Conrail

[dedwa15237]

Checked out the CR set... Very impressive.. Some pointed out on which CR power would be used at even on western routes. UP, DRGW and ATSF used Conrail runthrough power most times. And, the routes like they said, Horseshoe Curve, the Conrail Indy and the Monon routes are the best. they can be used as CR trains running thru Indiana and Ohio. Many varieties that can be used. I just wanted to say a huge Thank you to the Trainsimulations team for creating this CR pack. Now lets see Boston or Chicago/Pittsburgh Line routes...

[haverfordwest]

As they are OR only, do they have 3D cab interiors, like the Dekosoft OR loco's.

Externally they look really nice.

Mike.

[jdonald1]

A question for Gerry: in post #21, in your example .eng file there are several .inc files which I dont't have. I have orts_std_eng_Ver2 and the Ver2 update. Is there a V3 or a further update to Ver2?
Thanks

Don

[geepster775]

The only notes regarding physics are some incorrect fuel capacities. GP15 and GP38-2 are correct, GP40 and GP40-2 should be 3600 gal not 2600 (only 5 ex-RDG GP40-2 were 2600), and SD40-2 should be 4000 not 3200.

Also mass is still in imperial pounds rather than metric tons which gives TSRE false train weights (still) as it interprets 245,000 pounds as 245,000 tons. Activating "UseImperial=true" in the settings.txt does nothing for consist editor.

[seagoon]

Well, I bought them and they're installed but I'm stuffed if I can make heads or tails with the consist editor in TSRE.

The locos appear in the list, no worries, and instinctively I try to drag 'n' drop to the window at the bottom of the app's screen but nothing appears.
Even clicking on the various buttons for begin, end, etcetera has no effect.

Oh well......maybe one day I'll get around to using them.

[PerryPlatypus]

Well, I bought them and they're installed but I'm stuffed if I can make heads or tails with the consist editor in TSRE.

The locos appear in the list, no worries, and instinctively I try to drag 'n' drop to the window at the bottom of the app's screen but nothing appears.
Even clicking on the various buttons for begin, end, etcetera has no effect.

Oh well......maybe one day I'll get around to using them.

First you have to make sure you are creating a new consist (File -> New). Rather than drag and drop, double click on the text for a particular loco or wag in the list. Make sure to File ->Save after giving the consist the filename and display name you want.

[geepster775]

[seagoon]

You blokes are just too much!
Thank you very much for the help.

[seagoon]

As they are OR only, do they have 3D cab interiors, like the Dekosoft OR loco's.

Externally they look really nice.

Mike.

No 3D cabs, Mike.

Sounds are very good and external views are also great.

[seagoon]

Questions:

I have been able to create a new consist and save it, thanks to the prompts provided. All works well in that respect.

However, when I attempt to modify an existing consist, I run into a bit of a wall.
Although I can bring up a Route, and bring up Activities for that route, the only consists which are listed are either "Loose" or "Static".
There are no "active" consists shown, which makes it difficult to modify an existing consist.

Any help appreciated.

[niknak]

Seagoon, I found this puzzling too initially. I discovered that by selecting just "Consists" rather then "Activity Consists" I got a list of ALL consists. It's not strictly logical (Captain...) but that seems to be the way to select a Player or AI consist. Hope that helps.

[haverfordwest]

No 3D cabs, Mike.

Sounds are very good and external views are also great.

Thank you Bruce, my fave route back in the day was Conrail Indy 2. Just wondering if these are worth buying, to re-visit the past.

Sadly the Dekosoft sets with 3D cabs do not include Conrail.

Mike.

[seagoon]

I omitted mentioning that fact, Nick.....not deliberately, just forgot.

Yeah, that gives ALL consists but for every route and every activity.

What I want to do is to take an existing player consist used in a specific route and swap out the locos for Conrail units.
But without being able to identify the consist/route, it's bloody impossible!

[jonpd]

You could run RouteRiter, under the activities/stock tab select "check acts for selected route". After the list of errors if any it will give you a list of all consists used by activities in the route. You could use that to determine what activities to modify.

[spoony1999]

You could run RouteRiter, under the activities/stock tab select "check acts for selected route". After the list of errors if any it will give you a list of all consists used by activities in the route. You could use that to determine what activities to modify.

^^^^ That’s usually how I do it.