Run 8 Studios Ltd - About Us - The guys and gals developing Run 8 Train Simulator

Run8 Train Simulator - Learn more about the Run8 Team

Run8 Train Simulator - We put the TRAIN back in Train Simulator World!

About Us

Most of you may know us from our past work on programs such as TrainMaster 4, Kuju Entertainment's RailSimulator/Railworks, DTG Train Simulator, and of course the many excellent routes and addons we have developed for Microsoft Train Simulator over the past 22 years at 3D Train Stuff. And over that time as a developer of expansion software for someone else's platform we have been at the mercy of other people's decisions and views of what a train simulator program should actually be and quite frankly we have been disappointed more times than not.

So back in 2009, in the aftermath of Microsoft's decision to cancel MSTS 2 for the second time, and after a rough and rocky experience developing content for Kuju/EA RailSimulator's north american content release, we made the decision to start developing our own platform which we like to simply call "Run 8" as that pretty much sums up the pace we have been working on this project since we started it.

The beautiful thing about developing your own train simulator platform is that you can do whatever you want with it which is a very good thing especially if you love railroading like we do! So for us, it's all about the physics and operations, and we think you will love what we have in store for you with Run 8. Also keep in mind that our group is in this for the long haul and that our Run 8 Train Simulator is just going to get better and better over time!

We are now on YouTube! You can subscribe to our channel using the link below.

The Run 8 Owners

John Greenstone

John Greenstone
owner / sr software architect

Nigel Apperley

Nigel Apperley
owner / sr art director

Brad Brown

Brad Brown
owner / sr project manager

The Run 8 Development Team

John Dunbar route designer / beta tester 1933 - 2023	Michael Vukich consultant / beta tester	Kevin Blackwood route designer / beta tester
Mark Fox lighting specialist / beta tester	Jason Webb artist / route designer / beta tester	Mike Stupplebeen route designer / beta tester
James (Jim) Ray artist	David Stretch route designer / artist / beta tester	Jim Thorp beta tester
Cathy Dodds detector voices / beta tester

Official Run 8 3rd Party Developers

Hy Rail Simulations
High Quality Add On's for Run 8 Train Simulator

Products already released: CSX A-line - Jacksonville to Taft. BUY IT NOW

Website: Hy Rail Simulations

TRAIN SIMULATOR BY RUN8

We put the TRAIN back in Train Simulator World!