General Discussion (Model Railroader)

wcu boy wrote:

Does anyone know if the computer game that was free called RR Switch is available on the internet? I remember playing it on my computer from 1992 to 1996. It was based on the Allen timesaver. Is it still available? I was not very good at it, but I loved playing it. I would appreciate finding it again so that I could play it. Please help.

RR Switch. I remember it well. I haven't seen it on the Internet but then I haven't looked for it lately. I do remember seeing ads for a company that bought it and made into a sort of model railroad planning software. I haven't seen it in a least 5 years tho. I dop remember downloading it from the Compuserve Trains forum which no longer exists.

Irv

RR Switch, yeah I was never any good at that either. It seems it is no longer available for free but it is still out there, available from Challenge Products.

RR Switch 

Edit: I think version five of RR Switch used to be available here but it seems to be gone now. I post the link in case there is anything else of interest to anyone.

wow that brings back memories !

after downloading the free version of RRswitch i became a beta tester for their other program 'Freight Train'

they were a lot of fun to play but i forgot about them after upgrading to XP (didn't work with XP) . also if i recall , after you'd played them a few times it didn't offer much new challenge . if you want to buy one now i'd get freight train unless you really just want to do timesaver puzzles

ernie

I had one of those on my old C-64 back in the 80's.

I have Train Player now. I even used it (TP) to test out some track work I am building for my new layout.

Found this link to a simple online version one can play.

http://www.precisionlabels.com/shunt/jg3tims0.html

Enjoy!

Glenn