RUN 8: Train Simulator V3 - Locals/Industries & getting started

Being a total Run 8 noob myself, there's a lot to conquer and learn with this simulator and it's not always knowledge readily available or easy to find.
Hopefully this video will help others start up the hill of becoming a better R8 RR'er, if you're a deer in headlights like myself.
Covering a few basics of invaluable websites and 3rd party tools to tagging for cars, industries and little fail-age demonstration of the latter.
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Stay safe out there
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Run 8 V3:
run8studios.com/index.shtml
The Depot:
www.thedepotserver.com/
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[@157RANDOM]

Just a few tips from a real world railroader (CN Conductor). 1. Always inspect your brake hoses and perform a continuity test prior to departure, as your issue when first entering the industry was that you had no air on the train, only the power. 2. Test your handbrakes before uncoupling (This may not be properly doable in game but it is SOP irl) 3. You don't need to disconnect your air hoses prior to uncoupling, as that is actually very unsafe. They have 90psi in them and uncoupling them can hurt bad. They are designed to pull apart as you pull away, and the conductor should turn his head away from the train as they disconnect, to avoid injury from stuff being blown by the released air. Thanks for the Run8 content, always a pleasure!

[@schnauzahpowahz]

Right on thanks for the tips! I overthink alot of things and screw up, I look at Run 8 like my 1st high school dance every damn time I open it 😆 The eotd not blinking at the first setout shdve been more blatantly apparent to me lol

[@Deezle_Gaming]

While normally you would never disconnect the hose manually, it's best practice when playing on a server, because on a server if you just pull away from a cut of cars the air will not dump. Disconnecting the hose first ensures the air dumps. Hopefully they'll fix this someday.

[@157RANDOM]

@@Deezle_Gaming Ah, good to know! I suppose real world experience will only get you so far when a simulation has its own little quirks.

[@dog_house875]

@@157RANDOM hey where are you based out of? I’m a CN conductor out of New Brunswick.

[@157RANDOM]

@@dog_house875 Mac Yard in Toronto, although I am considering transferring to Capreol

[@PowerTrain611]

When setting off cars, leave the anglecock open on the car being left behind and set the handbrake. Don't bother manually unhooking the airhoses, they naturally snap apart safely without damage. That's the way we do it on the real thing... Just stand clear of the hoses. 90 pounds of air releasing from the hose would break your leg if the metal gladhand hits ya, but you wouldn't stand between the cars when the train is about to move anyway...🤪

[@billbloggss]

BIG thumbs up, just the BEST video!! And it provided maximum value because you didn't edit out the bloopers. Commentary clear and concise and the information soooooo valuable for a two day Run8 owner. Certainly challenging and probably more so wading through a 9 page print out of the key bindings but have, via luck and ....... more luck, managed to run two trains so there's that I suppose lol!!! The goal, after watching you operate, is to get my speed with the mouse and key selection quicker because it obviously makes such a difference. Very pleased with the sim so far although a new computer has become a priority after seeing your 'vision' by comparison. Much enjoyed and yes Billy Bob is a potential axe murderer given the stare😂😂

[@shodancat1000]

with respect, to this day i have never found a single person who truly has a complete grasp of how to use run8 in a single player environment to actually "do" things (properly tag auto-generated trains, take them to the yards they should actually be going to, properly hump them, properly build locals, run the locals, configure the industries so they properly "process" cars and create empties, yadda yadda yadda.) the depot's config files are a great starting point but they're just a starting point. every "tutorial" i've watched or read is kind of a limited "i kinda know what i'm doing, here's some stuff you can do" thing because the learning curve isn't a curve in this game, it's a brick wall, lol. it's still a great sim though, don't get me wrong - the best by far if realism is the ultimate goal.

[@neucoas]

Do you have a source where we can learn a bit of all that stuff that add realism?

[@jeffscharpf]

No wonder I still struggle to understand the industries.

[@Horsa-sr8oz]

As a newcomer to Run 8, your videos are very helpful.

[@rhallanger]

The Depot Plus is such a great enhancement. Great explanation of the tools the Depot makes like industry tags, maps, etc.

