| Adding Realism to Free Play (Barten, 2006) |
 In "Time For Free Play" I presented a method of operation on the Timesaver route that I call free play. It's a freeform substitute for formal activities, which are scripted and therefore inflexible. This time I'll talk about adding some realism to the free play. HTML
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| A Novel Approach (Barten, 2006) |
Interactive novels are at least as old as hypertext, which was invented in the 1960s by Ted Nelson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson) with origins in Vannevar Bush's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannevar_Bush) 1945 article As We May Think. The concepts can be traced back further. HTML
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| Bus Driving in Trainz (Barten, 26 April 08) |
 Bus Driving in Trainz explores the possibilities of bus simulation using Trainz and links to a demo layout.
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| Let's Do the Run Around! (D'Angelo, 2006) |
 Recently I've been having lots of fun doing the run around with my local trains. When you perform a Run Around you bring in a passenger train to a terminal station, load the passengers, then uncouple the locomotive from the train. You pull forward, then take a passing track and reverse past the consist, switch back to the track the consist is on, and re-couple to the consist. After doing this procedure you head back out on the main line going in the opposite direction. PDF
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| Mix Up Those Passenger Runs (DiAngelo, 2006) |
 These days most of our trains have a unified appearance. The Long Island Railroad that I commuted to New York City on was, for the most part, composed of aluminum sided commuter trains. They had no locomotive, as each car was self-powered using third rail electricity. Only the trains heading out to the forks of the island were not electrified and used diesel equipment. All day long sliver snakes went into and out of Manhattan on a regular basis. The sameness of their appearance made train spotting a bit of a dull experience. PDF
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| Time For Free Play (Barten, 2006) |
 The Timesaver route for MSTS by Ron Paludan (freeware from Railway Station Productions, LLC) is a nifty little switching route based on a plan by model railroad legend, John Allen. The route, placed in an urban setting, consists of a main track in the form of a U (it comes from someplace and goes to somewhere else) with a yard branching from the base of the U. The yard contains a runaround and drop-off points for six industries/loading areas. Ron calls his route the "Pocket route" because it fits on a single tile. HTML
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