection.dat used: build 23 or later
Payware or Freeware: Freeware
Problems: Non that I know of (except that it's possible to create a loop in Cedar Rapids if a path is set just right).
Download from: Train-Sim.com