Real Train Driver. Class 66 Train Sim World Vs Real Life Cold Start & Prep

Hey Everybody I am Richard a former passenger train driver and a current freight train driver based in the UK. In this video we look at the the class 66 for Train Sim World 3, and how the in game simulated train compares to real life! Spoiler my review is pretty positive!
Using the game as our base, I show you the procedure for a full cold start and cab preparation of the class 66 Locomotive. How does the game compare to real life? We will look at the cab and procedures including brake test, driver safety device or Deadman's handle as it sometimes known. Hopefully these videos will help you to understand and appreciate these locomotives and help you to become a better and more realistic driver in Train Sim World 3
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[@aeronautic2374]

Dad Rail: Spends 25 mins explaining cold start and checks Dad Rail at 26:35 - "Simple as that!" Loved it!

[@chris360g6]

66 driver here 😄 we were told in our training to check in each cab that you can get power in both directions and that the sanders apply sand to the rails with a visual check, but honestly that was a great video and I reckon I’ll save it for the odd reference to keep my knowledge up ☺️ I liked the gsmr videos too, learned a few things i didn’t know!

[@DadRail]

Hi Chris, I noted the sanders with a small subtitle! And yes power check was my bad, it should be included

[@chris360g6]

@@DadRail lol it’s all good mate, I only said it as you said you’d get a load of 66 drivers now saying you missed things 🤣 I couldn’t resist. Didn’t see the subtitle sorry mate! Superb video.. as are all of them mate 👍

[@secretspyfrog593]

I really enjoyed this, so we can safely say TSW 3 is a very good sim.... It would be nice to see a full engine room check and a working battery isolator. I would also like to see a full Paddington to Plymouth run class 43/52 would be worth paying for. Thanks for this vid, it was a great to see how true to life the sim is.

[@Thomas_P]

As a Swedish freight train driver I really enjoyed seeing all the similarities and diffrences in how we do things. :)

[@DadRail]

Hey Thomas. Thanks for your comment. i would love to have you in the Discord server to have a chat further if you are interested?

[@Thomas_P]

@@DadRail I'm in your server already. Name is Thomas P. I'll send you a DM if you like?

[@DadRail]

@@Thomas_P Go for it 🙂

[@omarmessam]

I'm 33 years old, a Dad, an Interior Designer, from Egypt I don't link with any of the things happens in this game, but somehow I fell in love with it, I pre-ordered the Deluxe edition, I enjoy it so much and your videos make it 500% enjoyable 😍😍😍 I guess I have certain love for locomotives, big engines, and the slow responses of these beasts 😄

[@trainspotter446]

Brilliant insight to a full prep.

[@ClausThanner]

Awesome video! Thanks you. I´m flying corporate biz jets for a living and now I´ve started driving trains on the PC for fun! Loving it for now! Have subscribed to you channel for future benefit! Keep up the good work mate! Cheers.

[@Hornbyhenry]

Not saying where the reverser key is located is certainly very sensible. I was a wee bit surprised when you said it, though I’d never really given much thought to the possibility of someone trying to nick a locomotive.

[@mikkdc]

That sound of the rain on the cab is so relaxing!

[@geoffhurrell8478]

"Bingo Board" - typical railwayman humour.

[@Simpilotrichy]

Very interesting insight. Thanks for sharing.

[@david_drives_66]

That was so interesting. I had no idea it was so complex.

