I wouldn't worry about dumping steam. If this is at all realistic, the operating pressure should be around 16bar. A safety valve will make sure that the boiler does not exceed its limits by dumping steam. There's no need to dump steam manually. Boiler explosions in the real world were caused by the water level dropping too low causing the heat of the fire to weaken the boiler. If you keep the water level up, your only concern regarding steam pressure should be to keep it up.
This is what it looks like in the real world: th-cam.com/video/o0LO-7QGFxY/w-d-xo.html The engine, pulling a heavy train and producing lots of steam, comes to a stop at a signal. The steam is suddenly no longer needed, and the safety valve releases the excess pressure. While perfectly safe, this is of course a waste of coal and water. The fireman will endeavour to keep boiler pressure just below the safety valve release pressure for maximum performance without wasting fuel.
@@raphaelsmithwick4363 For early locomotives, there were some incidences, but more modern boilers are pretty safe in that regard. Safety valves are simple things, and multiple are provided on a boiler. Their function is checked regularly. If they fail, they are likely to fail in the open position. Again, a fireman is mainly concerned with keeping the pressure up. Safety valve activation is avoided because it's wasteful, not because it's a safety concern.
@@raphaelsmithwick4363 Nope, they were actually very reliable, and if they were stuck, the physical valve would blow off the top of the boiler, before an explosion occoured
Also, most people don't realize there is an emergency valve (also called a pop off valve) on the top of the loco that gets rid of excess steam automatically. The steam dump valve is really only used when your shutting down the loco
When you describe the blower, what your actually speaking about is a Damper... the Damper (described as Draft in game) opens a doorway either in front and or behind the fire box allowing more air to pass over the fire (and only has a noticable effect when in motion)... a Blower directs steam from the boiler up the Chimney which increases the vacume in the Smokebox, this creates more of a draw on the fire, when in motion the locomotive does this anyway as the exhast from the cyclinders is also directed up the chimney as such the blower is only used when stationary (or when coasting In or in tunnels) to maintain a draw on the fire when the locomotive isn't drawing naturally, (i noticed you corrected yourself a few seconds later... but thought i'd leave the post for the technical explanation)
In starting [Refilling the water gauge every damned minute] In transit [Hasn't touched the water pump in over 20 minutes] Oh you poor, silly little man
I wonder if they would ever include the end of steam era monsters that ran in the Pacific NW or the Donner Pass for UP, because nothing makes you feel small in the Steam world that standing next to a Big Boy or Challenger....
P1 and P2 were certain classes of locomotive built by the LNER in the UK rather than a blanket term for British 2-8-2s. Neither of them looked much like this!
@@_Oelfuss_ under Wyte wheel notation system as used in the UK it is 2-8-2. Other systems would say 1-4-1. They both mean the same thing. It's not wrong.
And that's why you're always minimum 2 on a steam train. One to keep the fire going and checking water pressure steam pressure etc. and one to keep an eye on the track
We have a couple steam locomotives here in Western NC. Tweetsie RR is just up the road above Blowing Rock and the other is based in Burnsville NC, The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. It's like stepping back in time while riding on those beauties ;-) They warn you b4 starting off to watch for burning embers and to wear some king of eye protection... Loads of fun!!!! Thanks Mr Squirrel
Tips: I'm not quite sure how accurate the steam loco controls are in the game compared to a real life engine, considering the throttle is the opposite compared to how a real one functions; however, a helpful tip for when there's to much steam pressure (since this is mimicking a coal fired engine) closing the dampers/ the vents below the firebox will "reduce the amount of air" to the fire and lower your firebox temp and pressure instead of you needing to blow off steam so often. Plus the control for the damper is right next you the engineer feet so it's a lot quicker and easier. If this doesn't work my apologies. I don't have the game myself so I can't test it. Great video btw!
