Recent content by simulatortrain

Alternate title: if you can read, you can bridge. I've seen thousands of realistic screenshots since I've been involved with this game. Bridges are a popular subject, just as they are in real life photography. However, a significant percentage of in-game bridges seem to suffer from one of two...

If anyone is attending Streamliners at Spencer this coming weekend, I will also be there on May 31 and June 1. I like meeting JR customers or just any other Trainz users, putting faces to names, so catch me and say hi! We won't have a big setup like we had for National Train Day, just me...

To make a long story short, I have some new models I'd like to build that I think will prove very popular. I want them myself, and a lot of you have posted that you'd enjoy them as well. But, I've become very lazy with my "finish one before you start one" policy. I have a good bit of stuff...

I decided this project was far enough under way to finally open a thread for it. (OK, maybe in spirit, in actuality I'd be lucky to be able to call it 1% done...) Map and photo borrowed from HERE. Go there. It's awesome. The West Sub ran from Hagerstown to Cumberland, both in Maryland...

I ran across these meshes from years ago and felt it was an interesting enough topic to start a thread on. First, four meshes created for MSTS, to the best of my figuring about 2004, (moved in 2006 to another file location so I can't look at the date): Not sure what the steering wheel might be...

http://trib.com/news/local/state-and-regional/family-bullying-to-blame-in-wyoming--year-old-s/article_f75be98c-cde6-5b00-8834-b5b04a805925.html#ixzz1idr1cIzV It's hard for me to say much after reading a story like this. Maybe it's his love of trains, and his character that brings this story so...

I thought that with as much great content with night lighting as we have now, this would be a good thread to start, and one that's different from a lot of other threads. I'll start:

Just remember that coal is 45% of North American railroads' tonnage and 25% of their revenue. You'd be crazy to want that gone.

Anyone else going?

Omaha, NE- APRIL 1, 2010 Union Pacific Railroad has announced intentions to purchase up to 50 new steam locomotives. These locomotives are only in the preliminary stages of planning, but at this time a 4-10-4 configuration is planned. The fuel for these locomotives is not yet decided, but the...

I thought we should have a thread to show any train models you want to. Can be your whole collection, something new, or your favorite. I'll start with a tank car I recently finished weathering. It's a Walthers car, done with chalks, oils, and acrylics, no airbrushing (it hadn't arrived yet.)...

Is it possible to replace the default car sounds with another? I don't like the little "click-clack" default sound, I want something more massive sounding.

Post pictures here of your first 3d project in Gmax, Blender, 3ds, whatever. I'll post mine tomorrow after I take some pics. We won't laugh at them, at least I won't, knowing what mine look like. :confused: :hehe:

Since the original train drawing thread was closed because of craziness (sorry mods) here is a new one. Lets not discuss our versions of sketchpad. :hehe:

http://www.tsinsider.com/en-US/Pages/default.aspx Look at these renders!!! They are amazing!