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dmiller2 (8 posts)
Apr-19-01, 01:55 PM (EST) "Start Up Procedures" Does anyone know if you'll be able to atleast start the diesel locomotive's engines. Kinda like the startup procedures in FS? Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: Start Up Procedures StoneC0ld Apr-21-01 1 RE: Start Up Procedures Nels_Anderson Apr-21-01 2 RE: Start Up Procedures Master Qui Gon Apr-22-01 3 RE: Start Up Procedures Nels_Anderson Apr-22-01 4 RE: Start Up Procedures madmatt7 Apr-26-01 5 RE: Start Up Procedures Master Qui Gon Apr-26-01 6 RE: Start Up Procedures madmatt7 Apr-26-01 7 RE: Start Up Procedures Master Qui Gon Apr-27-01 8

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StoneC0ld (1 posts)
Apr-21-01, 02:23 AM (EST) 1. "RE: Start Up Procedures" I certainly hope so, but I kinda doubt it'll be possible in v1.0....
I haven't seen anything on being able to shutdown/restart the engines.... Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Nels_Anderson (78 posts)
Apr-21-01, 09:58 AM (EST) 2. "RE: Start Up Procedures" I don't recall seeing anything specifically on this either, but it doesn't seem like it would be all that hard for them to do. Just a few extra switchs on the panel. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Master Qui Gon (35 posts)
Apr-22-01, 08:03 AM (EST) 3. "RE: Start Up Procedures" If they want it to be realistic, you would have to leave the cab to start the engine. At least with modern diesels used for freight trains, the engine cannot be started from inside the cab. I only have experience with EMD (GM) and GE models. They have engine starting compartments located about halfway back the locomotive. You prime it, turn an ignition switch, while pushing on a lever that revs the engine. It's more involved than that, but that's all done outside the cab.Master Qui-Gon Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Nels_Anderson (78 posts)
Apr-22-01, 05:50 PM (EST) 4. "RE: Start Up Procedures" That wouldn't be so much different from some of the advanced flightsim panels we have. The back room controls for starting the train could pop-up or alternate with the main control panel when required.And you're have to walk once around your computer desk before any of the controls would work, to simulate the walk to the back of the locomotive
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madmatt7 (11 posts)
Apr-26-01, 09:40 AM (EST) 5. "RE: Start Up Procedures" Isn't it true, though, that most diesels in servicable use are rarely turned off? - Matt Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Master Qui Gon (35 posts)
Apr-26-01, 09:59 AM (EST) 6. "RE: Start Up Procedures" Matt, yes and no. Engines are usually left running if expected to be used or moved. More and more however, at CSX at least, fuel conservation is becoming a major issue for the suits in Jacksonville, Florida (Corporate HQ for CSX). The current rule is, if engines are expected to be sitting still for more than 15 minutes, we're supposed to shut them down. Trust me, this is not going to happen. Not at 15 minutes anyway. We are shutting them down more often than before however. If I park a unit on a siding and leave it for another crew to pick up later, I shut it down.
Here's the crazy part. CSX HQ can use Global Positioning equipment mounted on newer locomotives to locate an engine that's been left unmoved for an extensive amount of time, but still running.
But the same technology is NOT used by dispatchers who routinely lose track of trains on their territory!!!
It's always a little unsettling when the dispatcher comes on the radio and asks your current location, even though you've been "knocking down" signals that should show on their displays. scary.Master Qui-Gon Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
madmatt7 (11 posts)
Apr-26-01, 10:58 AM (EST) 7. "RE: Start Up Procedures" Oh, it can't be that important to know exactly where thousands of tons of steel moving at 50 mph with an inertial force I can't begin to calculate is at any given moment. Besides, dispatchers have far more important tasks to deal with, like whether to order ham and swiss on rye or the french dip for lunch.
My oldest brother is an air traffic controller at Oakland Enroute Center over here in Fremont, Ca, and it's a good thing most people aren't aware of the shenanigans, inefficiency, and general lack of hardcore training that goes on in the FAA. My brother is one of the few people over there that honestly knows what to do when the computers go down - and he's goofier than me. Now THAT'S scary. - Matt Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Master Qui Gon (35 posts)
Apr-27-01, 11:24 PM (EST) 8. "RE: Start Up Procedures" I hear ya. My brother told many similar stories about his Army days. He operated the anti-aircraft turret on an Avenger (what he described as a Humvee with a rocket launcher on top.) He was amazed at how easy it was for him to aquire a loaded and active avenger unit. He was more disturbed that he had access to such hardware without having so much as a psych evaluation, just the typical criminal record check. A clean record doesn't make you innocent or competent. It just means you never got caught. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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