Way, way back in the age of Apple ][ computers, the manual for Simulogic's Flight Simulator 2 (which eventually grew into Microsoft Flight Simulator) stressed the importance of learning proper technique early on, because in stressful or emergency situations, people tend to revert back to their earliest familiar ways of doing things.
A future career as a freight conductor is not out of the question, and, well, I'm pretty sure I'm learning bad locomotive habits in Trainz. I'm finding, for example, that one of the more effective ways of stopping a train without dynamic brakes seems to be to throw it into reverse. I have no idea if that's an acceptable practice or not... I suspect it's all right for the diesel, and I'm not spinning the wheels, but in between the two I bet it makes the generator and traction motors pretty warm!
I've seen lots of pages that explain how an air brake is constructed, how the triple valve works, etc... but I haven't seen a good tutorial on how to use them correctly. Can anyone point me in the direction of a good guide or video?
A future career as a freight conductor is not out of the question, and, well, I'm pretty sure I'm learning bad locomotive habits in Trainz. I'm finding, for example, that one of the more effective ways of stopping a train without dynamic brakes seems to be to throw it into reverse. I have no idea if that's an acceptable practice or not... I suspect it's all right for the diesel, and I'm not spinning the wheels, but in between the two I bet it makes the generator and traction motors pretty warm!
I've seen lots of pages that explain how an air brake is constructed, how the triple valve works, etc... but I haven't seen a good tutorial on how to use them correctly. Can anyone point me in the direction of a good guide or video?