| Payware for Trainz (D'Angelo, 27 December 2007) |
 A review of some of the great payware websites and items available for Trainz.
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| A Great New Idea for Passenger Cars (D'Angelo, 5 May 2007) |
This Download Gold series for Trainz article describes Ben Dorsey's namable and numberable Pullman cars. Now you can have Pullman cars with any road name and number you desire.
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| A New Look at LARS (D'Angelo and Ljungberg, 2006) |
 Lars Ljungberg has advanced his LARS freight operating system for Trainz with the new, compatible ProtoLARS system. This article describes both systems.
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| BVE: A View From the Cab (Barten, 2006) |
 "Next stop, Times Square. Please stand back of the closing doors." These are familiar words to New York City subway riders. They're also part of the first train sim, the Flushing Line for BVE 2, to really catch my imagination. (See screen shot below.) I'm convinced that sounds are the most important part of any sim when it comes to conveying realism, and this route by Ernie Alston has it in spades. As the string of Redbird subway cars heads out, lurching and screeching around the tight IRT (Interboro Rapid Transit) tunnel curves, I know I'm there as much as I ever could be without actually being there. And that's the joy of train simming.
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| BVE Revisited (Barten, 3 July 2008) |
 Mackoy may be quiet, but the third-party folks have been busy. HTML
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| CDPSet: Another Gem From Tafweb (D'Angelo, 2006) |
This Download Gold series for Trainz article describes Terry Franks's CDPSet utility, which lets you determine which version of Trainz - TRS2004 or TRS2006 - will be downloaded to when you access the Trainz Download Station.
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| Colorado Narrow Gauge: Rebirth of an Old Friend (Barten, 14 October 2007) |
 An update to John D'Angelo's Black Canyon route, adding Portals and interactive logging, lumbering, mining and passenger service.
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| Fred Barbieri's F1 IND Subway Route (Barten, 2006) |
 If you like subways, Fred Barbieri's
F1 IND route for MSTS is a "must-have." If you don't have MSTS, I suggest you
get it. I don't often say things like that, but at today's prices, you can get
MSTS for lunch money. And what's not to like about MSTS, anyway? The nice thing is that almost any PC built within the
last seven or eight years will have enough horsepower to run MSTS, though Fred recommends a more up-to-date system for smooth running, especially the above-ground sections where there are a lot of buildings. HTML
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| Hawes Junction (Barten, 2006) |
 With many thousands of available add-ons at the Trainz Download Station, it's easy to overlook the gems that come with the game. Here we have a look at Hawes Junction by rail-sim.co.uk.
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| Let’s Populate Those Small Stations (D'Angelo, 2006) |
This Download Gold series for Trainz article describes Andi Smith's invisible station, which adds passenger load/unload capacity.
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| Locomotion: The Sequel (Barten, 2006) |
 When Chris Sawyer released his Locomotion in 2004, a full ten years after its popular predecessor, Transport Tycoon, fans of the old were disappointed. They had hoped for something more than what is largely a graphic update to the old favorite. Many hoped for a cure for the old ills and perhaps some great new features. Chris's approach, however, was to simplify, to streamline. Anyone who's followed Microsoft through the years - and just about every other software house for that matter - will find this approach contrary to the norm. For me, a person who never really got to know Transport Tycoon or any of the other corporate-based train sims until I discovered Locomotion last year, Locomotion stands on its own. HTML
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| Metro North Harlem Line: A Trainz Classics Original (Barten, 15 July 2007) |
 THROUGH THE YEARS my approach to route design has been to imagine a type of operation and then create a route to go with it. The opposite approach, and one that has found much favor on the MSTS and BVE platforms, is to replicate - or at least be inspired by - the prototype. The new Metro North Harlem Line by Auran is an outstanding example of the latter approach, an authentic modeling of about 38 miles of this busy former New York Central commuter rail line.
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| MSTS: First of the Big Ones (Barten, 2006) |
When Microsoft released its much anticipated
Train Simulator in the spring of 2001,
they opened the door to a new era of train simulation.
MSTS, as it's called, set new standards
as a can-do-everything simulator, including full 3D environment, train control
from inside and outside the cab, the ability to throw track switches, shunt
cars, and much more.
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| Northbay County (Barten, 2007) |
 Second in our Straight from the Box series. Northbay County is a Trainz 2006 route featuring 2-foot and 3-foot narrw gauge railroading.
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| Trainz: A Modeler's Paradise (Barten, 2006) |
 Less than six months after Microsoft released its
Train Simulator
(MSTS) in June 2001, Auran, released
Trainz in time for the Christmas rush.
There was much anticipation, as Auran had been issuing press releases on a
regular basis, touting the ease of building routes in its new simulator, and
displaying the results of its accompanying utility,
Paint Shed, which let just about anybody
reskin a model in their favorite livery.
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| Traveling on the Orient Express (D'Angelo, 15 June 2008) |
 Adventure! Intrigue! Opulence! John D'Angelo describes the beautiful Orient Express available for Trainz.
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