I am trying to build sessions as close to TT and TO as possible. I have been focusing on the speed rules associated with the TT and have hit a roadblock.
Using Employee Time Table_BC_8_1906_May6 from the Canadian Pacific Historical Association, as this is the oldest Pacific ETT available,
pg 10 Rossland Branch Rules
rule 4 Freight Trains and engines Rossland to Smelter Junction may not exceed 10mph
rule 7 Ore trains Rossland to Smelter junction may not exceed 8 mph.
I have set the downhill grade to a 20mph speed limit as passenger trains meet the TT times on the 1900 and 1906 schedules
I set the uphill speed to 20 mph also based on TT timing against the passenger train schedule.
I have set max speed at 15 mph for a Shay, 25 mph for an 2-8-0 L4 and 30 Mph for an 2-8-0 M1 in their config files.
So the challenge is there are multiple speed rules for different trains that could all be pulled by the same engine type ie The issue is an L4 could pull passenger, freight or ore trains on the Rossland hill both up and down and based on train consist would have different speed limits
The Trainz perspective I use the same engine config for local, and main line engines, so max speed is usually flat mainline speed. . This means the Shay can go uphill up to 15mph, but needs to be 8 mph downhill pulling the ore train. As this is a local turn same engine in both directions. The freight can go up to 20 mph uphill, but only 10 mph downhill using the same L1 2-8-0 in both directions. the Passenger using the M1 2-8-0 can go 20 mph uphill and downhill.
What I need is a speed rule or asset that can be specific to a consist number for a section of track or some other mechanism to tie track speed to a unique consist
Any ideas on how to solve this challenge.
Thanks
dave
Using Employee Time Table_BC_8_1906_May6 from the Canadian Pacific Historical Association, as this is the oldest Pacific ETT available,
pg 10 Rossland Branch Rules
rule 4 Freight Trains and engines Rossland to Smelter Junction may not exceed 10mph
rule 7 Ore trains Rossland to Smelter junction may not exceed 8 mph.
I have set the downhill grade to a 20mph speed limit as passenger trains meet the TT times on the 1900 and 1906 schedules
I set the uphill speed to 20 mph also based on TT timing against the passenger train schedule.
I have set max speed at 15 mph for a Shay, 25 mph for an 2-8-0 L4 and 30 Mph for an 2-8-0 M1 in their config files.
So the challenge is there are multiple speed rules for different trains that could all be pulled by the same engine type ie The issue is an L4 could pull passenger, freight or ore trains on the Rossland hill both up and down and based on train consist would have different speed limits
The Trainz perspective I use the same engine config for local, and main line engines, so max speed is usually flat mainline speed. . This means the Shay can go uphill up to 15mph, but needs to be 8 mph downhill pulling the ore train. As this is a local turn same engine in both directions. The freight can go up to 20 mph uphill, but only 10 mph downhill using the same L1 2-8-0 in both directions. the Passenger using the M1 2-8-0 can go 20 mph uphill and downhill.
What I need is a speed rule or asset that can be specific to a consist number for a section of track or some other mechanism to tie track speed to a unique consist
Any ideas on how to solve this challenge.
Thanks
dave