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Last Updated 13-Jan-2005

Early morning freight BO-Langendreer to Neuss

One of the dignitaries starts feeling hungry at Bochum.

You've got a freight double-headed by BR 101s (even thought the player consist is named wDTS BR152... - see below) to take from BO-Langendreer to Neuss Hbf. Included in your consist are three carriages of rail officials and potential DB Cargo customers so look after them all (especially that Train Control Manager who's also on board).

You'll find that your locos will give plenty of acceleration but if you're using web•TrainSim's settings for braking (both air and dynamic, and more than adequate for passenger concists up to 160 km/hr), you can get into trouble!

The first occasion for possible trouble is just after you get onto the main line. As is usual, coming into Bochum, Essen, Duisberg and Dusseldorf each have yellows before the platforms.

There's also a nasty yellow around the corner from MH-Stryum (you won't sight the predictive signal until too late!). Other yellows to watch for are at kilometre posts 55 and 47 (when you cross to the slow tracks). To give you a better opportunity to site the predictive signals from 1.5 km or more, the weather was tried as Summer Clear but Winter Clear was just tested and it's quite good, if not better.

Don't worry too much about timings in this activity. Just try to reduce the number of times you go into emergency braking!

You might want to check the tech specs for your BR 101s (use ConBuilder to put in what BR 101s you have if you haven't got the Whiskas and Bayer liveried one) - see Small Fixes for BR101s. If you want to later try a pair of BR 152s at the head of your train, have a look at Small Fixes - AR BR 152.

On a technical note for Activity Writers, web•TrainSim originally had stops at Bochum, Mulheim, Duisberg and D-Flughafen. However, he came across a problem he'd orginally discovered on Graphics15's U79 route. On one stop at U79 (luckily not far into the trip), he was continually being told every time he stopped (after checking for everything under the sun in Activity Editor) that he had passed a red. Out of good misfortune, he swapped to the number two end of the tram and found this back part was still in the following track section which, of course, MSTS had flagged as having a red. The same problem came about - probably for the same reason with this long train - in this Wupper 8 activity so all platform stops except at the end at Neuss were removed.

Setting off on a clear winter's morning in control of BR 152 055.

This activity has been compiled into a zip file with Route Riter so you can see what files you need to install. There's a text (TXT) file included in the zip - this file lists all the rolling stock used in this activity so browse it to check you've got everything installed. NB: also check you've installed your rolling stock in the same folders as those used by web•TrainSim. Any suggested or necessary changes to rolling stock are mentioned in the Rolling Stock list below.

To download, click here and scroll to the Wupper Express 8 Activities section.


Rolling stock

The rolling stock listed below, used in Wupper 7 activities, is available from the TheTrain.de library. There's no need to download all this rolling stock in one session - download one of web•TrainSim's activities (packed with Route Riter) and refer to the rolling stock list in the activity's zip file.

An excellent reference for MSTS German Railways rolling stock is Philip Chesters' Trainsimming series for German Railways (3 volumes) available from Train-sim.com and TheTrain.de.

In most cases to install, all that's required is to extract the files from the zip into the folder specified by the author. However, in cases where the folder name has spaces, web•TrainSim follows his rule of not using folder names with spaces and substitutes the underscore character.

Another job to do is to check the ENGine or WAGon files. Although not mentioned on the Small Fixes 16 & 17 pages, web•TrainSim edits each ENGine file to check:

  • no zero values in the Coupling section
  • MaxBrakeForce set to 10% of mass so an 80 tonne loco has 80kN
  • MaxPower and MaxForce are reasonable
  • checks the Sound and CabView lines and the folder to see if they exist (also a check with ConBuilder reveals any sound and/or cab problems).
  • if there are major changes required, check the Small Fixes 16 & Small Fixes 17 pages - if the problem is not solved there, please let me know.

In case web•TrainSim installs some rolling stock in a folder different than suggested by the author, check the rolling stock list included in each activity's zip file (produced by Route Riter). web•TrainSim often has such changes in a Small Fixes page but he probably won't remember all changes he makes.

  • 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). See Small fixes - E101C and E101 Whiskas.
  • ET423 S-Bahn trainset (Hamburg): TSSbahn-ET423HH.zip (18-Mar-03, 2.247Mb). See Small fixes - implement regen braking.
  • 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). See Small fixes - ICE-2 tune up.
  • ICE3 403 by Stefan Pufler (self-installer): STP_DB_ICE3_403.zip (19-Aug-03, 7.335Mb). See Small fixes - ICE-3 403 tune up.
  • 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 carriage set (orange) Rhein Ruhr for the Wupper Express by RalfK (Graph15): g15_bxf796-orange.zip (29-Jun-03, 1.071Mb). See Small fixes - G15_BXF796 WAG files - remove quotes and Cab and sound for BXF796 steuerwagen (to make it MSTS drivable).
  • S-Bahn carriage set (red) Rhein Ruhr for the Wupper Express by RalfK (Graph15): g15_bxf796-rot.zip (29-Jun-03, 1.150Mb). See Small fixes - G15_BXF796 WAG files - remove quotes.
  • Stw_Snd 2.0 by Werner Spieker - sound for steering cars - (put into Common.Snd): Stw_Snd.zip (01-Nov-03, 0.396Mb).

