Albula Line 2 - Rolling stock

for Microsoft Train Simulator (MSTS)

for freeware route by Michael Vone

INCLUDED TRAINS

IMPORTANT: You must install both the route and the add-on rolling stock (in file RhBpack.zip) before using this route! The correct rolling stock is needed to run the Activities of this route. Note that much of the rolling stock has been updated compared to the versions available elsewhere on the web; and most of them will be placed in new folders with new names, so that all older consists that you may have will still work.

Some default MSTS rolling stock is used, namely the Orient Express 380 steam engine and tender, a couple of OE wagons, and a couple of Scots wagons: these are certainly not realistic, but play the role of old-time rolling stock used by RhB. However, the majority of Activities use add-on rolling stock, most of which were developed specifically for the Rhätische Bahn.

A large number of consists are included in this rolling stock package, combining them in various ways. They are named OE380*.con and RhB*.con: in the RhB case, trains are labeled with the locomotive serial number (as in RhB615_6pers.con, meaning the 615 locomotive pulling 6 passenger wagons), while "loose consists" (which have no locomotive) are labeled RhB_* (as in RhB_4freight.con, meaning 4 freight wagons).

The following table describes and illustrates the included add-on rolling stock. I find it easiest to remember the locomotives by their serial numbers: 353, 414, etc.

The locomotives use the default Acela cabview, which may be replaced as you wish (see some recommendations in the next section).

MSTS name / type

description / name

picture

author(s)

Locomotives

RhB73-A Te 2/2

switcher

Te 2/2 73 Grüsch

(KIHA cabview -

see add-on below)

Joachim Zander

RhB353-A Ge 4/6

locomotive

Ge 4/6 353 from 1914

(Acela cabview -

see add-on below)

Joachim Zander

RhB414-A Ge 6/6 I

locomotive

Ge 6/6 I 414 "Krokodil"

(Acela cabview -

see add-on below)

Joachim Zander

RhB615-A Ge 4/4 II Klosters

locomotive

Ge 4/4 II 615

Klosters

(Acela cabview)

Joachim Zander

RhB641-A Ge 4/4 III (Bernina Express)

locomotive

Ge 4/4 III 641

Maienfeld

(Bernina Express paint)

(Acela cabview)

Sjoerd Lafeber

RhB644-A Ge 4/4 III (unerhoert paint)

locomotive

Ge 4/4 III 644

Savognin

(unerhört ad)

(Acela cabview)

Sjoerd Lafeber

RhB645-A Ge 4/4 III (BEMO paint)

locomotive

Ge 4/4 III 645

Tujetsch

(BEMO ad)

(Acela cabview)

Sjoerd Lafeber;

repaint by

Maarten Pontier

RhB646-A Ge 4/4 III (Viafier Retica paint)

locomotive

Ge 4/4 III 646

Sta. Maria/Val Mustair

(Viafier Retica paint)

(Acela cabview)

Sjoerd Lafeber;

repaint by

Maarten Pontier

RhB647-A Ge 4/4 III (Capito paint)

locomotive

Ge 4/4 III 647

Grüsch

(Capito ad)

(Acela cabview)

Sjoerd Lafeber;

repaint by

Maarten Pontier

RhB648-A Ge 4/4 III (VEREINA paint)

locomotive

Ge 4/4 III 648

Susch

(VEREINA paint)

(Acela cabview)

Sjoerd Lafeber;

repaint by

Maarten Pontier

RhB702-A Ge 6/6 II Curia

locomotive

Ge 6/6 III 702

Curia

(Acela cabview)

Joachim Zander

Motorized units

RhB502-A ABe 4/4

motorized passenger unit

ABe 4/4 502

motorized unit for shuttle

(Pendel),

matching BDt 1721

(see note below this table)

(Acela cabview)

Joachim Zander

RhB1721-A BDt

passenger unit with cab

BDt 4/4 1721

non-motorized unit with

cab at rear, matching

ABe 4/4 502

(MSTS model is motorized

to allow reversing).

A regular passenger

wagon may be inserted

between the end units.

