Ok, so what's the technique for descending Sherman hill ? Have tried a few times now & everytime train runs away !! Have gone over the top at less than 15mph, paused 10 secs before selecting Dynamic brake to keep hold of train notch by notch, as speed increases used Auto brake to eventually full service, have used Intermediate brake to bail out position when applying Auto brake, which is what I've read on the forum, still train exceeds speed & becomes uncontrollable with no more braking power left ! so what am I doing wrong ? Thanks for any advice/help.
Dynamic and auto brake as you say, the other key is to know the route and engage them that bit earlier. I still speed a little now after quite a few runs but learning exactly when to engage the brakes and doing it that little bit earlier helps. Don't empty the brake pipe too as you mention above. Once that happens you've no brakes until it recovers. On the Train Simulator Youtube channel Matt did a video on the different brakes a few months ago that was really useful. Dig that out and take a look. Well worth it. Cheers.
Thank you, will look at the thread & vids, from reading already it appears its quite a complex technique !
It might seem complex while it’s all new to you but I assure you that it’ll become second nature when you’ve done it a few times. All it boils down is having enough of a speed buffer while passing the summit, staying within the effective range of the dynamic brakes for heavy trains (no faster than 30mph), and maintaining and fine-tuning a careful balance of dynamic and air brakes.
