As a traindriver myself, I always keep 5-10 km/h off of the speed limit, and I drive a little bit closer to the speed limit when it's really necessary, when in delays for example... But it's more comfortable driving like that, otherwise you always need to watch your speed, and you focus less on the tracks/signals...
Also, a few answers to your questions: Of course modern locomotives have a sort of "Cruise Control", it's called AFB. You set the speed and it will regulate the throttle as well as the dynamic and the train brakes to hold the speed. The overhangs are mainly there to be save of avalanches, but also of rocks, as you said. To the speed - since you have cruise control you normally drive 70 when 70 is allowed with a passenger train. Although going 3 km/h over the limit is considered as speeding and you'll get withdrawn. At freight trains the AFB ("Cruise Control") is normally not used since the computer can't handle the slow reacting brakes of freight cars very well but the timetables are also not that stiff for freight trains.
fuehrerstand Also the AFB can start braking by itself to reduce speed when approaching speed limits imposed on tracks with LZB signaling if im correct :)
Rode This Train yesterday (in real life) and it's an amazing view.really long journey but unbelievable views from start to finish! And you're right, the trains are remarkably quiet.
i'm of down the local Ford dealer's to get myself one of them floating Ford Focus's. think of the fortune i am going to save on tyre's. seriously nice to see you back on the train Paul.
The overhangs you mention are called snow sheds and prevent snow accumulating where avalanches are prone to occur. There is also a very similar route from Cuneo to Ventimiglia with 90 tunnels some of which are circular. And one place where the same line is on both sides of the valley at once. Also there is a 2km tunnel under the Tenda Pass which goes into France and then later back into Italy!
An old video, so no idea if anyone still cares or will bother reading this, but the issue of a long tunnel being shaped like an arch is commonly done for construction reasons. You usually dig them from both ends and meet in the middle (well, usually they meet in the middle, but there are more than a few 'oops' moments in history), and by digging both of them 'upward' you are able to then use gravity to haul your spoil carts back, and in some cases cable systems were used so that full carts going back hauled the next set of empties forward. Possible that was how their tunnel was dug.
I remember when I was younger (25+ years) my great aunt lived right next to a set of train tracks. Literally within 20-30 feet. I always remember it being extremely exciting when a train would go past. They were slow moving obviously and not terribly loud. I'd imagine it's something you get used to over time. Just like living in a big city or such. Train sim on a modern engine is going to look mental.
From wikipedia about this locomotive: "The class 101 units feature the automatic drive and brake control system (AFB, or Automatische Fahr- und Bremssteuerung), which assists the driver and enables the best possible acceleration and braking under all possible conditions. The AFB can also keep the locomotive at a constant speed." Basicly it does have cruise control, they just haven´t bothered to add it to the train. The Class 146 (seen in the metronom colours of the Hamburg-Hannover train add-on), does have functional cruise control, and even automatic braking. The 101 has been in the game since the start, and is therefor an old model with few features.
I am a Dutch train driver and we drive right on the speed limit mainly because our lines are extremely busy and also because our time tables are set to the speed limit so if we drive slightly under it we will cause delays. When you are new you're constantly checking your speed and such but after a while you get more comfortable with the speeds and you check it less often. Our safety system also allows for 2-5 km/h of overspeeding and it will start buzzing if you reach the thresh hold of what the system allows and if you don't respond to that it will stop the train.
Hey! I'm learning by the German Railway as a Train Driver! And I learned that we usually have to stick close to the speed limit when its necessary! :) Nice Vid! Keep it up! :)
Modern Japanese trains (E231 and later for JR commuter trains, and N700 and later for Shinkansen I believe) actually have cruise control. The driver just presses the start button when he has closed the doors. They even stop at the correct location at the platform automatically. Of course, you also have fully automatic trains; like the Copenhagen Metro, or the Yurikamome "monorail" line in Tokyo Bay.
With regards where to stop at the platform just keep an eye on the distance marker that you can call up. It showed you were 43 metres short at the first platform.
At the bottom left of the hud is a distance to your next destination. Stop when it gets to 0 km and you know you are at the right part of the platform for the passengers to get on and off
really love all your movies over here. maybee i can help you with some of your questions in several of your films. The overhang over the tracks in the Alps are for winter to avoid the blocking of the tracks by avalanches. When you were driving in Germany in trainsimulator you wonderd if they had a single yellow signal. They dont. they use mainsignals and pre signals. The pre signals can show double green = expect to proceed at the next main signal at trackspeed. green/yellow = expect to proceed at the next main signal at reduced speed. Double yellow = expect red at the next main signal. You also wondered in one of your ets movies, driving in Denmark, if they have so many tollroads there. Yes they have. To show you how many. Go to your car, take your tomtom and let it calculate a route from any city on the Mainland to Kopenhagen. Disable tollroads and ferries. Afther a few hours it will tell you that Kopenhagen cant be reached.
