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Ohio Steel 2- Dover and Massillon Divsion
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The Making Of Ohio Steel 2 (posts formerly from the News page - click HERE)

Purchasing information below
Version 1.2 is current (see How To Obtain The Newest Version below)

In the early 1900's America launched into the industrial age with a fervor unrivaled in human history. Factories sprang up all across America. Henry Ford, a brilliant engineer in his own right invented the assembly line and industry in general has never been the same. Steel making moguls adopted Henry's assemply line principles too and from them came the modern and familiar integrated steel mill. Steel being too heavy to be transported by ordinary means turned to the railroads to do all the heavy lifting. Integrated steel mills grew to be larger than most industries ever could, leaving onlookers awestruck of their tremendous size. Meanwhile the railroads were became the lifeblood of this industry.

Ohio Steel 2 puts you in the position of an engineer who gradually makes his way through up through the ranks and eventually into the cab of a steel mill engineer. Both Ohio Steel Dover and the new expansion to Massillon are included in this new All Aboard route package, Ohio Steel 2. The original 15 scenarios that came with Dover are included with fifteen new scenarios for Ohio Steel 2. The 3 original freeroam scenarios for Dover are included too, but now there's a total of 8!

In addition to the steel mill itself which offers an endless amount of switching, there are approximately 10 new industries to switch along the Dover and Massillon mainline. But that's not all. Ohio Steel 2 also includes its own turntable in Massillon so there is turntable at each end of the route. Bringing all this together is the manual, 33 pages which includes history, background information, charts, tables and route schematics.

Those who purchased Ohio Steel Massillon only need to pay the upgrade price (see below).

Pictures are of RW3 in TSX graphic mode.

Ohio Steel 2 is like several routes in one. The overall focus of the route is about steel making. From the supply of raw materials to the steel mill. Into and out of the steel mill. And then to the finishing mills, manufacturing and/or beyond. All this is compressed into a six different branch or mainlines as pictured below (left). The steel mill itself is a complex array structures with enough track to satisfy being called a route itself (right)!

Ohio Steel 2 - Dover and Massillon Divsion

How To Obtain The Current Version

The version of an All Aboard route can be found on the route's loading screen.

All Aboard direct customers: If you purchased the route from All Aboard and you would like to upgrade to the current version, simply (using your email receipt from All Aboard), redownload the route and reinstall. It maybe necessary to uninstall the previous version first but only so the correct version appears in the Packager Manager listing (Railworks Wrapper).

Steam customers: If you purchased an All Aboard route from Steam, Steam will update your route version automatically. Be aware that from the time All Aboard makes an update available to when Steam releases the same update may be significant. Please note that all revisions are turned over to the RSC/Steam at the time revisions are made available to All Aboard direct customers.

Fixes/Patches:

All 'fixes' listed below are included in v1.2.

1) Freeroam Dover (Fall) (removed NS SD40 engine - payware) - Download HERE* (11/18)
2) Scenario #4 fix (AI Train derailment - crashes into Dover Yard now fixed) - Download HERE* (11/5)
3) Scenario #11 fix (Missing marker error erroneous, drop-off consist error fixed) - Download HERE* (11/17)
4) Scenario #16 fix (Fixed engine drop-offs at Dover Yard, rewrote messages) - Download HERE* (11/15)
5) Scenario #24 fix (AI collision between Service 1 and 2, reversed appearance) - Download HERE* (12/06)
6) Scenario #26 fix (Missing scenario description, fixed) - Download HERE* (11/28)

* Use Package Manager to install.

7) Floating signals at Massillon Interchange? It should look like this:
Ohio Steel 2 - Dover and Massillon Divsion

Here's how: They're there. You need to turn your in-game Master Detail settings to high.

Requirements! The Ohio Steel - Dover Divsion route requires add-ons for you to get the full effect of the beautiful scenery of the route. Please note that the extra add-ons are available from their respective sites.

From 3dTrains.com, you will need:

1) Rural Landscapes
2) Scale Roads - previous purchasers please be aware an update is available to Scaleroads which you will need or some scenery items will be missing.

Important! If you already have these add-ons, you don't need to purchase them again.

Purchasing Information:

You have two options to purchase Ohio Steel 2. One is at full price and the other is at an upgrade price. Please read the instructions carefully.

Ohio Steel 2 includes both an upgraded Ohio Steel: Dover route and new Massillon extension. The installation does not overwrite the previous sale of the Ohio Steel (Dover) route nor does it use anything from it. You may even remove it and I would recommend it (if you have it). The download file size of Ohio Steel 2 is approximately 140 megs and installs (after unzipping)as all add-on Railworks do. To access the Ohio Steel 2 manual, click on the Tools & Docs tab and press the Open Folder button after installation is complete.

Purchasing Ohio Steel (Full price)

PayPal - Ohio Steel 2 - Dover Divsion - $33.00 - A receipt will be sent to you by email (usually takes up to 2 hours but could take as long as 24 hours), which includes the link to download the route (140mb).

Purchasing Ohio Steel 2 (Upgrade price)

!!Read this first before purchasing!!
-Only use the upgrade option from where you ORIGINALLY purchased Ohio Steel: Dover from. All Aboard can only honor the upgrade price for purchases made here at All Aboard.

-You will need to provide the Paypal Transaction ID# from your Paypal receipt that you purchased the previous Ohio Steel route with. Put the ID# accurately in the notes field and your request for purchase will be processed. Don't worry if you do not have this number handy. Simply go to your Paypal account and browse your purchase history for this number.

To go to the Upgrade purchasing price page, click HERE