1. Looks like the game is too smart to allow you to prepare before taking the job. When you validated it on the start, it showed 13 minutes already passed. Not sure if it's a bug or not, though. 2. About the second bell which surprised you, just after filling in the coal: during the stream someone said that the bell is SOMETHING which requires your attention, and it's yp to you to figure out what. Fuel/coal is just one of the possible reasons, not the only one. 3. About the water level: the last time you filled it the level was clearly visible at the top. All the rest of the journey the lever was not visible at all. Since it could not go up over the top without you adding more water, I think it went down, below the bottom level of the measurement tube, and all the time you looked at it and said "it's full", it was actually empty. Again, during the stream someone explained that the tube indicates the range 70-85% of water level, not 0-100%, so the actual level could indeed go beyond the tube while you were not paying attention. You were lucky you still had enough water left to complete the job.
I see, didn't notice that. Thanks for the correction! Still, when he played it on stream, there was a moment of the tube becoming empty, then he filled it up, and it was really hard to know whether it's empty or full if there is no water level visible. Something for players to keep an eye on.
I hope they add long straights where you can let her loose. Love the mechanics of the game but sucks having to stay so slow. Very few railways have so many sharp corners so close together, though I suppose this game's map is super mountainous.
@@williamstone2335 there are steam locomotives that weighed even more than a million pounds. They pulled way more than that. The Allegheny and Big Boy could barely pull close to 25,000 tones on level track.
@@williamstone2335 Most steam engines weigh half of that on their own. Most modern diesels, too. A small freight train is easily 2,000 tons, not including engine(s). Larger freights often exceed 20,000 tons.
The blower blasts a jet of steam up the chimney to draw the fire and make it burn hotter. Mostly used when the loco is stationary and or when first starting up.
I liked how at the beginning he KNEW he had to keep topping up the water level almost every other minute, and yet while he's underway he doesn't seem to question the fact that he thinks the water is FULL every time he ever looks at it.... Maybe a COMPLETELY EMPTY water gauge looks a lot like a full one? xD
the blower is supposed to channel steam up thru the grate into the fire, the damper is does the same thing but it's a wind scoop is the basic way to put it, as for coal, don't shovel more than you need, if your going up a hill open the damper and top up the firebox, once you crest the hill shut the damper and let the fire die so you don't waste coal.
It's just a shame that this loco is ridiculously simplified! In real life it takes many, many months to become even passably capable at firing and driving a steam locomotive.
That particular model is just weird though... European round windows on a US style engine... it's a funky imaginary engine based on a Mikado wheel base, but looks more like a 1880s Consolidation style engine, with European windows...
I've run the two diesel engines together once doing exactly what you said. Didn't realize they had no link until I had them hooked up, then was like, whatever, we're running these things. Fun game, great video from you as usual!
Not sure if it’s the same in full size engines, but in smaller ones you hardly ever use the brake unless coming to a full stop, everything is done with the reversing gear as it’s much more efficient.
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if you have too much coal you're gonna suffocate the fire becuase the air cant get through that much amount of coal and youll have black smoke on the chimney that means you're wasting coal thus money like a champion. also if you leave the ashpan unattended you're just gonna have large amounts of impurities rock that wont ignite . also, too much smoke and your tubes will have way too much ash inside them that makes the temp on the water rise slower
To be honest, I think it's easier to understand how to drive a steam train if you know how it works and you understand what static and dynamic pressure is.
no man, the blower is on the smokebox and it geneterates draft of the smoke thus getting more air into the firebox while stationary making a richer combustion but the blower requires pressure. you dontt need a blower if the wind is against you so you have air getting into the vent ant through the ashpan or if you have quite a good velocity. It's the same as a car or a plane when they need a richer mix in the combustion using more air per Kg of coal
Start train, starts chugging water like a sponge. 5 min into journey, Looks at water gauge... No visible water line. Ah, it must be 100% full. 30 min later. Still no visible water line. Ah, its must still be 100% full. MFW: >.
I don't think you need to switch points if you are looking at the white side of the sign. Driving the loco over those from that direction automatically switches the track when it passes over it. You only need to change them if you see the red side of the sign.
Throttle valve is backwards... push it in to close, pull out to open. Safety feature so that if you're in a wreck or hit something you'd tend to close the valve, not open it. Not bad overall though.. but that boiler is toast, and so would you be with the crown sheet failure from having no water in it.
