Milwaukee Road, Rocky Mtn. Div.

[CSRX]

Is there a way to get this to install correctly, WITHOUT route riter, or winrar? I have 7zip, which usually works, but for some reason is not unzipping or extracting this route correctly. Maybe someone has the ability to have this all installed as one file they would like to send my way via dropbox or something? Thanks in advance!

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[kennyeaton]

Hi Shawn,

The best I remember about setting this route up was to unzip all 7 or 8 files then take all of the 001 through 008 and place them all in a folder. Tell 7zip to extract all of them into that folder. It seems like when I did this one that I was trying to do one at a time and it didn't work.

Kenny

[CSRX]

Hi Shawn,

The best I remember about setting this route up was to unzip all 7 or 8 files then take all of the 001 through 008 and place them all in a folder. Tell 7zip to extract all of them into that folder. It seems like when I did this one that I was trying to do one at a time and it didn't work.

Kenny

I tried that trick as well, and it was a no go. Not entirely sure why this is throwing a problem, never had an issue before with other routes that are spanned across numerous files for installment. Hm.

[kennyeaton]

This is just an idea, there's quite a few routes in the library that are spanned like this one is. Maybe a few folks could zip up some of these routes and upload them again without being spanned. I know some of them were frustrating trying to get them to extract and I'm sure that some of the newer members here experience this as well. Once a newer one is uploaded Eric could remove the spanned routes. I don't think I've painted the roadbed's on this route yet, I have painted the "East", Deerlodge to Harlowton.

Kenny

[CSRX]

I actually went ahead and downloaded the four-span file RMD West, which is the merge of 3 and 4. That one actually installed just fine. So that works out. I do agree though, one giant file might work out better for a lot of newer folks, especially if they have no way to use Route Riter due to Windows 10/11 throwing fits about it.

[landnrailroader]

These are called Spanned Zip files and Kenny is correct in how to handle and unzip them. It was necessary to do this in the early days when we did not have fast cable access that we have now and Kenny's suggestion about rezipping them and uploading as a single zip file is good. It would also be nice, now that many of us are only running routes on ORTS to have a utility that would remove the buffer files created by MSTS that are not required for ORTS as well as a utility to removed any unused shapes and textures.

Jerry Sullivan

[landnrailroader]

I have just uploaded a single zip file of the RMD-WEST which I hope is okay because Eric's upload instructions are confusing to this old (86) railroader. This single zip should replace the spanned zip version in the library once a few have downloaded it and we have resolved any querks that are found. The zip contains instructions, a image, and the zip file of the actual route.

Jerry Sullivan

[kennyeaton]

I have just uploaded a single zip file of the RMD-WEST which I hope is okay because Eric's upload instructions are confusing to this old (86) railroader. This single zip should replace the spanned zip version in the library once a few have downloaded it and we have resolved any querks that are found. The zip contains instructions, a image, and the zip file of the actual route.

Jerry Sullivan

Hi Jerry,

I repainted and removed all the transfers under the tracks in RMD-EAST as well as putting back the original "Acleantrack1" ace. I didn't paint underneath the highways or roads. I didn't do any other modifications to the route. If Eric is onboard with replacing those spanned zipped routes, I'd be happy to package this one up for the library. Maybe include with the replacement route the number of downloads the previous one had.

I plan to paint under the tracks of the rest of the Milwaukee routes but leave the scenery untouched, these are great routes.

Kenny

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[CSRX]

The dirt under the tracks "painted" looks far more appealing to the eyes than all those bleeding through transfer textures. I for one, wouldn't mind that update!
Though, I must say I may need to go through and remove all the wire though. Diesel era of the MILW was more to my liking.

[landnrailroader]

We will see what happens with the RMD-West but given the improved technology and techneaks that we have today, it makes sense to me to upload new single zips. Eric has a limit oif 5G per zip but we probably won't be close. The RMD-West is about 800mbt. Eric has not approved that file net, at least he hadn't a couple hours ago.

Jerry

[CivilEng]

With Jerry's permission, other the past few months I've been working on an update to the RMD-East route with the goal of an eventual public release. Much of my initial work has focused on replacing the grass, cliff, and cut transfers with painted terrain. In my experience, the flashing of those transfers in OR is quite distracting.

I've been making quite a few other tweaks to terrain textures and the overall scenery while I replace the transfers, but there's more I hope to do once the terrain painting is finished. The release of an update is still a ways off, and I can't begin to guess when it will be ready. Therefore, I can't suggest whether news of this update should impact any possible re-release of the original version (or a modified version of the original).

[landnrailroader]

They were routes that were fun to do, and as I did them one subdivision at a time, it was relatively easy to do. In those days, the subdivisions were 110 miles on average. I am still working on the larger N. Montana route which with branches and a little related GN track runs over 300 miles. And I have another Milwaukee Road route with tracks laid which has, at least until recently. been operated as a short line. That is the branch out of St. Maries, ID. It also includes the line from there to Plummer, ID where it connects to UP. And I got the track charts in 2/3/25 mail for the line from Marquette, IA to Canton, SD, about 300 miles also but most of the towns are small and the most prominent feature of all is a grain elevator. As a young brat I rode the passenger train to visit relatives several times until it died around 1961. The line is abandoned now for the last 60 miles or so into Canton and I believe CPKC operates the rest.

Jerry