https://trainsim.com/forums/ A place to discuss the Open Rails software and project. en Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:42:33 GMT vBulletin 60 https://trainsim.com/forums/images/misc/rss.png https://trainsim.com/forums/ https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347582-protrain-br-481-new-sound-need Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:16:01 GMT Hello ! i have a ProTrain 19 S-bahn BR 481 but the sound isnt correct and its not real If any one has a better one, can you share it ? thanks ... i have a ProTrain 19 S-bahn BR 481 but the sound isnt correct and its not real
If any one has a better one, can you share it ? thanks

cheers

Crazy.
]]> Open Rails Discussion and Help crazylovesbbtrains https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347582-protrain-br-481-new-sound-need https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347551-signalling-problem Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:07:09 GMT I have two stop signals installed on my Chiltern route at the exit to Paddington station. The first signal, outlined in yellow, is my model of GWR... PaddingtonSignals.jpg
I have two stop signals installed on my Chiltern route at the exit to Paddington station. The first signal, outlined in yellow, is my model of GWR Ground Shunt signal. The second, outlined in red, is a British Railways 2 aspect colour light home signal. This signal refuses to clear to green. It seems that somehow the shunt signal is blocking the action of the colour light signal. If I remove the shunt signal, then the colour light does behave correctly, i.e. it clears to green when necessary. If I reverse the positioning of the two signals, i.e. with the colour light preceding the shunt, then the colour light blocks the shunt from clearing.

Here is the script for the two signals.
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Any ideas anyone what is causing this problem and how to solve it?

Martin]]> Open Rails Discussion and Help docmartin https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347551-signalling-problem https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347541-covered-hoppers-for-ballast-service Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:30:39 GMT
Fred
]]> Open Rails Discussion and Help frliss https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347541-covered-hoppers-for-ballast-service https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347511-trying-to-abuse-my-locos-get-wheelspin-break-couplers-impossible Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:06:55 GMT I have adhesion at 90%, and thinking of going lower. I can sit there just going crazy on the controls, and no matter the load go from notch 1 to 8...
I can't imagine in a real locomotive I could be so rough and treat it like its on 'no damage mode' and nothing happen.

However I've never driven a real one so I cant test it. Any one have a spare SD40 they can lend me? ]]> Open Rails Discussion and Help JSMR https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347511-trying-to-abuse-my-locos-get-wheelspin-break-couplers-impossible https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347371-test-activity-s Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:52:10 GMT Colleagues, I need some help. I want to create the most simple activities in order to test routes that are under construction. I have the...
I need some help. I want to create the most simple activities in order to test routes that are under construction. I have the original instructions for creatinig them but is there a simple, no frills way to create an activity. For example, I was able to create a few activities with MSTS which I have on a old XP machine and they work using ORTS. I also have over 100 consists counting payware, freeware, and "myware", and I have no problem creating a route using the track viewer add-on with ORTS but for the life of me I can't seem to get a viable activity using the TSRE activity function. For example, there will be no opposing traffic etc. All I want to do is be reasonably sure that the mileposts are in, sound zones, etc. before I release a route as working but incomplete, where I want incomplete to really mean -- "route could be a lot more detailed".

On some of my routes, such as the CNO&TP 2nd district, I have included some sections that were abandoned not so long ago. For example in 1963 all of the tunnels but 4 were eliminated and in one instance a totally new line, some 10 miles in length was involved. At the ends of the section, there is a manual #10 turnout so that if one is curious, one can set up a route over the old line, which I need to do to check it -- BEWARE, THE OLD ROUTES WON'T CLEAR DOUBLE STACKS. On the first district, a new line about 6 miles in length bypassed one tunnel and this was done around 1940.

Jerry Sullivan (landnrailroader)]]> Open Rails Discussion and Help landnrailroader https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347371-test-activity-s https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347369-re-super-reskinning-kit-08-rs3 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:09:43 GMT In the above mentioned kit, there is an .sd file and an .eng file for an RSC3, but no shape file. Does anyone know if there is a shape file available... In the above mentioned kit, there is an .sd file and an .eng file for an RSC3, but no shape file. Does anyone know if there is a shape file available for this RSC3, and if so where it maybe found. Open Rails Discussion and Help DuctTapeGuru https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347369-re-super-reskinning-kit-08-rs3 https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347343-what-is-the-latest-stable-version-of-or Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:43:43 GMT
I'm trying to figure out whether version 161.1 or version 171.3 is the latest stable version of OR. Iv'e read on ET.com that 171.3 is the latest stable version and sure enough the splash screen says it's the stable version. However, the openrails.org website is still handing out copies of 161.1. What's the story?