No kidding... there's a couple of steps to it... open your water valve, start your injector, hope it catches, adjust water valve to keep it picking up water, wait for it to fill, close the steam valve, close the water valve. Repeat as necessary.
Steam locomotives are pretty powerfull. The reason they got replaced with diesel engines was not because of lack of power, traction, speed,... but all about the high cost to run and maintain them.
Where is the cylinder cock release? It removes water from your piston cylinder so you don't break your rods etc. The reason for these is that water won't compress and on a cold start engine or one that sits a bit like at a station, you will get condensation in the drive cylinders.
Btw Squirrel you don't need to set any switches that you go into in the opposite direction from the points. They automatically flip themselves as you go over them. Irl this isn't a thing of course and I don't know if he will change it either
I am almost certain that in real life, there is usually a minimum of two people operating a steam train... Saying this....This would be a good opportunity from the game creators to have a little bit of a multiplayer option in their
Indeed in the UK at least the two positions are called Driver and Fireman might use different terms in the US but the fireman would be responsible for loading the coal into the firebox, managing the water etc to maintain the operating head of steam in the boiler so that the driver could concentrate on actually driving the train safely.
They were smart in designing the steam loco. It looks not quite American, not quite Australian, not quite Chinese and not quite European. Even has kind of a Soviet look to it. It's a nowhere locomotive which is what they wanted, and a good idea.
It's sort of like a combination of several real life locomotives example there are a few aspects you would find on a lot of British locomotives and a few aspects of this engine that you would see on American locomotives
It would be awesome if when you own your depot you could upgrade it and like give it new sheds and a turntable and mayne your own service station which can be cheaper to use than the others on the map. Still till then what a game. I need it in my life!
I used to think controlling steam locomotives in games like RAILROADS Online! was easy, until I searched for the steam locomotive in Derail valley, I saw the diesel ones and thought “the steam one couldn’t be THAT hard right?” I was wrong.
As a freight conductor I think the most accurate thing about this is that every single switch you need is against you
I wouldn't worry about dumping steam. If this is at all realistic, the operating pressure should be around 16bar. A safety valve will make sure that the boiler does not exceed its limits by dumping steam. There's no need to dump steam manually. Boiler explosions in the real world were caused by the water level dropping too low causing the heat of the fire to weaken the boiler. If you keep the water level up, your only concern regarding steam pressure should be to keep it up.
This is what it looks like in the real world: th-cam.com/video/o0LO-7QGFxY/w-d-xo.html The engine, pulling a heavy train and producing lots of steam, comes to a stop at a signal. The steam is suddenly no longer needed, and the safety valve releases the excess pressure. While perfectly safe, this is of course a waste of coal and water. The fireman will endeavour to keep boiler pressure just below the safety valve release pressure for maximum performance without wasting fuel.
im sure some of them safety release valves wouldve failed time to time in which case to much steam pressure would cause an explosion
Watching that precious steam constantly dumping out was frustrating
@@raphaelsmithwick4363 For early locomotives, there were some incidences, but more modern boilers are pretty safe in that regard. Safety valves are simple things, and multiple are provided on a boiler. Their function is checked regularly. If they fail, they are likely to fail in the open position. Again, a fireman is mainly concerned with keeping the pressure up. Safety valve activation is avoided because it's wasteful, not because it's a safety concern.
@@raphaelsmithwick4363 Nope, they were actually very reliable, and if they were stuck, the physical valve would blow off the top of the boiler, before an explosion occoured
Also, most people don't realize there is an emergency valve (also called a pop off valve) on the top of the loco that gets rid of excess steam automatically. The steam dump valve is really only used when your shutting down the loco
Or blowing down the boiler to remove sediments from the water
Exactly something I wanted to ask. the boiler is technically only going to blow when the water really gets low.
That horn is too majestic for human ears
@William Shearn yeah sounds like autotune LUL
If the whistle actually sounded like a real locomotive I'd be tempted to buy the game
It sounds much better in VR since you can actually quill it.