Squirrel, I live in the Midwest US, and theres a a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight line that goes right through my town, and I am one house down from it. They use the big Dash 9 Diesel Locomotives, and it can get loud.
DaSquirrelsNuts Did you ever fancy to do some Flying Scotsman- / Tornado- / A4- (Mallard) / Coronation Class-video? Would be great to see you "drive" those big British steam engines. Sadly in Germany we didn't have that big steam locomotives built in big numbers due to WW II - sadly.
At least in Germany there is a system on many trains called AFB (Automatische Fahr und Bremssteuerung = (engl) automatic drive and brake control). There you can set a maximum speed and when you go full throttle, the train will only accelerate to this set speed. If you have to decelerate just decrease the target speed and the AFB will automatically decelerate to this speed. E.g. the Munich-Augsburg Addon for TS2014 has modeled this system.
Arlberg Tunnel goes almost parallel to the motorway E60. Plus the tunnel goes under the outskirts of St. Anton, Austria and has to pass under or over the motorway as well. check it out for yourself on Google.
Hi Paul. Dovetail games have taken over Flight Sim and will release flight sim on steam but wont make it a "HD" version. They might make new flight sim games though
You can use cruise control on various trains in train sim. ICE 3, the munich - ausburg version of this loco and i also know that the regional train between London kings cross and peterborough got cruise control.
As a sim train driver and a long time veteran of train simulator, I would stay as close to the limit as i can, i play and digit with the acceleration and brakes so I'm always at my edge
Squirrel, Re: the concrete overhangs. I don't know about those for sure, but I have seen similar things in photos of US lines running through the rockies. I believe they called them "snow sheds", so there's that. :)
DaSquirrelsNuts well squirrel, i live near tracks and an airport and you get used to it, when our old insolation of out house was all worn out, the city payed for me noise preventing isolation and on top of that the houses are quitte a bit cheaper. its not that bad at all and the trains are a lot louder here then your usual british railway
Hi i live in Australia and in Tamworth a small western city in NSW it is a spitting image of the valley that you showed there and in winter it is very cold with temp getting as low as -15 and in summer it is very hot getting to 48 degrease BTW love all of your videos watch all of them from euro truck to this and all of them and i have all of those games!
Looks great! Always appreciate your videos. Maybe I'm picky, but for accuracy it would have been be nice to see Austrian carriages and locomotives in this addon (as well as Swiss and German ones).
At 31:37 it was originally 9 3/4 I think. Hehe. Funny how every scrap of knowledge one has before he starts recording just goes right out the door when he starts recording.
When you arrived at Langen am Arlberg i had the same problem with the doors and it took me 1 hour to figure out that i needed to be at the end of the platform
It's weird how the speed limits where you can increase speed only count when the back carriage passes the sign, but the speed limits where you have to brake count from the front
Hey Paul, do you know when you are thinking about doing x-plane? I hope its a stream and i cant wait. I wished it was today as it is my birthday but unfortunately not
when I play train simulator 2014 I drive about the speedlimit (let's say 60) and 60.9, but sometimes depending on the train it is very dificult to do it so I let the speed drop about 2 mph... the big problem with that is that TS2014 doesn't shows exactly the speed-limit changes and because of that sometimes you are driving at 60 and suddenlly the limit drops to 40 and I get a lot of negative points for speeding. Maybe they could improve that in the future...
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As a traindriver myself, I always keep 5-10 km/h off of the speed limit, and I drive a little bit closer to the speed limit when it's really necessary, when in delays for example... But it's more comfortable driving like that, otherwise you always need to watch your speed, and you focus less on the tracks/signals...
Do you drive a train in real life? Or are you referring to this game? If it's in real life then you sir are bloody awesome!
Do you have to work on christmas / new year? If so, you sir are our hero
OMG TEH EPICNESS They are our everyday heros ;)
Connor Bamber Yes, I do, driving trains all over Belgium ;-)
OMG TEH EPICNESS I don't know yet, hopefully not, would love to have a week off between Christmas and Newyear's =D
Also, a few answers to your questions:
Of course modern locomotives have a sort of "Cruise Control", it's called AFB. You set the speed and it will regulate the throttle as well as the dynamic and the train brakes to hold the speed.
