Have any of you retired engineers run trains with, Microsoft train simulator?

[ziggie441343666]

They say it's as real as it gets. The locomotives look real. The cab controls seem real, and the sounds are pretty close to the real thing. There are many add on's like from sites like: Mapleleaftracks, and train-sims dot com. What do you real engineers think of this type of game?

[AndyF]

Never have tried it Ziggie. I get enough of the real thing at work. My wife would have me commited if i came home and played that lol.I have heard it's realistic as far as the controls go.As for the sim comparing to the real deal as far as real train handling i have no idea.