Trainz Simulator: Murchison 2

Trainz Simulator: Murchison 2 combines the original Narrow Gauge Murchison logging layout with an extensive Standard Gauge rail network. Set in rural New Zealand during the transition from steam to diesel, its 440-board landscape is based on electronic map data and includes inter-related industries for Standard Gauge and Narrow Gauge operations.

The Murchison layout

The layout spans pioneer country, with towns and rail yards, steep hills, high-country terrain, ravines, gullies and fiords. Its trackwork includes 190 km (120 miles) of scenic Standard Gauge mainline and branch lines, plus 55 km (34 miles) of Narrow Gauge logging and mining lines. The railway is fully signaled, with coloured-light signals on the main line and semaphore signals on branch lines.

The landscape incorporates the Nature Series 1 and 2 sets, including animated waterfalls, river splines, textures, cliff splines, rail ledge splines and rock splines. The pack also includes these Nature Series assets for use in building your own layouts:

• Waterfalls: 40 animated waterfalls with built-in sound.
• River splines: 188 pieces, from pre-built full rivers to river sides for assembling your own rivers.
• Textures: 200 textures from the Lord of the Rings country.
• Cliff splines: 390 3D textured splines, from arid country to mountain cliffs, including rail cuttings.
• Rail ledge splines: 408 3D textured ledges for creating river gorge and hill-country rail effects.
• Rock splines: 80 3D rock splines.

Interactive operations

The layout features interactive industries connected across the Standard Gauge and Narrow Gauge networks. You can load and move operational rail ferries between ports, navigate an interactive river lock aboard the river steamer, or explore by helicopter. The helicopter route covers 175 km (110 miles), while ocean and river ship routes cover 100 km (63 miles).

The pack includes 28 sessions for quick familiarization. The layout took 2 years and 3,500 hours to build, and offers hundreds of hours of operational play.