Australian MSTS @ steam4me Routes and accessories Northern Illawarra v2.0a - Sydney to Wollongong

Northern Illawarra v2.0a - Sydney to Wollongong

by Brian Bere-Streeter

v2.0 released 28 December 2007.

v2.0a released 4 January 2008 - fixes signal issue at Waterfall (only noticed if you were designing an activity).


Above: the Nowra Pass departs Sydney Central station......................


One of team-ALCO's magnificent 36 class on a short goods crosses the Georges River at Como; note that this bridge had gantlet track until it was replaced by a double-track bridge in 1973.

 

Description: A recreation of the Northern Illawarra Region line from Sydney to Wollongong as it existed in the 1950s-60s. The route comprises the following lines:
  • Sydney (steam terminal) - Coniston;
  • Bankstown Suburban Line - Belmore;
  • East Hills Suburban Line - Turrella;
  • Cronulla Suburban Line - Kirrawee;
  • Royal National Park Line;
  • Enfield - Botany Goods Lines;
  • Enfield - Rozelle/White Bay Goods Lines;
  • Enfield - Darling Island/Darling Harbour (via Glebe) Goods Lines;
  • Private lines of the Old Bulli Colliery;
  • Private lines of the South Bulli Colliery;
  • Private lines of the Corrimal Colliery.

Route length: 83km (53 miles). Total track laid: 497 km (309 miles)

Copyright: any and all issues have been resolved.

 

Prototype Operator:
 New South Wales Government Railways
File download names and links
  1. Single-file installer

    AU_NSW_Ni20a_Full_MSTS1_Setup.exe

  2. Multi-part installer:

    AU_NSW_Ni20a_In_Parts_MSTS1_Setup.exe
    AU_NSW_Ni20a_In_Parts_MSTS1_Setup.D01
    AU_NSW_Ni20a_In_Parts_MSTS1_Setup.D02

    Note: you may need to right-click and "Save Link/Target As" on the .D0n files to save them to your hard disk instead of having them open in your browser.
     

  3. Patch Installer: upgrades v2.0 to v2.0a:

    Use this patch installer to upgrade a v2.0 to v2.0a (v2.0a corrects a faulty signal at the down end of Waterfall station: it also removes two ground dwarf signals at this same location):

    AU_NSW_Ni20a_Patch_MSTS1_Setup.exe

File Sizes
  1. Single file
    Download the complete installer in one file (best suited to broadband)  
    EXE:         114 MB (119,909,976 bytes)

  2. Multi-part installer
    The installer is divided into three sections (all less than 50MB, the general dial-up time/bandwidth limit)    
    EXE:40.9 MB (42,991,598 bytes)
    D01:41.0 MB (42,991,616 bytes)
    DO2:40.0 MB (41,946,581 bytes)

     

  3. Single file Patch installer  
    EXE:         1.32 MB (1,389,275 bytes)
Additional Files required
  1. Xtracks 3.20 or higher
  2. Newroads 3.2 or higher
  3. Also useful is the Load Table for the Northern Illawarra - a 2.25 MB (2,368,172 bytes) ZIP file.

    4.  
Tasks required
  1. You must have all six default routes installed BEFORE running this installer. The routes just need to be present: they DO NOT need to be unstored if you use Trainstore, nor do you need to activate them if you use Route Riter's ON/OFF utility.
     
  2. You must have Xtracks 3.20 or higher installed.
     
  3. You must have Newroads 3.2 or higher installed.
     
  4. Run the installer by double-clicking on the EXE file you have saved to your hard disk. In the case of the multi-part installer, make sure that all three parts are in the same folder, then simply double-click on the EXE file to commence installation. The route will occupy about 240MB of hard disk space.
     
  5. Allow the batch file(s) to run to completion.
     
  6. The first time you run this route, there will be a considerable delay as MSTS "generates terrain buffers" - this is a one-off and subsequent use of this route will load normally.
     
  7. You will need to have NSW rolling stock installed for the installed activity to work. These are all listed in the readme that accompanies the route: you may click here to download and/or read the readme (in PDF format).
     

Let's chase an empty goods returning from Bunnerong Power Station, passing Mascot Aerodrome (note the plane taking off and the Constellation taxiing), the bascule bridge near the limeworks and finally crossing the main suburban lines:




Screenshots from the route (southern or version 1 area):


Waterfall station


Approaching Otford station


Helensburgh



Coal Cliff Coke Works - during a major coal strike.............



..... and back in action after production resumed!

They look even more spectacular at night.


A Google Earth view of the screen shots above.................


The Down Fast Passenger rolls across the spectacular Viaduct over Stanwell Creek, at the top of the Stanwell Park 'amphitheater'.

More screen shots later

 

4 January 2008