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1 January 04

Announced VMR Journal. See Home/news.

4 September 03

Added first paragraph of Fiction: The Truth Be Told. See Home/news.

27 July 03

Added announcement of Trainz Online and gold disk status of Woodbridge's Train Simulation Craftsman magazine v2n2. See Home/news.

6 June 03

Added three new Trainz-related pages. See Home/news.

5 April 03

Added BVE news items about Mackoy and Woodbridge's, removed ConBuilder download, added 3 shots to the Trainsim Gallery, added links to MSTS and BVE links pages. See Home/news.

10 March 03

Corrected Trainsim Gallery notes for the LV GP shots loaded 10 Mar 03.

9 March 03

Added two screenshots to the Trainsim Gallery. See Home/news.

5 March 03

Added news of TSC latest issue and expanded contents. See Home/news.

11 Febuary 03

Added Miss Springfield: Car 554 article. See Home/news.

7 Febuary 03

Added news of my first repaint/weathering job, Okrasa Ghia's G&D Heisler #6, and Sean Liam's Advanced Wagon Tutorial for MSTS. Added info and link to BVE-Train.de page from BVE Links. Added new screenshots to Trainsim Gallery page. See Home/news.

3 Febuary 03

Added news of Eastern Mass and Boston ex-Dallas cars for MSTS; and update to ConBuilder version 1.5.5. Added info and link to BVE_Routes page from BVE Links. Noted BVE update to version 2.4.12. See Home/news.

25 January 03

Improved format and added images and notes to Trainsim Gallery page. Added info and link to Sue Chastain's Myths and Facts about JPG. Added links to this site from BVE Links and MSTS Links paages. See Home/news.

18 January 03

Added Trainsim Gallery page. Announced release of Irfanview 3.80 and Microsoft DirectX9. Added traffic counter to most pages. See Home/news.

15 January 03

Announced trio of Blackpool trams for MSTS, an Austerity loco and repainting kit, an update to Carlos Gomes's ConBuilder, and another update to John Womersley's article How To Get, Run & Use BVE. See Home/news.

11 January 03

Announced trio of narrow gauge MSTS locos and Boeing LRV; updated John Womersley's article How To Get, Run & Use BVE. See Home/news.

1 January 03

Added MSTS Works and MSTS Links pages; added Luigi Cartello's 10-section curve calculator for BVE and John Womersley's article "How to download, alter and run Japanese routes," also for BVE See Home/news.

22 December 02

Added Holiday card. See Home/news.

30 November 02

Added Milwaukee bi-polar and Woodbridge's announcements. See Home/news. Also, removed links to Hitometer, which is out of business.

30 September 02

Added Brill semi-convertible announcement. See Home/news.

14 September 02

Added Colorado steam announcement. See Home/news.

7 September 02

Added train sim magazine announcement. See Home/news.

4 September 02

Added "WORKS IN PROGRESS goes international." See Home/news.

20 July 02

Added "first glance" news item about Trainz. See Home/news.

6 July 02

Replaced John Womersley's article How to download, alter and run Japanese routes with version 2.0. See Home/news.

29 May 02

Updated BVE Train Finder. See Home/news.

8 May 02

Updated BVE Train Finder and added ConBuilder tool by Carlos Gomes for MSTS. See Home/news.

28 April 02

Added banner and link re: train safety. See Home/news.

3 April 02

Updated PC Train simulator overview. See Home/news.

2 April 02

Fixed erroneous download link for TARS convertibles.

27 March 02

Added download for TARS straight-side convertible cars in Rail3D bitmap format and posted Palm OS straight text version of Old Maude article. See Home/news. Also updated BVE link for Steve Green's site.

8 March 02

Posted patch for SF&C open car 15. See Home/news. Also updated BVE links for Luigi Cartello and Keith Hazelton. Added BVE link for Jon Gulbis.

23 Febuary 02

Added two BVE articles by John Womersely. See Home/news.

20 Febuary 02

Posted SF&C BVE route update. See Home/news.

13 Febuary 02

Posted SF&C open car #15 for BVE. See Home/news.

26 January 02

Fixed tachometer download for SF&C #10 and CESR #1.

23 January 02

Posted SF&C route update, tachometer download for SF&C #10 and CESR #1; added Rainer Hübner's Loksimulatoren web site to BVE Links. See Home/news.

16 January 02

Posted Jean-Louis Coste's Curve Builder and Luigi Cartello's updated SF&C #10 trolley for BVE train simulator. See Home/news.

9 January 02

Added photos to CESR Route and Rolling Stock pages. Updated BVE Train Finder. See Home/news.

1 January 02

Posted Barebones Next Generation route and SFC_10 trolley for BVE. See Home/news.

24 December 01

Posted a Christmas card. See Home/news. Also added Anthony Bowden's Rail Sim Routes UK site to BVE Links page.

19 December 01

Added downloadable Santa objects to Downloads page. See Home/news.

11 December 01

Added to Downloads page Don CLarke's radius calculator for smooth BVE curves. See Home/news. Fixed bad link in 9 December news item on Home/news page.

9 December 01

Described F7 BVE object and its placement. See Home/news page.

5 December 01

Announced update to Train Finder doc. See Home/news page. Also added missing download link to 4 December 01 Doodlebug Kit announcement on Home/news page. Updated link to Ernie Alstons Tarin Sim Forum post about route development. This link is on the BVE_pro3.html page.

4 December 01

Announced Doodlebug kit. See Home/news page.

3 December 01

Revised Home page to include site news.

