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NSW Central West Route v1.6

Route design by Chris Nelson
v1.6 track and scenery upgrade by Brian Bere-Streeter

Released 01 December 2008

Description: This route captures the wide open expanses of Australia's outback perfectly. The route starts at Orange East Fork (320km west of Sydney) and heads northwest to Dubbo (460km) via Wellington; the alternate route via Molong (Molong - Dubbo closed in 1985) is also modelled. The Orange - Molong line is part of the western mainline from Sydney to Parkes and Broken Hill.

Total mainline trackage: ~330km.
Stations and sidings: 32.

Molong was the terminus of the main western line from Sydney from 1886-1893. The 129km branch line railway from Molong to Dubbo opened in 1925 and basically paralleled the main Orange - Dubbo railway while serving the many communities along the way. Operations ceased in 1985 except for 2 km at Molong that is used for a passing siding on the main western line to Broken Hill.

During the steam period, banking was prevalent between Orange and Molong, as well as south from Dubbo on the Wellington line.

Passenger services included: The Central West Express (Sydney to Dubbo), The Indian Pacific (Sydney to Perth via Molong), Forbes and Coonamble Mail.

Heavy wheat traffic could be found on both lines. Interstate traffic became more common with the introduction of the Standard Gauge to Adelaide in 1969.

Steam was all but removed from this area on main line traffic in 1968, with the shunters being withdrawn in 1971.

Version 1.6 enhancements The route has been significantly upgraded by Brian Bere-Streeter who has added track and scenery items. Trackage added includes the North Fork from the Molong line round to Orange station, the missing cross-overs to allow Coonamble and Merrygoen passenger trains to run direct into or out of Dubbo platform from those two branches and a fair bit of work at Troy Junction, adding multiple stock loop sidings and the Dubbo Meat Works sidings.
Prototype Operator:  New South Wales Government Railways and its successors
File download name and links: Install files: Note there are two files:

AU_NSW_CenWest_v16_exe_plus_data_files_MSTS1_Setup.exe
AU_NSW_CenWest_v16_exe_plus_data_files_MSTS1_Setup.D01

This method of installer preparation reduces the time Vista and some anti-virus programs may take to scan the EXE file.

File Size: .EXE file: 1.08 MB (1,137,593 bytes)
.D01 file: 56.1 MB (58,884,327 bytes)
Additional Files required:
  1. Xtracks 3.20 or higher
  2. Newroads 4.0 or higher
Installation tasks required:
  1. Download the two files linked above; ensure both files are in the same folder in your PC;
     
  2. Delete or move away any old copy of CWR from your MSTS installation;
     
  3. You must have all six default routes installed and present BEFORE running this installer. If you use Trainstore or other means of de-activating routes, they DO NOT need to be unstored or de-activated;
     
  4. You must have Xtracks 3.20 or higher installed;
     
  5. You must have Newroads 4.0 or higher installed;
     
  6. Run the installer by double-clicking on the EXE file (do not touch the data file - .D01 - the installer EXE will load the data pack itself). The installer is automatically set to "Run As Administrator" for those misguided users of Vista;
     
  7. Allow the batch file to run to completion. If you do not see this batch file run in a DOS box, you most likely are a Vista user. TURN OFF "User Account Control" (Start | Control Panel | User Accounts | Turn User Account Control On or Off); then right-click on the installme.bat file in the Route folder and set "Run As Administrator". The batch file should now run correctly;
     
  8. The first time you run this route, there will be a delay as MSTS "generates terrain buffers" - this is a one-off and subsequent use of this route will load normally.
     

1 December 2008