Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004 (TRS2004) is the previous sequel of famous Trainz & Ultimate Trainz Collection. This version brought the innovate dynamic and interactive Industry: we can observe the amount of goods that appear and see the loading in the wagons as well as the unloading (example of the coal). Now there are missions in taking goods of an industry and from this, take the products to the final destiny (do you remember Transport Tycoon's Industries? or of Industry Giant? ). The TRS2004 is already going in to 3rd Expansion (Service Packs) of inprovements. The 1st Service Pack brings updated steam locomotives (physics, cabs, etc), the 2nd we now see the stations with passengers in the platforms (they appear and they disappear) and also inside of the passenger trains that make stop in the station: they open and close the doors of the vehicles that occupy the platform of the station. The passengers appear inside of the carriages in aleatory seats and they get out in the following stations. Very nice! . We have the possibility to drive the trains in the sceneries or missions; we can distribute train drivers to the locomotives and define / control schedules; it can be controlled the production levels, of comodities and the passengers' time tables. Everything done in maps/lines that can be (or not) created by us, in the editor (Surveyor), also dedicated for who likes rail modelism. We remember that all the technical characteristics were simulate to the detail and tested by true train drivers. The game brings more than 50 locomotives of entire world, many wagons and carriages and we can add the rolling stock that we want, done by third-parties, or in the official page of Trainz, or in their own personal pages in the Internet. The graphs are very good (with possibility to define the quality in relation to the acting of our computer), the excellent sounds (I love the sound of the wheels passing in the rail committees). We can drive several locomotives at the same time (and in the same map), we can place train drivers and give orders for them to drive alone, or simply see the trains passing... (In MSTS you can control only ONE train by mission! ). The editor is easy to use (comparing with the one of MSTS), and the same is applied to the consists (it is not necessary any external program or manually edit the files). More words for what? : This is my election Rairoad simulator, and still more now than the MSTS2 was canceled. Remember that Trainz is a continuous development project (proves of that are the Service Packs). Also here in the Portuguese Virtual Rail Community (being CP Virtual or third ones) they all contribute in the construction of Portuguese models.

04/02/2006 - New ADCosta Scenery: Track: - Typical Portuguese Twin-bloc (concrete) sleepers, with dusty ballast

09/11/2005 - New Diesel Multiple Unit: [0350]

30/09/2004 - [5600] [Corail] ["Sleeping Cars"]

25/06/2004 - New EMU: [2000]

21/06/2004 - Narrow Gauge DMUs: [9100] [9400] [9500] [9600] [9630] [9700] & Electric Locomotives[2550]

15/06/2004 - New EMU: [2300]

13/06/2004 - New EMU: [3400]

11/06/2004 - New EMU: [3500] & Electric Locomotive Electric: [5600]

04/06/2004 - New EMU: [4000]

- "Faro - Vila Real de Sto António", by Eugénio Santos -CP Virtual

- It is a section of the Algarve Line, plan to the detail with the limitation of the tools and available sceneries in original Trainz (v 1.0).

- "Beira Baixa Line", by Paulo Almeida - Portugal Trainsim

- One of the most beautiful Portuguese lines, will be virtually built in 4 phases, and will have it's own activities/missions.

- Typical Portuguese Twin-bloc (concrete) sleepers, with dusty ballast

- Max Speed Signals and Pre-Advice Signals

- Narrow Gauge