Fun Contest in TR12 - UP40DDX and Big Boy

[jjanmarine3]

Hi guys,
I was always pushing things to the limit in my scalelectrix and model train sets..larger motors , overloads, oil on the tracks etc etc...so inevitably I loaded up a Big Boy and a UP40DDX respectively for a power contest in the logging session in surveyor ( nice long straights and level track ), I did not crook too much, only upped the coupler breakage a little in the physics section..... and used up some spare hours of fun and eventually got to 111000 tons + ....and both loco's still pull the load !..just...just..can't find a winner yet...Now I must find and upload a electric unit that can join the contest..nothing in TR12 though..

 

[jordon412]

You have too much free time.

 

[Conductorphil]

I did not crook too much, only upped the coupler breakage a little in the physics section..... and used up some spare hours of fun and eventually got to 111000 tons + ....and both loco's still pull the load

If your messing around in the physics of Trainz, then your locomotive could theoretically pull any load.

Although in saying this, I challenge you to create a UP Big Boy PUSHING a 111000 tons of cargo up a 2% gradient in CAB mode. No Physics changes. (Because you are pushing the cargo, there cant be any coupler breakage as Trainz doesnt have a method of crushing rollingstock between two opposable forces)

 

[jjanmarine3]

If your messing around in the physics of Trainz, then your locomotive could theoretically pull any load.

Although in saying this, I challenge you to create a UP Big Boy PUSHING a 111000 tons of cargo up a 2% gradient in CAB mode. No Physics changes. (Because you are pushing the cargo, there cant be any coupler breakage as Trainz doesnt have a method of crushing rollingstock between two opposable forces)

Hi Conductorphil,
Challenge lost....I know I cannot do it in cab mode , I have tried , even in TR06 in the big steam grade session with 1800 tons one has to have hair on your teeth and go easy with the regulator and the cut-off to get up the 1.13 gradient without changing the physics . I am amazed at the realism of Trainz in general when operating without changing any original settings.
I have had a lot of fun trying different combinations and changing to all types of locomotives in TR10 too in the Avery session.