Fred
]]> Open Rails Discussion and Help frliss https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347343-what-is-the-latest-stable-version-of-or https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347288-how-would-you-handle-this Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:42:46 GMT So you can see in the image, I need to pick up the empty centerbeam on the left side. Behind the reefer on my consist there is a hopper with 14...
1. Reverse the whole consist into the siding and hang the empty centerbeam (cb) on the back and head back to home base. But I wondered if a small siding like this would handle extra weight and lots of cars backing into it?

2. Stop where I am, uncouple and pick the cb up. Simple. But I am also leaving the rest of the train on the main line. Which is ok if I have time and no other trains are approaching. But I feel uneasy about doing so.

3. Pull into the passing siding. Take it to the far end, tie it down, uncouple and blast back on the main line, pick up the cb, blast back, couple to the rest of the train and head back. Main consist is off the main line but I'm also using now both tracks. And takes longer.

4. Who cares and just go option 1 and be done with it lol.

Conundrum time.

Open Rails NewYear MG 2026-06-01 09-39-15.png]]> Open Rails Discussion and Help JSMR https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347288-how-would-you-handle-this https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347240-for-newbies-how-to-install-only-one-route Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:25:28 GMT http://www.stevedunham.50megs.com/oro/oro.html) using screen shots from the route, to illustrate the route concept. So that people unfamiliar with train simming can operate the route if they wish, I want to include instructions for adding the route to Open Rails content once they download and install Open Rails. I have Route and Trainset folders. But I guess that they would need the Global (in my case, MSTS) folder as well. The whole thing? Is it Microsoft proprietary? I would like to provide simple instructions and include those with the route, which otherwise is ready for beta testing.

If this topic is already addressed in "Open Rails Discussion and Help," please point me to it, and I apologize for the duplication. I searched the topic for "installation" and got 34 pages of results, and I didn't look at all 34 pages. I also looked at a few tutorials on the Trainsim home page but didn't see the above questions answered.

Thank you for any help you can give.]]> Open Rails Discussion and Help Literalman https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347240-for-newbies-how-to-install-only-one-route https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347203-stalled-train Sun, 31 May 2026 15:50:00 GMT I need help. In one of my activities, I have a consist of open hopper cars filled with coal. As I approach a power plant, I apply the brakes and... I need help. In one of my activities, I have a consist of open hopper cars filled with coal. As I approach a power plant, I apply the brakes and stop the train and disconnect the caboose. Now I reapply the throttle and, nothing happens. Both train brakes and locomotive brakes are released so there is nothing to prevent the train from moving. What am I doing wrong? Open Rails Discussion and Help praynes https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2347203-stalled-train https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2346946-problem-with-loading-the-new-activity-cn-q18961-for-cn-blackfoot-v3 Tue, 26 May 2026 10:29:29 GMT
the recently released activity "CN Q18961" for the CN Blackfoot V3 route does not load on my system. Before the loading is completed I get an error message about a "keynotfoundexception" and the loading process does not proceed any further. I have attached the OpenRailsLog.txt but I can't make sense of it. The other two activities released in the same pack (File ID 90941) load without a problem on my computer. I also tried different OR versions but they all refuse to load the activity.

I would appreciate any help.

Uli

OpenRailsLog.txt]]> Open Rails Discussion and Help uli2 https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2346946-problem-with-loading-the-new-activity-cn-q18961-for-cn-blackfoot-v3 https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2346785-trainsimulations Thu, 21 May 2026 11:27:42 GMT Sale Open Rails Discussion and Help Timbit https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2346785-trainsimulations https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2346761-i-need-help Wed, 20 May 2026 16:54:10 GMT Hey everyone how I get rid of this thing always appearing on a bottom left side is there way to turn it off? Hey everyone how I get rid of this thing always appearing on a bottom left side is there way to turn it off? Open Rails Discussion and Help conrailsd401992 https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2346761-i-need-help https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2346738-conn-river-activity Wed, 20 May 2026 01:31:11 GMT Open Rails Discussion and Help bandorr2000 https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2346738-conn-river-activity https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2346645-elvas-tower-not-working Mon, 18 May 2026 05:01:58 GMT
Does anyone know why Elvas Tower isn't letting anyone connect to the site? I was having some connection issues yesterday and now it won't let me even onto the splash page.

Are they doing site updates?]]> Open Rails Discussion and Help Southern_SD40-2 https://trainsim.com/forums/forum/open-rails/open-rails-discussion/2346645-elvas-tower-not-working