1 December 01

Posted fourth BVE Barebones route (Scenery). See BVE News.

28 November 01

Added BVE news item about English version of Japanese Gonou Line. See BVE News.

24 November 01

Added photos to Conway Electric Rolling Stock and Route sections.

23 November 01

Posted third BVE Barebones route. See BVE News.

22 November 01

Posted first two BVE Barebones routes. See BVE News.

20 November 01

Fixed error in Kitbashing a Doodlebug in "Variation for the original US Desert Freight route" paragraph.

19 November 01

Fixed error in train installation instructions for CSV type route files. Applies to both 17 November 01 update links.

17 November 01

Added new BVE customizing tip: Kitbashing a Doodlebug; updated BVE Train Finder with train installation instructions and Kamo's new Kiha 40 series diesel car.

13 November 01

Added new links on the BVE Links page: Keith Hazleton's Train Sim Gallery, Luigi Cartello's page for Italian BVE fans, and an information-packed NY City subway site - The Other Side Of The Tracks.

7 November 01

Posted Pipers BVE object on Downloads page.

5 November 01

Posted BVE Train Finder document on Downloads page.

3 November 01

Added 3 new sites to the BVE Links page and supplied 3 missing definitions to the Components>Files section of the BVE Developer Guide.

31 October 01

Added Ruede Hulsman's smooth switches to BVE Tips and tidbits.

29 October 01

Added BVE Links page.

24 October 01

Added Transparency issues to Tips and tidbits.

17 October 01

Added News of BVE WORKS IN PROGRESS page and added Anglicizing Iida to BVE Tips and tipdbits page.

10 October 01

Added BVE Ghost Objects to the download page.

26 September 01

Updated BVE Tips and tidbits with Anglicizing Tsurumi.

19 September 01

Updated BVE Tips and tidbits with Finding those missing files.

15 September 01

Updated BVE Tips and tidbits with Anglicizing Minobu.

7 September 01

Updated BVE Tips and tidbits and added BVE Photographer Objects to the download page.

5 September 01

Posted BVE Tips and tidbits.

26 August 01

Posted Object Basics section of BVE Developer Guide.

20 August 01

Posted BVE2 English User Guide v1.0.5 at Al's DOWNLOADS.

17 August 01

Added Train simulator overview.

17 August 01

Posted BVE2 English User Guide v1.0.4B at Al's DOWNLOADS.

13 August 01

Added Contents page to BVE Developer Guide.

12 August 01

Posted BVE2 English User Guide v1.0.4A at Al's DOWNLOADS. Cleaned up navigation system for high-level pages and all BVE pages. In BVE pages, updated terminolgy.

28 July 01

Added superelevation info to BVE Developer Guide track element investigative procedure. Added link to Top 50 train sim sites on BVE WORKS page.

21 July 01

Added BVE WORKS and BVE Developer Guide pages.

19 July 01

Posted BVE2 English User Guide v1.0.3 at Al's DOWNLOADS.

13 July 01

Posted BVE Flushing Line Subway Route Summary v1.0.3 and BVE2 English User Guide v1.0.2 at Al's DOWNLOADS.

7 July 01

Posted BVE Flushing Line Subway Route Summary v1.0.2 at Al's DOWNLOADS.

2 July 01

Added Al's DOWNLOADS page and two downloadable BVE guides.

15 June 01

Added link from CESR Route to Tom Scanner's CESR remnants photos. Added Site directory and What's new links at top of the three WORKS pages.

12 June 01

Fixed broken link on Design WORKS page.

1 June 01

Added rail portrait article Old Maude: America's first high-speed electric locomotive. Added link to George Elwood's Erie Lackawanna and other Fallen Flag and Shortline Railroad Photos website.

25 May 01

Added design article No (single) edifice for this complex.

8 May 01

Added link to East Penn Traction Club on WHERE page. Defined Al's WORKS page as Home. Added Western Mass. Web Guide logo to the three WORKS pages.

21 Apr 01

Revised HOW (site map) page. Added new portal pages Rail WORKS and Design WORKS.

11 Apr 01

Added HOW (site map) page. Fixed typo in photo caption at end of SF&C article. Changed contact e-mail address. Fixed meta data on principal pages.

18 Mar 01

Added detail to WORKS page; rearranged topics on WHAT page.

14 Mar 01

Added Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway web article to the Rural trolley lines in New England web; moved Al's WORKS IN PROGRESS to http://AlfredBarten.com.

3 Mar 01

Added Sources segment of the Conway Electric Street Railway web article.

27 Feb 01

Modified 6th paragraph and Conway Station postcard caption of the Route segment of the Conway Electric Street Railway web article.

Fixed typo in Thinking from within the box.

25 Feb 01

Added Route segment, photos, postcard views, and maps to the Conway Electric Street Railway web article.

24 Feb 01

Modified opening sentence in Conway Electric Street Railway...again!

23 Feb 01

Modified opening sentence in Conway Electric Street railway.

Fixed mispelling in Making the connection.

Revised meta data descriptions and keywords for all pages.

18 Feb 01

Added Update log.

Added Where.

Improved navigation system.

17 Feb 01

Added More Thinking from within the box.

Added Close-In Thinking from within the box.

Added Far Out Thinking from within the box.

31 Jan 01

Added Conway Electric Steet Railway rolling stock.

30 Jan 01

Added Making the connection.

28 Jan 01

Added Conway Electric Street Railway.

23 Jan 01

Added What have I got for you.

Added Thinking from within the box.

20 Jan 01

Launched Al's WORKS IN PROGRESS.