30 years old myself... Started off on MSTS in 2007 when I was 12, and then moved onto Rail Simulator, Train Simulator, and finally TSW. I'm still young-ish, but certainly not considered youthful anymore!
28 here, started playing after watching Nerdcubed of all people messing about on TSC and later TSW2. Never had a great PC to be able to use TSC but when I saw TSW on console I bought TSW2020 and then immediately after installing it realised TSW2 was out so refunded and switched to that instead. Quickly found out that East coastway was one of my local routes and went from there! Always loved steam more than anything as my dad was a fireman on the Bluebell for all of my childhood, but this game and the forum got me much more interested in the diesel stuff and even the modern stuff to some degree
59 next month. Been with TSW since the start on Xbox one. Dabbled with a PC for TSC and TSW but came back to Xbox with the series X. PC not for me. I'm sure the Xbox series X/S is more than capable of running TSW6 just needs more optimization.
Not entirely sure why people under the age of 71 are posting their ages, since the OP is looking to find out who's the oldest and stated that they're over 70.
47 here started playing Train Sim on the spectrum in the 80's with Evening Star then went on to MSTS before railworks / Train Sim before TSW
Maybe someone who is over 70 but not quite 71 yet is still older than the original poster plays TSW. Are they still allowed to post in the thread the original poster created or does that also fall foul of your rules for posting? Anyway! I'm 51 and my first "simulator" was southern belle on the Sinclair spectrum.
Ah, thank goodness, there's actually someone older than me. Not by much, but winning so far. At least this thread proves that there's a cadre of old farts playing with virtual trains.
58 here been playing games since around 1980 (commodore 64 - amiga 500/1200 plus lots of different pc's)
Born in 1951 in Malmö, I have always liked trains. My dad always had a train table when I was growing up.
As have I started out with Microsoft train simulator on day of release. Then railworks then rail simulator the train simulator then TSW
A mere 64 here… but happily retired which actually seems to result in less time for entertainment than when Ivwas working. (Way of the wife and all that…).
I'm very young. I started with TSW 2 four years ago after coming across a video of the LGV Méditerranée, which immediately made me want to buy TSW 2 and the LGV.
I know someone that plays tsw in their mid 80s. I will add they probably spend more time swearing at it than playing though. Not at tsw, just the pc in general.
Discovered TSW way back in 2018? When it first came to console now 18 and starting TSC at Christmas! Definitely a young one
I'm 57, started with MSTS, moved onto Railworks and all the subsequent versions of what became TSC, tentatively jumped onto TSW at TSW2, but used TSC mainly until around TSW4 era when I found myself using TSW more. I did have a few goes on Southern Belle on my brother's spectrum in the 80s, but it wasn't that good.
My username gives my age away as it was the year I was born. Started with text based rail simulator's (Lickey Route) on Amstrad CPC464. The next rail simulator I played after that was when I got into MSTS which was recommended by a mate of mine - we've come along way since those early days
Be careful… 69 here, but why do people think us senior types have problems with tech… we are the generation that invented, perfected and built the the infrastructure we use today…
As I get older I realise that my patients with technology is starting to wear thin. I would say he has the same problem. Especially when companies change the look and layout of apps for no apparent reason.
Aye these young uns nowadays LOL, remember when you considered a game loading from tape that took less than 15mins to load, fast :-D
LeadCatcher has it right about old farts - we are the guys who built the World Wide Web on top of the internet protocols. Remote programming over Type 28 papertape consoles. Lost count of the number of times I called Support and later called back to give them the fix they were clueless about (nothing changes)! Quote from Bill Gates back in pre-history - "Nobody will ever need more than 128kb of memory"
Er, no. If someone is "over 70" then, by definition, they're at least 71. Someone's age the day before their 71st birthday is still 70! That's not "my rules" (bizarre take), just mathematics.
Well, technically, your 70th birthday is the end of your 70th year, so you're over 70 from that point.
71 next month 42 pills a week but still up at 05.00am every morning to walk the dog on the north sea coast, "one life live it"