The overhangs are mainly there to be save of avalanches, but also of rocks, as you said.
To the speed - since you have cruise control you normally drive 70 when 70 is allowed with a passenger train. Although going 3 km/h over the limit is considered as speeding and you'll get withdrawn.
At freight trains the AFB ("Cruise Control") is normally not used since the computer can't handle the slow reacting brakes of freight cars very well but the timetables are also not that stiff for freight trains.
fuehrerstand
Also the AFB can start braking by itself to reduce speed when approaching speed limits imposed on tracks with LZB signaling if im correct :)
Rode This Train yesterday (in real life) and it's an amazing view.really long journey but unbelievable views from start to finish! And you're right, the trains are remarkably quiet.
i'm of down the local Ford dealer's to get myself one of them floating Ford Focus's.
think of the fortune i am going to save on tyre's.
seriously nice to see you back on the train Paul.
You made my day :)
IT'S AN APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE!
Dude thats one of the greatest comments iv ever read on a vid, well said Sir!
We waited 2 months for this... totally worth it
The overhangs you mention are called snow sheds and prevent snow accumulating where avalanches are prone to occur.
There is also a very similar route from Cuneo to Ventimiglia with 90 tunnels some of which are circular. And one place where the same line is on both sides of the valley at once. Also there is a 2km tunnel under the Tenda Pass which goes into France and then later back into Italy!
An old video, so no idea if anyone still cares or will bother reading this, but the issue of a long tunnel being shaped like an arch is commonly done for construction reasons. You usually dig them from both ends and meet in the middle (well, usually they meet in the middle, but there are more than a few 'oops' moments in history), and by digging both of them 'upward' you are able to then use gravity to haul your spoil carts back, and in some cases cable systems were used so that full carts going back hauled the next set of empties forward.
Possible that was how their tunnel was dug.
RealLuckless there's that, and it also helps draining water from the tunnel as well
I remember when I was younger (25+ years) my great aunt lived right next to a set of train tracks. Literally within 20-30 feet. I always remember it being extremely exciting when a train would go past. They were slow moving obviously and not terribly loud. I'd imagine it's something you get used to over time. Just like living in a big city or such.
Train sim on a modern engine is going to look mental.
Wow this route is amazing, it would be right up my alley if I could drive it in a 1920s era wooden electric boxcab.
From wikipedia about this locomotive: "The class 101 units feature the automatic drive and brake control system (AFB, or Automatische Fahr- und Bremssteuerung), which assists the driver and enables the best possible acceleration and braking under all possible conditions. The AFB can also keep the locomotive at a constant speed." Basicly it does have cruise control, they just haven´t bothered to add it to the train. The Class 146 (seen in the metronom colours of the Hamburg-Hannover train add-on), does have functional cruise control, and even automatic braking. The 101 has been in the game since the start, and is therefor an old model with few features.
5:47 Pensive guy!
References for days lol NerdCubed is a awesome
Goes past a train going the other way...
Then asks how trains go the other way.
Bit of a derp moment there Squirrel!
I'm seriously considering buying this add-on looks like one of the best and most extensive at this moment.
TRAIN SIM! i missed this series, keep up the good work!
I am a Dutch train driver and we drive right on the speed limit mainly because our lines are extremely busy and also because our time tables are set to the speed limit so if we drive slightly under it we will cause delays.
When you are new you're constantly checking your speed and such but after a while you get more comfortable with the speeds and you check it less often. Our safety system also allows for 2-5 km/h of overspeeding and it will start buzzing if you reach the thresh hold of what the system allows and if you don't respond to that it will stop the train.
Lived in Zurich for 10 years! Looks great!
Nice to see you playing a bit of train sim again, that scenario caught me out too with the stopping markers.
As a traindriver i would use AFB, when you play in expert mode you can control it with y and c , it works like a speedomat for the car
How about you stop replying to everyone's comments you fucktard. ^
You have insulted everyone in the comments, Please stop! It's rude and disrespectful!
We should just report him
I don't see the need to report him but if he only came here to insult others then he should leave!
Hey! I'm learning by the German Railway as a Train Driver! And I learned that we usually have to stick close to the speed limit when its necessary! :) Nice Vid! Keep it up! :)
The only channel I will never get bored of watching no matter what the content is! From Planes to Trains Squirrel rules!