(see note below this table)

(Acela cabview)

Joachim Zander

RhB65-A ABe 4/4 III

motorized passenger unit

ABe 4/4 III 65

motorized unit

(see note below this table)

(Acela cabview)

Sjoerd Lafeber

Passenger wagons

RhB_A_1230-A

red passenger wagon

A 1230 red

1st class wagon

Joachim Zander

RhB_AB_1531-A

red passenger wagon

AB 1531 red

1st & 2nd class wagon

Joachim Zander

RhB_2365-A

red passenger wagon

B 2365 red

2nd class wagon

Joachim Zander

RhB_A_1230-A

green passenger wagon

A 1230 green

1st class wagon

Joachim Zander;

repaint by

Maarten Pontier

RhB_AB_1531-A

green passenger wagon

AB 1531 green

1st & 2nd class wagon

Joachim Zander;

repaint by

Maarten Pontier

RhB_2365-A

green passenger wagon

B 2365 green

2nd class wagon

Joachim Zander;

repaint by

Maarten Pontier

RhB_A1291-panoBernina-A

"panorama" wagon

A 1291

1st class wagon

"Bernina Express" paint,

with opening doors

Jan Martínek

RhB_B2501-panoBernina-A

"panorama" wagon

B 2501

2nd class wagon

"Bernina Express" paint,

with opening doors

Jan Martínek

RhB_FO AS4021-A

RhB_FO AS4021-passagerview-A

"panorama" wagon

AS4021 1st class wagon

of the Furka Oberland Bahn

(FO), used by RhB in the

Glacier Express, with

opening doors

(versions with and without

passenger view)

Jan Martínek

RhB_BVZ AS2011-A

RhB_BVZ AS2011-passagerview-A

"panorama" wagon

AS4021 1st class wagon

of the Zermatt Bahn

(BVZ), used by RhB in the

Glacier Express, with

opening doors

(versions with and without

passenger view)

Jan Martínek

RhB_B2111-Cabrio-A

open-air wagon

B2111 Cabriolet open-air

"Aussichtswagen"

Sjoerd Lafeber

Freight wagons

RhB-Uce8067

RhB-Uce8069

RhB-Uce8075

RhB-Uce8078

RhB-Uce8081

cement wagons

Uce cement silo wagon

(with 5 different serial

numbers)

Joachim Zander

RhB-Gbk-v-5501

2-axle box wagon

Gbk 5501 box wagon

Joachim Zander

RhB-Gbk-v-5510

2-axle box wagon

Gbk 5510 box wagon

Joachim Zander

RhB-Gbk-v-5511

2-axle box wagon

Gbk 5511 box wagon

Joachim Zander

RhB-Gbk-v-Albula-A

2-axle box wagon

Gbk 5725 "Albula"

box wagon

Joachim Zander,

Sjoerd Lafeber and

Maarten Pontier

RhB-Gbk-v-BEMO-A

2-axle box wagon

Gbk 5607 "BEMO"

box wagon

Joachim Zander,

Sjoerd Lafeber and

Maarten Pontier

RhB-Gbk-v-MILKA-A

2-axle box wagon

Gbk 5603 "MILKA"

box wagon

Joachim Zander,

Sjoerd Lafeber and

Maarten Pontier

RhB-Gbk-v-PTT-A

2-axle box wagon

Gbk 5611 "PTT"

box wagon

Joachim Zander,

Sjoerd Lafeber and

Maarten Pontier

RhB-Gbk-v-Relax-A

2-axle box wagon

Gbk 5605 "Relax"

box wagon

Joachim Zander,

Sjoerd Lafeber and

Maarten Pontier

RhB_Haik-BEMO-A

4-axle box wagon

Haik "BEMO" box wagon

Sjoerd Lafeber and

Maarten Pontier

RhB_Haik-Calanda-A

4-axle box wagon

Haik 5170 " Calanda"

box wagon

Sjoerd Lafeber and

Maarten Pontier

RhB_Haik-RhB-A

4-axle box wagon

Haik 5161 "RhB"

box wagon

Sjoerd Lafeber and

Maarten Pontier

RhB_Haik-Valser-A

4-axle box wagon

Haik 5105 "Valser"

box wagon

Sjoerd Lafeber and

Maarten Pontier

RhB_Haik-wood-A

4-axle box wagon

Haik 5801 wood

box wagon

Sjoerd Lafeber and

Maarten Pontier

RhB-Uah-8132-A

tank wagon

Uah 8132 tank wagon

Sjoerd Lafeber and

Maarten Pontier

NOTE: MSTS does not recognize the motorized units (ABe 4/4, BDt 1721, and ABe 4/4 III) as passenger service in Activities (it treats them as locomotives), so MSTS does not control or check their station stops.

