Rick,
The plan for new OpenRails created routes using the OpenRails WorldEditor is to "model" roads/etc just like trains are modelled - i.e. there is a route (track or pavement/dirt/field - it's almost irrelevant what the graphic is); there is AI (trains or cars/trucks/tractors) and there are indications and direction changes (signals/stop lights & switches/intersections).
This will require a "converted" or "new" OpenRails-based route as the data required to support this kind of functionality doesn't exist in MSTS and there is no way to add it to MSTS route data structures.
Chrisvw
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