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You can currently try out all Trainz DLCs for free until January 15th if you own either TRS19 SP4 or the beta of TRS22.

To do this, log on to mytrainz.com and scroll down to "Offer 2", there you have to press the "Claim" button and then you can download all the DLCs you are interested in in the Trainz DLC Manager and try them out by January 15th.

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On January 15th, everyone who took part will receive a 75% discount code for the Trainz Store, which you can use to buy…

The next part of the Trainz series has been announced: Trainz Railroad Simulator 2022.

We summarize what the new version has to offer and what options are available to you to buy.

New Features

New for all users are functions for the automatic placement of animated TurfFX grass on selected ground textures and a new experimental water system, with which water can be simply painted like terrain.

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Another innovation is a tool that allows you to automatically write ground…

As start into the last month of the year you can now enjoy the ICE 4 (BR 412) from 3DZUG for Trainz Simulator 3 (TS3).

3DZUG, known from some Trainz Railroad Simulator and Train Simulator 2022 add-ons, is now producing trains under the "ProTrain" series and at least one route for the mobile version of Trainz.

The ICE 4 from 3DZUG can be purchased in the in-app store in TS3 in two versions: the single version with one session and the default red ICE livery and the bundle version with different…

Trainz Simulator 3 has been available for Android and iOS devices, both mobile phones and tablets, for a little over a week now. With this version based on TRS19 there finall has been a new release to play on the go which supports both common operating systems after a long time.

The new version can be purchased for € 7.99 and contains 4 different routes with 25 sessions and vehicles. The vehicles included are already familiar models from the PC version, the well-known Kickstarter County 2 is…

In the 3DZUG webshop (content for Trainz, PTP2 and DTG Train Simulator) there will be a 30% discount on all items with the code "BIRTHDAY2021" on the occasion of the site's seven-year anniversary during the next three days. In addition, there is an additional discount of € 5 for purchases of € 70 or more and € 15 for purchases of € 100 or more if you get that much.

Even if it is mainly a destination for content for the Train Simulator from Dovetail Games, the old PTP2 content and some vehicles…

Even though we are mainly a Trainz forum, we also think take a look at other train simulators from time to time.

On HumbleBundle, a platform where you can buy games at low prices and also do something good for charity, Train Simulator 2021 from Dovetail Games is now available from just one euro. If you pay more, you will also receive additional vehicle DLCs. These are nothing special, as they are all quite old and have no special functions, and the routes on which they could realistically be…

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From today the Russian route "Inzer - South Ural Mountains" is available in the Trainz Store.

The route represents the "Kuibyshev Railway", part of the famous Trans-Siberian Railway. With a length of 170 km, the route through the Ural Mountains connects the continents of Europe and Asia.

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With "Liskeard to Looe", a new route was released today thats available to download by all TrainzPlus users free of charge. The route is perhaps already known to some as a very good freeware route, which can be downloaded from the DLS for T: ANE. A considerably longer version is also available at DLS under the name "East Cornwall & Branches" for T: ANE and TRS19 at DLS .

For TrainzPlus users, the short version of the routes has now been updated for TRS19 and…

At Christmas time, prices are being reduced in many places - including the official Trainz store.

In this sale, too, many route and locomotive DLC are discounted by 75%. TRS19 is also on offer, including the Platinum Edition for around 29 €.

First class tickets are discounted by 33% - 42%.

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The second service pack for TRS19 is now officially available to all users on all platforms.

If you use Steam, the update should be installed automatically. All other users will receive a message when starting the game that updates are available and then just have to follow the instructions to install them.

This introduces the following changes:

For everyone

SP2 fixes the bug in tunnel portals that started flying in the past, e.g. on the high-speed route from Schwäninger Land. If no attempt…

The time has come, from today you can open doors on the advent calendar!

We are trying out a new software for this this year, you can find it here or if you click on Home-Icon > "Advent Calendar" in the navigation bar above.

By clicking on the respective day you can see what is hidden behind it. However, not all doors will contain something, unfortunately you might find some doors to be empty as we unfortunately only have a limited amount of content.

Your TrainzDE team wishes you a pleasant time…

At the moment there are quite a few offers to get hold of in the official Trainz store for the Black Friday sale.

For example, for those who don't yet have TRS19 the standard edition is available for just € 21, or, our recommendation, the Platinum Edition for around € 30. Click

Most DLCs are discounted by 75%, so even expensive routes can be picked up for around € 8.50.

(Personal recommendation from the author: if you're interested in Russian/Ukranian rail transport, you can also get to…

As the days are getting colder and darker, the Christmas season is approaching quickly.

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Of course, this year is a lot different than usual and for most of us the festival will probably be far less festive than in previous years. Nevertheless, we want to maintain something that is almost a tradition, the annual TrainzDE Advent calendar.

We know that the announcement is a little later than usual this year, but we still want to give all the hard-working content creators…

A beta version of the second service pack for TRS19 is now available for all TRS19 users. Please note that this is not yet a final version of the update, as is usual with beta versions you should save your Trainz installation and the database folder beforehand or, at best, use a separate beta installation for testing instead of blindly installing beta updates on your main installation.

Depending on which version of TRS19 you are currently using you have to select a different "update stream"…

Starting today, an "Early Access" version of the multiplayer editor is available for all TrainzPlus users.

The server for this is now continuously online (apart from maintenance work, which is usually carried out weekly on Wednesdays at 6:00 a.m. CEST) and the tools can be tried out on a selection of routes that are already on the server and can be edited by anyone. Users can also upload their own routes, although it should be noted that currently only a selection of the objects included in the…

Although TrainzDE is primarily a forum for the Trainz series, we always keep our eyes open to see what else is going on in the world of simulators.

About a week ago, the newest member in the world of train simulators, Train Sim World 2, released.

We played the new simulator to test whether it could also be of interest to trainzers...

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The Gameplay

TSW2's gameplay is…

While the Central Europe route group project for TRS19 is still progressing, some places on the map currently lack some signature rolling stock. One of these cases is slovakia, where a major gap has now been closed.

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The ZSSK Class 240 (ex ČSD Class 499) from 1968 remains an important backbone of rail transport in Slovakia to this day. Thanks to the work of yuz6099 , it is now possible to enjoy this classic piece of eastern european technology in TRS19 in all its glory, as it is…

Its summertime and that means... saving big on games!

As every year it is once again time for summer sale. Of course, T:ANE and TRS19 are on

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About 8 years ago, ProTrain Perfect 2 released as a German train simulator based on Trainz 2009. Even though production of new content for the game ceased in 2014 already, it still remained fairly popular for some time after and still holds the second biggest compound German train network in any simulator after Microsoft Train Simulator.

Unfortunately, the game became increasingly hard to come by after the closure of the Vizzart-Webshop and a slow but steady raise in prices on the remaining…

When communicating with other creators it is sometimes nessescary to discuss something in privat. The forum software used by us and many other German train simulation related forums, "Woltlab Suite", offers a few useful features for that in its "conversation" system

A few days ago, we a piece of content from our download area was reported for apparently using textures from another game without getting the permission of the original authors who made the discussion. After a bit of back and fourth…