Currently, the noses are mostly empty, save for the on-board WiFi-equipment. What's left differs per generation though, as the refurbishment...
You're not the first to make that connection. In fact, both KLM and MartinAir (two Dutch airlines) have ran total advertising on Koplopers in the...
ICMm can go up to 15 cars.
Technically, there's no such concept as an announcement in ATB. As soon as you pass a speed limit (static or dynamic), the speed limit comes into...
TSW depicts the modernised Koplopers (ICMm instead of ICM), which no longer have the walkthrough head. The big yellow plate at the front is where...
Just finished my first run, and it's pretty good! And there are fun little easter eggs. On the menu in the "Snack 'n' Dash" (which replaces the...
Several Koplopers have been fitted with special livery over the decades. KLM's livery was fitted to unit 4011 (now in the railway museum, but in...
ATB responds to a continuous stream of pulses down the running rails. If you're on approach to a red signal, and it turns green, the pulses change...
Speed restrictions come in two forms: static and dynamic Static speed restrictions Static speed restrictions are announced by a yellow triangular...
Welcome to the Netherlands, where straight lines are everywhere! Seriously - fly into Schiphol and look out the window during approach - the...
*Heroic_Nonsense zwaait naar Dirk22 van GoT*. Yup, even the H-beam portals have one too many Y-profile: [ATTACH] In reality, the H-beam...
@pe Tried that once, but when I boarded a loco to take over the service, two men came and I spent the afternoon in a small room being yelled at....
I suggest tagging one of the DTG staff (DTG Alex, DTG Jamie) and see if they can forward this to Matt.
You're absolutely right! For those who absolutely must check for themselves, here's a recent cab ride for Groningen - Zwolle: [MEDIA]
They're a bit hard to come by, as the triangular train key is an international standard and suppliers only sell them to train operators (not to...
If you end up *really* liking the Koploper after you’ve played the route next week, then now’s your chance to actually own a piece of one for...
NS cleans their trains, but just not very often. And they underestimate the behaviour of a large portion of their passengers when it comes to...
ATB controls speed. If you overspeed, you get a warning, ignore that and the train will come to a halt with the maximum brake setting. The driver...
You have separate traction and brake controllers. Traction is to your left, braking is to your right. The traction controller allows the driver...
Day one here too, if only to show support to DTG for releasing a Dutch route, as I won't have a lot of free time to actually drive the route until...
Switzerland only shares the track width (1435 mm) and the overhead voltage with Germany (15 kV at 16.66 Hz), but that's it. The specifications of...
OK, so the Koploper shown in the trailer vid's title screen is unit 4035. Unit 4013 is shown a few seconds later. These are resistor based...
The Dutch routes use a vast collection of assets, made by various asset devs. None of these devs allow their assets to be included in the route...
The Dutch trainsim community is actually quite large and very active too. They have been, ever since the days of Microsoft Train Simulator and...
Not as loud as the ICE 3M's disc brakes though. Here's a video of an ICE 3M (disc) braking: [MEDIA] Just kidding of course. Here's a real ICE...
And though not sounds related, this is how Koplopers used to couple (before refurbishment, and back when they still had the walk through head...
For comparison, here's the 4011 (resistor bank based Koploper): https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0szXzuPaJis If you sat in the power car, you...
Dutch train sounds Bagpipes VIRM (not "VIRMm", as in not yet refitted) played a typical "bagpipes" sound when accelerating. The sound originated...
The DDZ power car (NS Class mDDM) has three powered bogies to make sure that there's enough rail contact to give the train traction. It would be...
ICMm will be missed by most passengers, as they're really comfortable and fast, but DDZ has been a problem child since the refurbishment. Constant...
In related news, NS has shown a mock-up of the new double decker units that will (eventually) replace part of the Koploper (ICMm3 and ICMm4 to be...
OMSI is a bus simulator for PC. Similar to TSW in concept, but with busses. https://store.steampowered.com/app/252530/OMSI_2_Steam_Edition/
You could repaint the Class 08 (included with WCML Preston - Carlisle and other routes) into an NS Class 400/500/600/700 ("Hippel") or into a...
Let's hope so!
Yeah, the whole system isn't very well thought through. Well it is, but not with the consumer in mind. It's entirely built so that the operators...
Their words, not mine. NS has placed gates on routes where fare evasion happens a lot. Hence the maze of gates in the Amsterdam area (try...
Unlike DBAG, NS in the Netherlands is among the European train operators that deploy conductors on local services, and this is because of......
vmeck like foggy#2817 said, signs, passenger information systems (the displays in the trains) and station announcements will be in Dutch....
Yes, backdating the route would allow the ICM to be used, as long as they're resistor based units and not the chopper based units. I've modified...
Currently, NS doesn't offer cross border services with their own rolling stock, with the exception of the combined Amsterdam - Berlin intercity...
There are six main rail border crossings between the Netherlands and Germany. The ones that you're missing are: Hengelo - Bad Bentheim Venlo -...
You can now use an AI to build you a 3D model. You only have to export it to use in UE and you're good to go. for those minor objects, like vans,...
One of the more active Dutch train drivers on Youtube, meesterpaul2, has released a new cabview video today for Zwolle-Groningen, recorded just a...
The departure signal, a white light marked with a sign that says "V" (for Vertrek - which is Dutch for "Depart"). isn't always present. You'll...
It's great to hear NS is being cooperative - I imagine it's very hard to do this without them. Not so much the route, as you can rebuilt that with...
There are a few and infrequent freight services between Onnen and the Ruhr area in Germany. Usually consisting of kettle cars, sub coal pellet...
You're confusing the 185 and 186. A 185 would catch fire in spectacular fashion, as it's not compatible with the 1500 V DC power that's on the...
In real life, the conductor waits for the white light marked "V" (on the platform) to come on. This is the departure signal. He then turns his...
There's not a lot to choose from. Other engines struggle to load assets on wide viewplanes too, perhaps not as bad as UE does. But other than MS'...
The hitching an stuttering is caused by the way the world is streamed into RAM - Unreal Engine is notoriously bad at this, which is why other...
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