What happens when you suddenly get called up(let's say the scheduled driver called in sick) and you couldn't sleep well?
How much info do real drivers see on their displays like the Ebula and such? Even if they can't see the upcoming signal aspects(which should be...
Highway hypnosis is defined as a mental state on very long, straight and lonely highways where you don't have to steer, brake or accelerate much...
Nope, the train was too loud to notice any of that, and I was in the first person camera in the cabin and wasn't blocking the path of any cars...
I experienced something very inexplicable while playing TSW5 and it made me question my own sanity. I was doing doing a very late night ÖBB...
I had the Union Pacific Heritage Collection installed and completed one scenario with it, but I can't see it anymore, nor the locomotives neither...
[ATTACH] Here it is. Surely it means something is deactivated but what? Electric brakes?(they seem to work fine)
Does this thing override the AWS when it is on(like the LZB does with PZB), because I don't get any sunflowers on yellow signals. Also while I can...
Isn't it simulated in Run8?
I mean the old with the UK diesels with no screens whatsoever, you can say they are fully simulated. But for example the modern American GE or EMD...
Considering how 90% of real life functionality of the screens in basically overwhelming majority of the locomotives in the previous games were not...
True but I still think the noise levels are all over the place as you say. Also I think German trains make less track sound than American/British...
How much computing power is needed to run the systems of a BR185?Considering that it can be simulated on a gaming laptop(not to full fidelity in...
Obviously they're not idling but I couldn't think of a term. Maybe "stationary". It sounds like a cooling system of some sort, perhaps for the...
I'm not talking about rail traffic(that's another issue) but ground workers. It seems like there are too few of them, most railyards simply have...
Especially in timetables rather than scenarios. Not only you have to approach very slowly to not risk a SPAD, but also by the time you stop in the...
I meant tail lights on both ends of course, doesn't that indicate that a train is currently not operational? For example in the G6 or the ICE 2,...
Luckily you can use the outside free camera to uncouple and couple. Otherwise if you had to shut the cab down every time you left the cab, some of...
I think in real life they leave the US locomotives active(idling) unless they're going to be stopped for a very long time. I am not sure how is it...
I am not really sure what's really meant by this which comes up at the end of the service to reduce points. I actually never got points reduced...
How did they know where the train was without GPS? Other than estimating from its last departure time and average speed limits on the route(which...
Why wasn't VHF radio used before GSM-R? After all, with a trackside telephone only the driver can contact the dispatch, not the dispatch to the...
Is it realistic that you can contact the dispatch in the Spirit of Steam route without walking to a trackside telephone or telegraph? Obviously...
Anyone?
Is this like the chronically illuminated check engine lights on BMWs? What's wrong with the ÖBB 4024?
Interesting machine. We had something similar in my previous workplace(Leica BLK360 I think it was). But this looks even more detailed.
Including the fonts used for the text under buttons, to sizes and dimensions of the cabin in general, to physical models of the levers and...
They don't use all available locomotives to release brakes faster and use only the single lead one? Doesn't sound very efficient
What about adding an EMD F125 behind the ES44C4 just to release the brakes? Multiple units in this game has always been buggy so I really doubt...
But what about the other ones? Why would an ES44C4 not be able to release Metrolink brakes for example?
Does anyone else struggle with this? I tried a few free roam runs with unrealistic consists, such as the Flying Scotsman pulling BNSF cars, a BNSF...
In German trains, what's the name of the display unit where the driver can see the distance to next station among other things called? It's not...
They also don't seem to have lockable doors to drivers cabins. So in theory a crazy person can just enter the cab and steal it, provided they...
Aren't they used for long hauls in TSW timetables though? It says things like "Houston to Los Angeles" and the like and there is clearly a SD40-2...
What about the SD40-2? After all it has many scenarios and timetables as the lead in TSW. And perhaps the old SD70 does too
The noise canceling setup in the headset could be made to only cancel or dampen certain frequencies(like the ying ying) and allow other ones like...
It's not a TSW question since it's about real life, but I thought people would be knowledgeable here. Do train crews who are unfortunate enough to...
There's an audible reciprocating steam sound while the locomotive is stationary, that you don't hear in the 8F or the Jubilee. Is it the electric...
I thought Germany and Austria used the same voltage and same frequency on their mainline catenaries.
Yes, it was in Vorarlberg. What is the purpose of this mechanism? Does it protect the grid by preventing too much current being drawn at certain...
Why does this happen? It happens suddenly without clicking anything, and no PZB action. By losing power I mean to the traction motors(lights and...
[ATTACH] In the game they really don't. Is it accurately modeled?
Or are the drivers sent directly to the job after simulator training? What about S-Bahn which also has only one seat?
Can you run AC currents non-discretely? Without some serious PCB of embedded work at least, which wouldn't be a thing in the early days of diesel...
Why do DC locomotives still have notched throttles and not continuous? After all they don't have to run their motors at certain preset frequencies...
It definitely happens with AC44CW and SD70, I agree that it doesn't happen with ES44C4 but it has a very delayed throttle response time as...
It's almost like they're having mini-seizures. It happens with the SD40-2, Class 66, AC4400CW and others that I don't remember by name right now....
Since you can't know the speeds of AI trains I can't verify this, but based on what I see and guesstimate, they approach red signals within 500Hz...
Yes it works. Only problem is you can't enjoy a good outside view in a high traffic area with lots of 1000Hz magnets. Having a keyboard key would...
Are you sure about AI not obeying PZB? They always seemed to be in PZB speed limits when slowing down and stopping to me. I agree about other...
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