Timetables can join and split trains to form new trains
Mouse control for 3D cabs
Working transfer tables
Activity evaluation
Separate files for extensions to activity files
Many more additions and improvements are listed here.
Nov 2020 Wagons can now be braked individually as on the oldest railways. This can be experienced in 2 scenarios - Stephenson's Rocket at Rainhill Trials and Langley Vale Timber Tramway.
Nov 2020 A detailed guide to making activities backed by videos and data files for the Siskiyou Route is soon to be published.
Apr 2020 After more than a year of work the free, restored and improved Siskiyou Route is once more available.
Apr 2019 ENG files published with accurate physics for 176 USA diesel locos.
Mar 2018 Geoff Rowlands found a way to model 3D controls so they can be grabbed by the handle as in this video.
Nov 2017 Open Rails trialled with Monogame instead of XNA uses less RAM and give higher frame rates.
In his Series 5, Nicholas Ozorak publishes a review of the fictional Full Bucket Line running in Open Rails.
See more with this YouTube search.