moving from rear helper to lead loco to then control train?

[gremlin1812]

G'day all, In an activity I have to attach helpers to rear of train then go to lead loco and drive, how do I do this?
Regards
Barrie

[joaquimfrias]

Ctrl e

[jonpd]

Once you have the helpers attached, make sure reverser is in neutral then use control+E to switch to the lead engine's cab.

Jon

[geepster775]

Shorter answer =====> Page 66 in the manual

[gremlin1812]

G'day all, thank you for the suggestions but nothing seemed to work, may be a MSTS to OpenRails issue. Anyway no big deal, plenty of activities to occupy my time.
Regards and thanks.
Barrie

[derekmorton]

You must be doing something wrong, I use ctrl E and have no problem.

Conditions:-

reverser in neutral
NO engine brake.
train brake on
ctrl E moves around all available cabs in the consist.

[slipperman]

Hi,
Maybe the loco you wish to switch to doesn't have a valid cabview installed.

Just my two-pennyworth

Cheers,
Ged

[spoony1999]

Hi,
Maybe the loco you wish to switch to doesn't have a valid cabview installed.

Just my two-pennyworth

Cheers,
Ged

That would be my guess too.

[geepster775]

Gee, sounds like another good reason to only use full-featured ENG files for ALL locomotives in ANY consist.

Say, could that be the reason the more advanced users long ago spent the time to eradicate from consists and activities (loose consists) and delete all these AI, Trail and other lightweight-featured variants?

In the real world, any locomotive should be mountable by an engineer and operable with the insertion of a reverser handle. The more advanced users have already modified their activities and thinned their Trainset folder to replicate that same ability inside the sim. That way, when the activity calls on changing cabs, all of your engines are suitably equipped.

[DirtyRam]

Exactly what I did back when I first got into MSTS. I do prototype.

[seagoon]

Say, could that be the reason the more advanced users long ago spent the time to eradicate from consists and activities (loose consists) and delete all these AI, Trail and other lightweight-featured variants?

The more advanced users have already modified their activities and thinned their Trainset folder to replicate that same ability inside the sim. .....

Well, woopedy-doo for the "more advanced users"; not all of us could give a rats about being in this elite group, so explanations without condescension would be appreciated.