Run8 v3 Update 9 Now Available plus New Update Manager

Run8Studios announces that starting with V3 Update09, they are switching to a new way of updating the sim, the Run8 Updater App.

It's now available for download on the Run8Studios website's Updates page. With the introduction of the new installer, users will no longer have to download 400+ MB worth of files every time there's an update. The installer will know which files to replace and modify..

From V3 Update09 onward, your main menu will notify you when a new V3 Update...

TrainSimulations.net presents the Shasta Route, now available for purchase and download

Southern Pacific’s picturesque Shasta Route was the main artery of SP traffic north of Roseville California to the Pacific Northwest. For decades, Mount Shasta created the perfect marketing piece for SP’s passenger services, and even today, countless photos of Amtrak’s Coast Starlight include the imposing mountain in the background. TrainSimulations Shasta Route is a mid-1990’s representat...

I'm guessing only a handful of people on these forums know about Nemo. No, not the clownfish with repeatedly bad luck. I'm talking about a long-disappeared town about 30 miles west of Oak Ridge, TN. I know long-time member Jerry Sullivan (landnrailroader) is certainly acquainted with it... This week, I was able to take advantage of our hybrid work policy which affords "work from anywhere" on occasion. Today, that meant setting up shop at the table in our RV, which is currently parked at some pro...

Sometimes the best part about a catastrophe is that you get another shot to do things a little differently... As a programmer, I've always created a better product the second or third time around, and the same probably goes for most of us when it comes to our our route building, model building, or activity creation. What I didn't expect was needing to re-do just about everything I'd completed for the site upgrade on Sunday night. I'd finally gotten around to some of what are called the Day Two a...

Run8Studios announces v3 Update 9 is now available for users to download from the Run8 website at www.run8studios.com. Also, starting with this most recent update, they are switching to a new way of updating the sim: the Run8 Updater App. It's now available for download on the Run8Studios website's Updates page. With the introduction of the new installer, users will no longer ha...

Run8 Studios announced their Update 8 release for those who have purchased Run8 v3.

Users can go to the Run8 website to download the update.

Also available now is a new mixed freight pack:



Visit Run8 Studios for more information and to purchase.

Pretty much everyone in the railfan community who's been around me for any length of time knows that I grew up along the Chicago North Western's Harvard Subdivision. Up until the 1980's, this was still the secondary mainline between Chicago and the Twin Cities via Madison and other exciting points like Evansville and Wyeville. One person or another in my immediate and extended family has lived at almost every station stop between the Chicago City Limits and Harvard, Illinois. If you ever wonde...

I promise... a month from now I'll stop talking about how old the software we use here is. If you're new or haven't heard, it's really, really old. Not MSTS old, but old enough that VBulletin (the company who wrote it) refuses to support it any longer. Fortunately, they have a newer version that offers most of the same core features for managing access to the site including user accounts, password changes and memberships. There should be little to no change in how everyone accesses and uses the s...

Lapioware announces a scenery update for Diesel Railcar Simulator



Diesel Railcar Simulator has upgraded its scenery graphics and overall lighting. The old simplistic and repetitive scenery has been replaced with a more diverse, lush and realistic environment with rich customization possibilities for route modders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1XMGLPVJJ8 The new scenery sys...

A few months back, some new themes were added here at Trainsim.com and were pretty well received. As the new site software upgrade gets closer, it was time to start to work on the interface themes. Ignore the quality of the logo and the masthead -- they're just placeholders for now. If anyone is interested in submitting a new logo, feel free to drop me a PM or post in the comments. Now on to the colors... They represent railroads past and present. Mostly past. This one is specificall...