Pre-dawn shot inside San Bernardino CA BNSF Intermodal Yard. Yes the hump is functional with retarders Looking over the hump at Barstow CA BNSF yard into the bowl. train level) are quite impressive and give the needed immersion for driving a train. Overall, the graphics at ground level (i.e.

Most controls seen to include the MFD's are functional. During switching moves, you have to get out of the cab and down on the ground to close air valves, open couplers, and throw manual turnouts.Ĭab view of UPRR 5299. It takes a while and some finesse to bring an 8500' train of 12,000 tons to a stop on a down-grade.

Braking is fully modeled and the physics are quite realistic. Road numbers so far are authentic.Ĭab interiors are modeled and mostly functional (some buttons/switches are not modeled). The graphics are good but they are not cutting edge technology by any means. Probably the reason I haven't heard about it is because I really haven't been following any of the train simulator forums like I did many years ago when I was still into MSTS.Īnyway, here's my plug for Run 8. Apparently it has been out (version 1) for 3-4 years now, but version 2 just came out in November 2016. I never even heard of it until last week. Just the other day I discovered Run 8 Train Simulator V2. MSTS morphed into Railworks at some point, then Railworks morphed into Train Simulator which is what is available today on Steam. I've been playing train simulators on the PC since about 2000 when Microsoft Train Simulator (MSTS) first hit the market.

Run 8 train simulator v2