Tony_Hilliam
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There are lots of options here and our goal is to find out where you FIRST found out about Trainz.
Poll: Discovering Trainz
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AussieNightcrawler
Trainz Everywhere...
I like trains and was looking for a train sim, looking through EB I found Trainz.
IsambardKingdomBrunel
Joined June 2001
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freightcar2
New member
Other
I was watching some videos on youtube (I had no account
) when I stumbled upon some by this user called "trainzfan65". I watched some of his trainz videos. I then got interested and viewed some of the comments and found out it was TRS 2006 - I found a copy on ebay (I forgot its cost!) I installed it (This was back in April 2006) and now here I am, with custom content and Subways and Thomas stuff. 
This I wouldn't call 'Internet search - somewhere else' a fitting description of what you have read above. :wave:
I was watching some videos on youtube (I had no account
) when I stumbled upon some by this user called "trainzfan65". I watched some of his trainz videos. I then got interested and viewed some of the comments and found out it was TRS 2006 - I found a copy on ebay (I forgot its cost!) I installed it (This was back in April 2006) and now here I am, with custom content and Subways and Thomas stuff. This I wouldn't call 'Internet search - somewhere else' a fitting description of what you have read above. :wave:How I suffered my downfall
I was at Target and saw Trainz Driver for around $10. Took it home, installed it, and got hooked on the Marias Pass scenario. :'( I had been given Sid Meier's Railroads! as an Xmas present and realized it was deeply flawed, IMHO, and wanted an alternative. As soon as I could I bought the full version of TRS06 and now am completely hooked.
I spend all of my time building routes and downloading from the DLS. I have to get my quotidian Trainz fix; there's a guy at the corner of Winchester and Hamilton who sells content DVDs in brown paper bags, and I see him several times a week. My wife and kids are on welfare because I can no longer find time to work. My business is defunct and I now live in a refrigerator box next to the furnace in the apartment building I used to rent a 2-bedroom in. My electricity connection will be terminated next week. I'm joining a 13 step program for Trainz addicts and hope to recover soon. They recommend Cutty Sark as a cure. :hehe:
Well, all that may be a bit of an exaggeration. My ex and my adult kids are doing quite nicely, thank you, and I am not typing this in a refrigerator box. It was Driver that convinced me I could use this program to build the model railroad I never had space for. It's a super simulation and I can't wait for 2009.
Bernie
I was at Target and saw Trainz Driver for around $10. Took it home, installed it, and got hooked on the Marias Pass scenario. :'( I had been given Sid Meier's Railroads! as an Xmas present and realized it was deeply flawed, IMHO, and wanted an alternative. As soon as I could I bought the full version of TRS06 and now am completely hooked.
I spend all of my time building routes and downloading from the DLS. I have to get my quotidian Trainz fix; there's a guy at the corner of Winchester and Hamilton who sells content DVDs in brown paper bags, and I see him several times a week. My wife and kids are on welfare because I can no longer find time to work. My business is defunct and I now live in a refrigerator box next to the furnace in the apartment building I used to rent a 2-bedroom in. My electricity connection will be terminated next week. I'm joining a 13 step program for Trainz addicts and hope to recover soon. They recommend Cutty Sark as a cure. :hehe: Well, all that may be a bit of an exaggeration. My ex and my adult kids are doing quite nicely, thank you, and I am not typing this in a refrigerator box. It was Driver that convinced me I could use this program to build the model railroad I never had space for. It's a super simulation and I can't wait for 2009.
Bernie
psycho_aussie
Resident Psychotic Aussie
I first saw Trainz on a PC Powerplay cover CD in 2001. I believe it was the November edition, but I could be wrong. The demo had me hooked right away, though I didn't purchase Trainz until the official retail release in March 2002. Buying it direct from Auran got me the Community Edition, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I even started creating content back in 2002...
Chris
Chris
amigacooke
Well-known member
PC Gamer news item (in 2001).
MichaelWhiteley
British Rail!
First saw Trainz in the shop called 'Game' (That was the very first Trainz). Then I got TRS2004 as a gift. Bought the rest from Auran or Mike10 or JustTrains.
Do think the next Poll would be 'What Trainz game have you bought?'
Cheers,
Mike
Do think the next Poll would be 'What Trainz game have you bought?'
Cheers,
Mike
HawkeyeFultz
Cumbres and Toltec
bl4882, loved the story! :hehe:
I first noticed Trainz on the YouTube video 'A Trainz Journey.' I love steam locomotives, and became hooked on the compressor sounds on the locomotive before it leaves the station... Anyway, I got $30 from a friend for my birthday, and bought a copy of Trainz 2006 at Wally World! It only intensified my addiction, so here I am today...quivering in insanity and pseudo-quadpolarness...
Mom wants to put me in a straight jacket...
40% of the things you have just read are a complete exaggeration, except the story of how Tim came to love Trainz. All references to Wally World are copyright 2008 by whoever makes it to the patent office first. Toodles!
I first noticed Trainz on the YouTube video 'A Trainz Journey.' I love steam locomotives, and became hooked on the compressor sounds on the locomotive before it leaves the station...
Anyway, I got $30 from a friend for my birthday, and bought a copy of Trainz 2006 at Wally World! It only intensified my addiction, so here I am today...quivering in insanity and pseudo-quadpolarness...Mom wants to put me in a straight jacket...
40% of the things you have just read are a complete exaggeration, except the story of how Tim came to love Trainz. All references to Wally World are copyright 2008 by whoever makes it to the patent office first. Toodles!
marvschwenke
New member
Was browsing the magazine rack while waiting for a prescription to be filled, and just happened to see an article reviewing Trainz in the then current issue of Model Railroader magazine. If it hadn't been for that, I would have never known about Trainz.