[@ethanstransportvlogs45]

great video. im surprised how similar it is for different loco cold starts. i saw cold start (i was just watching, im way to young to operate a train) but i was at a terminus station, not in the uk fyi, and i was taking photos of an idle locomotive that was standing at the station for a few days, and this guy turns up in a V/Line (the rail operator) car and hops out. he can see im a train enthusiast so he explains what he is doing. the train was leaving in a few days so he told me he was gonna cold start the engine and let it idle to charge the batteries for the electricals and then run it around to the front of the passenger cars. he first walks around the train and then opens up the buffer end cab and then a few minutes later i can hear he in the middle of the loco, walking through the engine room, i presume. he then comes out of the other cab door. he then takes another 10-15 mins walking around, through the train and i finally hear the 1st 'ning' and then another, and it gets faster and finally has the 'ning ning ning' idle sound. i thought this video was great and now i know what the operater must've been doing. if anyone wants the know what loco it was, it was a V/Line N Class Passenger Locomotive

[@arthurmatthews9321]

Given the choice I would walk through the engine room just make some basic checks. As you said the e70 valve ,and a visual of the engine to make sure there’s no oil fuel leaks, or mechanical sounds that could indicate a problem. Yes it is loud but just put your fingers in your ears for the walk through.

[@pabloermacora7371]

Nice Video! Thanks! This Loco are great.

[@dronespace]

Brilliant video

[@mrroobarb]

really interesting, thank you!

[@BritishRail60062]

I really enjoyed this educational video. As I thought that all train drivers had to use a login and keycard to turn on the cab at all. Just out of interest, what do you think to the Class 60 locomotives? I know a lot of the drivers like them because of their quieter cabs. Great video mate.

[@jackfindleton1162]

brilliant well presented vidio

[@njcurmudgeon]

I was curious, at around the 19:24 mark, you're looking at the right rear area of the cab, there is a large lever on the side wall just behind the seat. What is that for? Great video!

[@DadRail]

Hey, That is a ventilation opening in the side of the cab, the lever operates the cover to open and close the vent.

[@Bigbuss1]

great video's thanks

[@leroynelson-oc1ck]

Great locomotive

[@DadRail]

They are not particularly exciting, but they are workhorses and very capable.

[@benr727]

good tutorial, only thing but dont know if your asked to test, is ive been taught to test forward and reverse before moving to make sure you get amps.

[@DadRail]

We are suppose to I missed that, same as testing the sander!

[@benr727]

@@DadRail haha yeah, depends if the sanders are blocked up or not. 56 ones usually are for me. Do the 69 have same issue with sanders?

[@DadRail]

@@benr727 I have not noticed any problems, Will see what the leaf fall season brings.

[@benr727]

@@DadRail yeah its soon amongst us now

[@mightynosebleed7476]

Wow, at that main res pressure your J1 safety valve will be trying to make your ears bleed. :D brake test is switch operates incorrectly still :( you are right though it is pretty close.

[@ThatDriverOskar]

Very much similar to our 2800 class locomotive, other then Braking system it's more or less identical mechanically

[@StaboMadeInEngland]

An American locomotive in a British livery in America

[@SlothyGal]

in germany :)

[@Rowan66109]

the training centre is in germany though i think

[@cd66061]

Looks more like Canada outside with those hills and loco’s

[@SlothyGal]

@@cd66061 training centre is based off the Siemens test track in Germany, not exactly, but if anything it's german

[@cd66061]

I never realised they had those locomotives in Germany that you can see out in the yard… I thought they looked US or Canadian??

[@johnp6987]

Have you played Open BVE? I know graphically it’s not upto the likes of TS3 but I feel like I’m driving the train more

[@DadRail]

I’ve made that exact same comment many times. OpenBVE feels very real. I’ve got a few BVE videos on the channel

[@jezzdavis9059]

Has doing these videos made your actual Work more interesting? Eg comparing things from the sim..Jezz,Nottingham

[@blogham1]

Probably the least life-like simulator game I've ever seen dovetail sort this out

[@DadRail]

What sort of things would you like to see added to the game?

[@jobmeyer8186]

I played around with the circuit brakers etc. and turned off the fuel injection switch while the enigne was running. After I've done that I couldn't get it running again no matter what I tried. Followed your tutorial but it just won't start again after I turn the engine off over the fuel injection switch. Any ideas why?

