1986 Train Simulator - Old ad in magazine
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KotangaGirl
Pre-Grouping Railways Nut
Cool. Anyone seen a copy of this software in use? I wonder what it was like? I used to have an IBM computer like that one so I have a feeling that it wouldn't be anything that many here would immediately recognise as a railway simulator.
Cool is right!
I had an old IBM PC compatible back in those days, which was touted as 100% IBM PC compatible because it could run the Microsoft Flight Simulator. Yes. That was a test back then. Some companies built early clones touted as compatible, but failed the graphics test being the simulator test.
With that said. If I had seen this software advertised, I'm sure I would have gotten it back then. The graphics would have been "state of the art" for the times and all lines and polygons, and probably would have looked a lot like MS Flight Simulator at the time. I went looking for old photos, but came up with nothing.
I had an old IBM PC compatible back in those days, which was touted as 100% IBM PC compatible because it could run the Microsoft Flight Simulator. Yes. That was a test back then. Some companies built early clones touted as compatible, but failed the graphics test being the simulator test.
With that said. If I had seen this software advertised, I'm sure I would have gotten it back then. The graphics would have been "state of the art" for the times and all lines and polygons, and probably would have looked a lot like MS Flight Simulator at the time. I went looking for old photos, but came up with nothing.
Has anyone looked at their current website, a bit more off-topic... You can take training courses via distance learning. Here's one for operating a diesel locomotive for $146.
http://www.railwayeducationalbureau...aft=&subject=locomotiveoperation&course=SL1FC
This is a heck of a lot cheaper than some of the tech course I've taken by many hundreds.
http://www.railwayeducationalbureau...aft=&subject=locomotiveoperation&course=SL1FC
This is a heck of a lot cheaper than some of the tech course I've taken by many hundreds.
I saw one like that too at the railroad museum in Strasburg, PA. It was a trip down the NEC while driving a Conrail GP-40 or something. Unfortunately, the tape player was broken and the system kept freezing at one place during the simulation so I never had a chance to give it a full run. Given what we have on our desktops, that system seemed very primitive.