China Railways HXD3D Electric Locomotive etc

[749006]

I do like the way Fan Railer "fixes" locos that he has never seen before

[adam3544]

After watching this video, I've decided that this loco is not for me, I don't see any fun to look after all non typical key sequences. I prefere the vR BR120 EL or the Railjet Taurus.

Adam

[fsafranek]

I do like the way Fan Railer "fixes" locos that he has never seen before

True. See the floating car at 28:20 in the video?

[smiljacc]

I'd like to buy this but nowhere on their website does it say what method of payment they accept,without filling out a form first .Rather than go thru all that does anyone know if they accept paypal?

[749006]

I'd like to buy this but nowhere on their website does it say what method of payment they accept,without filling out a form first .Rather than go thru all that does anyone know if they accept paypal?

You have to register first before payment because they send you the link to your download in an email and you can download items again by logging in to your account.

They take Cards and PayPal.

Peter

[smiljacc]

thanks

[Springer6]

I do like the way Fan Railer "fixes" locos that he has never seen before

I do have this package and have tested it. To me the loco physics seem ok. It's a pretty good package, the loco is very detailed and feature packed. The route is dated and uses a lot of TS2012 assets. The scenery away from the tracks is very sparse. The London buses don't look very rural Chinese!
However there are lots of Chinese specific assets and it has a very industrial/rural Chinese feel with a good atmosphere.

The loco has a complex start procedure, which is fairly easy once you get used to it. You have to hold down "E" to unlock the regulator for forward motion, which is realistic, but a bit of a pain !
The operation of the speed set ("End" key ) also takes some getting used to.

One "fix" that I have had to do was to substitute a louder renamed dsd alerter .dav audio file from the Class 91 ( other alerter .dav files are available ) for the original one. I found this original audio file to be very quiet when driving outside the cab and it was easily missed. You can't turn off the dsd, so missing the sound results in an emergency brake. The reset procedure is tricky and not consistent. Also "rebooting the cab's computer" more than a couple of times can result in a freeze of the "computer" and an end to the scenario, so emergency braking is best avoided. The above "fix " however works well and I have not had any "emergency stops" since applying it.

The pantograph is set up for the greater height of the Chinese overhead conductors on the supplied route, similar, but not quite the same as on the U.S. routes. I tested it on a European height catenary ( which the South West China High Speed route has and at first the panto raised to meet the lower catenary and stayed there ( "this is a first, a self selecting panto height" I thought ). However when the loco reaches a certain speed the panto rises to it's full height and rides above the "European height" conductor wire.
Now if Just Trains or rather RISC/AIAG could just come up with a way to make this panto height selectable or self selectable that would be great.

If not , for AI traffic ( e.g. a maintenance train ) on the South West China High Speed, there is quite a nice freeware HXD3B available from "newS" which has a European height panto and a cab aliased to the Br 101.

[749006]

Now if Just Trains or rather RISC/AIAG could just come up with a way to make this panto height selectable or self selectable that would be great.

We might be getting there as I think the new Albula route from Thomson has adjustable pantographs to wire hight.

Peter

[Springer6]

Now if Just Trains or rather RISC/AIAG could just come up with a way to make this panto height selectable or self selectable that would be great.

We might be getting there as I think the new Albula route from Thomson has adjustable pantographs to wire hight.

Peter

That sounds great. I assume this is to accommodate realistic varying heights of conductor wire within the route, just as in real life where conductor height is often lower through tunnels or under bridges etc. ?

As we know, at the moment pantographs run at the fixed height of the conductors on the route the loco was designed for ( although we do have a panto high or panto low versions of the 377 PTOSL of the BML route, not sure why ?).

The unusual thing about this HXD3D is that, if placed on a "European" route, the panto rises to the correct conductor height at first. Then when the loco reaches speed, it rises to it's normal Chinese/US height. If a way could be found to prevent this "secondary raising", we would have a loco that fits it's panto to the route it is placed on, but not one that reacts to varying conductor heights within a route . As I suspect the Thomson one will do ?

I wonder,is panto height controlled by the .ban files ? The 377PTOSL has one .ban file for high panto and one for low. I'd have a look at them if I had a programme to open them with ?

springer