Is there a way to set the handbrake on freight cars for Setting up Sessions?

I am creating sessions for a route and would like to park freight cars on sidings but they roll away.

is there a way to set the hand brake that will presist in a saved Session? thanks for any tips..

Chris

Before cutting away loco's, press "A" apply brakes

OK thank you very much. So if i place cars on a siding i should make them up with an engine and tender, and park them and set "A" and then remove engine and other cars.

thanks very much

Chris

crisger said:

OK thank you very much. So if i place cars on a siding i should make them up with an engine and tender, and park them and set "A" and then remove engine and other cars.

thanks very much

Chris

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You should be able to just place the cars without needing an engine and tender, unless you want to, because the brakes are set automatically.

hi

i had thought so but they were rolling away once i placed them ...so was not sure. maybe i had not been somehow correct in how i was placing them. thanks for the posts.

chris

One of the earlier builds of TANE used to do that - cars would roll away on a gradient. What build are you using?

84204 is my current build.

thanks for the post.

I've been lucky so far and haven't seen that yet in T:ANE, but as said here I've had that occur in earlier versions. Hehe.. I had a freight consist roll away down the main off the top of a spur.

How steep is the grade?

Some freight cars have a setting in them to allow you to set the brakes. Click on the ? button and check the properties.

Unfortunately, this may only be available with specific assets by Jointed Rail which I'm sure wouldn't be found on a route set in the late 19th or early 20th centuries.