A newbie saying "Hello"

[Parknest]

Just thought I'd introduce myself. I hope I've posted in the right place. I've been reading the forums for while and thought it was about time I joined and hopefully, I can give a little something back.

I'm from Halifax in West Yorkshire and I live right next to a disued railway. I work in Leeds but because of the cost of petrol and parking it is much cheaper for me to use public transport. I get the train to Leeds and I use the Caldervale line. (for those who know the local Northern Rail routes) My four previous work places were connected to the railways in some shape or form (I pass two of them on my way to work!) and the pub I used to work in was built on the route of a disused railway. Isn't that spooky?

I have MSTS and I'd like to recreate the local disued railway routes. I managed to create the terrain and when I started to lay the track it went a bit Pete Tong and I haven't been able to fix it since. Part of my dogwalking (I have a Border Collie) route goes along the local disused railway and I try to imagine what it would have been like when the trains were running. I downloaded the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle route but that's not the corner of West Yorkshire I'd like to do. I would appreciate any help as I'm still new to route building.

Sorry if I've rambled on quite a bit.

[Kromaatikse]

From what I've heard, MSTS route building can be quite difficult. The newer simulators all have better tools supplied with them for the job.

[oldrocker]

Sorry if I've rambled on quite a bit.

Not at all ! And welcome!



There's a couple or so established members on here who ramble on a bit !

It's an age thing I think. Doesn't affect me though I'm pleased to say !

Now, about your courgettes . . . . . .

[SHEEP]

Corvette's, I like corvette's,

Anyway, Hi Parknest and welcome to the funny farm,
You;ll have to put a photo of your Border Collie here http://forums.uktrainsim.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=105433
I too used to walk my dogs on a disused railway line, but i had to drive a few miles to get to it,
Part of the old main line that ran from Yarmouth Southtown to Beccles which closed in 1959.

They make nice dog walking routes, nice and flat

[davejc64]

Hi Parknest,

Welcome to the jungle!
Got any questions, feel free to ask, most of us don't bite.

with regards,

Dave.

[Chock]

Hi and welcome. Just to add, as Kromaatikse mentioned, you might get more joy giving route building a whirl on one of the more recent train sims, which do make things a bit easier, especially Trainz, which has a route editor which is extremely easy to figure out (i.e. you can crank it up and just wing it without even reading any manuals and it is pretty capable). Railworks 2 has a good editor too, but its a bit more of a learning curve, not hard, just different, but the advantage with Railworks is that there is a ton of UK content and so it is easy to create something which really looks the part even just using the default bits and pieces.

Al

[Parknest]

Funny enough, I saw Trainz at my local Morrisons for £7. I nearly bought it. I bought MSTS from Morrisons at a smilarly cheap price. I might just get it next time I'm there. There's plenty of disued routes I'd like to recreate as well as the route I take to work (Halifax-Bradford Interchange-Leeds)

I'm not stranger to forums so I know how they work. I'll definitely post some photos of my dog.

[Kromaatikse]

Also noteworthy - while it's a little more expensive, Railworks is about to have a major upgrade (around the end of September) which will significantly upgrade it's capabilities.

Now undoubtedly Trainz will still be easier to build stuff in, but you might want to consider if you will prefer the results you can get (with more work) in Railworks. Most likely the version of Trainz you can get for £7 is an old one.

[Parknest]

I've gone and bought it. I went for the 2009 version. I've only just installed it so I haven't had a proper play with it yet.