[@neucoas]

You have no idea how invaluable this video is right now. I just got run8 yesterday after months of doubt. Thank you.

[@TakeVI]

Locals are fun. I suggest that you perform a brake check before departing. Check out the video done by the Depot.

[@KG-xt4oq]

The Star Trek sound effect is used when people are transported from one place to another.

[@zefreak]

Something undocumented that I wasn't aware of - you can press 4 when in a loco to get an external rotating view - you then use wasd q and e to rotate the camera, similar to TSW2

[@PowerTrain611]

It is documented. It's I'm the change log for V3... I real all 11 pages lol. It's worth a read, there's lots of good info, provided in a humorous and entertaining way by the devs.

[@jonathancox9098]

Good video. Worth noting that F11 will let you climb on any ladder you are looking at and F12 will put you back on the ground. You can use the * key on the number pad to start a distance counter so say your train is 4000' long before you start hit that and it will increase in value for your count so if you want to pull forward 3200' this helps. You can also hit right-shift-* on the number pad to count down so if you are looking to count distance down say when you clear a switch you can then just simply ctrl-F12 to end align the switch and jump back in your train. But I'm a big fan of your V3 journey and hope you keep producing content.

[@schnauzahpowahz]

Mega thanks for the tips/key binds I swear R8 has more controls to remember than anything in existence 😁

[@KerboOnYT]

Great video! When I was starting out videos like this were invaluable. I would add that the train and extra board load can be used once in game to spawn a train in your world or to teleport yourself somewhere easily

[@schnauzahpowahz]

Thanks kerbo, I'd be lying if i said i didnt reference alot of your vids from v2... some of the best out there far as im concerned - clear and concise

[@weswheel4834]

Great video, thanks :) Making shorter local trains might suit me as I don't always have 3 hours (just not doing it online so that no one laughs at me...). I liked how you used the word 'game' as well. I'm too old now to change career (plus in the wrong country). So, I'm playing it for enjoyment. And it is possible to play a 'game' and still treat it very seriously, with lots of study, preparation and adherence to real world procedures :)

[@gschneck260]

Video suggestion - With tags set properly run a train over hump to sort, then grab some sorted locals to deliver. Enjoyed this a lot and it will be a great help to newbies.

[@ringmasterblaze]

This is great! Thanks so much. I'm new to Run8 coming from Train Sim World 2 and wasn't sure how to go about doing purposeful mission-oriented driving in the sim. This helps a lot.

[@nicolatogni4996]

Thank you Schnauzah! Between your content and Chris T's tutorials, I'm starting to understand more of how Run8 works. Just the menu choices took me a while to figure out! 😅 I've just ordered a Raildriver, can't wait to try it out!

[@inn0version727]

Really appreciate the video. I’m struggling a lot with getting over the learning curve, this helps quite a bit with the industry tags

[@MrCameronsterling]

I appreciate your videos, Run8 is definitely a learning experience I’ve had it for quite some time and still need video tutorials like this

[@schnauzahpowahz]

Thanks, its a headscratcher indeed. Sometimes I open the game and stare blankly at the screen a while lol

[@LifeAccents]

Great content. I'm a newbie so I don't have mych to say other than I noticed that you can select all the cars and change the tag to one, it will change the tag to all the selected ones as well... As for the rest I'm learning quite a lot by watching your videos so please keep this series going!!

[@stardog7655]

Great video and great seeing you in R8. Just upgraded to the new version myself.

[@trucker752]

When you hook or unhook you leave the anglecock on the dropped cars open then just close the anglecock on the car or locomotive still in train. When hooking up you partially open anglecock intill your CFM is below 60 then open fully.

[@AKidNamedKenny96]

I noticed the same about the current state of the community. I do wish their were more in depth tutorials out there to help the newbies out (Like myself as well lol) So I appreciate you making videos like this for the community

[@darrenberkey7017]

It's kind of weird... on one hand, I feel like maybe I would quickly grow weary of something so purely simulated, and yet, every time I watch one of these Run 8 videos, I'm fascinated, and I want to play it more and more.

