Mike Roqué - Web Developer, Drummer, Railfan, Model Railroader

New YouTube Site!

Mike Roque — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:08:49 -0400

All of my videos will now be posted to my YouTube site. Enjoy!

New Flickr Site!

Mike Roque — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:03:00 -0400

All of my photos will now be posted to my Flickr site. Enjoy!

RITMRC.ORG wins NMRA Webmaster's Choice Award

Mike Roque — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:39:10 -0400

The NMRA has selected RITMRC.ORG, the official site for the RIT Model Railroad Club, as the Webmaster's Choice for April 2007, featuring selected photos and content, including links to FREE-MO.ORG, on http://www.nmra.org/.

Trainz Classics Sneak Preview - Metro-North ACMU Cab

Mike Roque — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:06:09 -0400

Here's a quick screenshot from the Trainz newsletter. It looks like we're running an ACMU northbound at Scarsdale! Awesome!

Trainz Classics Sneak Preview - Metro-North M7

Mike Roque — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:51:34 -0500

From the Trainz News newsletter:
"Trainz Classics is now well underway and while there is not a lot we can tell you, we'll let some images do the talking."

My initial reaction is WOW! There seems to be a lot of accurate detail here, so I'm hoping that Trainz Harlem Line Edition is equally well-done.

Trainz Harlem Line Edition Update

Mike Roque — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:14:23 -0500

An update on the status of Trainz Harlem Line edition, I caught this snippet from an Auran email on a fan forum:

"Our research phase and extensive geographical survey of the Metro North Harlem Line is now complete and the art team is working hard on bringing the data into the Trainz environment."

Ed Kapuscinski's CONRAIL1285.COM

Mike Roque — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:06:43 -0500

On his website, Ed documents how he models Conrail in 1985, and he's got a bunch of interesting articles on modeling Conrail as well as some generic articles on track, scenery, etc.

Making moveable switch stands

Mike Roque — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:02:02 -0500

Wolfgang Dudler has some nice photos of his work on his website.

Microsoft announces all-new Train Simulator

Mike Roque — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:47:07 -0500

According to an announcement posted on the official MSTS site:

"Following the successful release of Microsoft Flight Simulator X, the Aces Studio is using the same technology to develop a new version of Microsoft Train Simulator. Unrelated to our previous Train Simulator development efforts, this version will be an all-new product built on the Flight Simulator X platform, the culmination of 25 years of product development and technology."

What's exciting here is that it will be built on the Flight Simulator platform. I had recently thought about why they have two different platforms for what is essentially the same sort of 3D simulation. Perhaps this merge will help keep train simulator's development moving along as fast as Flight Simulator's.

Mike Roqué featured on local news story on railfans

Mike Roque — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:59:31 -0500

WROC news in Rochester, NY, as part of their coverage of the CSX Q167 derailment in East Rochester, NY, interviewed me as part of a story on railfans.

Check out the video!

You can also see the photos I took.