Railroads Online! ep11 | Supplying the iron mine, Cooke Mogul + 16 cars

[@cromabakvet2677]

Love these vids! Just started playing myself. I did not realize just how difficult it is to get a smooth track down. Train kept derailing. But finally got the first track down!

[@xymaryai8283]

it's certainly a hassle! try to use the crosstrack trick as much as possible, also using the switches can sometimes help to start off a curve without the awkward wiggle ^-^

[@cromabakvet2677]

@@xymaryai8283 thanks!

[@brayden8190]

@@cromabakvet2677 Idk if youve figured this out yet, but you can press ALT to make your track snap straight and then can use X and Y to curve it in a direction. If your building a bridge and you press ALT you can freely place it without it snapping. hope this helps you get cleaner tracks down, it helped me immensely and my tracks let me got 100% reg with the D&G class 70 with 21 cars without derailing. Good luck :)

[@MonsterJ-mv7nv]

Yea I’m having to use lots of tips and my building has become much better.

[@beast_tex774]

4:00 when you have some spare time you should really make that turn wider, anything over 30 degrees is really sharp especially with a longer train. If you are going to pull more than 5 I’d recommend 10-15 degrees of turn

[@notmuch_23]

I heard that when a railroad was hiring a brakeman, they'd look at the candidate's hands, and the number of fingers missing corresponded to how much experience that candidate had.

[@daveb.4383]

LOL

[@MonsterJ-mv7nv]

Grim..

[@notmuch_23]

@@MonsterJ-mv7nv ...yeah, it was a really dangerous job. That's probably why George Westinghouse got so wealthy when he invented the air brake system for trains.

[@ramnrmeul]

If you're going to get a geared locomotive, get the Climax. The Heisler bugs out above ~60% throttle and straight up wheelslips to a dead stop.

[@EFCasual]

The climax is so slow you won't be able to bear it after 5 minutes. The heisler wheelslip can be managed.

[@MonsterJ-mv7nv]

I heard the devs are now fixing it. Hopefully before we all need it. (If you turn the reverser down I think you can bump it up to 100% I’m not sure)

[@Der_Yoloist]

I love watching this game way more than playing. laying down the foundation and finding the way through the trees is a pain. I wait for some updates. until then, thx for your service :)

[@silmarian]

I can't wait to get air brakes on the cars so if the connection breaks they trigger. Or a caboose so someone else can sit in the back and do the brakes (and watch for bandits ;) ).

[@rallymax2]

[Plays 6hrs last night, Wakes up and sees part ii is up] Binge watches even before coffee. I think I have an addiction. TOTALLY WORTH IT.

[@KerboOnYT]

Please consume responsibly ;)

[@SC.KINGDOM]

This game is very addicting that’s understandable. I’ve played 150 hours since I bought it last weekend xD

[@the_corndog_kid_1168]

I don’t know if you get this a lot but, your voice has a hint of John Goodman in it and it’s awesome. SUBSCRIBED!

[@KerboOnYT]

Mr. Goodman has a nice voice and is from Missouri like me so I'll take it :) Thanks for watching

[@trainguytimothy88]

For what it is worth: at 18:55, you set the tender brake to 100% and did not take it off, so you could have gone even faster after you dropped the iron hoppers. I also wanted to tell you that I love your videos! Thank you so much for creating them!

[@KerboOnYT]

I caught that in edit and was waiting to see who would notice. You're #2 :)

[@Kevlar-bk7wd]

"Who laid this crap" I haven't laid a single bit of track with the degrees thingy. My favourite quote is "What that hell was I thinking". (Double tracked all the way up.)

[@543nickb]

I love how he keeps seeing how much longer we can make the train, pushing that Loco

[@mckrunchytoast2469]

Alright so pro tip here. If you need a wood station and you go to place it. It does infact have physics before placing. I assumed it was like the road beds and before placing were transparent. Yeah no I launched a loaded train from the depot and found cars at the logging camp...so yeah..save often kids...it'll save you a little frustration

[@SC.KINGDOM]

I save every 15 minutes to avoid banging my head on the desk after spending an hour on. Perfect line

[@kaymish6178]

I think they need a spark effect or sound effect so it is noticeable when tender or wagon brakes are on. Forgetting to set and unset brakes is totally something I would do.

