Looping power

[rober]

Hi All
I use NSW Deb Railcars for exploring nsw Routes,OR V0.9 worked OK, but the Exp versions
are giving me trouble. When I take off, the train starts to move, the Projected speed goes up to 11mph,then nosedives down to 0.0 and the train slows down, when the speed reaches 0.0,the Projected speed goes up to 11mph and it happens all over again & again.
As far as I know, the NSW Railcars (all of them) are the only ones that do this.
What do I need to change in the .eng file to change this behaviour?

Bob

[releismetrain]

Hi Bob,
Yes I tried the Debs in the latest experimental version of Open rails and that does happen.
Maybe Peter Mitchel at Coals to Newcastle website could be the one to ask about the problem.


Regards Geoff.

[baldwin]

Some of the UK 2nd generation DMU sets use the same type of gearbox, and run fairly normal in OR. There is a drop in the rpm at one point in the acceleration but the units continue to increase in speed. It is like they have a second gear although one is not defined.

As for the Debs, they have two speeds defined in the gearbox maximum speed line but should only have one. However, removing the lower speed figure does not completely resolve the problem because where the UK units continue to run after the drop in rpm, the debs do not recover.

[rober]

Thanks to Geoff and Baldwin for confirming that it was not my set up causing the problem.
The gearbox section of the Railcars .eng file is rather complex, so I removed it, the Railcars now seem to run normally.
I will now put the gearbox section back and try working on the data therein.

Thanks again. Bob