Winter 2019 Update from Run 8 Studios
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- David Stretch
We are still working on v3. Allot of new features in v3 are requiring more work than we initially thought it would take. We are also working on a few new regions for v3 which takes up allot of our time. We are still probably another year out before v3 is released.
Also, another v2 program update (9) will be coming out later this week along with a new route and a new mixed freight car pack. We are busy and we are listening.
Thank you for your support and patience everyone, and we wish everyone a safe and fun holiday season.
TSCAD Released for Run 8
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- David Stretch
TSCAD For Run 8 is available for sale, along with additional routes that are available in Run 8 Train Simulator. The base package includes the BNSF Needles Sub, BNSF Mojave Sub (through Barstow, CA), and UP Mojave Sub over Tehachapi to Bakersfield. To purchase visit the Form B Studios website www.formbstudios.com. Don’t forget to take advantage of the special pricing though December 1st.
Wellcar Pack 3 and Mixed Car Pack Released
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- David Stretch
Run 8 Studios released Wellcar Pack 3 and a Mixed Freight Pack.
Wellcar Pack 3 - 40' Intl Container Wellcars
- Yang Ming
- Hamburg Süd
- OOCL
- TEX
- MSC
- Capital
- CMA CGM
- Florens
Each of these well cars has a mix of double and single and an empty version
Purchase from the Run 8 Studios Website
Mixed Freight Pack
- Bulkhead Flat Cars with three loads
- Pipes
- Poles
- Iron Beams
- Each model comes with an empty version
- 86' Autoparts boxcars
- SSW
- NADX
- FMGR PCF Refer Car
- BNSF (BN Green) Shoving Platform
Purchase from the Run 8 Studios Website
Run 8 Update #8
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- David Stretch
Run8's 8th update for version to has released. Below a change log can be found. A SJVR GP 40 can also be found in the update
To download the update visit the Run8 Studios website.
Update 08 (Version 05.22.2019)
- Adjusted the Host network code to mitigate a condition that would sometimes cause manual-switches to take a long time to actuate for a user
- Fixed a network inefficiency regarding CTC switch & signal updates, thus reducing the network load a bit
- Fixed dynamic-brakes operating when the Reverser wasn't in FWD or REV
- Added several new AI Spawn Points on the west-coast routes
- Baretable container-cars now properly experience less wind-drag than when loaded with containers
- Signal code-correction for NORAC signals
- Added corrected textures for the windows of the CE11 and C509 Cabeese
New Branch lines of the West Coast
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- David Stretch
With the addition of the Arvin Branch by Run8 adds approximately 17 miles of branch line from Magunden to Arvin, CA passing through the towns of Lamont and Digorgio along the way. This branch was mainly agricultural in older times, with numerous packing sheds for potatoes, carrots, citrus, and other produce. In more recent times, for business or political reasons, large surcharges were added for railcars shipped from points beyond Lamont, effectively killing the southern half of the branch. Most produce these days is trucked to other facilities, such as Edison, for loading onto railcars.
In addition to the 17 miles on Arvin an additional 8 miles can be found heading west out of Mojave, The Oak Creek Branch runs between the Wye at Mojave, CA, and a CalPortland cement plant located in Creal, about 8 miles west of Mojave. The grade is 2% and greater uphill westbound. The branch is
unsignalled.