	 
	        Amsterdam-Den Haag-Antwerpen Centraal (Anvers)

 This route is a re-write of an earlier one; this time with a little scenery added. Many borrowed objects have been retained and many others have been added. Although the trackage is approximately as given in www.sporenplan.nl, the scenery is fantasy: where the maps shows buildings, there are buildings; where there is green space, there will be trees. Sven Seegers shows 4 tracks entering the Schiphol tunnel at 14.5km, whereas an aerial photograph only shows two. This needs looking into. This photo also gives the pole separation on the straight to be 75m, whereas I place them at 50m. I have only added scenery up to Rotterdam and Antwerpen; more will be added as I find time. I have no idea what the Belgian trackage is like, and have therefore kept it at a minimum.
 A block signal has been placed at every km, and is indicated 100m before. Roads, rivers and other items of interest are simularly shown.
 A few fictitious stops have been added to bring you before a spot of interest, like the Moerdijk Bridge and before entering Leiden (40).
 I have included Edwin van Bree's NSMat64, but Victor Black's beautifully reworked NSMat64n would be a nicer choice.  The constant-speed button ('backspace') works, and there is no 'dead-man's switch', so you can make a coffee and such and not have the train come to a stop in the mean time. Andre Keirsgieter's TGVR is another possibility, although my favourite is Anthony Bowden's BR_Class87-025.
 Credit for the trackplan goes to Sven Seegers of www.sporenplan.nl.
 Thanks again to Ruediger Huelsmann for his Switch15 program, and some helpful hints. The track textures are also his. 
 Again, I have retained some of Steve Green's objects, as in my original route. Although not belonging in the Dutch countryside, they do lend additional colour and beauty. His bridge, this time around, spans the Hollands Diep, south of Dordrecht, all 1.5 km.  Again my thanks and admiration. 
 Some of Davie Gijbel's coaches and such from his Belgian Trains site have been included this time (see: MS Trainstop.com and http://user.skynet.be/fa32/706/home.htm). Thanks for the permission for a re-skin to make the Dutch coach; the artworks for this is by Robert Huls of www.Nedrail1435.nl, a site worth visiting. I have chosen one of Tobias B Koehler's liveries for another re-skin; this one can be found (with hundreds of others, real and fantasy) on www.railfaneurope.net/liveries/car. Thanks Tobias.  One of Uwe Post's coaches has been included, as well as his DB120 locomotive. Many objects from the Route Builders site have been used, including the background and a cow (sic). Credit also goes to Anthony Bowden for a few items, like his bufferstop. Indispensible, as always, was Oskari Saarekas' Route Randomiser.
 I have also borrowed objects from the following routes, the authors of which I have not as yet been able to contact, but who I thank nevertheless: Joban, TOQ-Toyoko, UKBI, Tsurumi, K_Sei, Kagoshima, Nanbu, E217suka, Hira2, Uchibo, 40's-2 Joetsu (oh, those cherry trees!). All are properly identified in the freeobject list. 
 Again I wish to thank all those whose art I have included; their work is much appreciated. It enhances the BVE hobby tremendously. In case you see your work without credit, please let me know and it shall be added, with thanks. Last, but not least, we all thank Takashi Kojima (alias Mackoy) for his generosity and skill.
 Although only an approximation, the present route will serve as a Dutch Route, of which there are not very many at present. In the works is a Zwolle-Amsterdam route. For those interested, NS has been studying and planning a high-speed route to Brussels; work is apparently in progress, including a new bridge across the Hollands Diep.

 To install: Make new folders as follows:
 1 'Holland' folder for the holland_obj.zip file; place in object folder.
 2 'NSMat64' folder for the NSMat64.zip file; place in Train folder.
 3 'Markers' folder for the markers.zip file; place in Holland folder,
 in the object folder.
 4 amstantw (Amsterdam-Antwerepen) folder for the amstantw.zip file; place in route folder, or Holland Routes folder.
 
 There are a few rudimentary Holland routes on Vince Black's website, under hosting, as well as his new NSMat64.
 
 Best wishes, and have fun!

Martin J Fonda, Ottawa  fb214@ncf.ca (National Capital Freenet)




