Tremendously impressed that the duck pond story was begun, lost to distraction, the army surplus shirt story was begun, derailed, then revisited and finished, and then the duck pond story was brought back and completed. What a magnificent half hour this was.
Thanks Andrew. Glad it was appreciated. I was pretty pleased to keep track of the different strands while remembering to tie each of them up. All while not wrecking a train operation... Too badly, anyway.
Fun Facts about Potash, first Patent in USA was by George Washington in July 31 1970. If you add bat guano or manure to potash you get Salt peter ie gunpowder. Potash was in such a high demand that across Europe and eastern U.S, forests where decimated. until in 1861 in Germany they found a new source of Potash, in Rocks called potassium chloride. Potash Rocks where mined in the U.S like just like how coal was till 1963.
On an impromptu vacation to Utah over a long weekend I drove through the Canyonlands National Park. Upon exiting through an alternate route, I happened across the Potash evaporation ponds near Moab. It was more fenced and secured than most penitentiaries. The ponds start out as a lovely deep blue color to promote evaporation.
Utah is generally considered a desert and mountainous region. There is a good amount of diversity in the region. The great plains start one state over in Colorado.
I has a similar situation when I was a young lad in the Navy... I was sitting on a chair during rough seas... and the weld on the chair legs holding it to the floor broke lose ramming me head first into a bulkhead... got a bit of a laceration on the back of my head under my ear as my head slammed into the metal wall. Good thing this ship held 2000 marines and had a built in hospital for times of war... so I ended up with a Band-Aid and was back to work not even 10 mins later. Such is the folly of youth, you think yourself to be indestructible. Oh there was that one time I was working in the shipyard and someone had removed the flooring with out putting up a sign, during a power outage, I fell down to the next level down and skewered on a my right leg as an metal post embedded itself into my shin bone. Fun times. =D Or bumping into a steam line at about 490F and having the skin on my arm bubble up and turn into brown strip of pork rind. Safety first and all. =D
14:10 The Colonel soliciting input from the comments? What have we come to?! The solution to the question is to use the dynamic brakes as much as possible, only supplementing with the train brake (bailing off the independent brakes) if the dynamics won't hold it back
Use the independent brake when you only have locomotives and no train coupled to them. If a train (carriages) are coupled to the locomotives then use the train brakes (automatic). Use the independent brakes after stopping the train to hold the train in position while you recharge the automatic brakes on the train. You are quite right that continually applying and releasing the brakes on a long downhill grade will wear them out. It can also cause them to overheat causing a loss (fade) of braking ability. Try using the dynamic brakes on the locomotives instead to keep the train under control until almost stopped and then apply the train brakes to bring the train to a complete stop and apply the independent after stopping. The independent can also be used if you only have the locomotives and a few wagons. You shouldn't do that with passenger carriages however.
I've had so many bugs and glitches with this game that I've almost given up playing it. One of the British scenarios lets you choose from 3 trains to drive; with 2 of them, I can't even get out of the station because the red signal never changes. Another scenario I spent 2 hours on and couldn't finish, because when you stop at the end it tells you to apply the brakes to 100% and doesn't detect when you do. Looks great, but in many cases is barely better than an alpha test. I'm way past the point where I'll spend any more money on DLC.
5:29 strangest thing during the glamor shot of the train going by at the grade crossing, I was looking at a grey smudge about 3/4 of the way towards the right edge of the video, visible as light colored hoppers roll by and I was thinking...well that's a new marred spot on my monitor, but then I switched tabs and couldn't find it and turned the monitor off and couldn't find it in reflection and finally, took the tab with the video and moved it around and the smudge is part of the video. Does the portable ingame point of view cam have smudges to add realism? Is that the shadow of something roadside? An out of focus blade of grass between you and the train ;) It's very odd and I can't unsee it.
not visible on shots after, seems peculiar to that spot looking at the train. Maybe some graphical weirdness where the telegraph pole was somehow casting a shadow on the near side of the hoppers. Meh. Divide by zero, move on.
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Tremendously impressed that the duck pond story was begun, lost to distraction, the army surplus shirt story was begun, derailed, then revisited and finished, and then the duck pond story was brought back and completed. What a magnificent half hour this was.
Thanks Andrew. Glad it was appreciated. I was pretty pleased to keep track of the different strands while remembering to tie each of them up. All while not wrecking a train operation... Too badly, anyway.
Fun Facts about Potash, first Patent in USA was by George Washington in July 31 1970.
If you add bat guano or manure to potash you get Salt peter ie gunpowder.
Potash was in such a high demand that across Europe and eastern U.S, forests where decimated.
until in 1861 in Germany they found a new source of Potash, in Rocks called potassium chloride.
Potash Rocks where mined in the U.S like just like how coal was till 1963.
That explanation/prolonged analogy of why you don't use the front brakes first, makes a lot of sense... I'll use this knowledge as future reference.
On an impromptu vacation to Utah over a long weekend I drove through the Canyonlands National Park. Upon exiting through an alternate route, I happened across the Potash evaporation ponds near Moab. It was more fenced and secured than most penitentiaries.
The ponds start out as a lovely deep blue color to promote evaporation.
Utah is generally considered a desert and mountainous region. There is a good amount of diversity in the region. The great plains start one state over in Colorado.
