#trainsimulator
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I spent the past few days abroad as I had to attend some family business. We went by (german ICE bullet train) and being somewhat of a this sparked a renewed interest in software that will run on using .

Aside from which is a professional simulator also being used in training centers in germany, there is oldie-but-goldie (Microsoft Train Simulator) released in 2001 (!)

Yes, this was 24 years ago but still, a lot of fans here in europe still consider it one of the best of its kind and third party patches have been released over thedecades to keep it up to date with modern hardware and to iron out some longtiime bugs.

However, there is also an alternative to that called which is an open-source remake of MSTS able to run commercial and free content originally designed for MSTS. I installed it using and on my box to check out how it performs. Note that I had to use winetricks to install .net 4.7.2 and xna3.1!!

So here are a few screenshots of Open Rails running the commercial "RhB Bernina" Content I bought decades ago.

Derail Valley Overhauled Gameplay episode 5, in this episode we take a look at how to drive the SH282 steam locomot… https://t.co/OZqP6ho22V

Train Simulator Amtrak Mi P42DC Beautiful Horn https://t.co/qy8I75WiKS via @YouTube #Horn #Amtrak #Retweet #Like… https://t.co/0bQWQ05Ow4

Train Simulator 2019 Amtrak P42 https://t.co/5YGJMgQ2cZ via @YouTube #Amtrak #TrainSimulator #RailSimulator… https://t.co/ghw6GKVMQP

Train Simulator 2019: Amtrak F59PHI Flyby #5 San Diego https://t.co/oKVJhyabIH via @YouTube #AmtrakF59PHI #Amtrak… https://t.co/PWtwspogDS

Train Simulator 2019: Amtrak F59PHI Flyby #4 https://t.co/DnpaNlctBL via @YouTube #Amtrak #TrainSimulator… https://t.co/OBEOocFMbc

#WeAreRailFans #Pictures #Pic #Trains #TrainSim #TrainSimulator #Amtrak #RailSimulator #RailSim #F59PHI https://t.co/NqcbMzJjDQ