Here Come the Trainzes!

Here Come the Trainzes at Niddertal!

Set in the mid-1960s on the classic Niddertalbahn, this Super Session runs four different freight trains, serving more than 10 different industries, transporting a total of 12 different commodities, plus three passenger trains. All running simultaneously, continuously, fully automated to the smallest possible detail. Additionally, four local shunting locomotives spring into action when needed. That's more than 10 different fully automated trains, active simultaneously, on what is essentially a single-track route. And that's not counting the over 30 fully automated trains driving around for purely decorative purposes.

Thus, in total, this Super Session runs well over 40 fully automated trains! And yet, things run pretty smooth. Trains occasionally do need to wait for one another, but ranging from a mere slowdown, to a few minutes at worst. (In two specific situations a train may be waiting up to about 15 to 20 minutes for a shunter preparing its consist. In both cases, the wait will be at a point where you are likely to see other traffic passing by, to keep you entertained.)

Trains run from 06.00 till about 18.00. Feel free to quit before that, or to keep it running – traffic will resume at 06.00. (Should you want to change the session's clock, or its clock's speed, do so only after all trains have stopped for the night (should have happened before dark, so by about 18.30 or so), and before 05.59. At other moments, this is likely to screw things up, with even a small chance at Trainz actually crashing.)

Requirements

• TRS19 SP3 through TRS22 SP2 (We advice you use TRS22, as that offers the best FPS/smoothest animation.)

  Note that starting with TRS22 SP3, the vendor crippled this route's signals, breaking any and every session, including this Super Session.

• The Route "Niddertalbahn TRS19", <kuid2:620415:101000:15>, available in the Content Store, free if you bought TRS19. (This session does not work on the original "Niddertalbahn" route.)
• All other dependencies are available on the DLS
• Disk space required for TRS19 is about 7GB, made up of:
  • ~6GB for the route
  • ~1GB for the session's DLS dependencies
• Disk space required for TRS22 is about 4GB, made up of:
  • ~3GB for the route
  • ~1GB for the session's DLS dependencies

Installation

Make sure you understand our installation advice. You may also find it useful to read about how to run Super Sessions in general.

Regarding specific versions of Trainz

• TRS19 SP3

  Simply install the latest versions of all dependencies

• TRS19 SP5 and TRS22 SP2

  Install the latest versions of all dependencies, except for the following ones, of which you need to install specific, older versions: <kuid2:61392:8111:78>,<kuid2:61392:8113:78>,<kuid2:61392:8114:78>,<kuid2:61392:8121:2>,<kuid2:61392:8130:87>,<kuid2:61392:8190:88>,<kuid2:61392:8200:85>,<kuid2:61392:8201:80>,<kuid2:61392:8202:80>,<kuid2:61392:8203:80>,<kuid2:61392:8204:80>,<kuid2:61392:8290:85>,<kuid2:61392:8311:80>,<kuid2:61392:8321:71>,<kuid2:76656:80015:1>

  TRS22

  Additionally, install this older version: <kuid2:61392:4050:67>

Make absolutely sure that you have neither newer nor older versions of these assets installed! (When you install a specific version of an asset, Content Manager may also download other versions of that asset, which you will need to delete afterwards, or the session may not work.)

License

This work is free for personal use only. You may publish stills and/or movies showing this work, provided you clearly indicate "HereComeTheTrainzes.com" as the source. You may not redistribute this work, nor any derivative works, in any way, shape, or form, ever. For any other use, contact us to work out a reasonable deal.

Download

Current version:

Version 1.0: Here Come the Trainzes at Niddertal, <kuid:952486:101180>. (If the .cdp file's sha256 hash is not 10de906301422dec167276cbbaa517235d761ba8c1b158289ca24d77fc68d785 you've gotten some imposter's version.)

Version History

• 1.0 (2025-01-18)
  • First public release
  • Fix: workaround for TRS22 not showing AI trains' speeds
  • known issues:
    • On Apple Silicon, in TRS19, trains stop requesting paths after about an hour. No such problem with TRS22 SP2.
    • Animation is choppy (low FPS) in TRS19 SP5, even with the lowest possible settings, but is fine in TRS19 SP3 and TRS22