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I have been running the Excellent set of Whitefish 4 Hawk activities by SkyRat. In the Bonners Local 1 activity one task calls for two sets of cars to be picked up on the Crown Pacific UP siding. Picking up the first set (32852-0,1) is no problem. However, I cannot couple to the second set of cars (32845-0 to 5). I have tried to couple using the first set of cars and when this failed I tried using the engines directly. The first car in this string is a boxcar which is used elsewhere in the activity where I have had no trouble coupling to it.Has anyone else seen this problem and does anyone have an idea of what the problem is?Bob
Not sure if this will work, but worth a try. Go to the AE, open that consist, and move that particular car back in the string of cars. This will not change the P/U numbers, but will change the look of the consist. Save, exit AE, open MSTS, and try again. If it's still happening, try changing to a different car in the editor. Good luck..let me know if that works.
I went back and played with this some more. I found that by simply moving the problem consist by as little as I could move it in the editor solved the problem. After moving it in the RE and coupling to it, I then tried moving it slightly with the engine, dropping it at as close to the original spot as possible and then re-coupling. In about 10 tries I never had another problem. I have also run into the same problem with a completely different consist in the W4H Sandpoint and WI activity. I will play around some more there as well, but would really like to know whether anyone else has seem this problem with these activities or is it just me.Bob