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These brakes have the same stopping power regardless of your current speed.Įither brake systems can be engaged separately or both can be engaged together for maximum stopping power.

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They are loud and engage multiple moving parts across the train, including fully extending the air brake flaps, lowering a large brake pad located between the two sets of wheels on locomotives that presses directly onto the railway itself, and pressing brake pads against every wheel on the entire train, including freight cars, which creates a high pitched squealing sound, make freight car wheels glow red at high enough speeds, and release a jet of air pressure upon reaching a full halt.

Pressing the handbrake key ( Space) will engage the air brakes.

These brakes are less effective at high speed and reach maximum stopping power below 80 km/h. They are quiet and have no outward visual sign of being engaged except the flashing UI element that says 'BRAKE' and partially extending the air brake flaps (the panels on top of the locomotive) when traveling forward at very high speed.

Pressing the directional key in the opposite direction ( S or W) of travel will engage the regenerative electric brakes.

Trains have two different braking systems: This means that if the train is on a hill, it may begin rolling backwards until the locomotives pull power up enough to pull the train up the hill. The brakes can release before the locomotive has reached enough power to get moving. Holding the forward or backward directional key will begin 'revving up' the locomotive, slowly increasing the power consumption until the motors generate enough torque to overcome its weight and the train begins to accelerate in that direction. However, the railway beneath it can be dismantled and the train will abruptly halt and remain floating in the air.Įntering a train with auto-pilot disabled will allow you to drive it manually. Locomotives or cars can be added even when the train is moving, but only by the host in multiplayer games.Ī locomotive cannot be dismantled while it is moving or on an automatic schedule, only when it is completely stationary and auto-pilot is disabled. There is no way to edit the middle of a train the only way to edit the middle of a train is to dismantle the whole thing and rebuild it in the new layout. Sometimes the blueprint will not look like it is snapping, but building the locomotive or car anyways will still connect it to the rest of the train if it is close enough that it should snap. To add more locomotives or freight cars to the train, simply aim at the railway in front of or behind the train and the blueprint will usually snap in place.

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Thus they can be freely built on a slope and will try to stop when no driver is inside, even in auto-pilot. Locomotives automatically engage the brakes when there is no driver. A train with locomotives only facing forward can only travel forward in auto-pilot and requires a loop at the end of the line to turn around a locomotive in the middle of a train cannot run in auto-pilot a train with at least one locomotive at either end, with the fronts facing away from each other can be automated in both directions and no longer needs to turn around.Įvery locomotive always provides full force regardless of where it is in the train, making it possible to add more locomotives so a heavy train to can climb a steep hill. However, auto-pilot can only travel if they have at least one locomotive at front end of the train, with the front facing in the travel direction. When driving a train manually, the position of the locomotive within a train doesn't affect which direction you can travel in, neither does it affect the maximum velocity.

The face with the windshield and cab is the front and the side with six motors is the rear. By subtracting the base demand of 25 MW, this results in a net power gain of up to 8 MW.Ī locomotive can only be constructed on a railway. The regenerative brake will, depending on the current speed of the locomotive, generate up to 33 MW. A train with four locomotives may thus show 100 - 440 MW.īy holding the key opposite of current travel direction ( S or W), the Locomotive will use the regenerative brake. Note that the power consumption shown in the HUD is the sum of every locomotive's consumption on that train. A locomotive cannot accelerate unless the railway is powered, but it can always use its brakes. Likewise, it will automatically dial back the power consumption when under less strain, dropping to its minimum 25 MW when going downhill. It may draw up to 110 MW when accelerating, with the exact amount depending on how much 'strain' it is under for example, it will use more power when climbing a hill than on a level track. The Electric Locomotive requires a minimum of 25 MW to operate at all times, even when it is not moving.

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