I has a similar situation when I was a young lad in the Navy... I was sitting on a chair during rough seas... and the weld on the chair legs holding it to the floor broke lose ramming me head first into a bulkhead... got a bit of a laceration on the back of my head under my ear as my head slammed into the metal wall. Good thing this ship held 2000 marines and had a built in hospital for times of war... so I ended up with a Band-Aid and was back to work not even 10 mins later. Such is the folly of youth, you think yourself to be indestructible. Oh there was that one time I was working in the shipyard and someone had removed the flooring with out putting up a sign, during a power outage, I fell down to the next level down and skewered on a my right leg as an metal post embedded itself into my shin bone. Fun times. =D Or bumping into a steam line at about 490F and having the skin on my arm bubble up and turn into brown strip of pork rind. Safety first and all. =D
14:10 The Colonel soliciting input from the comments? What have we come to?!
The solution to the question is to use the dynamic brakes as much as possible, only supplementing with the train brake (bailing off the independent brakes) if the dynamics won't hold it back
awww stories before bedtime with colonel, bliss.
Use the independent brake when you only have locomotives and no train coupled to them. If a train (carriages) are coupled to the locomotives then use the train brakes (automatic). Use the independent brakes after stopping the train to hold the train in position while you recharge the automatic brakes on the train.
You are quite right that continually applying and releasing the brakes on a long downhill grade will wear them out. It can also cause them to overheat causing a loss (fade) of braking ability. Try using the dynamic brakes on the locomotives instead to keep the train under control until almost stopped and then apply the train brakes to bring the train to a complete stop and apply the independent after stopping.
The independent can also be used if you only have the locomotives and a few wagons. You shouldn't do that with passenger carriages however.
Was I the only one shouting 'Duck Pond!' as we approached the end of the video?
Welcome to the beast that is my company. I deal with trains like these daily and very steep grade as well
Then get back to work!
Even with the exquisite gameplay I appreciate how you still worked in some failure through the magic of storytelling.
Counted at the crossing and you were hauling 35 wagons.
i apologise for not crossing my fingers at the appropriate junction.
I am glad you got the number light on, I had nearly gone hoarse.
For the BMX that reminds me used to put the Nylon wheels in the oven to harden them up.
I was surprised your chaotic nature didn't have heaters on and air conditioning :)
18:16 Trains are big yo.
Something i often have to remind myself about when watching Thomas & Friends.
Right off the bat I was thinking this looked like outback Australia … I think I would like Utah. 😊
Utah, famous for potash and also lent it's name, well, it was pinched, by a couple of musical saints.
The number of pigs is important
I've had so many bugs and glitches with this game that I've almost given up playing it. One of the British scenarios lets you choose from 3 trains to drive; with 2 of them, I can't even get out of the station because the red signal never changes. Another scenario I spent 2 hours on and couldn't finish, because when you stop at the end it tells you to apply the brakes to 100% and doesn't detect when you do.
Looks great, but in many cases is barely better than an alpha test. I'm way past the point where I'll spend any more money on DLC.
Welcome to "Life lessons with the Colonel". Never buy German army surplus shirts, the rest is just a result of the previous action.
For a minute there I thought I was listening to Ronnie Corbett.
Racing bike was it a Raleigh by any chance with 12 speed? Hitting your head into a brick wall explains a lot.😉
Should've had the title of thumbnail reference all the Potash trivia you spoke about.
5:29 strangest thing during the glamor shot of the train going by at the grade crossing, I was looking at a grey smudge about 3/4 of the way towards the right edge of the video, visible as light colored hoppers roll by and I was thinking...well that's a new marred spot on my monitor, but then I switched tabs and couldn't find it and turned the monitor off and couldn't find it in reflection and finally, took the tab with the video and moved it around and the smudge is part of the video. Does the portable ingame point of view cam have smudges to add realism? Is that the shadow of something roadside? An out of focus blade of grass between you and the train ;) It's very odd and I can't unsee it.
it's roughly below the telegraph pole top visible over the train on the right half of the screen.
not visible on shots after, seems peculiar to that spot looking at the train. Maybe some graphical weirdness where the telegraph pole was somehow casting a shadow on the near side of the hoppers. Meh. Divide by zero, move on.
I had that same reaction. "Oh great, now I've got a spot on the screen"
@@garrisonsan maybe a smudge of potash on the camera.
There were two of them. One on the right and one on the left.
Learning with trains makes fantastic content :)
If you want more information on potash, I recommend Veritasium's video "These Pools Help Support Half the People on Earth"
Enjoyed the video and the tales.
You got a co driver, but she cant do the points or back it up when you do the points? What is she good for, I'd give her a bad coworker review
Can you make a video on the Harlem Line?
I reckon so.
Hmm the colonell goes factual, the next thing wik probably be calculus, oh well why not
Premature Doppler Effect Transition can lead to disappointment for some individuals.
Yeah, I can see why that would stick to ya.
Colonel no dynamic brake?
9:06- Buttes
Chuff chuff.
IS YOUR NAME FAILURE BECUSE YOU FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE TRAINS HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Y'alright there Kent?
Train.
Train.
@@colonelfailure Train.
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Big Train
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