Expansion Cargo Line Volume 6: Gas Feedback Thread

Thrid job in journey mode chapter one. Train is to heavy for one loco. You get stopped by a red signal at neustadt and you cant pull from station feels like train is too heavy. Xbox series x

 

Did you run with active AFB? Yes? Turn that off and you will have more power to accelerate. If im correct this is a bug when you use the BR185

 

I did have it on then I switched it off and still could not move it.

 

Okay strange then..... How many wagons did the train have?

 

26 wagons. But have done it now using vectron and no problems. But did struggle in places.

 

It seems there's an issue with the emergency break kicking in by passing the signal at Ludwigshafen Mitte in direction toward Ludwigshafen Hbf for absolute no reason. The signal was indicating a clear and speed was a couple of km/h below v/max (80 km/h). There's also an issue in which the 500Hz indicator doesn't light up approaching the stop signal in Schifferstadt. In addition to the above: the wrong pantograph is raised in Mannheim Hbf. Since the cars seem to be loaded, the leading panto needs to be raised. One another bit: If I'm right an the train consists of loaded cars, the v/max should be 100 km/h, not 120 km/h as is indicated. Besides all that I enjoyed the amount of AI traffic during this run. The above described issues are reproducible.
Session name: [CL] GC 59005 Mannheim Rbf - Tanklager Speyer; running on PC/Steam.

 

I just experienced a zwangsbremsung at the magnet of the bü signal (was blinking, so crossing safe) instead of at the vorsignal a few hundred meters further.
Hauptsignal was red because of a train in the station

platform steam, cargo line gas

 

I really like all the route traffic on the runs in this pack

 

I really like the pack! Visually probably one of the best. Also like the fact that most of the physics are simulated to a reasonable depth (ie brake mode selector working, manual load change, etc). Timetable seems quite busy as well (Services to Kaiserslautern use alternate routes sometimes, as I have noticed)

I have seen that the dev has already acknowledeg a couple of things over on discord, like the hand brake at the wrong location and several decals wrong.

However, I have not seen anyone mentioning the suspicion that there may be something wrong with the weights. I was able to fairly easily pull a 1950 tonne train up the hills to Kaiserslautern using the Br145. I would not expect this to would work at all, tbh. The 145 is fairly weak and other trains, which are lighter, feel heavier (with other waggons, obviously) with this loco. It is only a feeling, of course, however, would like to hear a comment from the devs if this would be something they would be willing to investigate.

The empty trains, which are below 800 tonnes, feel much more realistic, which makes me wonder if it is only the loaded state, that is off, in some way?!

Anyway, apart from this (and I am happy to be told wrong) I am a fan of this DLC

 

About the weight is mentioned by dal#7945 and i found it questionable... There are some strange things with the weight.

 

Thanks for this, too many threads seem to confuse me… anyway, your message seems to contradict my observation, as I did not have any issues even with the 145. I even stopped and started moving again. However, it was dry while I was doing this…

 

I have no clue whats wrong here.... Maybe a more expert can give some Inside information about how weights are setup in TSW. For me freight is not very realistic in most non expert trains

 

Anybody have a list of the new services on Mannheim?

I count 3 pairs of short runs to and from Tanklager Speyer, which should leave another 8 somewhere.

Hoping for at least a few longer drives

 

There are few long runs im not sure if you have to use the the 185 to see them all.

 

Thanks i'll take a look comparing between this timetable and the expert 101 timetable.

Original service count for the 185 was 66, and now it's 80, and , good news, it looks like you can use several locos with the new services. I'm also seeing 80 services for the Expert 145, 155, 182, 185.2, 185.5, 187, and the Vectron.

 

The gas jobs do not layer on the expert timetable only the normal one.

 

Right, that's why comparing the two should let me figure out what's new. I'll post the list once I have them all.

 

Ok here's what I have as new on the CL6 timetable:

GC 56620 @ 06:02
GC 59120 @ 07:58
GC 59115 @ 08:04- confirmed as i played it
GC 59877 @ 08:46
GC 59895 @ 11:46
GC 56740 @ 12:02
GC 59130 @ 13:54
GC 59125 @ 14:04
GC 59923 @ 14:46
GC 56782 @ 15:02
GC 56804 @ 18:02
GC 59140 @ 19:54
GC 59135 @ 20:04
GC 59993 @ 20:46
GC 56820 @ 21:12

Which is weird cause that's 15 not 14.....somebody please correct me if i'm wrong but i checked it a couple of times

 

It would require a small technical modification on the locomotives. Whenever transporting flammable or cargo that can be damaged or ignited by sparks from the pantograph (broom), the front pantograph is always raised.

 

Thank you for the list of the new schedules.