MUed Locomotive problem in switching problems.

[hminky]

I have had a problem in switching activities.

Locomotives MUed back to back lose control of the second engine.

The trailing locomotive will become independent and go in the direction of the first, both going forward or backward, thus not moving. The occurrence is not dependent on time into the activity.

Had this happen in two different routes: A&O Sub and Lasalle, Rockford and Central. The only two I have run switching activities. Both activities were generated by Activity Generator.

I first experienced this in 0.7 but thought is was caused by the save problem.

Harold

[eric]

Yep. Same thing happened with me this week as well using explore mode on one of my routes in progress. Haven't had time to do more testing on it, but I'm glad to see it's not just a fluke for me.

[jjtang]

Do you have more details? I tried to use two default GP38 engines (back-to-back) but could not see any problem.

[hminky]

The problem happens unexpectedly into the activity.

In 0.7 it happened about an hour into the activity on the Lasalle. On the A&O it happened at the same spot whether it was the first switching move or after switching other cars and then doing the problem moves.

Couldn't duplicate it again on the Lasalle because the turnouts don't work in 0.8.

Harold

EDIT: On the Lasalle the problem happened in a different point in another activity in 0.7. I always thought it was caused by the exponential growth of the save file. The A&O problem was the first attempt using that route.