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Yes, there is a native 3-car version of the 158, which includes an intermediate motor vehicle with no cab. It was not built in large numbers;...

There's another anomaly if you look at the data readouts on the overhead display. There's a "target" power which the governor is supposed to...

The CPU-RAM-motherboard combination is a fairly common set to replace all at once. Typically, at least on AMD platforms, the change of socket...

I build my PCs from components. I also usually upgrade one major part of it at a time - so the outlay at any given moment is not so great - and...

That's precisely the excuse that was used to avoid fixing many aspects of RailWorks physics over its decade+ history. Never mind that the logical...

I think Just Trains did one which at least attempted that. I haven't looked at it recently enough to remember how well they did. BMG's locos can...

The air brakes seem to work a lot better than on the TEA wagons, having sufficient force in the loaded condition and clearly being calibrated to a...

Having been playing SimRail regularly, one thing has stood out: the EP08 and EN57/71 are consistently among the most popular traction in the...

I would tend to classify postwar stock into three categories, rather than just two: Old (1950s/60s designs and sometimes older still) EMUs are...

The HST power car does not have a normal coupling behind that hatch, buckeye or otherwise. It has a position to attach an "emergency coupling",...

While SimRail hasn't released their first steam loco yet, there is another sim-game called Derail Valley which has two steam locos modelled, and...

They're also revising the single-player scenario infrastructure, which is most likely why they're not developing new scenarios on the old system....

The running cost difference has always been there and is well known. It's why those heritage railways with a community transport service role...

The "passive" setup is what you should use for locomotives that should not be in control of the brake. The locomotive you drive from (ie. at the...

The "passive" configuration for vacuum brakes in steam locos is with the ejectors (both small and large) switched off and the brake handle in...

Technically the loco will run without a tender. That's how they operate them on test rigs. But you won't be able to put more coal in the firebox...

This is a known bug with the Rivet 150, and is not specific to the Formation Designer. If you spawn a 150 and one of the others in-game and...

The couplings are asymmetric on the Sprinters. The cab-end couplers are equipped for fully automatic coupling. The inner ends are equipped for...

Reminiscent of the death of the "space sim" genre after Freespace 2 was a commercial flop, despite rave reviews in the gaming press. Nobody...

Not sure about the TEAs, but I'm reasonably sure the 08s have been customised. One of them is set up as a specific individual locomotive which...

Minimum Viable Product is actually a real concept in project management. The trick is that it's supposed to just be a foundation that you can...

Right, what the Electrostar has is not something that beeps after proceeding forward by a train-length. It's just a reminder of how many cars the...

…although there are exceptions, where the speed limit in fact does apply only to the front of the train. These are typically where the speed...

There's definitely more "character" in this loco than the 66, and it has a unique capability profile. It would be a great choice for a second...

It's most likely the first time in TSW that they've made limited fuel relevant to driving technique in a scenario. There were already scenarios...

The 08 shunter does have some fuel consumption modelled. If you drive it for a while, the supply tank (mounted above the cab) depletes slowly....

Correct, it wasn't a feature in the core steam physics. Yours truly played a major part in making that particular feature happen. Actually,...

Totley Tunnel is almost 1km longer, and has been in continuous use since the Victorian era. More recently, HS1 runs through a 19km tunnel to...

Perhaps try opening, then closing the main switch. That might tickle things into the right configuration on the remote train.

That would be quite a significant SPAD. Don't you mean "300 ft in rear of the signal"?

In that case, the signalman would want to be quite sure that the train is really a freight train, not one of the much more frequent passenger...

You mean, besides the signalman in the box directly overlooking said signals, and with a berth track circuit to remind him of an approaching or...

And so do British drivers. It used to be the duty of the Guard to ascertain the makeup, weight, brake performance, and thus speed classification...

Same bug as mentioned above.

When I talk about TSW (and RailWorks before it) having a brittle architecture, this is precisely what I mean. There is, as the above shows, no...

That will be due to the bug where AI Pacers fail to start a subsequent service after reaching a terminus. All the other traffic will be waiting...

Why yes they do. There was a major effort by the Government this year to institute a closure program for virtually all of them, but it generated...

The 385 is pretty buggy. For example, driving it through a neutral section applies full braking momentarily, if you're driving it from the B cab....

BR was at a pretty low ebb at that point. This was just about the time they were trying to close the S&C (the outcry over which finally stopped...

Most of the timetable runs well. There are a few exceptions: 1: Trains to/from the Ormskirk branch need to slow and stop for a token exchange....

You would have to use Scenario Planner with Off The Rails mode. That overrides power supply limitations for electric stock.

When a WTT shows only one time for a stop, it serves as both an "arrive by" and "depart after" time. TSW needs these to be specified separately,...

I think it was mentioned that the start times of services match a real timetable, but the timing of subsequent stops do not, and this makes them...

From my understanding, OSShD signalling routinely keeps shunt signals "on" when a main route is set through them, and this is used extensively...

In Britain, there are usually two solutions; which one to be applied depends on the age of the signalling installation. The first is a "token"...

In TSW1 and TSW2, this effect had to be scripted in, if the scenario author bothered to consider it. The change in weather would be tied to the...

Thankfully, the wagons appear to be the correct weight, so the feeling of lugging something substantial around should remain once the brakes are...

There is definitely something wrong with that readout. I just spawned 36 loaded HEAs (by spawning two trains, removing the locos from one, and...

There's a much bigger problem: the brakes on the wagons need to be at least twice as strong to achieve stopping distances that meet UK standards....

Considering the installed power and adhesive weight, a pair of 31s should indeed be similar in performance to a 66. A pair of 20s is effectively...