I have had T:ANE (SP2) for a few months are I have been looking all over the internet and this site for info about driving real trains so I can duplicate real world driving. Specifically, how a real world passenger train gets up to speed. Using what I have found I have been making adjustments to a copy of the engine spec file ("F7") I have been testing on.
Then yesterday I stumbled upon a UTube video of a multi engine train (with some F7A's) trying to haul a heavy load up a grade. The train stalls right in front of the camera. What I found remarkable about this was the fact (based on the poster's comments and the sound of the engines) that the engineer was at notch 8 and the consist was at a crawl! In Trainz, being at notch 8 and crawling would have the amp meter pegged and the drive wheels would be slipping like mad.
Setting aside the wheel slip issue of notch 8 at a crawl, I decided (based on the video) my engine spec throttle numbers were way off. I adjusted them to max out at 120 per notch. Now the amp meter moves towards max at notch one and fairly quickly decreases to the midway point on the meter...at which point I move to notch 2. The way I have modified the engine spec you **could** move straight to notch 8 from a standstill and the meter would move almost all the way to the right and stay there until the speed reached was about half-way between notch 7 and 8 (in the engine spec file).
So, is that unrealistic? Or, what's up with the F7A's in the video (link below)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBvfJvFVE-Y
Thanks for any input you can offer...
John
PS. I have just spotted another video of a F7A on YouTube. It clearly shows the amp meter only rising about a quarter of the scale of the meter at notch one and this while pulling some passenger cars. So, based on that, I think my 120 max notch setting is good but I will not have it hit until notch 5 or so.
Then yesterday I stumbled upon a UTube video of a multi engine train (with some F7A's) trying to haul a heavy load up a grade. The train stalls right in front of the camera. What I found remarkable about this was the fact (based on the poster's comments and the sound of the engines) that the engineer was at notch 8 and the consist was at a crawl! In Trainz, being at notch 8 and crawling would have the amp meter pegged and the drive wheels would be slipping like mad.
Setting aside the wheel slip issue of notch 8 at a crawl, I decided (based on the video) my engine spec throttle numbers were way off. I adjusted them to max out at 120 per notch. Now the amp meter moves towards max at notch one and fairly quickly decreases to the midway point on the meter...at which point I move to notch 2. The way I have modified the engine spec you **could** move straight to notch 8 from a standstill and the meter would move almost all the way to the right and stay there until the speed reached was about half-way between notch 7 and 8 (in the engine spec file).
So, is that unrealistic? Or, what's up with the F7A's in the video (link below)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBvfJvFVE-Y
Thanks for any input you can offer...
John
PS. I have just spotted another video of a F7A on YouTube. It clearly shows the amp meter only rising about a quarter of the scale of the meter at notch one and this while pulling some passenger cars. So, based on that, I think my 120 max notch setting is good but I will not have it hit until notch 5 or so.
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