Ohio Steel 2 - Released 12 January - Railworks 3

Developed by reputable US creators All Aboard Rails, the latest in their line of high quality addons for Railworks 3 is to be released next week, January 12th. Named Ohio Steel 2, the route is an upgrade of the original Ohio Steel route and features everything included in the original release plus much, much more. The following is taken from the RailSimulator.com website.

Ohio Steel 2 puts you straight into the cab of an SD40-2 during the boom years of steel production around Dover, Ohio.

An upgrade and expansion of the original Ohio Steel by All Aboard, Ohio Steel 2 includes everything from the original pack, plus an extension to Massillon, new blast furnace and steel rolling mill, and additional scenarios. With a steel works, lots of different plants and yards, and an extension to Massillon to learn your way around, Ohio Steel 2 offers many hours of driving and switching for engineers everywhere. Available to download from Steam from 12 January. Developed by All Aboard.

PRR K4 - Released January 26th - Railworks 3

Railsimulator.com have now given a release date for the upcoming PRR K4 steam locomotive for Railworks 3. It will be released via the Steam platform on 26th January. The following is taken from the RSC website.

The classic PRR K4 is coming to Train Simulator 2012 later this month! From 1914 right through to the end of Pennsy steam in 1957, K4s were the Pennsylvania Railroad’s premier passenger locomotive and were familiar to passengers across the northeast United States. The K4 soon proved its worth and a grand total of 425 examples were produced by PRR and the Baldwin Locomotive Works.

Despite the large number built, only two K4s have survived into preservation - however, rail fans all over the world will be able to enjoy the sights and sounds of this glorious steam loco in Train Simulator 2012. Available to download from Steam from 26 January 2012.

Virgin Broadband - Speed Upgrade

Not strictly Railworks news of course, but given that the regular stream of content being released these days, a fast broadband connection can be vital. Virgin Media have announced the excellent news that current users are to be upgraded free of charge. The changes are as follows:-

10mb - Doubled to 20mb
30mb - Doubled to 60mb
50mb - Doubled to 100mb
20mb - Tripled to 60mb
100mb - Increased to 120mb

The press release can be viewed here.

"Darkness Falls" - Scenario Released - Railworks

I have recently released another scenario, this time for the default Newcastle to York route. It can be downloaded here.

Another New Scenario Released! - Railworks 3

Another new scenario has been released that requires nothing more than default or freeware stock! Grab it now at DPSimulation.

Class 58 "Coal Sector" - Railworks 3

With the recent releases of my freeware based scenarios, on creating further ones it made me realise there was an issue with my coal reskin of the Class 58 and in particular, the reskin not being viewable on certain systems. This has been rectified with the .nmc textures added and uploaded to my site here.

Now this is fixed, it will be a requirement in certain future scenarios.