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Expand your Rail Simulator world with this fantastic fictional route set in the heart of North America.
The Rascal & Cottonwood route is a fictional representation of a coal-carrying branch line in North America. The route runs for almost 20 miles and is based around the town of Tri-City, the Cottonwood foundry and the Rascal mine. The package features eleven different scenarios, including Free Roam which allows users to travel to any part of the route.
Also included are a version of the excellent 3dtrains Rural Landscapes Foliage Pack add-on and parts of the RSDL Foliage Pack, providing a rich package of many different foliage types with which you can enhance the appearance of the Rascal & Cottonwood line and include in your own routes as well.
The route features a detailed Union Pacific SD40-2 locomotive, 10 USA rolling stock wagons, authentic terrain mapping and track placement, and AI train operations, not to mention spectacular scenery with four towns, a whole landscape of vegetation, rivers, bridges and more!
Eleven scenarios give you tasks to be completed, and one special scenario turns the Rascal & Cottonwood route into your own personal model railway!
Any Rail Simulator rolling stock, including add-ons, can be used on the Rascal & Cottonwood route, and the printed manual includes full route schematics.
The route
The story of the single-track Rascal & Cottonwood mainline is of an abandoned coal route brought back to life, which features a coal mine, a coal prep plant and a foundry which are the lifeblood of Cottonwood. The route features an incredible amount of detail, yet won't have an adverse affect on your frame rates.
The Rascal & Cottonwood route features loop action, so the action never stops!
The locomotive
Union Pacific SD40 - Introduced between 1972 and 1986, and constructed by the General Motors Electro-Motive Division, the SD40-2 has a powerful 3,000 horsepower output. Union Pacific has at times operated more that 1,100 examples.
Rolling stock
- SD40-2 Locomotive
- AutoRack
- Box Car
- Caboose
- Cement Hopper
- Coal Hopper
- Steel Coil Car
- Covered Hopper
- Double Stack Container Car
- Refrigerator Car
- Tank Car
Scenarios
- Free Roam Scenario - For exploring the Rascal & Cottonwood route.
- Delivery to Rascal Mine - Take eight empty coal hoppers to Rascal Mine.
- Delivery to TriCity - Take one boxcar and eight loaded coal hoppers to Auxilary1, Tri-City.
- Delivery to Cottonwood - Take eight loaded coal hoppers to the Cottonwood Coal Prep Plant.
- Delivery to Cottonwood Foundry - Take loaded coal cars to the Cottonwood Foundry.
- Delivery to Rascal Mine - Take eight empty hoppers to Rascal Mine from Tri-City (includes AI).
- Introduction 1 - Introduction to the Rascal & Cottonwood route.
- Introduction 2 - Continued from Introduction 1.
- Switching in TC - Switching exercise in Tri-City.
- Delivery to Cottonwood Coal Prep Plant - Take a delivery to the Prep plant (includes AI).
- Coal Plant Switching - Switching at the Cottonwood Coal Prep Plant.
- For Railfanning - This scenario gives you the opportunity to fly around and view the whole route while locomotives move stock around.
System Requirements
- Rail Simulator
- 1.7GHz+ PC
- 512Mb RAM (1.0Gb for Vista)
- 128Mb 3D graphics card with Pixel shader 2.0 (AGP/PCE only)
- Windows XP / Vista
- DirectX 9.0C compatible sound card
- DVD-ROM drive
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