Others:

The following rolling stock is extra to the above for Wupper 8 activities - it's available from the TheTrain.de library:

  • BR 146 106 electric loco: DB_146_106-0.zip (1.43Mb, 09-Jul-04). See Small fixes - E146 electric loco to install a cab and sounds, and change the loco's folder name to avoid spaces in the folder name.
  • DB 189 002 9 by Ingo Wittenberg: DB189002-9.zip (3.594Mb, 21-Apr-03)
  • DB E143 100 1 electric loco: BR143E.zip (4.3Mb, 02-Nov-02)
  • DB-AG Doubledeck pilot car (red) by Befit. Note: has an installer but changed the folder to the same name as the WAG file name, DSsteuerwagen: DoppelstockSteuerwagen.zip (2.75Mb, 03-Apr-02)
  • DB-DostosVRot by Mario Ulbrich: DB-DostosVRot.zip (899kb, 10-Feb-04)
  • Deutsche G2000 Vossloh diesel-hydraulic loco by Martin: G2000.zip (2.54Mb, 03-Nov-03)
  • Doppelstock v2.1 red 2nd class & green 1st class carriages (with hi-shine textures; revised by OldieDaddy 23-Jan-04): MSTS DB Doppelstock1_2Kl.zip (1.02Mb, 23-Jan-04)
  • DR_Flachwagen - Gesamtausgabe by Rasender_Roland: 1093447343DR_Flachwagen.zip (2.716Mb, 26-Aug-04)
  • DR-Flachwagen SSms mit Containern by Rasender_Roland: DR_Containerwagen.zip (19-Sep-04, 1.274Mb)
  • E101 loco in Whiskas livery: E101_Whiskas.zip (22-May-04, 788kb). See Small fixes - E101C and E101 Whiskas.
  • E101 Bayer by MadMike, repainted by Stefan Ober: e101bayer04.zip (1.011Mb, 26-Sep-04)
  • Taurus (DB BR 182) by Andreas Them: Taurus.zip (25-May-02, 705kb) and his ÖBB_1016_Bmpz.exe (12-Jun-03, 6.238Mb) is required for a couple of texture files, the cab and sounds. See Small fixes - DB BR 182 Taurus.
  • TXLogistik BR185 531-1 electric loco by Denis Verheyden (original model by MadMike, skin by Denis Verheyden, cabview by Markus Schaufler and sound by Werner Spieker): TX1_BR185.zip (4.45Mb, 12-Aug-04). Use the this loco's cab and sounds in BR 146 106.

The following rolling stock is required for Graphics15 team Wupper 8 activities included with the route:

  • Baureihe 101 der DB electric loco v1.01: AR-DB101030.zip (29-Mar-04, 2.11Mb) from www.northern-germany.de. See Small fixes - AR-DB 101 030 cab and sounds.
  • Baureihe 152 der DB electric loco by Andreas Rosenau: AR-DB152055.zip (2.23Mb) from www.northern-germany.de. See Small fixes - AR-DB 152 055 cab
  • DB BR 120 121 electric loco: tser_db_br_120_121.zip (858kb) from TS-Eastrail.de. For some help with cab and sounds (both of which are listed as extras below), see Small fixes - DB 120 cab and sounds.
  • DB BR 143 959 electric loco: tser_db_br_143_959.zip (2.37Mb) from TS-Eastrail.de
  • DB 218 904 1 diesel loco by Michael Davies, Ingo Wittenberg: DB218-904.zip (02-May-03, 2.86Mb) from TheTrain.de
  • DB BR 111 093 electric loco version 1.0 vom 17. März 2004: ftr_dbbr111093.zip (1.09Mb) from www.felixtrains.de
  • DB 110 398-5 verkehrsrot Ep. 5 electric loco (under Downloads E10/E10.3 then last on page): TP_110_3_VRT_11.zip (2.36Mb) from www.thopil.de
  • DR V60 Cab New by Blackman: DR_V60CabNeu.zip (06-Oct-02, 4.255Mb)
  • Stock set for Wupper Express 8 by Graphics 15: we8TRA.rar (10.7Mb, 08-Oct-04) from the TheTrain.de library. This pack includes two diesel V60/360 shunters, twenty-three freight wagons, seven driveable steering cars, twenty-six coaches and carriages in assorted liveries (Eurocity with restaurant, Intercity with bistro, Interregio, ten sleepers, interurban double deckers, S-Bahn, Regionalbahn). Sounds are by Wespe and models by Juergen Wolfersheim and Ralf Koelsche, Graphics 15 Team.
    • Doppel stock (Doppelstock), installs in folder g15_doppelstcok
    • Freight wagons (Gueter), installs in folder g15_gueter
    • ICwagen (InterCity carriages), installs in folder g15_icwagen
    • KWagen, (EuroCity carriages) install in folder g15_kwagen
    • RBwagen (Regionalbahn carriages), installs in folder g15_rbwagen (cab required - as is, aliased to Acela)
    • S-Bahn Wagen (S-Bahn carriages), installs in folder g15_s-bahnwagen (cab required - as is, aliased to Acela cab)
    • V60 and V360 diesel locos, install in folder g15_v60 (cab required - use Blackman's, DR_V60CabNeu.zip (06-Oct-02, 4.255Mb))

To supplement the above rolling stock, you'll need the following from the TheTrain.de library:

  • Cab Cab120118 by Blackman for DB BR 120 121 loco: cab120118.zip (07-Jul-03, 2.402Mb) from TheTrain.de for DB BR 120 121 electric loco from TS-Eastrail
  • Cabview für die DB E152 by Kenji Kimura: E152-2.zip (24-Jan-02, 2.714Mb) for the Baureihe 152 der DB electric loco by Andreas Rosenau
  • CABVIEWS TP_110 for Thomas Plider's TP_110/E10.12 locos: tp_110_3_CABVIEWS.zip (13-Oct-03, 4.438Mb); this appears to be an updated version for the DB 110 398-5 verkehrsrot Ep. 5 electric loco from FelixTrains
  • Sound DB E120 V2.0 by Werner Spieker (Wespe): E120.zip (05-Nov-03, 1.170Mb) for TS-Eastrail's DB BR 120 121 electric loco

  
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