Problem with TS Freight Cars

[motormaster532]

When I was working on the activity for the 1995 version of the westbound Amtrak Southwest Chief, I can across a reference at that time, Santa Fe was still running a coal drag east bound from a coal mine on the west side of Raton for deliveries to power plants in the upper midwest. I tried to work out the activity to "Double the Hill" but I really think that I should have broken the activity inot 2 parts rather than try it all together. The loaded coal drag had something like 110 or so coal hoppers with a midtrain helper of 3 loco's with 3 loco's on the front. The activity had you build the train at the mine and take it to Raton, Split the train there, put the mid-train helpers on the rear of the first section and go over the hill. Once on the east side stick the coal hoppers in a yard and then the six engines go back over the hill to Raton to pick up the second section. it was an interesting activity that I added as a second activity to the west-bound Amtrak SW Chief activity...I just couldn't get it to work right....maybe I need to go back and work it again....anyway....that's my story with Bob Wirth's Raton Pass route...... Thanks to Bob, I was able the take the 1995 SW Chief from Chicago to LA using basically all his routes...with the exception of the final push into LA. For that I used the latest Cajon Pass route here on Trainsim....

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Amtrak115

I did exactly the same thing,but my "Southwest Limited" ran over the Transcon with the exception of getting into Topeka and Wichita. Anyway,I think that I have reasoned out my problem with the broken couplers. At the switch right before the tunnel,there is a very tight curve[which is where the pull-apart happened]The derailment indicator would come on and then the pull apart,so I guess those cars could not navigate such tight curves. Anyway,I just disabled the "break couplers" feature[it will stay that way!!] and that was that!!! Also,the part that broke away became a runaway back down the grade[shouldn't happen] even with the rear end support. Thanks' for replying.Brian