Two New Scenarios for the GN Budd RDC

Two new scenarios for the Great Northern Budd RDC-3 have just been released. These two scenarios will et you run the the RDC on Marias Pass from Shelby to Glacier Park and back. These two scenarios are based on steam era timetables of GN Trains 42 and 43.

The scenarios can be downloaded for free on the Golden Age of Railroading website and include:

• Train 43: timetabled 90 minute passenger run from Shelby to Glacier Park
• Train 42: timetabled return run to Shelby

Four New Scenarios for the NH Budd RDC's!

Four new scenarios are now available for the New Haven Budd RDC cars and the VNH Springfield Line 2.0!

The scenarios can be downloaded for free on the Golden Age of Railroading website and include:

• an all-stops passenger run from Springfield to Hartford
• an all-stops passenger run from Hartford to Springfield
• a Mail Express service from Springfield to Hartford in the middle of the night, with pick-ups along the way
• an Express Freight run from Hartford to Springfield

All scenarios feature a good amount of AI trains and are of moderate to somewhat tricky difficulty. Each scenario is between 45 minutes and 60 minutes long.

We recommend playing these scenarios after installing the Hancock Whistle update we published yesterday for the four NH RDC's.

Hancock Whistle for the NH Budd RDC

An optional update for the two VNHRR New Haven RDC packs is now available: installing this update will convert the RDC's and their sounds to the Hancock whistles which the New Haven used on their RDC's.

To install this update, please download the RWP files linked below and install them with your Train Sim Package Manager.

Whistle Update for the RDC-1, -2, and -3: Please download and install this file

Whistle Update for the RDC-4: Please download and install this file

Hancock Whistles on the New Haven Budd RDC's

Patch Announcement for the Springfield Line 2.0

Hello all,

We've finally completed the patch for the exterior sounds bug on the GP9.

After seemingly endless times of looking in the wrong files, I think I have found the culprit for the missing sounds. I've assembled a small patch file in RWP format for those that would like to give it a try right away -- a "proper" patch (same content but self-installing) is coming shortly for those who don't like the package manager.

You can download the patch rwp here: http://vnhrr.golden-age-rails.com/files/VNHRR_SpringfieldLine-2-0_patch1.rwp

Please let us know if there are other or new issues after installing the patch.

Cheers
Michael

Updates: Budd RDC New Haven

We're working on a small update to the New Haven Budd RDC packs which should be available soon. It will add our new Hancock whistles to the Budds, taking them out of their short-lived "as delivered" state to the configuration with which they spent most of their service life on the NH (and in the case of many cars, onwards through PC ownership into the Amtrak era).

This update will also include new scenarios for the Springfield Line 2.0 which will make use of the extension to Hartford.