Train Simulator for Mac
I recently downloaded, for a 60-minute free trial, a program called "SteamTRAIN 3" made for Mac OSX 10.3 or later. It's a basic train simulator program that doesn't cost much if you decide to buy it. The program is a split level screen so you can see your locomotive and tender on the bottom, and, on the top, you can follow the train as it moves through various types of scenery with bridges, tunnels, rivers and forests, and up and down grades. You can make the train go faster, slower, or brake to a stop, using the arrow keys and the space bar. This makes it very easy to operate right away with a minimal learning curve. The help sections are easy to read and understand. I think it would be a lot of fun for kids. You can also do more sophisticated operations like switching, coupling and uncoupling cars, dropping off and picking up loads. You can change the type of weather you’re going through as well, such as light or heavy snow, which makes the tracks slippery and makes the train more difficult to stop. I crashed my train the first time I ran it. There are other trains on the tracks that you have to watch out for also. You can also control the clock, the amount of boiler pressure in the locomotive, which cars you want in your train and in which order and even the amount of salary you make as a dispatcher depending on how well you do. You can add sand to the tracks if they get slippery but you have to be careful not to run out of it before the end of the trip. It doesn’t have nearly the detail of the more expensive Windows programs, but it’s fun nevertheless and one of the first of its kind for us Mac users. I had fun with it. “SteamTRAIN 2” is a continuous loop version, whereas, “SteamTRAIN 3” is a dual terminal layout. The following website will give you more information and will allow you to easily download the free trial program to your Mac: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16499
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