Currently the tip says It should say Please fix this. If there is anything else I missed in terms what else can affect your brakes of your train, please post. As to why operating vs drive., if you look up on Google drive a train and then click on Do you drive a train or operate a train? under People also ask Please and thank you
I feel there are a million reasons how brakes can be affected. The condition of the brakes, condition of the train, weight of the consist, environmental factors, how well the brakes are maintained, etc. It is too much to put into a simple list and I don't think anyone wants to read an entire essay on how brakes are affected
This seems to be duplicating a similar post in GD. As Rennekton says there is no one factor at play and unless driving something with super sharp brakes (or in the case of the 350/380/385 where they are set up to be over effective) I would err on the side of caution with platform approach speed. Anything BR Classic loco hauled I would look to be doing no more than 15 MPH unless it is a very long platform. Likewise with short platforms on routes such as CCN. If you are doing 30 hitting the ramp at Waungron Park then you’re going to overshoot. Perhaps what the message should say is, learn the route and plan your braking well ahead of stations to bring your train to a smooth and accurate stop. A recommended speed shouldn’t really come into it. In the real world, factors such as the weather or poor railhead adhesion (leaf fall) play a much bigger role than simulated in TSW. A train approaching a platform at 10 MPH can still run past if the wheels and railhead are black from leaf mulch.
IMO the tip is fine, even unnecessary as it is. No need to expand it. Allow people to develop some common sense please. It's all basic science really. You'll figure it out. I bet everyone has overshot a platform or did a SPAD in their TSW career because we misjudged our braking distance.
