Msts | Tcdd Turkish Trains Add Ons Extra Quality
MSTS TCDD Turkish Trains Add-ons: A Complete Collection
Microsoft Train Simulator (MSTS) may be an older platform, but the Turkish railway (TCDD) community has kept it alive with incredibly detailed locomotives, wagons, and routes. Below is a curated guide to the essential Turkish add-ons.
The Final Verdict: Are TCDD Add-ons Worth It?
Yes, but with a caveat.
However, if you are a hardcore rail fan who wants to experience the grit, the gradient, and the glory of transcontinental railroading, dive in. There is no feeling in any other train simulator quite like drifting a loaded freight train down the Gavur Dağı (Infidel Mountain) pass while your DE 24000 screams at redline, the sun setting over the Anatolian steppe.
Key Routes to Try
| Route Name | Description | Approx. Length |
|------------|-------------|----------------|
| İstanbul-Halkalı-Çerkezköy | Suburban + regional line, heavy commuter traffic | 65 km |
| Ankara-İstanbul (classic line) | Rolling hills, semaphore signals, historic stations | 576 km (split into sections for performance) |
| İzmir-Basmane – Manisa | Aegean region, branch lines to industrial zones | 90 km |
| Kurtalan Express (fictional simplified) | Diyarbakır to Kurtalan, eastern Turkey scenery | 130 km |
- Locomotives: Community packs typically include DE24000 and older electric classes recreated from photos and reference drawings. Quality varies—some models are visually convincing but lack advanced cab instruments or realistic sounds.
- Multiple Units and Passenger Stock: Basic DMUs and regional stock exist but often lack interior views, animated doors or accurate braking/acceleration behavior. Private efforts sometimes convert RTR assets to approximate Turkish liveries.
- Freight and Wagons: Bulk of wagons exist as generic European types; specialized Turkish freight wagons (cement, oil tankers, ballast wagons) are less common or simplified.
- Routes: Notable efforts reproduce parts of Istanbul commuter lines or scenic sections such as the İzmir–Aydın corridor and Ankara–Konya high‑speed approach. Complete, contiguous national routes are rare due to the scale and licensing of terrain assets.
- Scenery and buildings: Authentic Turkish architectural props are limited; authors often reuse generic Mediterranean assets which reduces local flavor.
- Tools and utilities: Signalling and timetable tools (e.g., activity editors, .AI traffic kits) exist but require manual tuning for Turkish signaling practices.
- TCDD Regional Coaches (Pulmon): The classic green and blue liveries.
- TVS 2000 (Toros Vagon Sanayi): Modern sleeper cars used on the Doğu Ekspresi (Eastern Express).
- High-Speed Train (YHT) sets: While MSTS has limitations on tilting trains, some creators have produced excellent CAF and Siemens Velaro models for the Ankara-Istanbul high-speed line.