Modern Japanese trains (E231 and later for JR commuter trains, and N700 and later for Shinkansen I believe) actually have cruise control. The driver just presses the start button when he has closed the doors. They even stop at the correct location at the platform automatically.
Of course, you also have fully automatic trains; like the Copenhagen Metro, or the Yurikamome "monorail" line in Tokyo Bay.
Tunnels are always built with slight inclines so water pressing through the casing flows towards the tunnel portals.
Nice scenery on this one, Squirrel! Please do more, more often!
With regards where to stop at the platform just keep an eye on the distance marker that you can call up. It showed you were 43 metres short at the first platform.
At the bottom left of the hud is a distance to your next destination. Stop when it gets to 0 km and you know you are at the right part of the platform for the passengers to get on and off
really love all your movies over here. maybee i can help you with some of your questions in several of your films. The overhang over the tracks in the Alps are for winter to avoid the blocking of the tracks by avalanches. When you were driving in Germany in trainsimulator you wonderd if they had a single yellow signal. They dont. they use mainsignals and pre signals. The pre signals can show double green = expect to proceed at the next main signal at trackspeed. green/yellow = expect to proceed at the next main signal at reduced speed. Double yellow = expect red at the next main signal. You also wondered in one of your ets movies, driving in Denmark, if they have so many tollroads there. Yes they have. To show you how many. Go to your car, take your tomtom and let it calculate a route from any city on the Mainland to Kopenhagen. Disable tollroads and ferries. Afther a few hours it will tell you that Kopenhagen cant be reached.
YES FINALLY PART 2 IS OUT!!!!
Great video. This is a very nice train route. Excellent scenery that is interestingly different from the UK and US routes.
My friend, you are always speeding. It's just who you are. Great vid as always though.
Squirrel, I live in the Midwest US, and theres a a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight line that goes right through my town, and I am one house down from it. They use the big Dash 9 Diesel Locomotives, and it can get loud.
DaSquirrelsNuts
Did you ever fancy to do some Flying Scotsman- / Tornado- / A4- (Mallard) / Coronation Class-video?
Would be great to see you "drive" those big British steam engines.
Sadly in Germany we didn't have that big steam locomotives built in big numbers due to WW II - sadly.
At least in Germany there is a system on many trains called AFB (Automatische Fahr und Bremssteuerung = (engl) automatic drive and brake control). There you can set a maximum speed and when you go full throttle, the train will only accelerate to this set speed. If you have to decelerate just decrease the target speed and the AFB will automatically decelerate to this speed.
E.g. the Munich-Augsburg Addon for TS2014 has modeled this system.
The over hang above the track is for winter times when avalanches occur.
Arlberg Tunnel goes almost parallel to the motorway E60. Plus the tunnel goes under the outskirts of St. Anton, Austria and has to pass under or over the motorway as well. check it out for yourself on Google.
the overhang is a snow shed. keeps rock and snow off the track
I live in America and live about 150-200 yards from a freight train/Metra line and it is not that bad once you get used to it
Great video. I've always stayed away from Train Simulator games because it can get repetitive. It is tempting though! Thanks for posting.
Hi Paul. Dovetail games have taken over Flight Sim and will release flight sim on steam but wont make it a "HD" version. They might make new flight sim games though
You can use cruise control on various trains in train sim. ICE 3, the munich - ausburg version of this loco and i also know that the regional train between London kings cross and peterborough got cruise control.
As a sim train driver and a long time veteran of train simulator, I would stay as close to the limit as i can, i play and digit with the acceleration and brakes so I'm always at my edge
if the crossing has automated barriers you don't need to use your horn, it's only for farm tracks
Overhangs are called snow-sheds to prevent trains from getting snowbound.
Squirrel, Re: the concrete overhangs.
I don't know about those for sure, but I have seen similar things in photos of US lines running through the rockies. I believe they called them "snow sheds", so there's that. :)
I've been to Zurich and they only have some small mountains surrounding the lake, not those huge type ones.
I heard every inspiring train conducted has to start at the bottom. All the great ones started on the little choo choo train at the Mall.
i hope the next part will come faster then this one because i like it so much and you are doing a great job,keep trains video coming :)
Finally its back!