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OTHER ADD-ON TRAINS (NOT INCLUDED)

Besides the included trains (discussed above), there are several appropriate freeware add-on trains available on the web. Note that any add-on train should be designed for regular-gauge track (not narrow-gauge track); otherwise, the rolling stock will appear about 50% too large when used on Albula Line 2. None of these is required in any of the Albula Line 2 Activities. They include:

· A RhB 627 locomotive, repainted for RhB by Sjoerd Lafeber from a Swedish locomotive by Mats Strid: rhb627.zip (1 Mb) from http://www.geocities.com/sjoerdmsts/.

· RhB passenger cars, repainted by Sjoerd Lafeber: RhB_Wagon_12_v1.zip (410 Kb), RhB_Wagon_2_v1.zip (300 Kb), RhB_wagon_v1.zip (200 Kb) and RhB_Wagon1_v1.zip (255 Kb), all from http://www.geocities.com/sjoerdmsts/.

· A classic passenger car, repainted by Jörg Widmer into RhB colors: rhbwagen.zip (560 Kb), available at http://www.thetrain.de/.

· These "Krokodil" cab views are recommended for the RhB 414 (and 353) locomotives: OBB1189cab.zip (2.8 Mb) by Klaus Kraml, available at http://www.thetrain.de/, be68_CabView.zip (1.9 Mb) by MadMike, available at http://www.mikemad.de/msts.htm.

· A cab view adapted by Joachim Zander from that by Blackman for a DR101 switcher is recommended for the Te 2/2 73 switcher: it is available in a separate file by Joachim Zander containing the Te 2/2 73 switcher at Train-Sim.com and http://www.thetrain.de/ (it is not included in this RhBpack.zip because we could not contact Blackman).

· Kenji Kimura's RBe44 cabview is recommended for the RhB 353 locomotive: RBe44cab.zip (1.6 Mb), from http://www.thetrain.de/.

· Any of the various rotary snow plows available at Train-Sim.com and elsewhere.

· A repaint of the SBB-Kolibri in the colors of the Regionalverkehr Mittelland, private Swiss railway company: RM-Rbde.zip (700 Kb) from http://www.trainsimulator.ch.

· Many suitable freight wagons are available at http://www.thetrain.de/ and elsewhere, even though they may not have RhB markings.

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COPYRIGHT, DISTRIBUTION AND DISCLAIMERS

This package is released as Freeware.

As freeware you are permitted to distribute this archive subject to the following conditions:

· The archive must be distributed without modification to the contents of the archive, after notification of the authors. Redistributing this archive with any files added, removed or modified is prohibited.

· The inclusion of any individual file from this archive in another archive without the prior permission of the author(s) is prohibited.

· No charge may be made for this archive other than that to cover the cost of its distribution. If a fee is charged it must be made clear to the purchaser that the archive is freeware and that the fee is to cover the distributor's costs of providing the archive.

· The authors' rights and wishes concerning this archive must be respected.

This rolling stock is in no way affiliated with the Rhätische Bahn, the Furka Oberland Bahn (FO), or the Zermatt Bahn (BVZ). It is also totally independent of the commercial routes "Heidi Express" and "Glacier Express" by mailsoft simtrain. The names "Rhätische Bahn", "Glacier Express", "Heidi Express", "Bernina Express", "Alpine Classic" and "Railrider" are property of the Rhätische Bahn; the RhB, FO and BVZ logos, and the advertisements that appear are property of the respective companies; all these are used here only to simulate reality.

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