Trainsim.Com - Open Rails Discussion and Help https://trainsim.com/forums/ A place to discuss the Open Rails software and project. en Sat, 14 Nov 2026 22:39:52 GMT vBulletin 60 https://trainsim.com/forums/images/misc/rss.png Trainsim.Com - Open Rails Discussion and Help https://trainsim.com/forums/ Is there a way to spawn multiple trains in Open Rails? https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2358024-is-there-a-way-to-spawn-multiple-trains-in-open-rails Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:11:38 GMT Is there a way to have multiple trains without making an activity? Is there a way to have multiple trains without making an activity? Open Rails Discussion and Help UP6706 https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2358024-is-there-a-way-to-spawn-multiple-trains-in-open-rails Skyline computing (Activity Generator) https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2357424-skyline-computing-activity-generator Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:03:37 GMT The skylinecomputing.com website has been down for a few days now. :( ]]> Open Rails Discussion and Help niknak https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2357424-skyline-computing-activity-generator Where to find SLI EMD SD60 Engine Pack Vol. 1 https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2356965-where-to-find-sli-emd-sd60-engine-pack-vol-1 Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:34:12 GMT
I'm sure this question has been asked several times before, searched the forums but didn't find a post about it, so sorry for asking this question again.I would like to install the SD60 repaint of the SD50 (file bew_up_sd50) which requires SLI EMD SD60 Engine Pack Vol. 1, which doesn't exist anymore as payware.... Is there a way I can find this Engine Pack somewhere as abandonware or someone could provide the shape file for it if it's not available for sale anywhere? Or does it exist under a new name at TrainSimulation or else? I had all this before I got robbed and they stole all my computer system and external HD's with backed up data.... Any help? Thanks!]]> Open Rails Discussion and Help Royalhudson https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2356965-where-to-find-sli-emd-sd60-engine-pack-vol-1 <![CDATA[&quot;Working&quot; PTC System in Open Rails 3D Cabs | Demo]]> https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2356741-working-ptc-system-in-open-rails-3d-cabs-demo Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:05:16 GMT
I've been in and out of the hobby quite a bit the last few years, I dumped a 90% finished Genesis into the file library a year or two ago with a 3D cab and figured at some point I'd be motivated enough to return. At work, I've been exposed to Claude Code and have used it a ton the last year. There's a ton of reasons to hate AI, but in code, it's gotten quite good, good enough to spark my interest in applying it to Open Rails to see if I can make my own gameplay more interesting.

With a manual that I was sent, I have implemented a PTC system into Open Rails with just an engine script and 3D cab components, which I'd intend to make available to anyone who wants to add such a feature to their own modern U.S. based locomotives.

Working with Claude Code on the best way to implement this, given that display simulation isn't something Open Rails can do natively, the solution was to animate objects around the display - rolling faceted cylinders that can display textures on each of their faces. As the train moves down the line, the cylinders roll progressively depending on the locomotive's location, speed, and upcoming signal and track conditions. The soft keys work and can do a brake test, with audio cues, and there is overspeed warning and enforcement. The display will warn you if you are overspeeding, and beyond a certain threshold applies a full service brake application which you cannot override until the train is stopped and the system reset.

It is also capable of showing you 4 miles of elevation change via the cyan line.

I should mention - the code and the model could all have been built by hand by a more capable human than I, but Claude's ability to take in all of the Open Rails documentation and. come up with a working solution fairly quickly was a welcome surprise for adding a neat feature to a very niche hobby.

There are some misaligned digital readouts on the display which I will sort out, and to my understanding many road's PTC systems have some differences, but for me the goal was a display that "worked" close enough to reality to run without the track monitor and add to the immersion. Thoughts, feelings, is this something people have been asking for or is this a tedious addition that adds no real function? When I test it some more I'll package it up and make it available to anyone, but sometimes I feel that modern U.S. equipment is a not a huge focus for sim users!

Video
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Any link that was posted at trainsim.com to google drive results in:

All google drive links to this program are inactive, all I get as response from google is:
Sorry, the file you have requested does not exist.

Make sure that you have the correct URL and the file exists.


Any ideas?

Thanks for you help,

Steve]]> Open Rails Discussion and Help EldoradoRailroad https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2356215-where-can-we-download-the-latest-any-version-of-snowman-s-shapeview Strange model instancing https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2355899-strange-model-instancing Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:36:27 GMT

​]]> Open Rails Discussion and Help tarrant75 https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2355899-strange-model-instancing New TrainSimulations Rolling Stock Release https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2355777-new-trainsimulations-rolling-stock-release Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:29:26 GMT Screenshot 2026-10-18 172857.png]]> Open Rails Discussion and Help UP6706 https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2355777-new-trainsimulations-rolling-stock-release Missing cabview display https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2355465-missing-cabview-display Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:06:20 GMT
Thanks,
Uncle E]]> Open Rails Discussion and Help klsc85 https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2355465-missing-cabview-display