Train Simulator Classic News

Get ready to explore the stunning Pennines in Train Simulator Classic aboard a range of locos with the new Huddersfield Line: Manchester - Leeds route. Represented as it stands today, complete with modernisation and current track layout features, including the impressive state-of-the-art rebuilds of Manchester Victoria and Leeds.
Featuring in the pack to offer the most variety is a slew of Privatisation era 1990s rolling stock, including the Regional Railways BR Class 158, fully equipped with features and sounds from Armstrong Powerhouse. Accompanying this is the almighty BR Class 142 Pacer, and 4 flavours of BR Class 47/8 in various liveries, with coaching stock, and more, included of course. The full line-up of rolling stock you can look forward to...

• BR Class 158 Sprinter DMU in Regional Railways livery, from the Armstrong Powerhouse Class 158 Enhancement Pack
  
• BBR Class 142 Pacer DMU in Provincial and Regional Railways livery
  
• BR Class 47/8 Diesel Locomotive in Large Logo, Intercity, Regional Railways and Parcels liveries
  
• BR Class 03 Shunter in BR Blue livery
  
• BR Class 08 Shunter in BR Blue livery
  
• BR Mk2a TSO coaches in BR Trans-Pennine and Regional Railways liveries, converted from Train Sim World
  
• BR Mk1 BG coach in BR Blue-Grey livery, converted from Train Sim World
  
• BR Mk1 GUV coaches in BR Blue Newspapers and Express Parcels liveries
  
• BR TEA Tanker Wagon in weathered condition, converted from Train Sim World
  

The Huddersfield Line route will be arriving for Train Simulator Classic on 11 October, you can add to your Wishlist on the Steam Store. Watch a preview of the route from Jamie on Railfan TV whilst you're waiting.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1922049/Train_Simulator_Huddersfield_Line_Manchester__Leeds_Route_AddOn/

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The challenging and stunning Pennines are coming soon to Train Simulator Classic, with the new Huddersfield Line: Manchester - Leeds route.



One of the busiest lines in the region, with local and long-distance passenger services, the Huddersfield Line stretches between Manchester Victoria and Leeds. Calling at the various towns and villages in the Colne and Tame Valleys of West Yorkshire, including the major intermediate station of Huddersfield itself.
A treat for railfans this route from Dovetail Games for Train Simulator Classic is represented as it stands today, complete with modernisation and current track layout features, including the impressive state-of-the-art rebuilds of Manchester Victoria and Leeds. This route also features a wide range of rolling stock, including the Regional Railways BR Class 158 (fully equipped with features and sounds from Armstrong Powerhouse), the almighty BR Class 142 Pacer, 4 flavours of BR Class 47/8 in various liveries, coaching stock and more.

Huddersfield Line: Manchester - Leeds is coming soon to Train Simulator Classic. See the first screens below and tune into Railfan TV this Wednesday 8PM (BST) on Twitch or YouTube for an exclusive preview.

Find more ways to play on Bahnstrecke Strasbourg - Karlsruhe with new scenarios from Larias Games.

Crossing the France/Germany border, this bustling 112 km (70-mile) route is a key international service running from Strasbourg to Offenburg and Karlsruhe. Featuring a wide range of rolling stock including locomotives like the SNCF BR 186 in FRET livery, DB BR 406 ICE 3M in DB ICE livery, TGV Euroduplex in SNCF Blue & Grey livery and more.

With this pack you will take control of a variety of locomotives across ten new scenarios. Operate the DB Regional Express service 7 through the rain from Offenburg, bring the ICE 2 back onto the mainline for a southbound run, take on intermodal freight with the SNCF BR 186, transport tankers with the MRCE Dispolok and more.

Enjoy a mix of high-speed traction, regional express and heavy freight motive power on Bahnstrecke Strasbourg – Karlsruhe with these new Career scenarios. Available now on the Steam Store.

High Iron Simulations’ development of content for Train Simulator Classic dates back to 2012 and the creation of a wide variety of scenarios for Steam Workshop. In the years since, High Iron has provided the community with more than 360 free scenarios as well as a freeware route, the Bedford Junction Branch, at Steam Workshop. In total, High Iron Simulations’ scenarios at Steam Workshop have been downloaded more than a million times!



As a member of Dovetail Games’ Partner Programme, High Iron Simulations introduced its first Career Scenario Pack in 2016 and has since developed more than 30 scenario packs known for high levels of realism and authenticity. High Iron Simulations scenario packs bring to Train Simulator Classic coast to coast railroading from across the eras, offering experiences ranging from the bustle of Northeast Corridor action to tough and unforgiving railroading in the towering mountains of the American west.

The acclaimed CSX Hanover Subdivision route of 2020 marked the release of High Iron Simulations first commercial route for Train Simulator Classic. Extending from Hagerstown, Maryland via historic Gettysburg to Hanover, Pennsylvania, this rugged contemporary CSX line, originally built by the Western Maryland, features a tough, saw-tooth profile, steep grades, heavy tonnage, and modern CSX power. To recall and bring the Western Maryland era to life on the Hanover Subdivision route, High Iron Simulations introduced the Western Maryland Retro Pack 01, featuring WM motive power, rolling stock, and additional career scenarios. And High Iron Simulations has since developed additional retro packs for the Chessie System, Baltimore & Ohio, Penn Central, and Santa Fe.

In 2021, High Iron Simulations released its monumental and best-selling B&O Mountain Subdivision route, which recreates the legendary Baltimore & Ohio’s “West End” original main line across the Alleghenies from Cumberland, Maryland to Grafton, West Virginia during the Chessie era. Also including the Western Maryland’s Thomas Subdivision, the route totals more than 145 route miles and features four locomotive types, more than 20 freight cars, and career scenarios. And the B&O Mountain Subdivision Retro Pack delivers even more classic action with four types of locomotives, freight equipment, and career scenarios from the B&O era!

North American railroading is captivating, diverse, and challenging. High Iron Simulations’ routes, retro packs, and scenario packs bring all that drama to Train Simulator Classic – and the full and popular line of High Iron Simulations products are now on sale at the Steam Store!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/24010/Train_Simulator_Classic/

Today we are bringing an update for Long Island Rail Road, Rough download size of this patch should be 602MB.

• Fixed Quick Drive issue when starting from Atlantic Terminal Heading towards Hempstead (can't find marker)
  
• Removed Hard Edge of Tunnel Occlusion out of Atlantic Terminal
  
• Fixed Clipping Flyover at Jamaica (it's the one the west)
  
• Fixed missing Texture on Service platform (At Long Island City, Hempstead, amongst other places)
  
• Fixed traction motor sounds randomly cutting out
  
• Fixed train moving and potentially causing a game over when resuming from a save on a grade
  
• Improved horn and console buzzer sounds
  
• Changed brake and door status indicators to be prototypical
  
• V and Shift+V keys now cycle through all available wiper settings
  
• Audio control improvements.
  
  Performance optimisations:
  
• Removed instances of shadow casting lights.
  
• AI now cast headlight flares only.
  
• M7 Performance Improvements (script, mesh and texture).
  
  Localisation:
  
• Fixes to French and German Localisation.
  
• Added full Chinese localisation.
  

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The update will download automatically for owners when it becomes available. Players should allow at least 24 hours after restarting Steam for the update to appear and before contacting Customer Support.