Sherman Hill: Cheyenne to Laramie - Train Sim World 2

Driving a double EMD SD70ACe freight train through the challenging 1.5% gradient Laramie Mountains.
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[@justinhooper3958]

The tall yellow cars that you thought were cattle cars are actually what we use here in America to transport new automobiles from either the factory or imports coming into the US from port and the cars are usually double deckers. Just to inform you Squirrel, good to see you playing train Sim again it's been a long time since you have last played or uploaded keep the content coming

[@doyourememberme2904]

Yellow TTX Auto racks there called as a Retired Railroader as there called. And on the Brake wheel side inside them there's a locker box that has all the automobile keys in it.

[@nanymostafa1625]

اغتعع

[@paulhaines8379]

Amtrak uses the Double Decker Automobile rail cars as well, for those who are going on vacation can take their car with them.

[@justinhooper3958]

@@paulhaines8379 fancy but guaranteed expensive

[@TankGuyz]

Called Autoracks

[@danielwood2669]

The square “cup holder” is where they put the reverser handle when not in use.

[@pman7505]

Might have been at one point, but reversers are not allowed to be stored on motors any longer. Least for my company.... cup holder at its best! Lol.

[@10poundsofcarp]

Trains in the US, Canada and Mexico are driven on the right side. This is to read track side signals, switches and indicators which are placed on the right hand side of the track. But the right hand rule is not always followed, it varies depending on the dispatchers discretion, track availability and train queues to effeciently move trains in between sections of track 21:25 iirc those type boxcars dont have stairs that goes all the way up, it just serves as a platform for train conductors to hold on to during switching. However the hopper cars adjacent you can climb to the top. 26:00 these setups are DPUs (Distributive power units) they distribute the braking power throughout the train and operate in conjuction to the head end of the locomotive via remote control. They are usually placed mid train or in this case rear end to help heavy unit trains (coal, grain, etc.) that travel along a route with plenty of steep grades

[@Varinki]

Also the CNW for some reason ran on the left.

[@SteamKing2160]

@@Varinki yes because they built their stations on the left hand side of the tracks and didn't want to relocate em to the other side

[@simonmacomber7466]

In the U.S. the horn pattern before a road is "long, long, short, long." While in a rail yard, your bell should be on continuously.

[@572Btriode]

Morse code "Q"

[@doyourememberme2904]

Answer your question Squirrel aka Paul 11:38 lefthand side is because track into yard siding the huge loop out is used for Detartrating Said yard, which is the main way into yard siding, 22:56 LD LMT 224200 is Load Limit & LT WT is Load Tonnage Weight 61800 which is a certified Weight Limit to that Freight car as that's what It can handle to be safe running. Ask me anything Railroading years of experience. The number one thing Dovetail gets Wrong every time on any Route is the amount of Locomotives and perceived as always activate which is false, I understand it's a game but when you're going to add real life in game physics and wheel slip to a game that's Titled as a SIMULATOR yeah get your facts right on Locomotives as where Not every Locomotive should be active, and anything over 100 tons should have 3 locomotives behind its main lead unit. The Average person thinks or believes all Locomotives that are in a train are Active Power and are pulling when in fact there Not. One Locomotive has the Power to pull 88 American Freight cars with No problems reasons why most trains carry more Locomotives is due to 2 reasons first to Spread out their mass pulling Power as a single unit they can only pull so much until wheel slip so coupled up to another heavy mass, they spread-out their Power mass for pulling power Big Reasons why Yard Slug units can pull and push massive amounts of cars over Humps as I've worked for other Railroading Companies for 23 yards as Hump Master which Mother Hump Units have a Lower Gravity center Mass and Gears. Second is it's always better to have than not to have Power, if need more power fire it up. If or if not with a Helper unit. "DPU" Distributed Power Unitunits unpowered unit CP powered unit controlled from the Engineer from the Main Lead Unit, are only added to a constant mid-way that's more than 140 cars long or given Weight to help pull the load apart easier pull making it an easier run and cut pull than others. Been retired for 23 years from Penn Central, Conrail got back into railroading as an overseer for "NS" Norfolk Southern in the last 7 years so now 30 years Railroading. Haven't met the player that has told and knows the difference to Real Life to Game that can tell me the difference.

[@Meakovic]

Future reference, if you are interested in accuracy, in the US the horn signal for a level crossing is a slow morse code 'Q' ' _ _ . _ ' with the final long note blown as the engine passes through the crossing. you're getting the pacing of the signal right if every long note is around a second or two long.

[@everettrailfan]

23:19 that's normal, most locomotives typically are only shut down for maintenance or if a defect develops.

[@jm0lesky]

That's not quite true. Modern American Class 1 railroads typically shut down their locomotives when not in use to save fuel. The only time they keep them running is if the outside air temperature drops below freezing or there is some other issue (such as weak batteries)

[@infinite_pilot]

This is really awesome. I live in Laramie and to see this in train Sim world is so cool!

[@Ficon]

Dovetail is hell-bent on keeping Banking Comms as poorly documented of a feature as possible. That switch turns on distributed power so the locomotives in the middle and in the back of the consist mirror what you are doing with throttle and brakes. Otherwise your front loco will pull them as dead weight. At least Sherman Hill tells you to turn on the banking comms. If you have ever struggled with the climb in Sand Patch Grade in the base game, it's because it never tells you to turn on banking comms.

