Any Route, Any Road, Any Era - 2022

[SD9043MAC]

Southbound C&M work extra with an F45 carbody leading the way and caboose on the rear.

[jbtower]

PNW empty grain train on the fictional PCE Port Anderson branch.

Amazing work and screen shots!

[steamonly]

ORTS should have a varied selection of beautiful overcast skies... that way it won't be obvious that the poles don't cast shadows... and also protects against drone strikes or satellite spying...

[ZachBell4400]

@steamonly. There are ways to create skydomes, they are phenomenal. There's one in the F/L that's UHR (10Kx10K res). Most of today's OR users downloaded that skydome. I find it amazing

[steamonly]

THanks for the tip ZachBell4400.
Unfortunately the file search only returns 7 skydomes; the magnificient 10k x 10k skydome you mentioned -- by Scott Brunner -- seems quite blue & cheerful, like what you would see on a renaissance painting... but neither it nor the other candidates can be said to be overcast, as to soften the shadows (until it isn't obvious that ORTS doesn't draw them).

Also, is there some kind of plugin to simulate the night sky, like you can do with Stellarium or other astronomical software? I have seen that it can get very dark when you drive a train at night.

[R. Steele]

Overcast skies are possible in OR, and can be fine tuned to users specifications using in game controls. I'm surprised this "unplayable simulator" has piqued your interest, maybe not, we will see.

[steamonly]

Love your picture R Steele, exactly what I had in mind!

I will be sold on ORTS when somebody implements AWS on the Northeast Corridor (I am joking of course... I will try MSTS with an external sound card next week to see if it fixes something, otherwise it means my motherboard is half dead... no way to start playing on the Natal Mainline with that kind of equipment!)

[chosenfrozen44]

West to East the west way!

Gen Merch train out of Westfield yard heads east to the heart of the Northland!

[wooohooo]

Eastbound GO Transit.

[chosenfrozen44]

[tarrant75]

Chuck, those shots are amazing!

[jbtower]

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Great shots Chuck

[CSRX]

EMR Train 208, with NBSR 8144 SD40-2 and GMTX 2639 GP38-2, screaming in notch 8 on the "Keag Hill", heading east out of Mattawamkeag, Maine.

[jbtower]

Hey Shawn great shots, what route are you running those SD40's on?

[chosenfrozen44]

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Great shots Chuck

Thank you!!!