Beiträge von Norweger

Kim, I found out if I use T, that freigabe switch is moving, and I need to move it to "lock" before driving. If I use the HUD and click with the mouse, I get around that switch. Being an old railwayman, I do like to "rig up" a loco, and "rig down" after driving. At the same time I do not want every switch to be realistic, hence I blame it on me being "lazy".

This is also why I have a problem with TSW. I need to walk to the loco, hear the birds sing, climb in, arggh. But OK when one of the missions ends with I have to go into the bushes in order to pee ... I start to LIKE it.

I have found out (from my laziness) ... that if I use the HUD to open/close doors, I don't need to use that freigabe switch. Correct me if I'm wrong.

In order to not hold this thread too long time, and the fact I cannot be on the net every day - I'm revealing this is the EL-17.2232, after one 750V auxilary converter caught fire, and became totally carbonized. The smell was so bad we had to move the loco to the outside.

Gute Morgen,

The El-16 does not have the walkway in the middle of the engine room, but on both sides. Hint: The loco on the pic is actually our first with the walkway in the middle, as many modern German locos have.

Sorry! I need to get better on translations.

What type loco is this? Poor ol' lady had a fire inside.

Thank you. Ack by the 60 speed sign (1000Hz), the yellow signal (40km/h, 1000Hz), in the station (500Hz) = hurrah. Donnerwetter was I slow on this one .

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Are PZB magnets also placed by those small, yellow speed signs in station areas? Because today I drove into Bremen without the HUD, and acknowledged by the 60 speed sign, by the yellow signal, and almost got all the way in. In the station itself the 500Hz came into play. There are a lot to read on PZB allright, but little info where the magnets can be placed.

Can any of you guys simply tell me how many times I have to use PZB ack and where, when approaching Bremen Main Station? I surprise myself for the time being driving all the Aufgaben with PZB/LZB without any problems, but I can never get to Bremen (with the Velaro) without being zwangsed, no matter what I do. I have also tried creeping through all the three signals having restrictions at 40km/h, but also there I fail. And I get zwangsed in the station itself, I think it is the 2000Hz coming in. I don't understand the Bremen approach, or what I do wrong there. I whish I had an "approach chart" for Bremen showing me where to acknowledge, like approach charts for flight sims!

Bremen reminds me of Bad Basel, never had much success there either, but then I installed FB Reloaded, and my problems entering that station disappeared, PZB/LZB working as I expected it to.

What is it with the Bremen approach I just don't get?

Another simple, unedited pic. From the third time I drove the late "pub train" in the Munich-Augsburg scenery. Love the epoch IV/V wagons, and hate black or grey 101's ... so I made my Porsche red again. When it is dark outside, this pic fills my PC screen without anything else to be seen. No taskbar, no icons, only the picture.

As long as I both edit (swap loco) and drive in 64bit, I can reload. I'm currently using an edited standard aufgabe using the ICE Velaro from a station close to Bremen, in order to train myself on the PZB approach there. Using 32bit, I got fault messages I now cannot remember. Must be the beer.

I found the Scenery Editor to work just fine - as long as I edit in 64bit - contra normally using 32bit for this.

BahnJan - Besten Dank. I really feel at home on this line. Even recognize my hotel in Bremen when too late there from Hannover, had to stay overnight in order to get to Varel (via Oldenburg) next day. Just drove half the line to Bremen at 200 km/h, and had my "traditional" zwangse before Bremen Hbf. Well better luck next time - gotta get to know the line.

I quickly learnt to cut power and use the train brake while on LZB, as the EP brake have noe effect at lower speeds (no more effect from the motors working as generators). A curiosity: The Norwegian EL-17 used bremseklotzen while using the EP brake. But this only for cleaning the wheels, not for braking. If I remember correctly, it used disc brakes for the EP part. And yes no smartphone. Should be a rather different word before "phone".

TEC 48973 to Freiburg. Freiburg-Basel Reloaded, sweet fx. I use only vR locos in FB Reloaded, and found this pic to be close to realism. Thx to all you builders out there, great to have the technical aspects of the line working correctly. Made me upgrade Hamburg Hannover too, and ahhh .... 200 km/h almost all the way, keine zwangse

Well. I did not do my maths properly, and tried to haul 10 SGNS from Innsbruck to Garmisch. I barely made it to Kranebitten, where I got fired! So, I had to walk all the way along the line down to Innsbruck, where I got drunk in a local bierschtube. Next day they called, and took me back in. With 6 SGNS, in autumn sun, I had a great trip to Garmisch, which cured my mountainous hangover.

Sorry wrong thread. Moderator please remove asap.

All I can tell is I got version 1.03 from Simmarket, noted this during install. I like to get my stuff from there because they are quick to update, and send me a mail when updates are ready. This based on many years with flightsimming.

Phil - bingo!

The El-17 was the hardest thing in this world to fault-trace and get going. We have two left. They go as shunters in Oslo these days. When I left NSB, I "borrowed" the producer signs from 17.2226 btw. They are now resting in front of my fireplace

Which locomotive is on my avatar? I have no bigger pic, but can reveal this is in 1.line werkstatt in Norway, around 1990. My hand is resting on the 1000V zugwarme line contact. The (broken) 4mm steel snowplough was hit by an elk btw. Elk=win, 4mm steel=loose.