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Here's my problem: I have a cut of cars on the siding next to the main, and every time my locomotive gets next to a certain car, I have a derailment. Almost as if the car is in the way of the mainline. I checked the bounding box with the editor, and it says it is OK. Any thoughts?
Happy Rails,
Chaz
(BNSF Engineer)
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Define "OK".
Press Ctrl and + at the same time in the sim and see how wide the bounding boxes are.
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Thanks for the tip! Never tried that one, but it worked...sure enough, the bounding box of the offending car is setting just over the first rail on the mainline....looks like it needs to go back left(as viewed oncoming)back to where the car sets. What do I need to edit to bring it back to the left?
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Chaz
(BNSF Engineer)
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Oops, never mind....just done some stressful editing (I've never done that before, whew...)and voila! The bounding box is back where it should be and the derailments have ceased. Wahoo!!! Guess you just have to jump into the swamp with both feet if you want to learn something! My thanks to you for teaching this old railroader another new trick!
Happy Rails,
Chaz
(BNSF Engineer)
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