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Yeah and it sounded hilarious
EpicVodka You know nothing of how it should sound like. GTFO
When you describe the blower, what your actually speaking about is a Damper... the Damper (described as Draft in game) opens a doorway either in front and or behind the fire box allowing more air to pass over the fire (and only has a noticable effect when in motion)... a Blower directs steam from the boiler up the Chimney which increases the vacume in the Smokebox, this creates more of a draw on the fire, when in motion the locomotive does this anyway as the exhast from the cyclinders is also directed up the chimney as such the blower is only used when stationary (or when coasting In or in tunnels) to maintain a draw on the fire when the locomotive isn't drawing naturally, (i noticed you corrected yourself a few seconds later... but thought i'd leave the post for the technical explanation)
In starting
[Refilling the water gauge every damned minute]
In transit
[Hasn't touched the water pump in over 20 minutes]
Oh you poor, silly little man
That boiler was dryer than the desert throughout 80% of the whole journey. The game is still quite forgiving about such errors.
They don't want to kill off their customers... how novel...
it actually turned me off from this game. There are a lot of inaccuracies. Even the chuffing sound is too fast.
That isn't true, he had it filled up the entire time, it was hard to see, but it was maxed out.
@@eryksoowiej4427 ye looked like he had the valve thing opened a tiby bit so he Always got water
@@dedasdude its actualy accurate. there is 4 chuffs per wheel rotation.
This reminds me of my favorite episode of top gear where Jeremy Clarkson has to shovel coal into a steam locomotive all of the way up England.
When was this?
@@AJsBusVideos Google top gear "race to the north"
golden rule: you can lose all presure and fire but NEVER let the level of water lower down
If anything could benefit from a 2-player co-op, it'd be the steam loco. I'm intrigued to see where this game goes for sure.
Back to back episodes! So nice, love to see you back. All is well?
Psst, it's not a zero. The track number have a system. I: inbound. O: outbound. S: shunting.
I need to get this game.
Possibly a video on it?
I need to get a better pc
pls make a vidio of it when you get it
LynxInsite i know How you feel
Yeah... But You dont get the steam loco on the start
you start out with 1000
it costs 20000
I think you forgot to shut the blower off. Could be why the coal was running low so frequently
That and he was venting steam all the time which meant the coal he was burning was going to waste and wasting water as well.
I wonder if they would ever include the end of steam era monsters that ran in the Pacific NW or the Donner Pass for UP, because nothing makes you feel small in the Steam world that standing next to a Big Boy or Challenger....
The chuffing seems to going a lot faster than the actual wheels turning. One chuff signifies ONE stroke, when means half a turn of the driven wheel.
Nah, one chuff per _quarter_ revolution. Remember you've got two cylinders, each of which beats twice per revolution.
exactly... there are 4 chefs per revolution in a 2 cylinder steam engine, and 6 in a 3 cylinder
@@trenesdecolombiaPabloHiguita That's a lot of chefs for one train. The engineers must eat well, at least. ;)
I'm humming the Polar Express theme through this entire video
Squirrel, this is a 2-8-2 locomotive and is known as a "Mikado" type loco (note:any 2-8-2 is a Mikado)
in the UK this is a class p1 or p2
P1 and P2 were certain classes of locomotive built by the LNER in the UK rather than a blanket term for British 2-8-2s. Neither of them looked much like this!
1-4-1 is Mikado, not 2-4-2
@@_Oelfuss_ under Wyte wheel notation system as used in the UK it is 2-8-2. Other systems would say 1-4-1. They both mean the same thing. It's not wrong.
I’ve never heard 1-4-1 lol. Didn’t know there was a system for that. Mostly familiar with whyte
@@docilehostile Russian notation only looks at the number of wheels from one side.
And that's why you're always minimum 2 on a steam train. One to keep the fire going and checking water pressure steam pressure etc. and one to keep an eye on the track
I would love to see this as a series
I believe this train is based on the class KF 1 - 24 locomotive
And if I'm right this train is stable at the train museum in york
We have a couple steam locomotives here in Western NC. Tweetsie RR is just up the road above Blowing Rock and the other is based in Burnsville NC, The Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. It's like stepping back in time while riding on those beauties ;-) They warn you b4 starting off to watch for burning embers and to wear some king of eye protection... Loads of fun!!!! Thanks Mr Squirrel
I've gotta say, that whistle sounds so much light the start of a good old school country song. I love it
As someone who's very familiar with a variety of steam locomotives, this is PAINFUL to watch.
