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Today, 05:25 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Trona Branch - A comparison in Run8 General

Oh, right. :) From what I gather (from what someone posted elsewhere), the Mojave lines "route" which contains Trona was put together by Otto...

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Yesterday, 06:48 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Trona Branch - A comparison in Run8 General

Hmmm......can't agree with you on that point, Vern. Have a look at the landscapes around the Barstow area in the Cajon Pass route in any of the...

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Yesterday, 05:45 PM

seagoon started a thread Trona Branch - A comparison in Run8 General

This small post refers to the depiction of the Trona Branch in two sims...Run 8 and TS20XX. It's simply to give some indication of what each version...

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Yesterday, 04:10 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Trona Branch - No Dispatcher Board? in Run8 General

Brilliant, James! Jeez.....essential info for operating this route prototypically.

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Yesterday, 04:08 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Trona Branch - No Dispatcher Board? in Run8 General

Then consider yourself lucky that we don't also have a Kiwi and a Springbok in this group! :D

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Yesterday, 06:16 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Trona Branch - No Dispatcher Board? in Run8 General

Just like real life, Vern. :)

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01-17-2021, 11:48 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Trona Branch - No Dispatcher Board? in Run8 General

UPDATE It's 40mph, Brad. About a mile or so out from the main at Mojave, the HUD changes from 15 to 40 mph. There is no line-side speed board,...

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01-17-2021, 11:12 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Trona Branch - No Dispatcher Board? in Run8 General

Thanks muchly, Brad. :) (It's Bruce, actually.....Vern is the Pommy, I'm the Aussie :D )

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01-17-2021, 08:35 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Trona Branch - No Dispatcher Board? in Run8 General

That info is available on the .PDF that's included with the route itself. However, what isn't advised is the speed limit(s) along this line when...

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01-17-2021, 04:26 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Mojave - Searles - Trona in RW/TS Screen Shots

It's been done very well in this TS20XX edition, although I think I am missing some assets. Like you said in that other thread.....Trainz would...

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01-17-2021, 06:54 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Uncoupling - What Am I Doing Wrong? in Run8 General

That combination will take you to either the front of your train or the rear....hit it again to toggle. Then use Ctrl+Arrows to move around very...

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01-16-2021, 09:43 PM

seagoon started a thread Mojave - Searles - Trona in RW/TS Screen Shots

Two shots taken from the very large Cajon/Mojave/Trona route.

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01-16-2021, 09:37 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Mojave - Searles - Trona in MSTS Route Questions

I've popped two screen-shots into a new thread under Railworks forum. ...

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01-16-2021, 08:39 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Mojave - Searles - Trona in MSTS Route Questions

Yep....that's it, Rob. It's HUGE!! Takes in all of the Cajon route from Colton to Barstow...across to Mojave and then the branch to Searles and...

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01-16-2021, 08:16 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Uncoupling - What Am I Doing Wrong? in Run8 General

Vern, this may go against your "play-style", but I often use the Ctrl+Shift+F12 flying view when shunting and changing points. It allows for greater...

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01-16-2021, 08:08 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Mojave - Searles - Trona in MSTS Route Questions

Yeah.....or Trainz Surveyor for those into Trainz.

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01-16-2021, 08:05 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Mojave - Searles - Trona in MSTS Route Questions

Thanks, Rob. I'll have a look.

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01-16-2021, 04:32 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Mojave - Searles - Trona in MSTS Route Questions

Vern, I found this in the MSTS library, if it's of any use to you...... Name: tronaroute.zip Size: 11,291,502 Date: 11-29-2011 ...

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01-16-2021, 04:29 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Mojave - Searles - Trona in MSTS Route Questions

Do you have the library file name?

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01-16-2021, 04:20 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Uncoupling - What Am I Doing Wrong? in Run8 General

I bought Trona last night (after reading your posts and watching those videos) and started a World session called something to do with coal....

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01-16-2021, 04:29 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Uncoupling - What Am I Doing Wrong? in Run8 General

Vern, it's great to read that you are, after several years, getting some real enjoyment out of this sim. :)

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01-16-2021, 04:26 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Trona Branch - No Dispatcher Board? in Run8 General

Wonderful videos! Many thanks. :)

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01-13-2021, 06:04 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Cajon At Sunset... in Run8 Screen Shots

Lovely pics, Vern. The developers hit the lighting in R8 spot-on, particularly the transitions between day-night-day.

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01-12-2021, 10:45 PM

seagoon replied to a thread SimRail 2021 in General

Not the signals, but the two signboards on the platform, Mike. Both with exactly the same info and names but facing one way.

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01-12-2021, 10:42 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Uncoupling - What Am I Doing Wrong? in Run8 General

Mr. Angel beat me to the punch, Vern. :)

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01-12-2021, 04:41 PM

seagoon replied to a thread SimRail 2021 in General

Why are there two identical sign boards next to each other?

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01-12-2021, 06:56 AM

seagoon replied to a thread Run8 Multiplayer Popularity in Run8 General

That's not a reason for not stating what initiated the complaint in the first place. If you want to stop a repetition of an unacceptable post...

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01-11-2021, 11:00 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Run8 Multiplayer Popularity in Run8 General

That is a somewhat ridiculous approach. If a complaint is made then any manager worth his/her salt would state the reason(s) for the complaint being...

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01-11-2021, 04:20 PM

seagoon replied to a thread Run8 Multiplayer Popularity in Run8 General

Oh, ease up! For crying out loud....it's all rail related and just because the conversation evolves doesn't require a heavy-handed approach.

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