Map: ACWR SAM
Mappers: STEP inc

SAMed by: STEP Inc
Tested By: STEP Inc

For more information on the ACWR go here: http://www.acwr.com/

If you go into ‘CUSTOMERS’ and scroll down you will find access to a map of the present line. The map you are playing is laid out as close to this as I could get, with the businesses placed where they appear also. The idea of this map is to lay single rail, with the shortest possible branch lines to access Annexes. Passing track should only be laid at depots as needed. Bridges are expensive and there are only two types, Stone for short bridges and Deck Girder, which is very costly, for the one needed crossing of the river. The Stone are expensive, so conform to the landscape as much as possible. Tunnels are allowed, IF you want to lay out $30 Million a section!

Now you can probably run this map, and most likely win, if you just make runs where you chose, but that is not the real challenge of it. One track from Charlotte to Gulf, and one from somewhere between Star and Troy down to Aberdeen, and take it from there. The other thing is to have only one of each Engine on the map at a time. Here is the list of Engines and the year they appear:

1992 — ACWR 3802 GP38-2
1994 — ACWR 3803 GP38-2
2002 — ACWR 703 GP40-2WL
2003 — ACWR 2077 GP38-2
2004 — ACWR 9556 GP40-2WL
2007 — ACWR 4500 F7A
2007 — ACWR 4501 F7A
2008 — ACWR 9529 GP40-2WL

The map also contains a few new cars, a tank container, a flat car hauling steel plates, a rib-sided covered hopper and a high-sided open hopper. I’d also like to thank MrScott1964 for his four coal cars, the C&O, the DLW, the Erie and the LV. They saved me a few days work. Thanks also goes to Choobacca for his BN and BNSF covered hoppers, which I upped the detail on for this map.

One last thing, one of our testers mentioned that the pointer was difficult for him to use. If this is the case for you, just go in and delete the Pointer.ani file and you’ll go back to the original pointer.

To use the attached files, place all three files in the same folder and click on 001. It will create a folder called AC&W.7z which will contain the folder AC&W and the Warehouse.FPK file. Place these into your UserMaps. You can now play the map. You might want to do a zip of the folder first for storage for later playing.

Good luck and watch for head-butting engines.

As always if you find any errors, drop us a line and we’ll pull the maintenance crew out of their card game and get them right on it.

Map: Africa Challenge SAM

Mapper: Jowe10

Conquer the wilds of Africa and part of the Middle East in the years 1860-1930.
Cities and industries are more spread out so this map is not for beginners. This is a large map so should be played on computers with more resources.

Map: Africa Diamonds SAM

Mapper: Jowe10

1860-1930. Tame wild Africa.
This is a small map and is for beginners. This map should play well for lower powered computers.

Map: Alaska Early SAM

Mapper: jowe10

Work the vast natural resources of Alaska including the fisheries and coal. Get in on the gold rush in the Yukon.
You will also need to connect the key cities along the Alaska pipeline to deliver workers.
Starting location and skill level selected really changes the game. Goals can be very hard depending where you start. I suggest you start on the easiest skill level with only 1 competitor and then work your way toward a more challenging game.

Map: America SAM

Mapper: Stormfather

The United States of America.
Manifest Destiny. This scenario, which runs from 1843 until 1993, is suitable for players of all skill levels. It covers the continental US, as well as portions of Mexico and Canada. This version of the map uses random placement of industries and resources.

Map: America_s02 SAM

Mapper: Stormfather/Cato58

This scenario builds 6 historic Passenger routes across America, as well as a few key American Industries.
This scenario uses Stormfather’s America Map.

Map: Australia SAM

Mapper: tomasvicente38

Lay your rails across the vast Land Down Under

Map: Australia 2 SAM

Mapper: enould

That Great Land Downunder
After being inhabited for more than 42,000 years by indigenous Australians, the world’s smallest continent was discovered by Dutch explorers in 1606. The British claimed it in 1770, and on January 26, 1788, began settling it as the largest ‘prison’ in the world. Your job is to lay the rails and help bring it to the great Commonwealth of Australia it now .

Map: AZ Canyon V02 SAM

Mapper: Karsten

Map: Basin & Range SETUP

Mapper: Choobacca & Big Papa

Basin & Range is a truly awesome map so awesome that it is the only map on this site not to use the SAM format. Instead it uses an installer, two actually one is the map and the second is a patch. The 7-zip file included in this post contains four files, all four must be uncompressed into the same folder. Just like with a SAM you must have the “My Games/Sid Meiers Railroads!” folder empty.  Once you have done these steps simply luanch the exes and install the map.  Note a DOS window will open, do not be alarmed this is simply the program for extracting the files.