PC Sd40-2 Stuck In Hill

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  1. vongprimo

    vongprimo Member

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    Hi, so i'm having a problem in a timetable from Sand Patch Grade, my train (SD40-2) was climbing the hill but at some point the train stop and i can't move anymore, every time i put the throttle to 4 and start to release the independent brake slowly the train star to go backward and i need to apply the automatic brake to stop, when i repeat the process the same happens. I have two trains and multiple cargo like the image below. The configuration set on the is:

    Lead Train (SD40-2)

    Cut-off Valve: Freight
    MU-2A Valve: Trail 6 or 26
    Engine Run: On
    Generator Field: On
    Control and Fuel Pump: On

    Trailing Unit 1 (SD40-2)

    Cut-off Valve: Cut-Out
    MU-2A Valve: Trail 6 or 26
    Engine Run: Off
    Generator Field: Off
    Control and Fuel Pump: Off
    Can someone help please?

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  2. solicitr

    solicitr Well-Known Member

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    Which services? There are some consists which are simply too heavy for a pair of SD40s (3000 hp each) to lug up that grade. (These were originally do-able in TSW2020, but TSW2's new adhesion physics made many heavier trains underpowered. MSB suffered from the same problem until the recent update.)

    Use AC4400s.
     
  3. vongprimo

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    It is the first timetable, "Q249 - Autorack - Baltimore to Connellsville"
     
  4. Trainmania100

    Trainmania100 Well-Known Member

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    Check the map - have you got two locomotives on the rear?
    If so you need to enable these banking locomotives.
    Front
    Locomotive 1 - lead - radio on (back switch panel)
    Locomotive 2 - trail - radio on
    Rear
    Locomotive 3 - lead - radio on
    Locomotive 4 - trail - radio on

    Return to lead front loco, and enable the banking COMM, above the auto brake on a digital screen type panel
     
  5. vongprimo

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    Unfortunetally i only have two locomotive on the front, one lead and one trail
     
  6. vongprimo

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    I tried to turn on the radio of the trail locomotive but still, the loco is going backward
     
  7. vincentnicholas202

    vincentnicholas202 Member

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    try use crtl+- to control at the back of the train, that is my trick
     
  8. vongprimo

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    Thanks i didn't know that, but still i don't have a locomotive at the back, only the 2 ate the front

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  9. HaibaraHariko

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    You have to use AC4400CWs. I don't know if you need two AC440CWs or maybe one is fine, but two SD40-2s are not powerful enough for this.
     
  10. vongprimo

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    I see, but this timetable is specific for the loco SD40-2
     
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  12. HaibaraHariko

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    This service is also available in the list of AC4400CW and you can get at least one AC4400CW.

    The second locomotive will still be random. After starting it five times I got three SD40-2s, one AC4400CW and one C40-8W.
     
  13. vongprimo

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    I will try with this loco
     
  14. Trainmania100

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    Try the sander
     
  15. Hiro Protagonist

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    Lead loco must be set as "Lead or Dead" on the MU valve, not Trail
     
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  16. vongprimo

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    I tried the sander and still doesn't go.
    I tried with this conf but still the train go backward
     
  17. conniethunder

    conniethunder Well-Known Member

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    Try putting power to 4, wait about a minute, then release the brakes.
    Setup as Hiro Protagonist post states.
     
  18. vongprimo

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    I tried that but still go backward
    I tried using this other loco and i finished the timeline thanks
     
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  19. solicitr

    solicitr Well-Known Member

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    Again, 2 SD40s just don't have the power to pull that train
     
  20. Michael Newbury

    Michael Newbury Well-Known Member

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    I gave this timetable a run for my money, but ran into the same issues 2 SD40's are not enough to get this train up the hill. I got stuck 10 miles from Mance before my journey came to a end. No matter what I tried there was not getting the train move up the hill, it appears this train is missing the helper locos needed to get it up the hill.
     
  21. solicitr

    solicitr Well-Known Member

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    It's not a question of missing engines, but rather that the service was designed for TSW1/2020, which didn't model adhesion properly, therefor in TSW2 the traction is insufficient-- realistically.

    To climb the grade from the eastern (Hyndman) side requires about 1.5 horsepower per ton (hppt). That means that two SD40s can't do it with a train weighing more than ~4000 tons.
     
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  22. todzilla#6054

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    I am trying Q249 also, so far so good 20210930151329_1.jpg
     
  23. todzilla#6054

    todzilla#6054 New Member

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    Nope, I died 1.9 miles out side of Mance. I think the 1.7% grade got me at the end.
     
  24. vongprimo

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    I tried with the AC4400CWs and i passed the scenario, but is very frustrating this bug
     

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