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  • State of the Site - April 2026
    by eric

    I know, I should have posted something yesterday for April Fools, but the reality of Amtrak merging with Greyhound just didn't seem too far off anymore. Nor would telling people I sold the site to SpaceX who was going to now reform this as SpaceSim.com or something with an X in it.

    Truth is I've been a bit busy the last eight weeks, mostly with finishing up stuff that needed to be done around our property. After almost a year of planning and construction, we finally moved into our...
    04-02-2026, 18:53 by eric
  • State of the Site - Jan 2026
    by eric

    A slightly belated Happy New Year... and a happy Snowmaggedon if you happen to be in the current storm Fern's path. The site's servers should be unaffected, so feel free to download as long as you have power & internet...

    I was ready to write this up two weeks ago, until the stunning loss in the first round of the NFL playoffs of my beloved Green Bay Packers to the soon to be Gary or Arlington Heights Bears, which had me in a mandatory mourning period.

    That period...
    Today, 04:07 by
  • FlightSim.com Closing Down?
    by eric

    I was told today (and confirmed) that FlightSim.com has changed ownership yet again, and the new owners are going to be closing down both their file library as well as their forums "temporarily"....

    As someone just said to me an hour ago... Imagine the situation OUR community would be in today had we not obtained our independence three years ago...

    It's heartbreaking, and hopefully the forum content isn't lost forever.

    If any of you are active in...
    12-29-2025, 17:32 by eric
  • Merry Christmas
    by eric

    ’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the site, Not a member was posting, not even a bot. The File Library waited with downloads all clean, In hopes that a First Class Member soon would be seen.

    The users were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of Open Rails danced in their heads; And Eric in his RV, and I with my mouse, Had just settled down in a quiet, not yet finished house.

    When out on the forum there rose such a clatter, I clicked on “Recent...
    12-24-2025, 15:09 by eric
  • Steam4Me Content
    by eric

    As many of you know, Steam4Me, founded by Yuri Sos, closed down in early 2024 following his death in October 2023. Unlike UKTS, where ample notice of their closure was provided, there was no notice, and no ability to immediately provide a new home for the many uniquely Australian routes and rolling stock. Some items were fortunately available from the Wayback Machine, but several key ones were not.

    Thanks to the efforts of Peter O'Neill (ossie) and several content creators who were...
    Today, 04:07 by

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Random Style of the Day: Seaboard Citrus

Seaboard Citrus is based on the Seaboard Air Line which used a variety of colors over the years, but the most iconic color scheme was the maroon and gold "Southern Belle" scheme. This scheme was introduced in 1947 and was used on all of the railroad's passenger equipment, as well as some of its freight equipment until its 1967 merger with the Atlantic Coast Line, which formed the Seaboard Coast Line.
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