IKR. Overfiring the boiler, constantly venting, improper throttle use, lolol stawwwwp
To be fair he's completely self taught...
Tips: I'm not quite sure how accurate the steam loco controls are in the game compared to a real life engine, considering the throttle is the opposite compared to how a real one functions; however, a helpful tip for when there's to much steam pressure (since this is mimicking a coal fired engine) closing the dampers/ the vents below the firebox will "reduce the amount of air" to the fire and lower your firebox temp and pressure instead of you needing to blow off steam so often. Plus the control for the damper is right next you the engineer feet so it's a lot quicker and easier. If this doesn't work my apologies. I don't have the game myself so I can't test it. Great video btw!
Pop off valves solve that issue completely if they are in the game
Did he even open the dampers?
I believe they're default to be opened. Did he ever close them... nope.
1. Looks like the game is too smart to allow you to prepare before taking the job. When you validated it on the start, it showed 13 minutes already passed. Not sure if it's a bug or not, though.
2. About the second bell which surprised you, just after filling in the coal: during the stream someone said that the bell is SOMETHING which requires your attention, and it's yp to you to figure out what. Fuel/coal is just one of the possible reasons, not the only one.
3. About the water level: the last time you filled it the level was clearly visible at the top. All the rest of the journey the lever was not visible at all. Since it could not go up over the top without you adding more water, I think it went down, below the bottom level of the measurement tube, and all the time you looked at it and said "it's full", it was actually empty. Again, during the stream someone explained that the tube indicates the range 70-85% of water level, not 0-100%, so the actual level could indeed go beyond the tube while you were not paying attention. You were lucky you still had enough water left to complete the job.
It was at the top, he didn't close the water fill valve completely.
I see, didn't notice that. Thanks for the correction!
Still, when he played it on stream, there was a moment of the tube becoming empty, then he filled it up, and it was really hard to know whether it's empty or full if there is no water level visible. Something for players to keep an eye on.
to start the movement you need to have the purges open and the reverser in full power to heat up the cylinder and thake out the water inside of it
You made this look like fun and the train horn was fantastic. I loved the echo from the horn. Great video!!!
The blower creates an artificial draft. It's not needed at speed because the movement of the train and the throttle being open allows a natural draft.
"for coupling engineer should set their train at 3mph to avoid damage"
* ram the load at 10mph
I hope they add long straights where you can let her loose. Love the mechanics of the game but sucks having to stay so slow. Very few railways have so many sharp corners so close together, though I suppose this game's map is super mountainous.
Squirrel I adore you but you were killing me throughout this video only because you were only going 12 MPH almost the entire time lol
yeah, I think he had mph in his mind, but the speedometer was in km/h.
@@Robbedem If you convert the km/h on his gauge it converts to 12 mph...
@@notchristiant I know, but I think Squirrel had in his mind that he was doing around 20 mph instead of only doing 20 km/h. ;)
Did you not hear that he's hauling 436 tons
NotChristianT steem train mere mobile me load karo
413 tons is not much, that's less than 4 tank cars loaded with crude oil.
Dude it is over 800,000 pounds
William Stone could be 800 tons.
@@williamstone2335 there are steam locomotives that weighed even more than a million pounds. They pulled way more than that. The Allegheny and Big Boy could barely pull close to 25,000 tones on level track.
@@williamstone2335 Most steam engines weigh half of that on their own. Most modern diesels, too. A small freight train is easily 2,000 tons, not including engine(s). Larger freights often exceed 20,000 tons.
the my summer car of trains. on a side note; I LOVE the sound of the whistle!
You still had your firebox boost on the whole journey, that's why you had high pressure quickly. good job though.
The blower blasts a jet of steam up the chimney to draw the fire and make it burn hotter. Mostly used when the loco is stationary and or when first starting up.
