Not planes. Trains. The dedicated rail-sim community that never quit.
Microsoft Train Simulator (MSTS) was Microsoft's 2001 entry into train simulation. It was discontinued years ago, but the community that formed around it never went away. New routes, new locomotives, new rolling stock are still being released. If you're here, you probably already know exactly why.
Note: Fly Away Simulation is primarily a flight simulation site, but we've maintained the MSTS section as a service to the train sim community. The library here represents two decades of MSTS freeware development — routes, locomotives, rolling stock, scenery, and utilities.
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Microsoft Train Simulator should not still be a going concern. It was released in 2001. Microsoft has shown no interest in updating it for decades. And yet the community is still here, still building, still riding the rails.
Part of that is the genre. Train simulation is a different kind of hobby than flight simulation — it's slower, more methodical, more about route knowledge than reflexes. MSTS captures that well. Its physics aren't cutting-edge by 2026 standards, but they don't need to be for the experience to work. What matters is the route. What matters is the engine. What matters is the routine of stopping at every station.
The freeware library reflects that focus. There are real-world routes from every continent — British Rail mainlines, German ICE corridors, American freight, Australian narrow gauge. There are locomotives from every era — steam, diesel, electric, modern high-speed. There are rolling stock packs for every freight type imaginable. And there are dedicated communities of route-builders, locomotive-modelers, and physics-tuners who keep adding to it.
What you'll find in this section: complete routes, individual locomotives, rolling stock, scenery enhancements, and utilities. If you're new to MSTS, start with the route you most want to ride — everything else builds outward from there.
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MSTS routes, locomotives, or rolling stock to share? Submit them through the form below. All files are reviewed for quality before being added to the library — we curate for our visitors.
