Siam - Burma Route : WWII 'Death Railway'

[davidburn]

I have lived in Thailand for over 20 years now - although I am British!

Ever since getting involved with MSTS - a relatively recent infatuation in fact - I have contemplated trying my hand at constructing the WWII Siam (now Thailand) to Burma (now Myanmar) route - the infamous 'Death Railway' in other words. I have done a certain amount of research about the route, including finding maps of the area, but that is as far as it has gone. The problems are that I have never constructed a MSTS route - although being an engineering type that should not be a real issue - and, more significantly, simply not having enough time. The route from Bampong in Thailand to Thanbyuzayat to Myanmar is 420 km long, so would be a substantial undertaking. The route - (at least on the Thai side, as I have never been into Myanmar) - passes through some spectacular scenery and, in real life, posed major engineering challenges to get the track up the valley past difficult obstacles. It does not seem to be possible to attach any files to this message, but I have a number of informative documents that can be sent by email, if anybody is interested in learning more....

The purpose of this post is simply to enquire whether anybody would be interested in working with me on constructing this MSTS route?
(Otherwise I fear it will never happen!)

[englishinnz]

Hi David ( I guess),
Welcome to the forums.
To give you some imformation to get you started have a look here http://msts.steam4me.net/tutorials/index.html#routes

Have a look around the rest of the site too, lot's of useful stuff

Best of luck, keep us informed on how you are progressing,

regards,
Terry.

[darren10000]

Darren
73E

[jbilton]

Hi David

Only just spotted this thread .... I believe something was done a while back (By a French author) ... not sure how you get the route though.

"Something more familiar, the Bridge on the River Kwai, can be found at

http://agedormidi-65.forumfemina.com

along with a Japanese military train - and comes complete with Colonel Bogey music!"

Cheers
Jon

[davidburn]

Hi Jon,

Your comment set me searching - and I may have found what you were referring to: Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai by Richard Garcia at this URL - http://www.thuthuboutick.fr/simulation/ ... es/prk.exe - you need to register first before being able to download the file.

As of writing this, I have downloaded it, but not yet installed or tried it out, so I don't know the exact content.

The problem with 'new' ideas is that, usually, somebody else already has originated them previously!

Cheers

David

[markh5682]

I downloaded the route quite some time back, it more of a Burma themed railway than an accurate representation, but it does contain that bridge, Richard has also released two other movie themed routes, one set in Italy based on Von Ryan's express, the other a very nice wild west themed route based on the 3:10 to Yuma.