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PawloBCharter Member · 46 posts
Hello. I sort of asked this question but may have not worded it right as the answer I was looking for I did not get. So sorry if I may be reposting my earlier question. My question restated is: I have a 3 car train set and I want to permanently couple that train together so it won't uncouple. However I do want to be able to couple and uncouple to any other train or cars. In other words treat my three car set as one large locomotive. If I where to couple two of my three car train-sets together I would be able to uncouple them only in their respective 3 car groups. So....???? Is this possible?
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BN7151Member since Jan-31-03 · 11 posts
RE: Semi-permanently coupled trains.
LAST EDITED ON Feb-26-03 AT 09:20 PM (EDT)
Actually, this is. If you have ever seen the RoadRailer sets, you may know that there is a car called RoadCouplerMate that has both bar and automatic coupler settings. You can take your locomotives and change the Coupling line from ( Auto ) to ( Bar ) and make your three-car set. Then you can simply add them as you like. Of course, in order to add automatic-coupler cars, you will need to use a coupler mate such as the RoadRailer one for this job. You should remember, though, that you cannot use double-pipe air brake locos with single-pipe air cars because the systems are incompatible. (Example: 135 car train on the NEC with two Acela Express power cars. Emergency brakes won't do a thing, and you'd be best off reversing the locos against the cars.)If you need the RoadCouplerMate, download any RoadRailer set. The easiest way to change the coupling types on your locos is to use Gomez's ConBuilder. There is a method of doing this built into the software. You can also make your own trainsets.-TG
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ctillierCharter Member · 330 posts
RE: Semi-permanently coupled trains.
LAST EDITED ON Feb-27-03 AT 08:06 AM (EDT)
It is possible. You will need several (probably two: one automatic and one bar) Coupler() entries in your wag file for the end cars, and just one bar Coupler() in the center car's wag file. The ordering does matter, so make sure to experiment. MSTS does recognize multiple coupler types on a single vehicle.(edit: you can also use the CouplingUniqueType (or something like that) entry to make your bar couplers only work for your particular type of 3-unit car.)cheers
