Boso View Express, or BVE for short, is one of those train simulators that have been around for a very long time but never quite managed to establish themselves at the top of the food chain, at least not here in the west. But if you want to simulate Japanese railways, BVE is essentially the holy grail.

You can find a huge variety of routes and vehicles, all of them with appropriate train protection and signalling systems courtesy of a highly-flexible plugin interface, for absolutely no money a...

Just giving a quick shout-out to this Tumblr, which combines a thing I like with a thing I like: Trains In Games

A collection of photos from a trip to Venice

With only 5 hours to go, it's my last chance to tell y'all which games of 2016 I liked best, which is apparently a thing many people do. So, let's go. They're not ranked, I like all games on this list equally.

A collection of photos from Munich's long-defunct "Olympiabahnhof".

Hooray, Dragons of Tarkir is almost there! And because I chose Kolaghanbased on rushing the opponents with Dash, my sleeves were oddly fitting. Screamreach Brawler and Reckless Imp really pulled their weight, while Scion of Ugin didn't do player damage even once. Grumble. Dragons are overrated.

Recently, I did a couple of trips to Zürich for a job application (it didn't work out). This also meant I had a couple of hours for some photographing each time. Yay!

The first thing of note is the Sihltal-Zürich-Uetlibergbahn (SZU). They operate two lines, the Sihltalbahn (with 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC) and the Uetlibergbahn (with 1250 V DC). Funnily enough, both lines share the tracks on the last kilometer or so before reaching the central station, so somehow they need two separate power lines on th...

Today's ASL match went really fast. Really, really, really fast. As usual, that means I got my ass handed.

We played Shin 5 "Sparks Fly", from a free scenario pack published by View from the Trenches and downloadable here. As the name implies, it's about Operation Shingle, the US landing at Anzio. Some of the scenarios in there are really weird in a very interesting way. Ever wanted ...

This sunday, I tagged along with a friend for some trainspotting in the Allgäu. Thanks to a burnt down diesel engine, some ALEX trains near Immenstadt are currently operated with NE81 DMUs that are not indigenous to the region.