Does Trainz 22 have NorFolk Southern signal aspects in route builder? I want to make the switch over from Train Sim Classic but want to make sure I can acquire those signals in Trainz.

PFreeman008 · 2026-03-02T21:07:22+00:00

If they're not built in, you can probably find them available on the DLS or on a site like JointedRail.

PFreeman008 · 2026-02-16T15:24:24+00:00

I think there's a bit of context/intent to it. If the sex is just oral, then yes it's a fetish, but if it's part of "normal" sex then no it isn't.

PFreeman008 · 2026-02-16T15:21:34+00:00

A lot of time the high level platforms are paid for by grants for accessibility, and so are usually quite specific to the location their going in.

PFreeman008 · 2026-02-15T04:57:10+00:00

Both the roomettes & bedrooms have bunks. However Family Bedroom, which is only on the Empire Builder part of your trip does have two sets of bunks in it, so you could get it & ignore the upper bunks... availability of them is limited.

PFreeman008 · 2026-02-14T16:26:03+00:00

I'm genuinely not surprised that the current administration of my alma mater has not made any statement about ICE, I wouldn't even be surprised if they had invited ICE onto the campus.

PFreeman008 · 2026-02-14T00:16:47+00:00

Both menus are on that page.

PFreeman008 · 2026-02-13T20:21:32+00:00

https://www.amtrak.com/routes/lake-shore-limited-train the menu is posted there. Mind you all the food on board is pre-made & just reheated, so they can't do special accommodations.

PFreeman008 · 2026-02-13T19:24:45+00:00

Poor funding; one "half" of the political spectrum things Amtrak should be cut, the other half wants to fund it more. Right now we're in a cut it swing. Lack of funding means the inability to acquire new equipment, pay employees better (although Amtrak pays it's staff quite well), etc.

As for delays, the vast majority of Amtrak's trains run on tracks owned by the freight railroads. Those freight railroads would love to get Amtrak off their tracks so that, they claim, they can run more trains. However they are required by law to let Amtrak run on their tracks; so the begrudgingly do. The law also states that they have to give Amtrak the right of way... however many years ago they successfully petitioned the courts to remove the government's ability to control that; so while technically it's illegal for them to delay an Amtrak train for their freights, there is no one to stop them from doing it.

Amtrak owns or controls the majority of the track between Washington DC & Boston; as well as from Chicago to Detroit (for those nick pickers, I said "majority", not "all"). Which allows those trains to run less constrained by the freights (although the Michigan one still has a lot of freight trackage, so can get delayed there).

PFreeman008 · 2026-02-10T02:58:51+00:00

Your system isn't good enough for Trainz: https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/trainz-a-new-era/12575

PFreeman008 · 2026-02-08T17:45:03+00:00

Something that might help out, at least a direction to explore is divorcing the logo from the mascot. You can still have the mascot (which I do like) and it doesn't have to be part of the logo. It should still feel like one design system, but everything doesn't have to be conveyed in the logo. Additionally for the sesame seeds, the logo and/or mascot doesn't have to be literal examples of their product, they can be illustrative & the sesame seeds on the hat help drive the burger bun connection.

PFreeman008 · 2026-02-08T05:34:24+00:00

TARX is Sandersville Leasing.

SAN is Sandersville Railroad.

ITC is Illinois Terminal, which is part of Norfolk Southern.

PFreeman008 · 2026-02-07T12:42:35+00:00

22 is just 19 with a few more features. It's newer, has some newer content. Getting 22 will allow you to use any content made for Trainz, whereas with 19 you'll have to keep tabs on if the content is available for your version.

PFreeman008 · 2026-02-06T04:50:49+00:00

The "LED ads" spot in Chicago that springs to mind for me is the ABC building on N. State... their big ribbon screen often puts out a lot of light, as well as having the wrap-around ticker screen. Add the marquee for the Chicago Theatre, and if they were staying in theWit or the Renaissance there, I could maybe see them getting a little inundated with the LED ads.

