July 2010, Holland Routes Website Updated!
Haarlem - Maastricht Routes: Maastricht_v2, Maastricht_v3, for BVE2.6 (these two routes start at Zandvoort aan Zee)
Amsterdam - Germany route via Arnhem: Rheingold_v2
Den Helder - Amsterdam Route: Den_Helder_v3.3
Amsterdam - Muiderpoort Route: Zwolle_v2
Make sure to read the read_me2 doc in the Holland Object folder for unzipping info.
The Rheingold_v2 route uses the same objects as the Maastricht and Zwolle routes.
These Maastricht routes are the second and more complete versions of a previous attempt. They end at Maastricht-Randwyck, and may even go on somewhat into Belgium, if I can find the time. Version2 connects Eindhoven and Roermond via station Weert; version3 goes to Venlo and then to Roermond, etc. (I had never heard of Blerick.) These routes will never be finished as more trees and buildings will be added continually. Nevertheless, they will have to do for now to fill the empty domain of Holland routes. The track is as I found it on maps and satellite views, not aways the clearest.
Visit Sven Seeger's website, www.sporenplan.nl, for station and yard details. Many thanks to Sven for his painstaking research. His website now details many European railroads.
Some nice Dutch coaches were discovered at: http://www.arthurstreinenpagina.nl/
With Arthur Pijpers' permission I have used several of his drawings to reskin the Belgian coach of Davy Gijbels, of Belgian train sim. I have not been able to reach Davie for some time, but
I have his permission for the original Dutch coaches and locs. My website has a zipfile of 6 different red, pink and white coaches used on the High Speed line. Use them with thanks to Arthur Pijpers and Davie Gijbels.
Arthur Kamminga has another website devoted to Dutch railroad photographs, here:
Where known, all originators and authors have been mentioned in the object file.
The TSC team 2008 is responsible for the hopper, used extensively in Limburg (a coal-mining region).
I found some beautiful trees by Gerrish Gray for Flight Simulator 2000/02. I have modified some of his bitmaps to suit BVE. Gerrish is momentarily unreachable, so I could not thank him for these. His read-me doc gives the usual permission for non-profit use. A collection of these trees can be seen on the Maastricht routes in Beatrix Park at 725-1000 meter, and some at Venlo (for now).
Although only partly finished to Duisburg, I have included a new Rheingold route. This is version2. It runs via Amsterdam, Utrecht, Arnhem, Emmerich, Oberhausen, etc. There is little scenery past Utrecht. More trees, etc are coming :-) It shows the original Rheingold coaches.
The Den Helder route was made at the instigation of Rudolf Halenbeek. Again, this has few details, but it includes the new Schiphol/Utrecht tracks. The Maastricht routes also inlude the new Schiphol junction, plus the new Metro tracks at Duivendrecht, plus four track to Utrecht.
The Zwolle_v2 route is the same as the Rheingold route up to Muiderpoort, where it now turns North towards Amersfoort, Zwolle, etc. Perhaps it will be used for that later, but in the mean time, anyone should feel free to continue. There are two massive yards just around the corner.
For some time there have been rumours that the Venlo-Roermond track would be doubled.
I have, conseqently, taken the liberty of doing so in advance. It can always be removed.
Aug.29th, 2010: Maastricht_v3 has been continued to Visé, Belgium, and all markers for routes Maastricht_v2, and Maastricht_v3 are in place.
Martin Fonda, Ottawa. I can be reached at: fb214@ncf.ca.
My Holland Routes website is at: http://web.ncf.ca/fb214
This site is still being re-worked. Patience!
Haarlem - Maastricht Routes: Maastricht_v2, Maastricht_v3, for BVE2.6 (these two routes start at Zandvoort aan Zee)
Amsterdam - Germany route via Arnhem: Rheingold_v2
Den Helder - Amsterdam Route: Den_Helder_v3.3
Amsterdam - Muiderpoort Route: Zwolle_v2
Make sure to read the read_me2 doc in the Holland Object folder for unzipping info.
The Rheingold_v2 route uses the same objects as the Maastricht and Zwolle routes.
These Maastricht routes are the second and more complete versions of a previous attempt. They end at Maastricht-Randwyck, and may even go on somewhat into Belgium, if I can find the time. Version2 connects Eindhoven and Roermond via station Weert; version3 goes to Venlo and then to Roermond, etc. (I had never heard of Blerick.) These routes will never be finished as more trees and buildings will be added continually. Nevertheless, they will have to do for now to fill the empty domain of Holland routes. The track is as I found it on maps and satellite views, not aways the clearest.
Visit Sven Seeger's website, www.sporenplan.nl, for station and yard details. Many thanks to Sven for his painstaking research. His website now details many European railroads.
Some nice Dutch coaches were discovered at: http://www.arthurstreinenpagina.nl/
With Arthur Pijpers' permission I have used several of his drawings to reskin the Belgian coach of Davy Gijbels, of Belgian train sim. I have not been able to reach Davie for some time, but
I have his permission for the original Dutch coaches and locs. My website has a zipfile of 6 different red, pink and white coaches used on the High Speed line. Use them with thanks to Arthur Pijpers and Davie Gijbels.
Arthur Kamminga has another website devoted to Dutch railroad photographs, here:
Where known, all originators and authors have been mentioned in the object file.
The TSC team 2008 is responsible for the hopper, used extensively in Limburg (a coal-mining region).
I found some beautiful trees by Gerrish Gray for Flight Simulator 2000/02. I have modified some of his bitmaps to suit BVE. Gerrish is momentarily unreachable, so I could not thank him for these. His read-me doc gives the usual permission for non-profit use. A collection of these trees can be seen on the Maastricht routes in Beatrix Park at 725-1000 meter, and some at Venlo (for now).
Although only partly finished to Duisburg, I have included a new Rheingold route. This is version2. It runs via Amsterdam, Utrecht, Arnhem, Emmerich, Oberhausen, etc. There is little scenery past Utrecht. More trees, etc are coming :-) It shows the original Rheingold coaches.
The Den Helder route was made at the instigation of Rudolf Halenbeek. Again, this has few details, but it includes the new Schiphol/Utrecht tracks. The Maastricht routes also inlude the new Schiphol junction, plus the new Metro tracks at Duivendrecht, plus four track to Utrecht.
The Zwolle_v2 route is the same as the Rheingold route up to Muiderpoort, where it now turns North towards Amersfoort, Zwolle, etc. Perhaps it will be used for that later, but in the mean time, anyone should feel free to continue. There are two massive yards just around the corner.
For some time there have been rumours that the Venlo-Roermond track would be doubled.
I have, conseqently, taken the liberty of doing so in advance. It can always be removed.
Aug.29th, 2010: Maastricht_v3 has been continued to Visé, Belgium, and all markers for routes Maastricht_v2, and Maastricht_v3 are in place.
Martin Fonda, Ottawa. I can be reached at: fb214@ncf.ca.
My Holland Routes website is at: http://web.ncf.ca/fb214
This site is still being re-worked. Patience!