Hagen to Mochengladbach

You're taking the 0742 service on the S8 route from Hagen to Monchengladbach. It's a stop-all-stations ET423 EMU service and you can expect to reach Monchengladbach Hbf at about 1010.

Don't worry about attempting to keep to the timetable established by MSTS - it's impossible to drive in the same way as the AI traffic dispatcher. In fact, this activity, and others, gives you the opportunity to see how AI traffic behaves (i.e., how unrealistically MSTS handles AI traffic) - you'll see it when trains on the fast track pull up at stations alongside you and travel around curves. Watch the ICEs!

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.

Rolling stock

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)