[@jacobsquartzminecart7632]

Things I'd like to see in this game in some later update Skookum 2-4-4-2 Passenger cars & stations Rack railways Daylight & Wether cycle Cabooses Smoke Deflectors Tenders that you can by separate from the locomotives

[@themidnightbanshee5927]

Here is a piece of advice move the hoppers to the front cause in the back they're a massive drag it's like pulling a rope with an anchor the rope being flat cars and anchor being the hoppers Cause I'm driving my Heisler at 20% up a 4-5° slope

[@CrazyKillerOG]

I just wanted to say, I found your channel when you started the Railroad Online, and it made me buy the game. Really enjoying your content, keep up the great work! :D

[@KerboOnYT]

Welcome aboard! Happy railroading :)

[@darinhassett4708]

i have a bridge where yours is crossing that valley thinking of relocating the main line and now seeing how you went i plan on it !!!

[@HannoBehrens]

It would be wise next time to not hang the heaviest load to the end of the train. Usually, in real trains you'll see the heavy load packed just in front behind the engine, so first the oil, then the hoppers and then all the fringe stuff. It is like this in the real world, it is like this on H0 models and it is not surprisingly like that here. Yes, that means you need additional tracks to rearrange your train at certain stations. But of course I'm Captain Obvious here, you surely have come to the same conclusion. I just can't hold me back to blabber it out. I really like your clips, for it's learning by seeing. Nobody said railroading was easy.

[@MrScotttraynor]

love watching your videos on the game. can only work half time now due to health, and cant afford a newer computer/gpu to play games like this, so can "play" watching you :)

[@KerboOnYT]

Thanks for watching!

[@madmofo9477]

would love to tour your map first hand sometime! I did find map of your tracks here, thanks for that much for sure. Been trying to sort routes currently.

[@mdsx01]

Try hitting the sander as you hit the grade. Ive gotten the Eureka up to the mine on a constant 4% grade without her even slowing down doing this.

[@daveb.4383]

You need the class 70 it is a true Mountain climber with it's 8 drive wheels, LARGER boiler, pistons and it's a lot heavier than the Mogul as well. I found that it never works hard no matter what I do and can start on a steep grade easily at a dead stop as well.

[@indisputablefacts8507]

I just made the same run. I drug 2 cordwood cars, 3 loaded with lumber, 6 with beams and 2 empty hoppers. I used Betsy (I haven't played enough to afford a new engine), and it took 7min or so and ran it on 25% regulator pretty much the whole way. My rail is mostly the same route - although my bridge past the waterfall is about midway up the waterfall, not all the way on top of it like yours. The grade is 3-4% most of the way. Betsy needs a nerf or the entire rest of the range needs a buff. I think the physics of this game is such that the big deal is avoiding curves, particularly sharp ones and S'es, is 10x more important than grade. If you want to plug a feature (because I bet the devs watch your channel), it would be a "Shift-F" keystroke that takes you out of the cab *without* messing with the brake and regulator. That and NPC's that will load/unload cars for money.

[@KerboOnYT]

Yes, curves have a LOT of friction so that curve at the top of my grade really saps my energy

[@canadaletsplay1264]

great video

[@zzsquatchzz5079]

I ran a 10% from the depot to the iron mine over the saddle. I am able to do it with the Heisler.

[@elijahgreenberg2634]

Idk how steep your track is, but I just finished my track up to the iron mine. I actually did it following the other side of the valley, and managed it with a max 3% grade. No sky bridges or anything lol

[@KerboOnYT]

I checked last night on minizwerg.online/ and my iron mine run has a lot of 4-5% so it's steeper than I remember. I've been scouting around and may make a new run or just use a geared loco

[@elijahgreenberg2634]

@@KerboOnYT mine might be still up there, as I was looking at it last night, so if not too many people uploaded theirs since then, it's there as njl2, if u wanna check it out.

[@frayziedaisy]

@@KerboOnYT you said that you for sure want to get rid of the bridge so you could smooth out the grade down the hill and have a little longer way down that’s the way i’ve done it and the rest to the waterfall is pretty much the same as your track worked for me with the Class 70 she might have a little more power but has a lot of extra weight i think you’d do it with 15 carts and the mogul i pulled 10 full carts of lumber and my reg was all the way down at 60% didn’t need more

[@Deadshot-cy1vr]

Who else noticed he left the tinder cars hand brake on after uncoupling the hoppers

[@KerboOnYT]

Haha, I was waiting for someone to notice and I think you're the first!

[@LoPhatKao]

challenge: find the secret of coal valley

[@Sevex2020]

Crazy to see that the Cooke couldn't make it. I just made that run with the same amount of cars with the Eureka but i pushed the 4 hoppers and pulled the lumber on 3% grade.

