Top ten (free) routes for train simulator

[skaliwag66]

Hi,

I was wondering about the forums opinions on the top ten routes downloadable from the file library here at train-sim.com.

[d007]

In no particular order

1. Crawford Hill
2. ADFRR
3. Illinois Eastern V.3 ( Only about 25 miles long, but with scalerail and 60 mph tracks with a ton of industies.
4. GMOSS (Probably the highest detail route in existence, requires a really good system to run. I wish I could run it.)
5. North East Corridor V.4 - added a lot of trackage to the default NEC
6. Kootenai River Sub
7. Sandpoint to Whitefish and Eastport
8. GN High Line
9. Pocahontas Sub
10. Potash (Short route with really cool scenery)

[bennycdn]

Tough question,of course I haven't ttried every route out there,but for my tastes here goes:
1.London & Port Stanley
2.Springfield switch
3.Cajon Pass
4.Cascade&NW (ADFRR)
5.Clinton sub
6.Pocahontas
7.Northwest line
8.Seaboard
9.North Coast 2
10.Northrail/Southrail
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[SouthwestChief]

Patrick Wise's Cajon Pass...only freeware route I run.

[CSX4878]

NS East River District
Cajon Pass
Lehigh & Hudson River
Marias Pass v3.1
Full Bucket Line
NS Pocahontas Sub
CSX M&M PA and PD subs.
Raton Pass V2
NS Clinch Valley
B&M West End (my own, but I run it alot)

[FURX]

While I think it has most to do with personal tastes, there is one route in my mind that will always dominate.... for reasons like being one of the earliest, biggest, and baddest. It was built by a forumite called Enocell, one of the earliest hard core contributors to the sim in many ways.

The Newark & and New Jersey route based in the 1970s is complex, full of detail, and simply put, a real experience to run on.

Really, worth a serious look about even if just for novelty purposes.

-Jeffrey

[ozace50]

In no particular order:

ADFRR
Ohio Rails
Pocahontas
Full Bucket Line
NEC 4
L&PS
Various Whitefish / Kootenai Sub routes
Newark & New Jersey
Marias Pass 3.1
SAR Adelaide & Hills

[rfranzosa]

Also no particular order

L&HR
Monon
Mountain Electric
NEC 4
Illinois Eastern
Newark & New Jersey
Cajon Pass
P & WV
Hamilton Norfolk
Lehigh Valley

Rick Franzosa
ZosaTrains
See my stuff at:
www.valleypass.com/Sales/ZTBLW.htm
www.train-sim.com

[tpilot]

Not going to limit it to ten:

Only freeware routes I have installed (other than Rich Garber's but they are at AVSIM, so won't count) are:

Cajon Pass by Patrick Wise
NS Atlanta and Macon by O'brian Jones.

On the docket to be installed and therefore recommended (in no particular order):
NS Pocahontas (and the other NS routes, there are about four total in this district)
CSX BlueRidge
Marias 3.1
Marias Koontenai (sp?)
Whitefish 7
Conrail-Indy
GN Highline
Seligman Sub

Lots of others worth looking at also!!!

[skaliwag66]

Thanks for all the replies!

Has anyone tried the GM&O Northern Lines route yet?
It comes in a 13 part installer I understand.