[@jeffscharpf]

I have the same feeling. Did you buy it?

[@camarofreak6957]

Please, lots more of this

[@schnauzahpowahz]

I'll try! If you got any ideas on what shoot em my way

[@johnritchie913]

thank you for being there us trainsimers. love your videos john ritchie brisbane australia

[@jessejohnson6435]

Great Tutorial man thanks a bunch 👍

[@jessicatimm559]

Very helpful video, thank You!

[@teebagz1]

Thanks man! I really needed this

[@Logan912]

I love doing locals in Run8. I've just brought back some processed cars from the UP Edison local (Y-BK50) back to UP Bakersfield yard, and I'm in the process of classifying cars based on what their destination tags are and where they'll eventually be going (I've got one track for northbound trains for the Fresno Sub, one track for eastbound trains for the Cima Sub past Yermo yard, and a track for southbound trains for West Colton/the Alhambra Sub). Eventually, I want to put some power on those consists and drive them to where they need to go. As a side effect of that though, I've already got some ideas to make realistic scenarios to TS20XX in order to make use of all that Train Simulator DLC I bought lol.

[@GeneralJackRipper]

I'm so glad I didn't buy another train sim first because this is the one I'm looking for.

[@CitarNosis506]

I always love sims, I use iRacing as my racing simulator, Microsoft Flight Simulator as my flight simulator and was looking for a simulator for Trans as that's my 3nd love for the most part and found Train Sim World a bit meh, this really looks awesome and I might buy it and start investing my time in RUN8 :)

[@HisNameIsRobertPaulson01]

"How dare you!!" That made me laugh.

[@fredpryde8555]

thank you for the help

[@MrJMS814]

First time I've heard decent representation of EMD engine sounds in a video game.

[@Lucas33921]

Nice images! What config are you using in your computer? Maybe an 75Hz screen?

[@BradCm7]

Hey man great video I just got V3 this week and followed you along with this, so cool. I noticed however compared to your game all my boxcars are all “run8” branded and they’re all grey and boring. Do you have something else purchased that gives u the variety?

[@schnauzahpowahz]

Thanks! And yeah you gotta buy thr packs otherwise the loco/stock say R8

[@Solo6R]

I'm still fiddling around trying to figure out "what to do" or if what I'm doing is correct. So far I basically just pick a "preset" from the trains menu, but those tags often end at places we don't have yet. like Chicago or whatever. So is the goal of running those trains to just run as far down the mainline as you can until out of scenery then it just disappears and you go find something else to do? Are there routes that have destinations you get to reach yourself? I'm very TSW minded in that all trains there had some destination and helpful blue marker on where to park them, hah. I just wanna deliver a train an hour or three down the mainline to a yard or whatever.

[@MatthewRailfan-ox6si]

I have Run 8 V3 and I have the USB RailDriver. How do you set it up because when I do the throttle doesn't give me N option. It only goes to DM 99 and Notch 3 and above. Would you know anything?

[@tuberoyful]

I know you play quite a bit of Sims didn't know you played this I really could use the help so teach on!!

[@mikevaneldik78]

Great video. Thanks for doing these. and you were only 1mph over coupling speed 😅

[@csx8851]

Where did you get the track switch sound from?

[@maccoat]

Gotta say Run8 Looks alot better than Train Simulator

[@Antmf712]

So I think I want to buy this game over TSW3. Would you highly recommend the game? Is it detailed and complex? Please let me know. New sub here btw.

[@tommyzDad]

Hi! Is engine start-up done only from an external view through a menu; is there a 1st person realistic start-up?

[@schnauzahpowahz]

Only some things you can access manually via click, such as a few circuit breakers etc

[@mattquintal862]

Hello i am on a laptop and i don't have a right control how can i change this because i cannot see industries tags

[@tsu120]

So I just came across this game and I’m looking at possibly getting it. My question is, how does multiplayer work? Like say me and my brother wanted to team up on one train where one is the engineer the other is the conductor? Is that possible for 2 people to run one train?

