dont know why I remembered that you could theoretically drive em 160 kph... and now I know why - despite the designation on the cab car of 140 kph, Linke Rheinstrecke (like when you try Mainz to Koblenz direction) allows you to go 160 kph (in HUD, as well as in-game nothing is really stopping you except sense of realism/immersion)
Reminds me of the PbZ train. If you use the BR101 Expert, several cars (a random number per run) will have faulty brakes, which must be manually bled. Maximum speed 100 km/h. If the train accelerates slowly and rolls poorly, check that the brakes are released on all cars. It's possible that the BR147 is malfunctioning.
The LZB thing is really weird. On Leipzig-Dresden I decided to turn the faulty LZB off from the start and just go with PZB - it's v-max=160 with the loco anyway (also turned off LZB Nothalt, just to be sure) - but then my train still went into LZB mode and did its strange brake-to-zero stuff with a long beeping tone. Then had to turn LZB back on and off again, so I finally could continue without LZB. I think, it shouldn't have gone into LZB mode to begin with, with it being turned off.
since you mentioned LZB with this loco... does it have a working LZB/AFB exit procedure? ... or ehm, in what way/ways is the LZB on this faulty? care to elaborate O ? edit: so out of my own curiosity, I tried in Free Roam... first off, even with AFB turned on, it doesnt show the yellow indicator, tho it is working in the background... LZB/AFB exit procedure works, tho for some reason it doesnt require resetting AFB and if you left throttle in power it will resume taking power... which is weird or bug, cos upon exiting LZB AFB should deactivate and you are usually required to reset it what is also weird is if you want to reset it (for the sake of realism/immersion I guess), then you have to reset it as AFB usual (aka throttle off, reset AFB) and yeah I can confirm that even with LZB turned off, it turns itself on (the long beep is just LZB coming on, or getting signal)... the braking to zero you experienced is the AFB deactivating - to get rid of the braking to zero, you have to turn it completely off (aka moving it to OFF position)... if you want to then reactivate it, you have to put throttle to off and then move it to desired position so the conclusion is that it is completely upside down - upon exiting LZB (even with PZB turned on and LZB off as you mentioned), you are completely fine doing nothing, power stays on, AFB stays on... and upon entering LZB area (as I have found out no matter if you got PZB only or LZB on), AFB deactivates... so yeah, this is the case of like, why should we bother with correct LZB behavior if the loco doesnt yet have any routes with LZB on... like come on, of course if it has LZB, ppl will try and use it in Free roam, as bugged as that can be... hell, even with 146.2 it took em until they released Frankfurt Fulda to release a version with LZB working properly (but even that one was "only" faulty when it came to exiting LZB, it couldnt free itself of LZB, leading to penalty braking)... but to see the LZB/AFB behavior totally upside down? lol... I hope they fix it in the future tho (even though it is "only" 160 kph loco, even those can run on LZB lines and benefit from it - as you know, LZB doesnt require acknowledging speed reductions, for example)
Once you're in an LZB section, a bit later it just starts braking for no appearant reason and does so until 0. The blocks are free, the signals green, but it just brakes and won't get moving again. There is no red "G" and also no "Zwangsbremsung", PZB Frei-Button won't help either - I can make a screenshot tomorrow for better visualisation Oh and yeah, I hope it has and LZB/AFB exit procedure? Can't say for certain tho, because I can't reach the LZB end with this loco. XD Have to fall back to PZB so I can move again. (And to avoid all this I just left LZB turned off last time, but then the events I described in my last post happened anyway.)
I tested my previous comment on the stretch between Hanau and a bit further up LZB line on Frankfurt Fulda route... havent really checked if under this weird LZB / not LZB it does require acknowledging speed reductions like proper PZB does - as you said (and I kinda reiterated) it shouldnt even go into LZB in the first place (and as the AFB thing shows, even with LZB turned off, it seems that the loco goes into proper LZB even with the switch turned off)
I posted that long comment as long edit, so you might have missed some parts, sorry... the braking to zero is cos the AFB deactivates (which sets the speed limit to zero) - you have to put throttle into off, then AFB to off, AFB to desired position and throttle back on and you should be able to take power (aka you have to reset AFB in motion)... which is complete opposite of what should happen - the AFB deactivating and the AFB reset procedure afterwards should normally be done upon EXITING LZB, not upon entering it
Aah thanks for testing yourself - just saw that longer edit - looks basically the whole logic is somewhat backwards. It does the exit procedure at the start ect. I also heard someone speculate in an LP that this might have to do with the switched up "activate cab" buttons where you activate your current cab, but the button for deactivate lights up and vice versa. One of the sub menus of the right side monitor also recognizes your current cab as deactivated while it actually is activated und running. PS: The loco actually does have an LZB route, which is Leipzig-Dresden. Unfortunately only if you have the expert timetable from the 145.
thats nice, thats actually a valid reason for me to get the 145 ... but I will hold until they fix the LZB and AFB functionalities