I liked how at the beginning he KNEW he had to keep topping up the water level almost every other minute, and yet while he's underway he doesn't seem to question the fact that he thinks the water is FULL every time he ever looks at it.... Maybe a COMPLETELY EMPTY water gauge looks a lot like a full one? xD
There are few things in the world, that put out torque as majestic as steam engines do.
Please keep making more squirrel
Been watching since 2013 Keep it up
the blower is supposed to channel steam up thru the grate into the fire, the damper is does the same thing but it's a wind scoop is the basic way to put it, as for coal, don't shovel more than you need, if your going up a hill open the damper and top up the firebox, once you crest the hill shut the damper and let the fire die so you don't waste coal.
You know a game is gonna be good, when the ingame loco comes with 19 pages of manual.
It's just a shame that this loco is ridiculously simplified! In real life it takes many, many months to become even passably capable at firing and driving a steam locomotive.
My big question about this loco is do you think it will be able to push the Delorean up to 88 miles per hour?
No he didn't have the colored logs to throw in the firebox :P
Steam locomotive type is a 2-8-2 or a mikado. They were the average work horses of american railroads.
That particular model is just weird though... European round windows on a US style engine... it's a funky imaginary engine based on a Mikado wheel base, but looks more like a 1880s Consolidation style engine, with European windows...
The blower is actually a ring in the smoke stack that uses steam to push air out of the smokestack faster, pulling more fresh air through the firebox.
I looked up the loudest train horn and put it up to my brothers ear and scared the living shut,out of him
I've run the two diesel engines together once doing exactly what you said. Didn't realize they had no link until I had them hooked up, then was like, whatever, we're running these things. Fun game, great video from you as usual!
Steam locos have safety valves to release boiler pressure if it gets too high, so you can't really blow it up.
The blower sends a jet of Steam up the chimney to draw the fire. What you were talking about was the damper (or vent in this game) 😁
Not sure if it’s the same in full size engines, but in smaller ones you hardly ever use the brake unless coming to a full stop, everything is done with the reversing gear as it’s much more efficient.
Nice vid! I really recommend checking out VR mode however. I just took the plunge and got myself an Oculus Rift for this. Best decision ever!
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I think, with a railbus, the devs mean something like the Uerdingen Railbus. They're basically small passenger trains, sometimes literal buses.
WOW! AMAZING! The people who used these locomotives were geniuses!
I love the train whistle in this game
if you have too much coal you're gonna suffocate the fire becuase the air cant get through that much amount of coal and youll have black smoke on the chimney that means you're wasting coal thus money like a champion. also if you leave the ashpan unattended you're just gonna have large amounts of impurities rock that wont ignite . also, too much smoke and your tubes will have way too much ash inside them that makes the temp on the water rise slower
To be honest, I think it's easier to understand how to drive a steam train if you know how it works and you understand what static and dynamic pressure is.
The whistle sounds like the train is singing a harmony.
The rail bus is probably a passenger train like the class 165
its based on the german red railbus probably
the good ol' Schienenbus
lord nexus either that or the little single coach lightweight vehicles that we had in the UK
Literally just came from a 4 hour session in this game just to find this amazing video XD. Great job.
no man, the blower is on the smokebox and it geneterates draft of the smoke thus getting more air into the firebox while stationary making a richer combustion but the blower requires pressure. you dontt need a blower if the wind is against you so you have air getting into the vent ant through the ashpan or if you have quite a good velocity. It's the same as a car or a plane when they need a richer mix in the combustion using more air per Kg of coal
Start train, starts chugging water like a sponge.
5 min into journey, Looks at water gauge...
No visible water line. Ah, it must be 100% full.
30 min later. Still no visible water line. Ah, its must still be 100% full.
MFW: >.
God that shit is driving me insane.
i cant believe that this single game along with dlcs need a whole hard drive...i remember back when i use a 128mb stick usb.2 for my favorite games :D
A train from my favourite christmas movie, thanks squirrel!
I don't think you need to switch points if you are looking at the white side of the sign. Driving the loco over those from that direction automatically switches the track when it passes over it. You only need to change them if you see the red side of the sign.
That engine would be about able for 2200 tons on the level. Id say about half that if going up a hill thats 1 in 50 or more.
