For best results. With Acrobat version 4 or higher, and the right web browser, Virtual Railroader issues will open quickly, just like web pages. We have successfully used Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.5 and Mozilla Firefox version 1.0.2. We highly recommend Acrobat version 6 (or higher) for superior rendition of text and linework.

Fall 2005 cover View/save (right click) file

This is the cover and Credits page for the Fall 2005 issue - October, November, December - in case you want to bind the collection.

December 15, 2005 (VR Late-Fall Reading) View/save (right click) file

It's a Wrap • One Year On • We've Got Mail • Christmas Cards • Celebrate the Holidays With a Blast From the Past! • Milwaukee Road Class F7 4-6-4 Hiawatha Locomotives • Let's Get Down to BASIC! • LoMo Does New York (and More) • Executive Network Tour, Part 1 • Train Sim Webfinder

November 15, 2005 (VR Mid-Fall Reading) View/save (right click) file

The Theme of Themes • Flexible Game Design • Thoughts on a Hybrid Copyright/Open-Source Architecture • Meet Vulcan • We Get Interviewed • Building an Interurban Empire in Locomotion • Wayne Campbell’s London & Port Stanley Railway • Pigs is Pigs • Interurban Crossword Puzzle • Train Sim Webfinder

October 15, 2005 (VR First Fall Reading) View/save (right click) file

The NEW Virtual Railroader • A Look At Strategy-Based Train Sims • Meet Tim Court • Getting Started With Locomotion • Patched Transport Tycoon Deluxe • All You Ever Wanted To Know About RouteBuilder • Retracking With TrainzMap • Steaming Along With Trainz In America • Train Sim Webfinder

Summer 2005 cover View/save (right click) file

This is the cover and Credits page for the Summer 2005 issue - July, August, September - in case you want to bind the collection.

September 15, 2005 (VR Late Summer Reading) View/save (right click) file

Celebrating Small Computer Railroading • A Dose of Reality • Meet Mark Goodspeed • What’s Rail3D? • How Many Train Sims Can You Name? • VlakoSim: Easy to Use Plus Full 3D Graphics • Let's Make a Movie • Following the Rules • Train Sim Webfinder

August 15, 2005 (VR More Light Summer Reading) View/save (right click) file

Model Perseptions • News of the Day • Meet Austin316hockey • Signalling in BVE4 • Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad • Wisconset Module • Let’s Make Tracks • Train Sim Webfinder

July 15, 2005 (VR Light Summer Reading) View/save (right click) file

Daydreaming • News of the Day • Riding To Riding Mill • St Ashford: Part One, The First Attempt • London Underground Northern Line in BVE • Get Animated With These New British Coaches • A Dark and Stormy Night • Train Sim Webfinder

May-June 2005 View/save (right click) file

Another Milestone • Transitions • This 'n That • Meet Jeff Barr • The Razorback Railway • A Pair of Museum Routes • Let's Get That Waterfall Flowing! • Converting Older Trains to Use BVE 4 Timetables • Tramming in Amsterdam • Big Fun From a Small Route • Using the Forum, Part 2 • Now For Something Completely Different! • Train Sim Webfinder

March-April 2005 View/save (right click) file

A Season of Contradictions • Things You Should Know About Us • News of the Day • Remodeling the Model Railroad Club • George’s Gorge Basic Edition for Virtual Railroader Readers • Finishing Touches • I Know I Put That Somewhere • Walking Through Winter • SpoorSim 1.0 – A First Look • Prototype Study: Barrel Springs Sawmill • Populating Your Route • Train Sim Webfinder

January-February 2005 View/save (right click) file

Happy New Year! • May the Circle Be Unbroken • SP4 and More • Meet David Drake • Poughkeepsie Central Route • Train Chase: Don’t Try This With the Family Car • Let’s Have a Bash! • Building the Third Avenue Elevated BVE Route: Part 2, Tenement Building Blocks • Creating Brick Surfaces in BVE • YKTrain - a First Look • Two-Foot Square: Plan for a Maine Two-Foot Gauge Layout • Using the Forum, Part 1 • Let’s Head Into those hills!

Compendium 2004 View/save (right click) file

All 2004 issues, July through November-December; 402 pages, 22 MB.

November-December 2004 View/save (right click) file

Another year older … • Is it a train? • Planning the Third Avenue Elevated BVE route • Building the Third Avenue Elevated BVE route: Part 1 - Tracks • By the El by Lawrence Stelter; photos by Lothar Stelter • George’s Gorge, a merger piece of work • Let’s get on the shelf: Creating a shelf layout in Trainz • Basic Paint Shed • Home for the holidays: 12 countries in 12 days • Happy Holidays!

October 2004 View/save (right click) file

The global railway • Small is beautiful: Introducing Ventnor Station route for Trainz • Building a lake, part 2 • Let’s Get Animated! Working with animated junctions • The Fell Incline: A fascinating piece of New Zealand’s railway history • Shane Permann’s UP 9000 4-12-2 locomotives • Project: The West Side Lumber Company • Making the most of scenery • That old neighborhood of mine • FGC: Genova-Casella Railway • Turbostar to Aberdeen • Fun with objects • A site to see: Vince Black’s international BVE page

September 2004 View/save (right click) file

Pushing the boundaries • A sim for every reason • Let’s make a lake, then sail on it, drive around it and fly over it! • Build a switch list generator with Excel • Cookie builds a doughnut empire • Gates of progress: History of the American passenger station, part 1 • Rocky Ridge Mine: A modular industry design concept • Basic track-laying, part two • U-drive: A look at drivable objects • Beta 4 and more

August 2004 View/save (right click) file

Summer: time for a trip • It could happen • This land is your land: United Central Railroad • Meet J.P. McNeil • Waybills on the Black Canyon • Where IS that car? • Virtual West Side Lumber Company • Clear Lake Lumber Company, part 4 • Summertime fun • Drive the Blueridge

July 2004 View/save (right click) file

The same but different • A little perspective, please • Central Terminal • Meet Linda Irene Tingvik • God's Wonderful Railway, part 2 • Clear Lake Lumber Company, part 3 • Maine 2-foot narrow gauge locomotives • Basic track-laying, part one • Goodies for your terminal

See also VMR Journal January -- June 2004.

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