[@KerboOnYT]

That curve at the top stops me

[@Failer__]

17:08 you might try doing a double loop (in style of Williams train loop) in this place to reduce grade. It works for me, I managed to pull 12 planks/beams (1 to 2 ratio) with Porter II with 50% regulator. And it doesn't look that bad compared to skybridges. I'd show you some screenshots how it might look, but KZbin blocks links to Imgur...

[@KerboOnYT]

If you use Discord check my channel About page for a link to my little community and feel free to paste an image link in #images-screenshots

[@Pickering_Pirate]

Time to buy yourself a tier 1 porter and drop it up mountain.

[@tylermcduck630]

Its 12.00 am for me

[@byrd203]

you need the compressor for brake pressure that's what generates the air pressure it keeps it up

[@KerboOnYT]

Indeed it does and I use the compressor. Note the UI will show 0 even if the compressor is on, that's a bug

[@ceritadimas8632]

Make the mogul have two tenders so the mogul can have even more firewood and water

[@KerboOnYT]

There's no need, it has plenty and can do many trips before refilling

[@ceritadimas8632]

@@KerboOnYT ohhh

[@aslake3848]

Puuuuhhhsss :-)

[@Deadshot-cy1vr]

I would have put the champ on the back pushing

[@crow775]

Long comment, so long story short. Need two engines and a system to do so on solo, to work those steep grades. Perhaps steeper grades (think of the times in rail history when the grades were indeed insane) are better than windy curves and S's? Could be a terrible idea of mine. I just see those curves causing more trouble than a grade might on the mogul Edit; I just remembered those straight, steep mountain grades I'm thinking of were helped along by teams of horses and men. Another engine working with the mogul might do, this I am unsure of. But they are linkable and I've seen it done in another video. Operating two at once solo will require a lot of thought and trial, though.

[@KerboOnYT]

Yes, that curve at the top of the 5% grade is sapping all my energy

[@Sodorii]

13:50 *space jam into begins playing in the background* I'm sorry I can't help myself... 😁

[@ShaneHicks1994]

If the steam trains function like a real locomotive, if you pull back on your reverser as you increase in speed your locomotive operation should become more efficient.

[@KerboOnYT]

Sadly it doesn't, at least not yet. Pulling back on the reverser only makes you lose power

[@KerboOnYT]

@@pdsbulldog9941 If the water is boiling, it's hot enough

[@jamesneumann2003]

Kerbo did you put sand in the sand dome after loading in? If you didn't you there was no sand in the dome, it's a bug with the Mogul, Eureka and Heisler, I don't know about other loco's. I'd recommend building a service stop at the bottom of the Iron Ore Mine grade, where you stopped to put fuel in the firebox, to load up on fuel, water and sand. I also lose frames on the Iron Ore Mine cut but only when running trains longer than 8 car's, so you're not the only one.

[@KerboOnYT]

There's been sand in there every time I checked in the past but if that's a new bug it might have been empty

[@jamesneumann2003]

@@KerboOnYT Sand will always show it's just at the bottom of the dome. Best way to check if you have sand is to turn on the sander and look at the sanding pipe at the wheels, no sand particle's means no sand, it's been a thing since I got the game around a week ago.

[@KerboOnYT]

I see and have verified the bug now, that's a bummer

[@colintrueman8360]

You have to refill your sander I couldn’t see any coming out when you turned it on when you failed to get up the hill

[@KerboOnYT]

Sander was full when I started. The sand is really hard to see and probably got lost in the KZbin compression

[@tylermcduck630]

Hi

[@bigsteve306]

16:57 puuuuush

[@LongstreetUS]

Which geared engine do you plan on buying?

[@KerboOnYT]

I'm going with the Heisler

[@LongstreetUS]

I was up until 4am laying down that same stretch of track. Now I’m worried the D&RG Class 70 I just bought won’t make it.

[@The_Potato_Boi]

you need the class 70

[@awildjared1396]

KZbinr Greener 65 went around the other side of the valley to the ore mine and it seems to have a gentler grade

[@TonyTurboRST]

I don’t get it. My track is similar to yours and I took 21 wagons up there today, 18 loaded and 3 empty and had no trouble. Was at 60% regulator in the Mogul too. Maybe because you are giving at 100% and having nothing left when you need it? My route to iron mine is no more than 5%

[@KerboOnYT]

That curve at the top is what stops me

[@thundercrowz]

Hello

[@Aeolium251]

🚂

[@marcusrauch4223]

Is it just me, or are ep. 10 and ep. 11 the exact same thing?

[@KerboOnYT]

Ep 10 is the first half of the journey then after picking up cars at the smelter ep 11 Is the second half