Iron Trails

You are the dispatcher and the engineerIron Trails gives you a port, a connecting railroad and a valley full of customers. Everything between them is yours to build, signal and run, from the first spur to a busy main line with its own classification yard. Build the railwaySurveyed track that follows the ground, held to a 3% ruling grade, with measured curves and terrain tools to cut and fill. Single or double track, laid as main line, yard track or unsignalled OCS track.A yard tool that lays a standard or double-ended yard of up to 32 tracks, with a proper ladder, in one drag.

It can also turn an existing stub yard into a double-ended one. Turnouts built as real ironwork, with points, frogs, guard rails and switch stands. Crew stations and fuel depots to keep your trains manned and fuelled. Signal it your wayCTC with controlled home signals and a dispatcher's board showing every switch and signal.ABS automatic block signals between them.OCS territory with no signals, where the dispatcher clears trains from limit to limit. An automatic dispatcher that arranges meets at passing sidings.

Drive real trainsAir brakes with brake pipe propagation, coupler slack, tonnage and tractive-effort limits. Multiple-unit consists and rear-end helpers.PTC-style speed supervision that you can switch off. Seven modern and classic diesels, from the GP38-2 to the ET44AC. Buy them new, or buy second-hand for less and live with the breakdowns.…