Are there any Open Rails only routes for the Eastern USA?

[Guest]

On the site https://www.trainsimulations.net, there are several payware routes like Seligman, Ruel, Mullan and Shasta.These routes, according to the site, are Open Rails only and are not meant for MSTS.

I was wondering if there any such similar Open Rails only routes for the Eastern USA, where CSX or NS would be more prevalant, since the above mentioned ones are all Western USA routes with BNSF being common.

[CSRX]

TrainSimulations is currently working on what would be an ORTS only route for the CSX Sandpatch, I believe it's to be set in the early days of CSX.

There are two routes I'm currently working on that would also be Eastern US ORTS only. First one is the Maine Central Mountain Division, the other would be Eastern Maine Railway's Mattawakeag Sub, though I may back date it to the CP/MEC days of the late 70's.

There is another route I have in the works, but that has been sidelined as I lost interest in the railroad all together...

I don't recall any others currently set up for ORTS only.

[eric]

While not billed as ORTS only, and a bit dated, I'd think the PRR-East is too much for MSTS to load.

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[oper190]

Just an FYI - the MSTS routes work in OR - I run mostly those.

[yellowdog]

While originally designed for MSTS, Kenny Eaton's updated version of the Norfolk Southern Pocahontas route might make it only run in ORTS because of the high number of objects and textures now included. Not exactly what you're looking for....but maybe will fill a void. Search the library here for kennyeaton to find the installation files.

[Fish4890]

TrainSimulations is currently working on what would be an ORTS only route for the CSX Sandpatch, I believe it's to be set in the early days of CSX.

There are two routes I'm currently working on that would also be Eastern US ORTS only. First one is the Maine Central Mountain Division, the other would be Eastern Maine Railway's Mattawakeag Sub, though I may back date it to the CP/MEC days of the late 70's.

There is another route I have in the works, but that has been sidelined as I lost interest in the railroad all together...

I don't recall any others currently set up for ORTS only.

well early days on the Sand patch but i mean what about the 2020s Sand Patch ??

[rrdiesel87]

well early days on the Sand patch but i mean what about the 2020s Sand Patch ??

This has been addressed before...There is overwhelmingly more interest in a 70s-90's era route. The TSW rendition would be the best choice for a modern Sand Patch

[kennyeaton]

I did a major makeover of a couple of routes, Austin Yoder's NS Pocahontas Division and Jerry Sullivan's L&N/CSX Knoxville route. While these makeovers are not billed as Open Rails, I'm sure they're much too large for MSTS. I have not tried to run either of these in MSTS. Not only the size, most of the terrtex textures were painted using TSRE. It seems like I tried to open the Pokey using MSTS route editor and the terrtex would not display.

L&N/CSX Knoxville Sub. (kdsub.zip) Located in MSTS Routes.
NS Pocahantas 2.0. (NW_Pokey_20.zip) (nwpokey2.0_fix_1.0.zip) (nwpokey2.0_fix_1.1.zip) Located in Open Rails Routes.

Kenny

[derekmorton]

Hi Kenny,

There appears to be no consists in the downloads?

[yellowdog]

Hi Kenny,

There appears to be no consists in the downloads?

Activities created for the original versions work with Kenny's updated version

[derekmorton]

Thanks

[landnrailroader]

I don't have any routes in the works that are explicitly for ORTS but since I no longer use MSTS except to create new routes and then port them over to my more powerful, W-11 machine it is possible, even likely, that any future routes I do may be ORTS only. I exclusively use TSRE now that I have learned enough about it to be able to use it efficiently.

Jerry