What do you do in Open Rails

[thebonepile]

I have finally built a computer which is capable of playing a little train stuff.

So I have been following Run8 and waiting for Version 3 to be released and then I strolled back here, and remembered the open rails system from a couple years ago.

So in an average week of doing stuff, how many hours do you find yourself spending on Open Rails and what do you primarily do when you are spending your time?

[rdayt]

I use it like a model railroad.

An endless model railroad.

[R. Steele]

I use it to learn about the physics of large machines...and of course, as a child I loved to watch my Lionel go round-and-round...and now -- many, many years after time traveling into the future ( time travel exists...it is just very very slow - but when you get to your destination, it feels as if you just got there...a quantum conundrum ) I still get to play with trains.

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[chilla]

I like to run consist that I have seen in person or in pictures.I also spend alot of time in goku's consist editor there is nothing like seeing exactly what your putting in your consist I find it kind of addictive Lol.

[brama]

I like to run consist that I have seen in person or in pictures.I also spend alot of time in goku's consist editor there is nothing like seeing exactly what your putting in your consist I find it kind of addictive Lol.

Exactly. Building consists and creating a story in my pretty little fantasy world is very rewarding. Most of the time it's even better than running the consists in the updated activities

Wim

[Zephyr06]

I like where this thread is going. Open Rails is very... OPEN! That is the simple beauty of it. We, as the end users, get to create with it our own little stories. I enjoy modeling complex trackwork for real world industries in my home town, and using historical satellite imagery, piece together the switching strategy and consists for how to operate those industries. I may or may not be emulating the prototype correctly, but at some point we have to recognize that it is in fact... a game.

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[niknak]

I get a lot of enjoyment from adding objects to a route and then recognising them sometime later as I run an activity. Oh and getting (and occasionally giving) help here on the forums.

Nick.

[jonpd]

I have been doing some route building which admittedly gets tedious at times. There are 2 routes I am developing, one to be released in Beta soon and another which is probably at least a year away from release.

My favorite thing is developing new activities. Other times I like to relax and run various routes I have downloaded from here and UKtrainsim as I have an interest in both US and UK railroading. I just recently discovered the Monon route and am playing with that. In the past I also got interested in Australian railways and developed a couple of activities for the Illiiwara route in New South Wales.

Favorite routes to run are:
PRR East - I have developed some activities for this both PRR era and modern day
London Tilbury and Southend (UK)
Illiwara V3 (Australia)
Mid East Plus
Fred Barbieri's NYC elevated and subway routes

[ebnertra000]

Mostly I bounce between building objects and building routes. I don't actually run that many trains in the sim

[frliss]

I like to modify existing routes. I enjoy adding fictional towns and placing trees on sparsely populated routes.

Fred

[jbtower]

Right now I'm too busy to attempt any projects but by this time next year I'll be settled down. My preference is to run activities and run consists I've created, More or less using the OR as a model railroad empire which I find more enjoying than watching a train run around a layout over and over.

[CSRX]

I do a little bit of everything. I run trains in the simulator that I know I will never have the chance to run in reality, huge fan of BNSF and MRL, but my location results in not being able to witness them first hand, and not being able to be employed by them.

I also build routes, Maine, Vermont, and NY in particular.. I do repaints and attempt to build my own rolling stock and engines. I also attempt to create activities for others to enjoy. Last one I did, was the loaded potash fertilizer train for the Mullan Pass route.

[deltapooh]

I mainly like to run high priority intermodal consists and encounter other trains along the way. I only recently discovered OpenRails' Dispatch Screen. I am still testing how flexible this makes my game.

I just derailed on a curve with a double stack. Something new.

[R. Steele]

...I just derailed on a curve with a double stack. Something new.

The derail notification is the result of the new derailment code, please see the two threads below for more detailed information:

https://www.trainsim.com/vbts/showth...rain-Operation

https://www.trainsim.com/vbts/showth...reight-physics

[deltapooh]

I read someone else derailed a Z-Train on Mullan Pass in OR. BNSF is having a bad week! Thanks for the information.