frogpipe

This blog post is merely so I can easily find this info in the future

Originally Posted by ctclark1

Here's an explanation of
each one's intended use, from 01 through 08. I've nothing going on this weekend so maybe I'll start some diagrams and try to correlate the signal types in Trainz to what is found in real life, as best I can...

01: Not quite fully implemented, unscripted, 3-headed interlocking signal. The bottom head is always red in Trainz, other than that it's essentially an absolute

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Originally Posted by frogpipe

Auran's Original TGV Overhaul Project
SNCF TGV SE Enhanced
(TGV-PSE Enh)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNCF_TGV_Sud-Est

The SNCF TGV Sud-Est or TGV-PSE was a French high speed TGV train built by Alstom and operated by SNCF, the French national railway company. It is a semi-permanently coupled electric multiple unit and was built for operation between Paris and the south-east of France.

Summary

With N3Vs kind permission and GDennish's timely assistance

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Originally Posted by frogpipe

Originally Posted by frogpipe

Air Brakes on trains do not require any air pressure to be released.

http://www.railway-technical.com/brake2.shtml



Ergo, while the brakes are applied, the Auxiliary or Brake Reservoir can't be charged while the brake pipe pressure is reduced - as is the case when the brakes are applied.

The link is an excellent document describing the air brake systems on trains, I have only quoted the opening paragraph.

Observe the first 5 minutes ...

Originally Posted by frogpipe

A few more, got a few more blocks up in the distance. Added Sissons Stone Yard just east of the B&O tracks. Funny thing is, I'm not planning much more of the B&O and only a little more PRR, just enough to have meaningful interchange tracks with the M&Pa. Both the PRR and B&O will have portals which will spit out trains every now and then, just as some kinetic backdrop.

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