FS E626 Italian Eloc

[jpilborough]

Amazingly there are 2 of these locos still in revenue earning service hauling freight in Italy on a network of local lines in Tuscany(Italian State Rail withdrew them a while back). Currently the freight traffic consists mainly of prefabricated concrete building components. There is a short documentary on the traffic here -

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[chrisreb]

Incredible that they still use them!

[J1o2h3n4]

Well as to date still no answer from Anemonelab.
Bit surprising as it would seem that they had made a patch for this problem.

Regards JohnT

[Javiz]

It should say shut the handle on the back wall, the one you open to get the pantograph up, i don't know if it makes any difference if you shut it or not.

Ah,Ok! I tried that too but probabely too early because the panto went down again. Tried it now a bit later and that works fine.

Yes I forgot to say close the 2 small knife switches at the bottom of the brass oblong.Liked the smoke bit, i didn't take them out when it was running, i'll try that for a bit of fun !

I tried it again but no smoke this time...

I did put the instruction about the button under the drivers window in to a translate thing and it said somthing about the fields so it must be pressed as you go through the electrical fields, yet to try that one.

Yes, i tried translating 'indebolimento campo' in my own language first (dutch), comes up with 'veldverzwakking' which would then translate in English as 'field weakening'... I thought i'd read something about that but 'something' turned out to be 5 or 6 loooong pages while i still have a problem understanding how current works in the first place... Nothing much seems to happen after pushing the button... It is also not mentioned in the 'Guida rapide comandi'...

Ah well, driving this old monster without a problem and with great pleasure now ( the breaks are fantastico, aren't they! ) thanks to your great tutorial !

Ciao,
Jan

Edit: just occurred to me that i am now driving with the 'handle' at the backwall closed... (gauge needle at zero), probabely that's why no smoke anymore..

[chrisreb]

Modern Italian stuff seems to have brakes that are just as noisy.

[Javiz]

Well I am driving the loco in a scenario. Those keys seem not to be needed. Worked down the startup list as far as the W key and then drove it normally.

Sofar i'm just driving it on my own route in Free Roam. I feel i'm ready for a scenario now too. Going to look for some.

Forgot just how wonderful it it! Like driving a mad professors garden shed from in the cab.

That's right!

Great soundset - full of character.

Absolutely!

cheers,
jan

[Javiz]

Amazingly there are 2 of these locos still in revenue earning service hauling freight in Italy on a network of local lines in Tuscany(Italian State Rail withdrew them a while back). Currently the freight traffic consists mainly of prefabricated concrete building components. There is a short documentary on the traffic here -

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Thanks a lot, JP, just wonderful !

I would've LOVED to understand what the driver is saying. I must find a way to invite somebody overhere who speaks italian. Maybe i'll ask the next pizza delivery boy..

[lokfuhrer218]

Hi Jan,
I found if you stop the little auxillary compressor too early, before you have got a good amount of main air, the pans dropped too, you soon learn !
I did take the small switches out but got no smoke which was disapointing.
Yes, the field weaking thing, I have pushed the button while driving and didn't notice anything happen, I dont fully understand, but it's drivable thats all that matters to me.
If you copy 4 - CONDOTTA 4.1 MANIGLIONE DI TRAZIONE
instructions from the instruction/ installation manual and paste into a translate programme it tells you about the lights in the cab by the brass oblong, and its all to do with the motors being in series and parallel and all that, try it might make more sense in Dutch!
Cheers,
Stuart.

[Javiz]

Smoke is back !





Must've blown a fuse or something again... This time no fiddling with the knife switches or anything, just driving back and forth along a short piece of track changing cabs. I did not deactivate the switch at the backwall this time though.. ( still have no idea exactly when to do that..) No warning, no alarm bells or anything. The loc just keeps operating... The guys inside didn't seem to panic neither...



Otherwise tutto bene.

[chrisreb]

Really is great fun with this loco. Unfortunately one of the scenarios I have for this one won't load - still had fun with the other I tried.

Several of the commands seem to do nothing obvious as far as I can see.