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Lone_Gunman_SG (120 posts)
Mar-26-02, 07:37 PM (EST) "regarding foreign stuff." LAST EDITED ON Mar-26-02 AT 07:42 PM (EST)1. I reecently downloaded some italian vans from the file library and noticed, THEY HAVE AUTOMATIC COUPLERS!! I dont think thats very accurate regarding the fact every rail system (not including the North American ones) use the chain system. Ive seen some with automatic and chan couplers. How do you do that? I wanna fix these vans! The newer release of the Mallard by Peter Harvey has this double-coupler system as well.2. I have been unable to locate any British steam freight locomotives, unless the locomotives with names are used for both passenger and freight services i.e. BR B17 Nottingham Forest. I would like to find some. Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: regarding foreign stuff. FozzyBear Mar-26-02 1 RE: regarding foreign stuff. Lone_Gunman_SG Mar-26-02 2 RE: regarding foreign stuff. FozzyBear Mar-26-02 3 RE: regarding foreign stuff. GTJD Mar-27-02 6 RE: regarding foreign stuff. Hinchinbrooke Mar-26-02 4 RE: regarding foreign stuff. black5 Mar-26-02 5 RE: regarding foreign stuff. Sleepwalker Mar-27-02 7 RE: regarding foreign stuff. FozzyBear Mar-27-02 8 RE: regarding foreign stuff. Lone_Gunman_SG Mar-27-02 9 RE: regarding foreign stuff. harveype Mar-27-02 10 RE: regarding foreign stuff. Lone_Gunman_SG Mar-29-02 11 RE: regarding foreign stuff. Lone_Gunman_SG Mar-31-02 12 RE: regarding foreign stuff. BigDave Apr-01-02 13 RE: regarding foreign stuff. harveype Apr-01-02 14

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FozzyBear (852 posts)
Mar-26-02, 07:45 PM (EST) 1. "RE: regarding foreign stuff." LAST EDITED ON Mar-26-02 AT 07:48 PM (EST)
>I reecently downloaded some italian vans
>from the file library and
>noticed, THEY HAVE AUTOMATIC COUPLERS!!
>I dont think thats very
>accurate regarding the fact every
>rail system (not including the
>North American ones) use the
>chain system. Not so Gunman! We actually have quite a lot of buckeye couplers on UK passenger and local stock. Italian Railways have used them for even longer than that. You can alter the coupler type in the .eng and .wag files. Just open em up with wordpad and have a look for the line that defines the coupler type.If you want the double coupler type then have a look at the stock you mentioned find the relevant lines and you can do a cut and paste into the files for the cars you want to change.Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear) Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Lone_Gunman_SG (120 posts)
Mar-26-02, 07:57 PM (EST) 2. "RE: regarding foreign stuff." Thanks man, i found the right code in the mallard file for the enngine, so now it should be working the same way. (by the by, ive never heard the term buckeye used to describe couplers) Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
FozzyBear (852 posts)
Mar-26-02, 08:08 PM (EST) 3. "RE: regarding foreign stuff." >Thanks man, i found the right
>code in the mallard file
>for the enngine, so now
>it should be working the
>same way. (by the by,
>ive never heard the term
>buckeye used to describe couplers) No Problem Gunman!!Ermmm It might well be a term that we use over this side of the pond for automatic US type couplers. It's quite common to hear it over here. Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
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GTJD (171 posts)
Mar-27-02, 11:26 AM (EST) 6. "RE: regarding foreign stuff." Americans call our couplers "knuckle-Style" or "Automatic". they were invented to prevent injury from crewmen who had to step between cars during couplingUncle Charlie,
Hazzard & Southern Railways
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Hinchinbrooke (11 posts)
Mar-26-02, 09:38 PM (EST) 4. "RE: regarding foreign stuff." You'll find plenty of good UK freight stuff at:http://www.uktrainsim.com/ Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
black5 (138 posts)
Mar-26-02, 10:10 PM (EST) 5. "RE: regarding foreign stuff." You'll also find at www.kimsim.co.uk a selection of "9F" type engines..2-10-0 which were mainly used for freight.
92200 Evening Star was the last steam engine made in the UK.
You may actually find these on this site.!!!!!
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Sleepwalker (106 posts)
Mar-27-02, 12:17 PM (EST) 7. "RE: regarding foreign stuff." http://www.angelfire.com/vt2/voyager/220/photo6.htmlcheck out here don't know it this has "Buckeye" couplers but it seems to have the couiplers that seem to be on most modern UK trains. Oh and the Voyager is a damn fine train Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
FozzyBear (852 posts)
Mar-27-02, 01:51 PM (EST) 8. "RE: regarding foreign stuff." LAST EDITED ON Mar-27-02 AT 01:55 PM (EST)
>check out here don't know it
>this has "Buckeye" couplers but
>it seems to have the
>couiplers that seem to be
>on most modern UK trains.
> Oh and the Voyager
>is a damn fine train Yeah! Damned fine if you like standing up for the whole trip!! Looks great on the outside, but they wasted so much space on the inside that there aren't enough seats to sit everybody down! I travel on them from the Midlands to Manchester, and they replaced 10 Coach trains, with these pieces of crud running just four coaches and one of those four comprises entirely buffet car and toilets! they din't even increase the number of trains to compensate, go figure!. Far as I'm concerned they're a wonderful triumph of design over function.P.S No those aren't Buckeyes, Buckeyes are what in the US are called Knuckle Couplers.Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

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Lone_Gunman_SG (120 posts)
Mar-27-02, 05:54 PM (EST) 9. "RE: regarding foreign stuff." Code slice failed, after i monkeyed with the .eng file to make it a universal coupler it screwed up the whole tender, so i had to re-install it into my trainset folder. Mr. Peter HArvey, what did you do to compensate for this? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
harveype (73 posts)
Mar-27-02, 06:54 PM (EST) 10. "RE: regarding foreign stuff."
lone gunmanIm not quite sure what you have done but basically I have only tried the double couplers on Locos and Tenders its not really that hard or I wouldnt have bothered with it. Are you trying to change the Mallard or another Loco if its another loco make sure you insert the code into the wag file of the Tender as well as the Loco. You know I havnt even bother to try dual couplers on a carriage or a wagon. Im not sure if it works on anything other than Locos and tenders.Did you use wordpad to do the editing. Not Notepad.Ps my B1s are classified as mixed traffic locos.email me if you like with more details.harveype@tpg.com.au
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Lone_Gunman_SG (120 posts)
Mar-29-02, 01:42 PM (EST) 11. "RE: regarding foreign stuff." Actually, there is a set of Henry Samman wagons from Trainsim UK that have the dual couplers. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Lone_Gunman_SG (120 posts)
Mar-31-02, 04:49 PM (EST) 12. "RE: regarding foreign stuff." oops! forgot. The advertising barrier car also has dual couplers. Henry Samman:
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BigDave (88 posts)
Apr-01-02, 02:24 AM (EST) 13. "RE: regarding foreign stuff." Someone buggered up neatly RE: Pendennis Castle. Kudzu/Micro-shaft gave the GWR train automatic couplers when the only train in the UK to have them were the LNER's A4 class (they were also equipped with chain couplers).BigDave Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
harveype (73 posts)
Apr-01-02, 05:03 AM (EST) 14. "RE: regarding foreign stuff." Well That was a bit of a fluke I only did that so the less skilled user could pull either chain or automatic rolling stock with out having to mess about to much, didnt actually know that A4s where fitted with both.Peter Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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