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I've added some instructions and usage information to my diesel enginespec generator spreadsheet. It's available for download at: http://home.comcast.net/~eng95/Dieselenginespec.xls Bob Weber

The 332 page NS Locomotive Engineers Training Handbook is available online at http://www.blet-ns.com/documents/agreements/utu/2006 LET complete Workbook.pdf ‎Everything you ever wanted to know about NS diesel locos and more. Link fixed... Bob Weber

Somewhere between the installation of SP1 and the 2 Hot Fixes to bring my TS12 to 57720, I no longer have a Trainzoptions.txt file. I tried a search of my C drive using Windows Explorer's search function and then manually checked every folder in the N3V folder. Is this normal now? Bob Weber

A parade of Polish Steam Locos viewable at http://www.flixxy.com/steam-locomotive-parade.htm Bob Weber

My Enter key does nothing when trying to post or edit in this forum. It's not my keyboard because it works normal in all of my other programs. Any ideas? Bob Weber

Sound Transit (commuter rail in the Pacific Northwest, USA) runs F59PHI locos with 6-8 cars between Seattle to Tacoma, Washington. Starting in Oct of this year they extended the line southward to Lakewood, Washington. The two obstacles to that addition was that it required new track and the...

My settings are for Pacific time -8 GMT. To bottom of the Forum pages says All times are GMT -7, hence, todays post flip to yesterday at 11PM my time. Is there anyway to correct this? Bob Weber

I notice that several built-in assets have the private_listing_overlay bitmap over the built-in status icon. Here is a screen shot of part of CM3.3 showing some. Does anyone know what and how and why this is used. Bob Weber

These are the steps I used to convert a trainz-build 1.3 loco, that had manual running number capabilty, to trainz-build 2.9 with Automatic Running Numbers (ARN). 1. Cloned built-in loco GP38-2 - Canadian National,<kuid:-1:100167> then right click it to select Edit - Edit in Explorer to put...

I set CM3.3 to Category - Commodity looking for woodchips but it wasn't there. I noticed that several commodities are not listed as commodities but are listed as Misc. The following kuids are all commodities but are listed as Misc: 20ft Container <KUID:-3:10014> 40ft Container...

I copied the default values from the Wiki's kind engine and kind steam-engine into a new enginespec and tried it out in the JNR D6210 2-8-4 Berkshire,<kuid:438196:62010> loco. In Driver CAB mode the gauges started out as boil pressure 83 psi and water was 100%. Set the cutoff to 75% and opened...

The following 2 flat cars by majekear are trainz-build 2.5: FlatCarNorfolkSouthern195005ant,<kuid2:56063:100604:2> FlatCarATSF93393ant,<kuid2:56063:180608:2> The config.txt file of each show they are aliased to kuid:-1:100017, however, the config file also has a mesh-table that references a body...

Trying to fix the hayes-logger,<kuid2:50567:15818:1>. Just about done except when I place it on a track in Surveyor, the wheels (bogies) are running while standing still. I've seen this with locos and I think I've even fix one or two but I can't remember what the fix was. Anyone have a fix...

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Marker lights on the caboose mark the rear of the train and usually have a (large) red lens and two (smaller) green lenses. Markers could be rotated in their brackets to display green to the rear when a train was in the clear on a siding and the mainline switch was properly lined. Classification...

I've made a diesel enginespec spreadsheet that will generate a throttle-power container. The inputs are TE (lbs), max speed (mph) and horsepower. The spreadsheet assumes that notch 1 provides an eighth of the maximum power and an eighth of the maximum TE. Each subsequent notch increases the...

Built-in loco, BN GP38-2,<kuid:46162:1038210>, is build 2.2. It has the capability to manually assign running numbers to it. I selected it for conversion. Here are the steps I did to convert it to ARN capability: 1. Open the kuid for Edit in Explorer. 2. Double click the config.txt file to...

Thread Exception error messages must be getting better, since I was actually able to get enought information from one to solve a problem. ATSF C30-7,<kuid:45324:100022> shows a Thread Exception error when placed in Surveyor. The Exception window shows these 2 problems: ARN-SFX-Loco: Thread...

I downloaded Gresley A3 Flying Scotsman loco as preserved with deflectors,<kuid2:44090:1049:3> using CM3.3. It showed these 5 assets as missing/unknown: ?kuid:44090:50030> ?kuid:44090:50032> ?kuid:44090:50031> ?kuid:44090:15031> ?kuid:44090:50033> I search for them in the DLS and failed to...

USO800 AWVR 8 BULKHEAD FLAT CAR,<kuid:452752:1027> uses AAR Standard Coupler (Tail),<kuid2:76096:50002:1> and AAR Standard Coupler (Front),<kuid2:76096:50001:1>. Instead of referencing the kuid numbers of these couplers in the loco's config.txt file, the author (USO880) has included both...