Digital Rails

File: ~Read Me.txt
1970s-1990s  70-car rust belt equipment pack



REQUIREMENTS:

MLT Cascade Crossings for sounds, and two shape files




Credits:

Boxcar models courtesy of Ted Curphey
Gondola models courtesy of Ted Curphey
FMC Covered Hopper courtesy of Jeff Auberpine
Autoracks courtesy of Maple Leaf Tracks
ACF Covered Hoppers courtesy of Mapel Leaf Tracks
Various photographers from Fallen Flags for their photos
Freight car loads courtesy of David Rowe and Bernard Grant

Special thanks to David Rowe for the modified Curphey shape files
adding additional LODs.  This makes them much more framerate friendly.
Create a long cosnsist yourself and try it out.  The only shape
lacking additional LODs is the one used for the CR yellow MOW gondola.





Installation:


Unzip this archive and place the RUSTBELT foder into your trainset folder.

Copy and paste the following files fromn the SP_freight folder into the Rustbelt folder:


UP_autorack01.s

UP_hopper1.s


Using your favorite compression software, decompress these two shape files
converting them to text format

Open the Autorack shape file in notepad, locate the image section (do a find for 'ACE'), 
and change 


UP_autorack01.ace to read DTI_autorack01.ace and save the file as DTI_autorack01.txt

Change that line again to read CEI_autorack01.ace and save the file as CEI_autorack01.txt

Change that line again to read NW1_autorack01.ace and save the file as NW1_autorack01.txt

Change that line again to read NW2_autorack01.ace and save the file as NW2_autorack01.txt




Open the Covered Hopper shape file in notepad, locate the image section (do a find for 'ACE'), 
and change 


UP_hopper1.ace to read ETCX_152045.ace and save the file as ETCX_152045.txt

Change that line again to read ETCX_252233.ace and save the file as ETCX_252233.txt

Change that line again to read GPLX_77174.ace and save the file as GPLX_77174.txt

Change that line again to read NAHX_90402.ace and save the file as NAHX_90402.txt


Compress these 8 files with your favorite compression software, and you are finished.
Create a consist and run as you wish.

Geepster775