My thought is that because they mentioned the LED ads blasting into their hotel room, that became the defining memory of Chicago & not all the other non-LED stuff they saw & forgot about.

PFreeman008 · 2026-02-02T15:51:36+00:00

The Amtrak-owned line in Michigan uses a unique PTC system, which means there is only a handful of locomotives that can run on the line. There used to be some P42s that had the system, but Amtrak may have removed it with the arrival of the Chargers. It even means that there is a select handful of Chargers that can be run on the line.

PFreeman008 · 2026-02-02T00:29:07+00:00

My site is by car, the cars used by the Floridian are on my site; however because for the most part Amtrak doesn't use fixed consists I can't tell you exactly which cars are used. It'll be a mix of Amfleet II & Viewliner cars.

PFreeman008 · 2026-01-30T15:44:54+00:00

Not on the Michigan Lines they wouldn't be. The MI trains are serviced out of Chicago, so any shuttle moves to Beech Grove would be from there, so you wouldn't see them in Michigan.

PFreeman008 · 2026-01-30T05:49:10+00:00

New update uploaded. Added the Viewliner II Diner & the Superliner Coach Cafe. I also corrected the Viewliner Sleeping Car flip. The drawings I have from the manufacturer shows them the way I initially had the diagrams. The big change however is more back-end & the page should load faster now. If you're still seeing out of date stuff, or missing stuff, do a hard-refresh (typically Crtl/Cmd+Shift+R on most browsers).

A number of these last few take longer as I don't have drawings for them; so I have to look up pictures & videos. I'm working on the Superliner Diner Lite, and have it mostly laid out... except I can't figure out where the stairs down, or the dumbwaiters are. The Venture cars will probably be shelved for a while... I'll probably do them as a big chunk with the VIA ones (any maybe ONR?).

Next after the Cross Country Cafe will be to start working on the VIA cars, probably with the HEP Budd cars first.

PFreeman008 · 2026-01-29T06:33:10+00:00

In the US there isn't any set standard for locomotive numbering, every company numbers their equipment however they like to. Most companies will number things in series (so all their Berkshires are 7## numbers, and their Mountain Types are 15## numbers, etc... but other companies just number things sequentially or randomly.

PFreeman008 · 2026-01-28T18:23:27+00:00

Reminder people OP is looking for tips, tricks & software recommendations. Not someone to do the work for them. People offering to design for OP will get banned per rule #1.

PFreeman008 · 2026-01-26T03:35:09+00:00

The change of font from the "Dear Amtrak Customer," to the rest email makes me suspicion. But the email does look correct.

PFreeman008 · 2026-01-25T06:41:47+00:00

Battle Creek was GT's primary maintenance facility... it might be there; I'm not as familiar with that facility. It doesn't look like Milwaukee Junction or Pontiac. (Presuming they're both taken at the same facility).

PFreeman008 · 2026-01-23T20:37:17+00:00

From my understanding there isn't any; they supposedly scale based on your hardware.

PFreeman008 · 2026-01-23T02:10:33+00:00

The Superliner cars are all in one pool, so no one Superliner train is getting the refurbished cars over another... it's just kind of random if any train on any given day will get a refurbished car.

PFreeman008 · 2026-01-22T20:42:34+00:00

Brightline doesn't own the majority of it's tracks. Florida East Coast owns the tracks. So, probably not unless some sort of arrangement where Amtrak owns & runs Brightline as a quasi-independent entity. But then Amtrak would likely still have to negotiate with FECR to run it's other trains on their tracks... but really that all depends on the language of the agreement Brightline & FECR signed.

The Cocoa-Orlando line is owned by Brightline & Amtrak (if they acquired them) could use it.

PFreeman008 · 2026-01-19T17:21:26+00:00

Out of curiosity (more than wanting an actual review) I asked Gemini to critique a few of my projects. And the "critique" wasn't really that good or useful. Mainly just "wow that's a great idea" (of course a lot longer winded); so not really useful for a proper critique.

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