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Last Updated 21-May-2004

Wupper Express - Monchengladbach to Dortmund (RE4)

About to depart Monchengladbach Hbf.

You're taking the 0810 RE4 Wupper Express service from Monchengladbach to Dortmund Hbf.

In the latest version of this activity, you're in charge of orange-liveried BR 143 582.

This activity has been tested so give it a try yourself (last updated 21-May-04).

Running alongside the stopping service (which left ahead of you), you'll see how MSTS "controls" AI trains and find it fairly difficult to catch one even though it's limited to the same speed as you, 120 km/hr.

If you time your driving to arrive at Dusseldorf Hbf at 0850, you'll be part of the morning traffic. Arriving at Gruiten at about 0905, you'll see the ICE SG-Ohligs to Dortmund service arrive and remember that it will be on the main so be ready for the red as you come back to the main. If you arrive at Hagen Hbf at about 1005, you'll be part of the mid-morning traffice there.

Be careful at Gruiten where you leave the main express line and switch to the slow tracks, then come back onto the express line. Gruiten is the junction with the SG-Ohligs line and you might suddenly find yourself facing a red since the ICE SG-Ohligs to Dortmund service has right of way. So do a quick save back near Hochdahl (you won't see this platform on your Next Station display but you will see W-Vohwinkel (the next staion after Gruiten).

Interestingly MSTS times the RE4 service within a few minutes of the actual RE4 timetable schedule. However, on his first run, web•TrainSim arrived at Dortmund Hbf at about 1015.

This activity has been compiled into a zip file with Route Riter so you can see what files you need to install.

To download, see here.


Crossing the Rhine.
Crossing the Rhine and our opposite number.
Got 'im! He's the one who was causing those reds between Monchengladbach and Neuss.
Got 'im! He's the one who was causing those reds between Monchengladbach and Neuss. That's not our mess, by the way.
Our Wupper Express ICE2 overtakes a double-decker set not far from NE-Rheinpark Centre on our way into Dusseldorf.
At W-Barmen we cross the Mochengladbach-Dortmund service.
Rolling into Dusseldord Hbf. On this trip we're in charge of an ICE2 trainset.
On a later run, we're in control of an ICE2 trainset, pictured here at Dusseldorf Hbf.
We have to wait for the (Koln) SG-Ohligs to Dortmund ICE service at Gruiten.
A busy time as we roll into W-Vohwinkel. On our left, an ICE service from Dortmund is also pulling in, and on our right an ET423 S-Bahn service pulls out for Dortmund.
We have to wait for the (Koln) SG-Ohligs to Dortmund ICE service at Gruiten.
Instead of being in charge of an ICE set, we've been allocated a consist headed by orange BR 143 582.
We have to wait for the (Koln) SG-Ohligs to Dortmund ICE service at Gruiten.
We have to wait for the (Koln) SG-Ohligs to Dortmund ICE service at Gruiten.

Rolling stock

Crossing the Wuppertal-Solingen Desiro service.

The following rolling stock is available from the TheTrain.de library.

  • Cabview for DB BR 143 (for 143 257 & 143 582) by Immo Birnbaum: cabview_br143.zip (01-Feb-03, 2.141Mb)
  • Cabview for DESIRO 642 (Martin Zwick updated version of Blackman's): mz642-cabview.zip (24-Mar-04, 0.9Mb)
  • Cabview V2.0 for DB145 & DB101 by Kenji Kimura: 145Cab2.zip (21-Apr-02, 1.71Mb)
  • DB 145 019-6 electric loco by Ingo Wittenberg, with cabview: E145Rheinland.zip (31-Oct-02, 3.568Mb)
  • DB 612 Fernverkehr trainset (can be driven from #2 cab): MP_FV_DB612.zip (27-Jan-04, 5.772Mb)
  • DB 618 LIREX trainset by Andreas Müller (sound & cab included): DB618_Lirex.zip (31-Jan-03, 7.309Mb)
  • DB 642 Desiro trainset: DB_642_Desiro.zip (09-Dec-03, 6.947Mb). Check the destination folder when installing; for English installation, you'll need to change to drive:\Program Files\
  • DB double deck carriages by Wiesner Gerhard: Doppelstockwagen.zip (17-Feb-03, 2.528Mb)
  • DB Silberlinge carriages by MadMike: silber.zip (20-Dec-03, 4.198Mb)
  • DHL Express freight train by Ingo Wittenberg: DHL_Express_Guterzug.zip (27-Apr-03, 4.229Mb)
  • E-Lok sounds for DB E101 V2.0 by Wespe: E101.zip (31-Oct-03, 0.558Mb)
  • E101C electric loco by MadMike (needs corresponding cab and sounds: 145Cab2.zip & E101.zip): E101C.zip (15-Feb-04, 0.502Mb)
  • ET423 S-Bahn trainset (Hamburg): TSSbahn-ET423HH.zip (18-Mar-03, 2.247Mb)
  • ET423 wagon file update: ET433_SHH.zip (24-Dec-03, 1kb)
  • ICE2 by Stefan Pufler (self-installer): STP_DB_ICE2.zip (13-Feb-03, 10.212Mb)
  • ICE3 403 by Stefan Pufler (self-installer): STP_DB_ICE3_403.zip (19-Aug-03, 7.335Mb)
  • Lufthansa Airport Shuttle: LH_Airport_Shuttle.zip (20-Nov-02, 1.670Mb). Sounds have to be aliased to those of the default Dash 9.
  • Metropolitan trainset by Ingo Wittenberg: Metropolitanzugset.zip (17-May-03, 5.303Mb)
  • S-Bahn Set (orange) Rhein Ruhr for the Wupper Express by RalfK (Graph15): g15_bxf796-orange.zip (29-Jun-03, 1.071Mb)
  • S-Bahn Set (red) Rhein Ruhr for the Wupper Express by RalfK (Graph15): g15_bxf796-rot.zip (29-Jun-03, 1.150Mb)
  • Stw_Snd 2.0 by Werner Spieker - sound for steering cars - (put into Common.Snd): Stw_Snd.zip (01-Nov-03, 0.396Mb)

Others:

  • DB BR 143 257 electric loco in S-Bahn red livery by Mirko Küster (TS-Eastrail.de): tser_db_br_143_257.zip (24-Mar-03, 0.809Mb)
  • DB BR 143 582 electric loco in S-Bahn orange livery by Mirko Küster (TS-Eastrail.de): tser_db_br_143_582.zip (24-Mar-03, 0.793Mb)

  
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