What PC Railroad game do you recommend?

jcnightangel · Unread post by **jcnightangel** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:18 pm

Has anyone played any PC Railroad games? Which ones do you like and which ones would you burn and let a train run over?
Was thinking of getting one this summer.

Terra

SD80MAC · Unread post by **SD80MAC** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:19 pm

Microsoft Train Simulator for sure. www.train-sim.com has TONS of add-ons for it.

patrick · Unread post by **patrick** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:24 pm

If its disptching you want.. Train dispatcher 2 and 3 are great. lots of free add ons for them too. type train dispatch into google and you'll find the website. its www.rrsignal.com or something like that..

Unread post by **Scooterb** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:25 pm

TD 3 for dispatching, railroad tycoon, train sim,

BerkshireKid · Unread post by **BerkshireKid** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:52 pm

Just found Train Dispatcher 2 today (FREE download) and having a blast.
Just got my butt handed to me in the CSX Willard Sub simulation.

SousaKerry · Unread post by **SousaKerry** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:55 pm

yeah that old williard sub will keep you hopin for hours, how many backups did you have to do cause if miss routes?

Unread post by **Scooterb** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:57 pm

Like Matt said get TD3 its a blast it will make your head turn

BerkshireKid · Unread post by **BerkshireKid** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:58 pm

Back ups 1 or 2 not the problem By the time you route one train the alerts are going off b/c of another. i need a wider screen so the whole sub will fit.
i'm thinking of finding a good cheap laptop just for games that i can take railfanning w/ me

sd70accsxt700 · Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:24 pm

www.softrail.com TD3.

Railzfan · Unread post by **Railzfan** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:53 pm

Have none of you ever heard of the TRAINZ series?? To me that game is MUCH better then Train Simulator! With TRAINZ you can build and operate your entire railroad with ease! It is my favorite Train-related game...there are 1000's of downloads for it with everything from locomotives and cars to people and buildings!

Check it out!

BerkshireKid · Unread post by **BerkshireKid** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:02 am

WARNING: Train Dispatcher 2 in the State of Michigan has been found to be addicting. If you have things to do in the morning we do not recommend you play it in the evening.
With that said, WHAT A BLAST!!!! Found it about 5pm tuesday and played it for about 4 hrs since. Only break was to go watch TSBY (GLC) switch and of course supper. Doing pretty good on the Toledo to Elkhart line. Still don't want to press my luck on Willard Sub. as I tried it again and still got wooped on.

gtw5812 · Unread post by **gtw5812** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:32 pm

I do quite a bit of Train Siming..having many add on routes. MSTS is by far the best, with the most to offer,...you must research it first. It is an older platform, and very graphic intense, so in order to operate, you must have a large computer...

Here are a few shots on Rich Garber's Cumberland route.. and some others Like Steamlines Scenic Sub, which I have screen shot captured while operating.. I use Rail Driver, and do quite a bit of editing, but it is a labor of love! I have also included a few links..plenty of help there!

http://www.streamlines.ca/main.html

http://www.mapleleaftracks.com/index1.html

http://www.3dtrains.com/

Hope this helps,

Galen

CAT345C · Unread post by **CAT345C** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:41 am

You forgot that as well as having a large computer, you need programing skills to make stuff or change the cab or sound files. I have MSTS and Trainz, so far I like Trainz more, because you can do what ever you want with it, like make a 100 car coal train, load, and unload it, and anything else you could want to do.

trainjunkie47 · Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:46 pm

I have Microsoft Train Sim 1 & 2, Chris Sawyer's Locomotion, and Rails Across America by Strategy First. Rails Across America is not really a sim game, more strategy than anything. But you do have to make decisions such as to when to give up passenger service on your Chicago to Indianapolis line or when to retire your U-Boats for GP-40's.

sd70accsxt700 · Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:15 pm

Locomotion RULES

Railzfan · Unread post by **Railzfan** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 2:29 am

Hey Mike...I am happy to hear that someone else also has TRAINZ, it is really everything you could want...like locomotives that actually "consume" fuel and sand. And you also have to keep up with supply and demand at dozens of industries, such as coal, lumber, general goods, etc.

There really is NO limit to TRAINZ!

CAT345C · Unread post by **CAT345C** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:53 am

Yeah I got it in June, and just a few weeks ago figured out that I need to load the SD70s with Fuel. The best is taking 3 SD70s on a 9,000ft coal up a grade with pushers. The pshycis are way better than MSTS as well, you don't need 10 locomotives to pull 50 cars over a hill.

GrandTrunkFan · Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:44 pm

Microsoft Train Simulator all the way!

I guess anyone interested in MSTS should know Im building the CSX Lansing and Plymouth subs for a Train Sim add on which will be avalable whenever I get done.

Jon Leese is one of my beta testors.

"I have Microsoft Train Sim 1 & 2"

How do you have number 2 already!!!

It was just announced a week or so ago!

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What PC Railroad game do you recommend?

What PC Railroad game do you recommend?