Problem with filling the brake line after coupling the brake couplings

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  • 213 001-1
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2011
    • 342
    • Berlin, Germany

    #1

    Problem with filling the brake line after coupling the brake couplings

    Dear railway friends!

    The problem is the following.

    When I drive a locomotive, regardless of the class, to a train, couple it and then connect the brake couplings, I always have the problem that the pressure in the brake line is not fully restored. Instead of being filled to 5.0 bar, the brake line is only filled to 4.3 bar, which is why the train's brakes are not fully released and the train cannot be moved.

    Does anyone know what could be the reason for this?

    Thank you in advance for your answers.
  • seltonamn
    New Member
    • Mar 2025
    • 1
    • General

    #2
    Follow these steps
    1. your pantogram should be raised
    2. reverser = forward
    3. click (,) untill dynamic brake=off
    4. click shift+/ for initial brakes

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    • eric
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      #3
      Check your eng file for an air pipe leak setting. There was a fix in the latest ORTS testing versions which may be impacting you of the value for the leak rate is too high.

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      • 213 001-1
        Senior Member
        • Mar 2011
        • 342
        • Berlin, Germany

        #4
        Problem found!

        The problem is obviously that some rolling stock has single-release brakes and some rolling stock has multi-release brakes. I have tried it out. If the locomotive and wagons have multi-release brakes, there are no problems. But if the locomotive has a multi-release brake and the wagons to be coupled have single-release brakes, then the problem I described above arises. The brake line cannot be filled completely. So it will end up being that all locomotives and wagons that do not yet have multi-release brakes in their .eng and .wag files will have to be equipped with them.

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        • 213 001-1
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2011
          • 342
          • Berlin, Germany

          #5
          Good evening!

          The problem with filling the brake line after coupling the brake couplings has been solved.

          Now I have tried it out and now I know exactly what to do.

          In order for the filling of the brake line to work after coupling the brake couplings, all locomotives and wagons in the train must have the OR brake entries.

          I have added the OR brake entries to the freight wagons of an activity and lo and behold, it works perfectly.

          So one of my future tasks will be to replace MSTS .eng and .wag files with OR .eng and .wag files.

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          • 213 001-1
            Senior Member
            • Mar 2011
            • 342
            • Berlin, Germany

            #6
            Good morning!

            I've finally found the real solution. After the train has been coupled and the brake couplings have been connected, you have to open the train control window with F9 and click on a car of the train, it doesn't matter which one you click. This will open the menu window shown below. There you have to click on "Vorderes Bremsleitungsventil öffnen/schließen".

            Once you've done that, the brake line will fill completely and you can drive off.

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            • geepster775
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              • Sep 2006
              • 2846
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              #7
              Evidently, you are using 2+ year old 1.5.1 stable, as this has all changed again. It is all graphical now.

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              • 213 001-1
                Senior Member
                • Mar 2011
                • 342
                • Berlin, Germany

                #8
                Originally posted by geepster775
                Evidently, you are using 2+ year old 1.5.1 stable, as this has all changed again. It is all graphical now.

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3VghuZfZEw
                Thank You very much for Your information, but from where do i get this new version? When i click on "What's new" on the menu screen of OR, then i get redirected to the version 1.5.1.
                Last edited by 213 001-1; 03-22-2025, 18:33.

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                • R. Steele
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                  • Feb 2013
                  • 3928
                  • known universe
                  • ORTS

                  #9
                  Originally posted by 213 001-1

                  Thank You very much for Your information, but from do i get this new version? When i click on "What's new" on the menu screen of OR, then i get redirected to the version 1.5.1.
                  The OR development team is preparing to release a new stable version 1.6 which should contain all changes that are deemed stable. Stable version 1.5 is out-of-date -- does not contain many new developments. But it is recommended for those who do not care to use the other versions that may present challenges to use...having bugs, and new code.

                  This is the Open Rails page that explains all the different versions and where to obtain them >>>>> https://www.openrails.org/download/versions/

                  You can download the popular branch of OR ( long name ORNYMG -- Open Rails New Year MonoGame ) or simply known as ORMG

                  This site is supported and run by OR developer Carlos Santucci --- and it is safe. Your browser or anti virus software may issue a warning.

                  Myself & many other users have been running various versions of OR Monogame for years.

                  You can also download any of the automatic builds of Open Rails ( when new code has been validated and incorporated into OR ) from James Ross's site
                  here >>>> https://james-ross.co.uk/projects/or/builds
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