[@cheems2.072]

Yeah 2 people can run a train one is the engineer and one is the conductor

[@whippy107]

So if you are running a local, does the train always just get shorter and shorter as you go along, or do you also pick up cars? What happens when you are done? Do you take the new train or light engines to the next yard geographically, or do you run around and return to your starting rail yard? I appreciate your entertaining and informative videos!

[@chrisgross5925]

NS conductor here. It all depends on the day's work, but typically you will pick up and drop off cars as you go. Our locals all return to the yard they came from at the end of the day, and the cars are sent off to other yards on the system. That's how it works for us but it may be different in other areas.

[@whippy107]

@@chrisgross5925 I appreciate you sharing your experiences! My intention is to "assign" myself to a specific home yard to work from in the sim, so it will be nice to have a good starting point for after I do yard switching for a while. Your feedback will help me, so thanks again

[@josephpatsch849]

The transporter room.

[@timwashington972]

hey man could you help me out, i just dont get it, im on the Aline AND I PUT MY TRAIN AT STANTON CONNECTION i use train symbol q457 and i want my train to go to moncrief yard, but otto just blows me by the yard...am i tagging my train wrong, im new to this but i caint get any tags to work, my coaches, do i list as MON for the yard or somethin else.. i just dont get it, nothing works, can you make a tutorial just on how to use train symbols correctly... im at a stand still with this game... ive tried 10 taggs on my engine but nope, otto wont route me there...for us newbies i know....ive read the documentaion but it really dose not say much, can you help me...

[@tuberoyful]

I have alot of stuff from V2 and still would have to shell out $50 for this seems like dovetail isn't as bad as some train sim companies after all😂

[@nick-dm3if]

man i bought this about a week ago, i had a guy trying to teach me but he was just talking about other nonsense that wasn't learning the game. i want to play this and understand how this works but i cant figure it out so i have been playing tsw2 and derail valley until i can figure all this out. if you are ever playing and wouldn't mind teaching me for about 10 minutes or so let me know i have discord and all that. i just have so many sims i cant keep up with all the stuff i want to play. dcs takes most of my energy lol

[@inn0version727]

I feel this, it’s a struggle 🤣. I’d love to hop on multiplayer and play prototypically but there’s just no comprehensive set of resources to learn how to do it

[@sergeygernega2974]

Hey can we vist to your house and run 8 v3 pls

[@timothylewis9983]

A: Forgot to do an sir brake test prior to leaving the yard....B; You switched the first switch to the WRONG TRACK! In real life, you would have derailed! Just 2 things I noticed from the very start of this video.....I wonder what else I will find that is done incorrectly. I like the video, but you do need to do an airtbrake test, which is hitting the LFT CNTRL + Backspace Key, to go into the Air Brake test and it will set up the PCS and time out on the air.....Once it is complete, you can reset the air and get ready to move.

[@Tamburello_1994]

I'm gonna need more space for this...

[@schnauzahpowahz]

Lol tell me about it. I lose at least a gigabyte a week bc of TS

[@sakeeler]

How the hell did you open the loco windows?!?

[@schnauzahpowahz]

Left click on em, shift + left click to close

[@billbloggss]

@@schnauzahpowahz Well that's one question I can knock off my "how the 'ell does that happen' list. On my second drive of a train I opened the window but then couldn't shut it - horn nearly blew me out of the cab and surprised the neighbors weren't really really ragged at the noise😂

[@n460hly]

Hop off = Q

[@GreatNW]

more like ripoff 8, to get a decent experience you have to shell out to much for my liking.

[@daviddryden8088]

You are ruining Greta's childhood man! How DARE you.

[@schnauzahpowahz]

Lol. That poor brainwashed little girl

[@Logan912]

Thing is, yes, there are a lot of things that could and should be done to preserve the environment (most of which are in the hands of industries who try to pass the blame on individual people), but the whole Greta thing is just going about it the wrong way. Plus, that kind of thing makes me wonder if her parents or other people are just taking advantage of her to make her a poster child for their cause, but I don't know her personally so I can't really say for sure.