Falmouth Docks: Caution tight curves and certainly NO PACERS

[gateshead47402]

Is there anything that can go round these curves, when you have anything coupled to it they would just crash into the locomotive!

[ashgray]

I've not had any problems shunting wagons around the docks.

Of course, you wouldn't expect to be able (or want?) to haul passenger coaches or run modern DMUs on the dock lines anyway, but if it's wagons that are causing you a problem, tell us which ones and we can look into it.

Ash

[prairie4566]

I would assume the Hawthorn 0-4-0 provided is the ideal motive power?

I remember doing the Falmouth scenario with it moving wagons all over the docks without a hitch.

[transadelaide]

Isn't banning Pacers a good idea everywhere?

I've heard that if relations between the UK and Iran deteriorate seriously, Iran might express their aggressive intentions by sending back the Class 141 fleet.

[gateshead47402]

When I use larger vehicles the buffers tend to overlap, and in some cases go through into the side of the vehicle!

[prairie4566]

Ah well. Don't use them then.

The provided 0-4-0 and wagons should be fine.

[darkdj]

Class 02 Shunters also have no problemos in the docks for me.

[gateshead47402]

Would a pannier tank normally get round them?

[ashgray]

Yes - and there are scenarios featuring a pannier doing just that!

Ash

[rhysicus1989]

Railworks dosent simulate a buffer lock but I imagine that it would happen an aweful lot here if you use anything much bigger than an 0-4-0.

[Carinthia]

Railworks dosent simulate a buffer lock but I imagine that it would happen an aweful lot here if you use anything much bigger than an 0-4-0.

Are you sure?

On another route (Jetgriff's Settle & Carlisle) I hit some coaches a bit hard before coupling and thought I had done no harm. Upon departure I could hear a strange banging noise. Close examination upon stopping showed I appeared to be buffer-locked on one side. I resolved it by uncoupling, moving away and back (gently) and re-coupling. Interesting that it was possible to recover from the situation - in the real world you would peel the buffer off doing that!

I realise this had nothing to do with trains on sharp curves, which is perhaps all you mean.

John

[rhysicus1989]

Oh, well in my own experience I have never seen buffer locking occur. I will have a play around with tight curves to see what happens later on, but some trains the buffers arent even there at all, when you buffer up with some stock, the buffers just glide straight through each other!