Orca Rail Simulators

[Bananarama]

I believe ORS uses a commercial version of RS and not RW3. I'm surprised they still show screens of RS-Cajon, which is horribly inaccurate in general layout, grades, and signal placement/operations. Although they're a legitimate operation, and apparently a successful one, some of their claims are dubious at best (their claim of "state of the art graphics" is already several years old).

As for the FRA, I'm not aware of any US companies using ORS, as US railroads who use simulators mainly rely on CORYS T.E.S.S. and NYAB, which I believe are the only ones to be fully FRA compliant (they also cost tens of thousands to lease). Who knows - this may all change in the future? So for now it appears that the majority of ORS clients come from second-rate railroads in third world countries on shoestring budgets.

[thecanadianrail]

as i recall, CN actualy trains their own staff in house.