Hi fellow TSW players o/ So i recently started playing SPG and i must say i am really enjoying it so far. But during my playtime a couple of questions popped up and i haven't found satisfying answers so far. 1. Question: What are the right settings for coupled locos? I have found contradicting answers to this one. First possibility (from a video i found): - Engine Run / Generator Field / Control & Fuel Pump: ON Second possibility (from a guide on trainsimcommunity.com aswell as the official CSX Heavy Haul Manual): -Engine Run / Generator Field / Control & Fuel Pump: OFF -Brake Cut-off Valve: CUT-OUT -MU-2A Valve: TRAIL 6 OR 26 What both agreed on was that the Radio fuse should be OFF aswell as that the lead loco should set the MU-2A valve to LEAD When in doubt go with the manual but would be nice to have some other opinions on this 2. Question: What does the "Suppression" position on the automatic brake handle do? 3. Question: Has the EOTD device any function in game and if so how is it used? For me it is only flashing numbers no matter what i do. 4. Question: How do you guys avoid getting the PCS warning when coupling? I found in another thread that real life engineers bump into wagons when coupling with the automatic brake set to full service. I have tested bumping into the wagons with brakes applied and so far that helped most of the time, but not always. Do you have to set it to Full Service or is Initial Application enough? Any insight you could share on this one will be much appreciated And last Question: What are the right light settings for American trains? Headlights, Ditch lights, number plates and the whole shebang Thanks in advance for your answers! Greetings Br41n
Let´s try to help with some of them: 1. Check the tables in the american locomotives chapter for master/slave and banking: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1693369538 3. I also included some info at the heavy hauling chapter of the guide, but EoT gives you the pipe pressure at the end of train and monitors train integrity (no wagons lost). Comparing the gauges values in the cab with the displayed values in the HoT console you can know if brakes are being applied/released or are already applied/released at the end of train. For this to work you need to activate the radio & EoT circuit breaker at the fuses panel and train needs to have an EoT device at the last wagon. 5. For the train lights I always understood the following: Front headlights ON: - During operation Front ditch lights ON: -When front headlight is set to BRIGHT - When passing level crossings (can be flashing) Rear red tail lights ON (if available) - For the last passenger car - For banking engines - For single engines - Rear headlight set to DIM if red tail lights not available Shunting: - Both front and rear headlights ON - Rear headlights at least set to DIM Number lights ON: - During operation Cheers
Coupling: do it slowly. You should be doing ~1.5 mph when you come together; hit the brake immediately after. And don't go to Emergency! At that speed, a few percent is enough. (If all you are moving, as opposed to coupling to, is a loco or loco pair, the Independent (loco) brake is quicker-acting than the Automatic (train) brake.)
You can use the EOTD emergence (switch under red cover) to open the rear end of the pipeline. You then lose pressure faster if combined with the emergency on train brake. EOTD braking is supposedly also used when locos derail, so the rear end brakes earlier and more intensively and the cars don't push the derailed locos further off the track increasing the damage.
The units on either end (both the front lead and rear trail) should have the number lights on so that the unit number can be seen from in front or from behind the train, but it does not really matter for the locomotives in between. Cheers
