Hello all

[K5LLA]

First post since my registration. Spending one week reading this International forum, i discovered folks from North, South America and Europe as well
I'm a Musician, an US Railfan and i have built, but not totally finished, a big H0 layout, modern era, BNSF & UP uniquely, from the switcher 1500 to the SDmac70ACE, the only exception is the Amtrak, P42 and Superliners.
I discovered the RW2012 Sim 3 weeks ago, decided to give it a try and i have to say that i'm not disappointed at all
My first try was a turorial scenario, then quickly switched to a Dash9 or an ES44AC, i was , pushing the horn and bell, switching views, wahooo, what a fun. From this day, i'm running the Sim as soon as i get some free time.
For now, still learning and reading, trying to find how to improve the default scenarios, routes or rolling stock etc...hope discovering a bunch of quality addons, payware or freeware, for my BNSF & UP story without forgotten the Amtrak, in some ways, simulating my H0 layout. Any ideas, suggestions and advices are welcomed.
Best whishes to all for 2012.

[Samwolf]

Welcome aboard.

[johnmckenzie]

Hope you enjoy it as much as I have!

Welcome!!

[micaelcorleone]

Bonjour Monsieur.
Always great to see that people from all over the world like American trains and TS2012.

For now, still learning and reading, trying to find how to improve the default scenarios, routes or rolling stock etc...hope discovering a bunch of quality addons, payware or freeware, for my BNSF & UP story without forgotten the Amtrak, in some ways, simulating my H0 layout. Any ideas, suggestions and advices are welcomed.

The first address for additional downloads is of course the RailworksAmerica File Library. It has a lot of good freeware stuff.
Then there is Steam with all the official railsimulator.com dlc: http://store.steampowered.com/publisher/RailSimulator.com?snr=1_7_suggest__13 This includes locos like the SW1500, SD70ACE and P42.
Some third-party payware producers also offer addons. Just look into the "Payware Gazebo" of the forum or click "Payware Advertisements" at the top of the site.

Have fun.

[jp4712]

If you've enjoyed it so far, wait till you find out that there's a freeware TGV-Est; and a BB4700; G40 ferry van; BB66000; and several superb French routes, all for this sim. You're very welcome here, happy simming!

Paul

[imnew]

aboard ! I use Railworks as often as i can, love it !

[Chacal]

Welcome! You have chosen a good place for friendly discussion and advice. Also there's a lot of DLC available here and elsewhere.

Bienvenue. Ce site est très amical et détendu, on n'y retrouve pas de zélotes, et les participants sont très compétents et toujours prêts à aider.
Après avoir réalisé les scénarios fournis avec le simulateur, il y a des centaines de modules gratuits et payants qui augmenteront votre expérience. En particulier, des routes et scénarios en grand nombre que je n'ai pas encore terminés!

[Abco]

Bienvenue à toi sur ce forum !

This forum is really a melting pot !

[thecanadianrail]

Welcome to our gathering area!

Well lets see.....some addons you might like to have due to you particular intrests: (note below is only payware addons that i have recomended, there are lots of freeware addons avalable here and other places)

RSC: (only from steam store, RSC is the game developers)

SW1500 addon, Dash-9 pack, SD70 packs 1,2,3 (2 and 3 are in 1 pack), GP9 pack, BNSF pack, Acela addon, NEC route addon, BN SD40-2 addon, SF SD40-2 addon, CN SD40-2W pack (includes extra rolling stock), Donner Pass addon

GTrax: http://www.gtraxsims.com/

P42DC pack (only on steam)
GS-4 Pack

Digital Train Model: http://www.digitaltrainmodel.com/

GP30 Pack
Superliners (comes with the P42DC pack avalable on steam)

Golden Age Of Railroading: http://www.golden-age-rails.com/

GSC Bulkhead flatcar pack: Northwestern roads
GSC flatcar pack: Northwestern standard flats
BN Heritage 50ft boxcar mega pack
ATSF Freight pack 2
BN Heritage 55t and 75t hopper pack
BN 100t hopper pack
BN heritage woodchip hopper pack

[K5LLA]

Hello Folks, Herrn & Messieurs,

Thanks for your welcome messages, also a big thanks for your ideas & links, have to take a look at them.
talking to you soon, bis bald, @ bientôt.

[valleyforge]

Hi K5,

Welcome from the UK via the USA

What a great sim this is, i had been a HO modeller for over 50 yrs until a move to a smaller home a few years ago unfortunatley meant that the layout had to go, i did enjoy Microsoft Train Sim for 10 years on the PC and i use RW3 more as a HO layout rather than wanting to be a train driver!,

I do miss the building of a layout but as i am learning how to use the Editor in RW3 the more i do the more i am enjoying the sim be it frustating at times!

I am retired now so time is something i have plenty of and i do enjoy the Forum and and talking like you to people from around the world,

Check out Trainsim.com and of course on here , you may find some great addons and re-paints,

Cheers,

Roger.

[railbard]

I got my TS2012 just before the Great Christmas Sale of 2011, so I then went a bit hog-wild on the official DLC, racking up all the US content at a nice price. I've been having a grand time Free Roaming and seeing the sights as well as working through various scenarios. I've even done some career scenarios and had a blast. On top of that I've now been turned on to some of the Brit routes and I'm slowly stocking up on that DLC now....

My N scale model RR languishes, but TS2012 is what I really wanted--to operate trains!

Put on some great music in the iPod and start a run--THAT'S entertainment!!