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About This Content Widely known as the “Windy City”, Chicago has now been brought to life in Train Simulator, in the famed route The Racetrack Aurora - Chicago. The route begins under the skyscrapers of Chicago at Union Station, making its way through the urban landscape and out into the western suburbs, journeying along past yards, stopping at 24 commuter stations before arriving at Aurora. This route is a bustling conveyor of tonnage. The Racetrack is the eastern anchor to BNSF’s sprawling 32,500-mile route system. Approximately 50 daily BNSF intermodal, auto, manifest, crude oil, grain, and coal trains traverse the route. Additionally, The Racetrack is a vibrant people mover, home to Amtrak intercity trains (including the California Zephyr and Southwest Chief) and the Regional Transportation Authority’s ‘BNSF Line' Metra commuter operations. When all these movements are combined, it is common for the Racetrack to host upwards of 150 trains daily. The route has several rail yards. The Hill yard, adjacent to Aurora station, is used to hold commuter trains for eastbound runs and Eola yard, east of Aurora, is used for general freight operations. The BNSF intermodal yard in Cicero also has engine-service facilities and a freight-car shop. BNSF also has yard in the Western Avenue area, running parallel to the main line. On the approach to Union Station, is the 'Chicago' commuter coach yard on the west and Amtrak's coach yard and service facilities on the east. There are several interchange points along the racetrack with connections to Canadian National, Norfolk Southern, CSX and Union Pacific. The St. Charles Air Line, a small connector line, begins as a long ramp near the Canal Street Wye, then crosses over the coach yard on its way eastward where it connects (off route) to another CN line near Lake Michigan. NS has trackage rights over the Racetrack as does CSX and occasionally CP. Historically so have CN and UP. To complement the bustling main line, the route also includes the BNSF’s West Chicago Branch, a scenic and historic branch line that traces the east bank of the Fox River north from Aurora approximately 13 miles to West Chicago and is dotted with industry switching opportunities, which was originally built in 1849. Accompanying the route is a host of locomotives and rolling stock, including a Chicago commuter F40PH with fully operable cab signaling, authentic bi-level “gallery” commuter coaches, and an authentic bi-level cab coach for push-pull operations (Amtrak P42DC and Superliner stock is also included for AI-use). Included are eight career scenarios that are authentic to operations on the line, including commuter and freight operations on the Racetrack main line along with a local run on the West Chicago Branch. The route is Quick-Drive enabled. 6d5b4406ea Title: Train Simulator: The Racetrack: Aurora - Chicago Route Add-OnGenre: SimulationDeveloper:Chicago & Southwest ProductionsPublisher:Dovetail Games - TrainsFranchise:Train SimulatorRelease Date: 13 Aug, 2015 Train Simulator: The Racetrack: Aurora - Chicago Route Add-On Free Download [addons] I Love this DLC! I take Metra alot and could not wait for this. This is a must have for this game. I also took a ride on the real thing and it is the same!. In short, this is a great route, truly excellent. Let me explain why.EDIT - I forgot to mention something in my original review. For customers outside the U.S.A, Metra and BNSF branding is missing because of licencing issues. Although I understand that having branding is nicer than not having branding, I didn't find the misssing branding an issue and hence I forgot to mention this in the original review. Also a branding patch is available online.The route is incredibly detailed, especially around stations. This combined with a truckload of new assets make many of the locations along the route very recognizable. Signage is also very nicely done, especially the whistle signs. I'm really hard pressed to find any faults with the route.Now how about the included locomotives and rolling stock. Well, those are really rather good as well. I really love that the head-end power mode and the speeding and vigilance alarms are simulated on the F40PH. The only gripes I have with the F40PH is that the brake pressure gauges are a bit wonky (the brake cylinder pressure gauge always pops up to 64.5 psi even with the smallest possible reduction of pressure in the brake pipe, however if you check the F5 HUD, the actual brake cylinder pressure does rise with a reduction in brake pipe pressure properly istead of immedately popping up to 64.5 psi. After some reading on some forums, I learned that this might be a bug in the core simulator. If that is true, I can't really fault this DLC for that) and the cab signalling display seems a bit wonky as well. The cab signalling works great on relatively simple track layout, but as soon as the track layout becomes a bit more complex, the indicated aspects are all over the place and more often than not don't correspond with the wayside signal aspects. Because the cab signalling works pretty well most of the time, I didn't think this was a huge issue, just a minor gripe. The cab car is nicely modelled as well and, strangely enough, doesn't suffer from the same wonky pressure gauges.As far as sounds go, I'm not that familiar with the real life sounds, but as far as I could tell the sounds are quite recognizable.In conclusion, I only have a few minor gripes and I really can't recommend this route enough!. I'm a Chicago-area native so a bit biased, but this route is absolutely fantastic and a "must-buy" for anyone who likes commuter railroads or passenger railroads in general. As others have commented, the developers put in an incredible amount of time and detail into this route. Let me add that it's high time that Chicago has a route in TS 2015\/2016. Given the area's importance in rail travel throughout North American history, it is a shame that more routes have not been built for this area. I certainly hope that the developers see fit to develop other commuter lines in the Chicago area, especially some of the UP (old C&NW) lines. Very, very well done and well worth the investment.. This is a really nice route i cannot deny. It has everything you want for an american commuter route. But lets look at the pros and cons firstPROS:Detail is amazingMany different stations if you enjoy commuter workings.Fcae pacedSimple but enjoyable scenarios2 GP38-2 LiveriesThe only source of BNSF left avaliable to the UKLarge Branch LineCAB CAR!!!CONS:Comes with a boring F40A bit conusing when making scenariosLaggyIn total i think this is a decent route. I will rate it8\/10. This is a really nice route i cannot deny. It has everything you want for an american commuter route. But lets look at the pros and cons firstPROS:Detail is amazingMany different stations if you enjoy commuter workings.Fcae pacedSimple but enjoyable scenarios2 GP38-2 LiveriesThe only source of BNSF left avaliable to the UKLarge Branch LineCAB CAR!!!CONS:Comes with a boring F40A bit conusing when making scenariosLaggyIn total i think this is a decent route. I will rate it8\/10
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