Long Train Operation

[UP_4848_Thunder]

Yea I have been converting everything to U.S. Units from the beginning. I got lots of templates and more to come but soon as I have more time, I will send you what examples I have converted. They got their own comment name info that can be revised but they are mostly separated without being in the same file. I have quite the number of different Coupler systems for pivot reasons. Wheel/bogie sets of different kinds are getting final finishes converted then tested.

When I got time, I will pack what I got, show what setup I have and maybe combine work later.

[R. Steele]

Andre, good about the couplers, have not begun to use more than one standard typeF coupler, followed the thread at ET about animated couplers for OR...that's a nice improvement.

I could convert all mine from standard metric to US, just too lazy to do the work, and OR default UoM of measure have always been my best practice.

[UP_4848_Thunder]

Yea there is so many coupler types out there as I got the sketch dimensions for them. The couplers/drawbars on my end of resources are pretty helpful that the direction is good in ORTS test files that they are helping for accurate pivot reasons from easily derailing. I been paying close attention to the real world of railroading seeing what coupler-bogie system of the various freight cars used around me since I deal with manifest and mis routed intermodal and on the side or back tell me what coupler/draft system or wheels used. They are starting to show satisfaction results both in dimension and wheel profiles.

As far as ORTS coupler system away from pivot derail coefficients there tends to be a bug for long cushion slack exceeding an R0 of 8cm as there is no coupler force that train slips vs a 7cm or under things are ok. But away from that bug the coupler animations are interesting too I wish my sketch resources would help existing couplers to be modeled for separate files once bug is looked into for long cushion cars.

Haha no problem in being lazy to convert as I have been tackling that an came up with quite the work sofar in converting a lot of templates of freeware stock so when I am done converting the many more it may have saved you time an is the point to my idea to upload replaceable common physics of a given car where it saves future uploads from changing so much because it's an inc file. I am slowly progressing/testing when I got the time in putting my template pack up for you and others to test then convert. Since long overhang cars are... or were.... the issue of derailing easily in ORTS I been heavily stress testing long cars like Autoracks and empty Centerbeams in heavy twisty grades of Tehachapi Pass as they are the ones that stringline so much where I work if one isn't too careful, or placement errors exist. But the results for them in ORTS have made a great stage from the resources used and I am starting from long to moderate to short car templates of various freeware basic stocks and default replacement equipment.

I just need to fix up the Gondola and tankcars to be in good standing for the template pack for testers and test out handbrake forces for empties.