So far the heaviest train I've successfully brought uphill (north of Goods And Town) was ~1100 tons, so I'd say you're right on the money.
Throttle valve is backwards... push it in to close, pull out to open. Safety feature so that if you're in a wreck or hit something you'd tend to close the valve, not open it.
Not bad overall though.. but that boiler is toast, and so would you be with the crown sheet failure from having no water in it.
Man thats so cool. I love steam engines. It be perfect for 2 player co op. Kinda need a fireman to help with the coal, water and steam pressure valve.
If only putting water in the boiler was that simple in real life!
No kidding... there's a couple of steps to it... open your water valve, start your injector, hope it catches, adjust water valve to keep it picking up water, wait for it to fill, close the steam valve, close the water valve.
Repeat as necessary.
@@kleetus92 And if you ever do that in the _wrong_ order you end up damaging it... All good fun though!
That whistle is beautiful.
great video the steam train engine audio is so satisfying to listen too this game in general looks like a winner for me
This is the type of train game that I always wanted. I will definitely keep an eye on it.
Lol the first line of the captions is: I go to school here welcome back to another derail valley video
Steam locomotives are pretty powerfull. The reason they got replaced with diesel engines was not because of lack of power, traction, speed,... but all about the high cost to run and maintain them.
This game needs the Iron Stallion from Metro Exodus
I think having a second crewman to help would be ideal.
Where is the cylinder cock release? It removes water from your piston cylinder so you don't break your rods etc. The reason for these is that water won't compress and on a cold start engine or one that sits a bit like at a station, you will get condensation in the drive cylinders.
Btw Squirrel you don't need to set any switches that you go into in the opposite direction from the points. They automatically flip themselves as you go over them. Irl this isn't a thing of course and I don't know if he will change it either
This game looks insanly cool. Should add it to my wishlist.
That horn belongs in a Disney film.
The whistle is literally a deal breaker
On this game, if you are not on a job can like take the loco out for a free run just to have a bit of a joy ride?
just as David Campbell said that is a 2 8 2 mikado or "mike" locomotive it is either a heavy or a light model
I can’t believe I haven’t seen games like these.
Someone needs to make that steam Locomotive as a model for trainz
That is the best horn that i have ever heard
8:27 Holy shit theres so many things to do for just one driver
thats why they have in real life at least 2 persons driving this.
I am almost certain that in real life, there is usually a minimum of two people operating a steam train... Saying this....This would be a good opportunity from the game creators to have a little bit of a multiplayer option in their
Indeed in the UK at least the two positions are called Driver and Fireman might use different terms in the US but the fireman would be responsible for loading the coal into the firebox, managing the water etc to maintain the operating head of steam in the boiler so that the driver could concentrate on actually driving the train safely.
The locomotive is a 2-8-2 Mikado type locomotive.
I wish i knew about this game earlier...
... and had a VR set to play VR in it with...
you can play it in non-vr mode too i think
it's a 64bit game and I use 32bit...
I had a samsung odyssey until my home was burgarlized...I hate thieves.
They were smart in designing the steam loco. It looks not quite American, not quite Australian, not quite Chinese and not quite European. Even has kind of a Soviet look to it. It's a nowhere locomotive which is what they wanted, and a good idea.
It's sort of like a combination of several real life locomotives example there are a few aspects you would find on a lot of British locomotives and a few aspects of this engine that you would see on American locomotives
Wow, steam locomotives are still in use
steam trains were not weak that big steamer could out that little shunter easy mode in real life
This is why real steam engines have a driver and fireman
If you want to speed up and hear the whistle everyone is talking about, It's 12:28
Cool! I'll buy this for sure.
So that the players can have a new feeling to drive a new loco in the game
The Autotune Whistle "HAAAWOUUAAHOOOwww"
It would be awesome if when you own your depot you could upgrade it and like give it new sheds and a turntable and mayne your own service station which can be cheaper to use than the others on the map. Still till then what a game. I need it in my life!
I used to think controlling steam locomotives in games like RAILROADS Online! was easy, until I searched for the steam locomotive in Derail valley, I saw the diesel ones and thought “the steam one couldn’t be THAT hard right?”
I was wrong.