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It says in the manual page 22 advanced that it has a mechanical ejector that keeps the pressure up when the speed is over 15mph, doesn't seem to happen here. Should the brake lever be kept on release rather than running.emrhd01 wrote:Hi Antony, I fully release the brakes and then set the large injector to "Running" (about 30%) so it just holds the brakes off without loosing steam. Hope that helps.
Got it now, I was making the mistake of moving the brake lever back to the upright position when moving over about 20mph.karma99 wrote:Rule one, if you're driving in Advanced mode stop looking at the HUD and look at the controls in front of you in the cab, drive a locomotive not a game object
The 4200/5205/7200 only has a basic brake with just a large ejector. There is no such things as notches (Release, Apply, Running)... that's just the way that TS expresses itself.
So in Adv mode you have 2 controls for braking: the brake lever and the large ejector lever. Quite simply, the brake lever lets vacuum out of the system (and therefore applies the brakes). The large ejector creates vacuum and releases the brakes.
Other than when braking the brake lever will always be over to the right - you don't want to be letting any vacuum out of the system. You only move it to the left to let the vacuum out and put the brakes on.
The ejector lever is pulled down to create the vacuum and release the brakes. Now, due to leaks in the pipes some air will always be sneaking in to the system so once your brakes are released (25" of pressure on the gauge) you can close the ejector most of the way, just leaving it on a little to keep that pesky air from getting in. However, once you get above ~15mph you can close the ejector fully as a mechanical ejector attached to the wheel motion will take over and keep the air out so you don't have to waste steam powering the ejector.
Simples, as a meerkat once said
Just try and picture what the levers actually do and you'll be fine - the brake lever opens "holes" in the pipe and lets the vacuum out (applying the brakes). The ejector uses steam pressure to create the vacuum (releasing the brakes).
When you say the buttons could not be seen, could you sort me out a screen-grab of this so I can see what you mean? It shouldn't be that way.jstange wrote:So I successfully installed v1.1 - wow, what an overcomplicated 2 step installation, if a simple zip was provided that we just copied over to the reilworks folder would certainly be much happier. But no big deal, it works OK (just the buttons during choosing the destination folder could not be seen in my case, but I guessed what they were).
Opened the manual - 40 pages. Mmmm...looks promising. Love manuals, the longer the better
They were hidden below the border of the window and the window could not be enlarged. I have scaling set to 125% in my win 7, this is what probably causes the issue. I can post a screenshot later today when I get to the PC.92212 wrote:When you say the buttons could not be seen, could you sort me out a screen-grab of this so I can see what you mean? It shouldn't be that way.jstange wrote:So I successfully installed v1.1 - wow, what an overcomplicated 2 step installation, if a simple zip was provided that we just copied over to the reilworks folder would certainly be much happier. But no big deal, it works OK (just the buttons during choosing the destination folder could not be seen in my case, but I guessed what they were).
Opened the manual - 40 pages. Mmmm...looks promising. Love manuals, the longer the better
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Matt
You speak of the vacuum like it would be a real substancekarma99 wrote: ...
Just try and picture what the levers actually do and you'll be fine - the brake lever opens "holes" in the pipe and lets the vacuum out (applying the brakes). The ejector uses steam pressure to create the vacuum (releasing the brakes).
