Last night I was trying an apples-to-apples speed test in free roam -- ICE 3 vs. TGV on Kassel-Würzburg. I got the ICE 3 up to 376 km/h! But when...
It seems like there’s a lot of missed opportunities here. The current rolling stock on Niddertalbahn consists of BR 642 DMU sets, and in the past...
I just did one of the ICE 1 timetables as part of the Iced Out journey, and it was raining the entire time -- with almost completely clear skies....
I've found a couple of annoying issues with the 218: 1. There's a significant delay between pressing the Sifa button (I hear the click...
Ah, thanks. So without the HUD it'd be pretty difficult to work this out without a bunch of prior calculations for the service you're doing? Fair...
V 200! Probably not, but I can dream.
All of the speed limit signs on the routes seem to apply to passenger services. The HUD tells me what my speed should be as a freight driver, but...
I'd think it would be about 50/50 as to where the breaker panel is. Sometimes it'd be at the back of the loco with respect to the rest of the...
Subject says it all. Every time I start a service on the DB BR 103, the SIFA, PZB and LZB switches are in the opposite cab from the one at the...
Well they could take it all the way to Gilroy too for the diesels…
They’ve been working on this for several years now, but they’ve finally done a full test of the new train set on the entire 51 mile peninsula...
Makes sense, thanks!
I'm pretty sure German trains use similar principles for their train brakes. I'm prepared to be wrong about that though...
Ah, that makes sense! And also explains why repeatedly applying and releasing the brakes can run them "out of air" on American trains -- the...
I'm wondering if my confusion comes from the fact that the locomotive uses direct air brakes (where pressure applies the brakes) but the cars use...
Hi, all. I'm a bit confused about something. My understanding is that modern train braking systems are based on an original design by...
I dunno, I find the hum of the ICE 1 to be quite pleasant, particularly hauling it fast between Fulda and Kassel. Very satisfying.
This doesn't seem right -- the game code makes the PZB system work so the code must also know the reason why it stopped the train.
Thanks. I've been using the safety system HUD element and it seems a bit misleading at times. I've definitely acknowledged a few 1000 Hz magnets...
So, I was running a regional Bahn route on Hauptstrecke Rhein-Ruhr last night from Essen to Duisburg. At one point, there was a speed limit drop...
Yeah, it seems that the external design of German electric locomotives (other than the EMUs) hasn’t changed since the 120. Pretty much all of the...
I dunno, I really like the big engine room windows and the “Deutsche Bundesbahn” text on the sides of the original V200. It’s just gorgeous.
Thanks! I’ll have to do more driving on those!
Are there any of the old style German semaphore signals in the game? Or are they all lights? I definitely haven’t noticed any, but it’s possible...
I thought it might be fun to introduce myself. I’m Brian. I grew up in the southern US, but spent an exchange year in high school living in...
Wow, that’s very similar. The timeline (V200 in the 1950s, the DR locos in the 60s and 70s) definitely leads me to believe that the GDR version is...
I’d love to see the V200 in game. It has dual motors. It’s diesel hydraulic. And it’s beautiful, in a VW bus kinda way. [IMG]
I’d love to see a route like the München-Mühldorf line. It starts at München Hauptbahnhof and partially shares the same tracks as eastbound S-Bahn...
Hi, everyone. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to spend two weeks in Berlin when I was an exchange student in Germany in high school...
For sure these times are one of those things but in a couple of instances I saw no signal, no speed limit below 85 km/h, and nothing else obvious....
Hi, all. I’m learning to use PZB as my favorite routes to run are German ones. I’m getting pretty good at it! And usually if I fail and get a...
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