DaSquirrelsNuts well squirrel, i live near tracks and an airport and you get used to it, when our old insolation of out house was all worn out, the city payed for me noise preventing isolation and on top of that the houses are quitte a bit cheaper. its not that bad at all and the trains are a lot louder here then your usual british railway
Hi i live in Australia and in Tamworth a small western city in NSW it is a spitting image of the valley that you showed there and in winter it is very cold with temp getting as low as -15 and in summer it is very hot getting to 48 degrease BTW love all of your videos watch all of them from euro truck to this and all of them and i have all of those games!
Platform 9 3/4 for Harry Potter!
I am a traindriver too, all of the trains i drive have adaptive cruisecontrol so i can set in on 60 and it stays that speed
thanks for uploading! looking forward to your next train simulator video.
Looks great! Always appreciate your videos. Maybe I'm picky, but for accuracy it would have been be nice to see Austrian carriages and locomotives in this addon (as well as Swiss and German ones).
Can u please upload these more often cuz there really good
the overhang at 24:57 is a snow shed btw :)
At 31:37 it was originally 9 3/4 I think. Hehe. Funny how every scrap of knowledge one has before he starts recording just goes right out the door when he starts recording.
Great video mate! I have always liked you but please upload more often if you can.
WOW 1 massive tunnel from 1 station to another JEASUS CRIEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This game is why I come to this channel
***** You're*
An animal,amadino13...
also for the auto pilot. Its a safeyty thing, IE the Deaman's Handle the driveer has to constatly keep pressure on it or the train stops.
The Overhang is for trouble spots for high snow fall prone areas
When you arrived at Langen am Arlberg i had the same problem with the doors and it took me 1 hour to figure out that i needed to be at the end of the platform
Hey Squirrel I am a train driver and mostly you want to hit the speed limit or just under it, but it's kind of tricky to control...
The force is real
I love that. When i buy a decent PC i think to buy this DLC :D
Same
Sqirrel you really should try the felberbach package, you will enjoy it i promise.
I have been on this line, it is stunning. :)
"Chocolate box scener.., OH COWS, COWS COWS COWS!!!" BEST PART
It's weird how the speed limits where you can increase speed only count when the back carriage passes the sign, but the speed limits where you have to brake count from the front
Squirrel They do have Cruse Control and the loco you're driving should support it. You can use it with K, Y and C.
Please Upload the Train Simulator 2014 more quicker because I really like those videos.
I think in the USA all tunnels have to have a 3ft gap on both side of the track
Hey Paul, do you know when you are thinking about doing x-plane? I hope its a stream and i cant wait. I wished it was today as it is my birthday but unfortunately not
thanks for the trip
I hope they make a new route that will include Zurich And Wiena so that you could drove the full route or ewen better night train
maybe the sudden downhill section in the tunnel is to stop water running down?
Love the commentary keep up the good work
speaking of that, @ 17 minutes, can you build a custom layout track route in this game or not? would be surprised if you could tho
When they are taking pictures of your train for advertisement, they would have to say, 'that train was actually speeding' xD
Can you please do some more FSX vids Squirrel? You haven't done many and I would love to see some more! Thanks!
I'm in Swiss loving it
when I play train simulator 2014 I drive about the speedlimit (let's say 60) and 60.9, but sometimes depending on the train it is very dificult to do it so I let the speed drop about 2 mph... the big problem with that is that TS2014 doesn't shows exactly the speed-limit changes and because of that sometimes you are driving at 60 and suddenlly the limit drops to 40 and I get a lot of negative points for speeding. Maybe they could improve that in the future...
is this game actually worth buying or does it have little game play without getting loads of dlc?
Epic video squirrel
i wonder if scenario 3 will come out to cristmas when you think about episode 1 how long ago it was uploaded :D
OMG!! I took this train when i went to switzerland!!
WE WANT MORE !!!!
love these videos keep em up squirrel
Sorry for writing here, but can you see me your configuration and settings for your steering wheel for ETS2. I really want to see everything. Thanks!
Good vid. Love simulation games. More elite dangerous? :-)
Continue the episode this was quite interesting! :D
My dad Is a train driver for arriva and he says that you start speeding up after you hit the 60 it doesn't matter if you break it a bit
I think the speed is the right. Bludenz has a 140 kp/h limit.
Soooo, 70m/day means 7km in 100 days. Not even close the same. But 10km in 4 years in those times is impressive!
Do the Middlesbrough route it's really good
please do a Big Boy next!
What recording software do you use?
love the train sim videos keep em coming and just to say its platform 9 3/4
The overhang is for Avalanches
Yes!