Hello Killian, welcome to RTS, we are glad that you found us. I will get you access to the servers this morning. In the meantime take a look at our operating procedures and check out the registry.

We run a little different on the East Coast vs. the West Coast but our general premise is always the same - to move trains and frieght with a purpose and realistically.

Thanks,

Tom

I have my first question: I did my first (I guess) sucessful run on the A-Line. But on the CA Server, I can't get dispatch permission (which worked fine on the A-line). Nobody else (exept the host) was online. Is there a several Dispatch password I have to enter?

As stated above we run things differently on the A-Line vs. California and our procedures are somewhat still in flux since the release of Version 2 of Run 8. A-Line remains a 24/7 server with client access to the DS screen and AI control. This gives our operation the ability to move traffic at all times. With our lower overall train count this is still pretty realistic.

California is running a session method to my knowledge to better simulate real world traffic and flow. California routes are much busier than the A-Line and the volume of trains is much higher. As a result the server is operated for mainline runs under control of one or two dispatchers at a time. I think locals are available at all times but better to read up on their procedures to be sure. There will be a session this evening.

Ah, ok I guess I will be more active on the A-Line then, since I won't be online for most of the CA sessions because of time zones 

There is a session scheduled for tonight at 7:30 CSt which is about an hour from now. Here is the link to the Wikia post about it.

If you do have a chance check it out - very differnet scenery and activity levels out there.