@EricF posted:Microsoft Train Simulator ("MSTS") is quite old but has a depth of freeware trains and routes second to none -- the only trick is getting the old Windows 98-era software to run on modern systems. It's possible, as long as you install it anywhere other than the Program Files default directory (because of modern Windows' "special" security there) and you have to have an Nvidia graphics chipset (unless you want to hunt down some special patches for AMD graphics drivers). Lots of headaches -- but there's Open Rails, which is a modern MSTS replacement that can run all the old routes and rolling stock. Some are dependent on assets in the old MSTS software, so all you have to do is install MSTS someplace convenient and never run it -- run Open Rails instead! Maybe not the latest "eye candy" graphics but excellent physics, and it's being actively developed.
i tried downloading open rails but couldn't figure it out
i remember the original MSTS and all the wrecks and derailments i did back in 2010-2011 on my mom's laptop
