![]() ![]() With VRE commuter traffic during the weekday parts of the sim, it became a nightmare to clear the MASSIVE logjam that afternoon (all the way from downtown 'D.C. I had been running Fred Frailey's Year-2000 RF&P/North End sim, which I also co-wrote with a friend for Fred, and which was based on REAL CSXT traffic over that double-desk territory, and with the many FRA-imposted track warrants that were occuring during that time-period, after the Washington Post newspaper story, written by none other than Don Phillips, broke the story about CSXT's deteriorating track. Even Amtrak was stuck between the freights, far more than normal (.LOL). I awoke about 4 hours later, stiff neck & all from snoozing while still sitting up, and the sim was still going - in "Run-2", and so many trains had backed up that it took the entire rest of the day (between "quick snacks & bathroom breaks") to clear up the mess! It was as if a hurricane had come through, and did moderate damage to the line in question. This sim runs for a good week (continuous, 7-days), and you can do a LOT to keep things moving - or flood the whole RR if you fall asleep, as I did one rainy Saturday afternoon. Using the 3.0 version, one ends up wanting to complete a day's dispatching (all shifts!) if at all possible, even knowing that one can 'Save the Simulation' where/when-ever you stop it - and return later (after a good night's sleep!) to finish out. But be careful: it is (-and I can't stress this enough-) VERY ADDICTIVE. It isn't hard to grasp, once you get the hang of it. > to master at first, or is it relatively easy to ![]() > the past, do you guys think this is a hard program ![]() I have been really intereasted in this program in ![]()
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