[@EpicThe112]

Have a question for you Dadrail for the switch that says ETCS 110v what is the use for it in real life? Since Freightliner also operates PZB Germany Austria Memor II Belgium and ATB Netherlands Capable Class 66 DB BR266 their switch will be the same as the UK version but Sifa replaces DSD

[@DadRail]

I will have to check next time i am on a loco, but I am 99% sure that it is not present on the uk models and is blanked off

[@EpicThe112]

@@DadRail thank you for the answer and I am wondering why it is found in game the 110V ETCS Switch. On older TSW Class 66 from Great Western and East Coastway 24V Supply is AWS

[@denbaker7358]

What's the fresh air button that I've seen in the cab please

[@AndrewJB]

Dad Rail I had an issue with Class 66 consist last night, running from Dartford > Hoo > Dartford. Train was fine running from Dartford > Hoo. But after shunting wagons and then setting back off, the brake cylinder pressure would not return to 0.0, it started at 0.5 and then after every break application would increase, was 2.2 by time I got back to Dartford. Any ideas?

[@russiandrivers9986]

Maybe you left the direct brake on in the other cab

[@petec2583]

Can't believe we're on TSW 3 now and still no GSM-R in the cab! Cmon Dovetail stop being so lazy 😂

[@DadRail]

Check out the 323 in the new cross city route. It has working GSMR

[@petec2583]

@@DadRail I don't sign 323s, I want it in the 66 dammit 😆

[@noooo_safechat2589]

If 8:07 is the engine, what’s 7:48?

[@alexn7484]

Where are all the air system cocks etc on a 66? In the engine room like the E70?

[@DadRail]

In the engine room / clean air compartment. Some are located on the outside of the locomotive. The E70 is in the clean air compartment in the engine room

[@alexn7484]

@@DadRail cheers, was just wondering as there are a lot of similarities with a 67 (understandably) but on a 67 there is a cupboard in the same position as the electrical cupboard in the other cab with all the PBIC/E70 etc. But the 67 doesn’t have that void space between the cab and the engine/clean air compartments so easier to put them there I guess.

[@formidable38]

I wish DT would make the horn louder!!!!

[@PuuvillaneMats]

Impossible because they started development from the wrong end. Exactly like for TS 20xx ... and You know who was behind that. The same guy is still there and ... he never learns. Experienced record production guy is talking here and I know lot about sounds and sound editing. In TSW 3 You don't have enough access to sound files so only DTG can fix something seriously. If You remember the Train Simulator long story then Armstrong Powerhouse came and changed the paradigma of locomotive sound creation/editing. Without AP-s work TS 20xx would have been in trash long time ago.

[@Elvo7684]

Thanks for the explanation, for me the sounds are more important than the visuals. They just don't seem to get this right.

[@lowwhistler_]

How much of that would you do if you take over mid-route on a crew change?

[@DadRail]

You would just enter your PIN number, and carry out a running brake test at 30mph to assess the braking performance of the train.

[@brucecohen3001]

It is interestin engine is so loud because from the outside the 66s are so quiet.

[@DOCTORDROTT]

Air flow indicator not talked about

[@DadRail]

Unfortunately its not modelled correctly in game. The animation works but does not correspond to anything.

[@Jude29475]

First !

[@joebeighton4073]

GSMR set up and check?

[@markcurzons8807]

Hi I’m new to this sim, I was wondering if in the future there will be a chance for a Birmingham new street route or whether this is not possible

[@PuuvillaneMats]

Thank You DadRail for Your explanations on this loco model. Greetings from Estonia too. Seems like the fat guy who basically did all the soundwork for Train Simulator tranferred his 'great achivements' here ... to another generation of train simulation ... I'm talking about extremely weak horn sounds. The horn sound has to be most loud one in game ... no one is louder. That means the horn sound is where sound guy has to start development - find the loudest sound and set all others dependant on it. Easy like that. But fat guy never understood and started from engine sounds ... which ones are never the loudest ones. Then ... if You want to make the horn sound louder You can't raise it anymore because You've already determined highest level.