[@mavadelo]

very much agree with you. Setting up the engines is hardly explained. I had to search videos on youtube from people that actually know what they do before I could even move some trains in certain scenarios. Heck... even following those examples it not always works. They should have some scenarios that help train noobs like me to understand how multi engine setups work,

[@Ficon]

@@mavadelo German signals? Watch a 2-hour livestream. PZB and LZB? Same. I don’t get the reluctance to write a manual.

[@jackthedragonkiller5097]

@@Ficon my issue with German signals is that you’ll pass a green signal, and then the next signal which is typically a kilometer away, is red. Since most of the Deutsch routes are high speed, even full emergency brake and you won’t be able to stop in time.

[@Ficon]

@@jackthedragonkiller5097Are you talking about ICE trains? You have to use LZB in them because they follow a speed curve not shown on the HUD or the signals.

[@jackthedragonkiller5097]

@@Ficon ICE and Main Spessart Bahn. And thanks for that, next time I play a German route I’ll try the LZB and see how it goes.

[@BobSentell]

For most of the US there is only one rail anyway so when you get into a double rail situation, it depends on what you need to do there and which line is considered the "main" line. Even within the US these things are so heavily managed the engineers are just pushing the "go" button while the company handles which rail they end up on.

[@samtasticsongs3012]

I grew up in Cheyenne. And we used to drive to Laramie all the time!

[@AraluenRanger]

I was stationed there with the Air Force. Definitely made the trip to Laramie for the UW games.

[@OscarzProductions]

For those who don't know how dynamic braking works, instead of the engine generating electricity to be used by the traction motors, the traction motors generate electricity which is then sent through large resistor banks near the rear of the locomotive.

[@SternLX]

I think people get confused because they hear the engine ramp up beyond Dynamic 4. It ramps up engine RPM to increase cooling on those Resistor banks. That's a crap of waste heat they have to shed and they can't use the power from the Traction motors to run the cooling system.

[@dr.feelgood5798]

I seriously don't care about Train Sim World, Train Sim World 2!!!!!, and Train Simulator 2022 anymore because they are made by Dovetail, because of the features where where promised in TSW1 that never came, now they have released TSW2, and are basically only interested in releasing DLC's then fixing the Game and adding the features we where promised, And not only that NEVER releasing DEV/SDK Tools, but the last one i don't know to be true anymore. I'm looking forward SimRail releasing Q2 2022 Maybe

[@bigman4225]

hello squirrel. i am an ex driver in australia. although our locos aren't as big as america they use emd engines. When you go into dynamic braking you start in setup and wait for the engine to tick over.

[@trainmanj]

Just 32 cars is a local train in the U.S. I wish train sims would have correct American trains with well over 100 cars and sometimes over 200. Laramie at least has a railroad web cam to see real-life consists.

[@alexander1485]

ive been on engines like that, just not that number (same company) PS- we have local jobs (that only go 20-30 miles out of the main terminal) that weigh way more than that lol PS#2- its Running/Operating

[@talk2prince]

13:40 ish if you look closely, the vehicle shadows are passing beneath the bridge as is the asphalt is transparent. is it just my eyes playing tricks on me?

[@RH117]

The two routes started as two different railroads with interchange yards. Nowadays American railroads use a priority one-way system on the majority of trunk and main lines. The occasional local trains pass in the opposite direction. Also on some lines the priority direction changes depending upon the time of day and types of trains they are pushing through. All dispatching, train and track control, except for a few train yards, on the UPRR system is conducted remotely out of Omaha, Nebraska.

[@WilNichols]

I live about 30 miles south of Cheyenne. BNSF seems to have one mile long set as the minimum distance. Although it seems to have eased during the pandemic they they had started experimenting with three mile-long trains with multiple engines in the middle. They took FOREVER to pass, particularly in my hometown, where trains slow to 10mph in the downtown area.

[@pman7505]

BNSF Orders are nothing under 120 cars for mixed freight, in my territory, soo could be 6500 - 9000 ft, all depends on cars. Believe summer plan/ territory specific..... they want 10,000ft+. Less crews, less trains operating, more $$$ but system has been set for decades of 7500ft or less. Typical coal is 7200ft for 135 cars, 3 motors.

[@Maeyanie]

9:20: Probably it's doing it based on the average brightness across the screen. When you're looking out the front window, mostly you see the inside of the cab, so on average it's not as bright as looking out the side window. You're right that's not the best way to do it though, should be based on only the very centre of the screen.

[@fishpop]

31:47 That kink in the track must be really annoying to go over, as you have to kill your speed so as to safely go over it. There also seems to be what looks like Trap Points by the kink at 32:07.

[@christianjohnson9190]

21:00 there is another door, you go in between the seating and there is a door and it will lead you to the front of the locomotive

[@bagnome]

Railroads in the US are set up to run trains in both directions on both tracks. If they have a lot of traffic in both directions then they'll keep trains to one side for a given direction, but it's not unusual to use both tracks to have a train overtake another. It's at the railroad's discretion how it will utilize the tracks based on the needs of the day.

[@greyshadow9498]

Autoracks are what those yellow cars are. They are enormous, you'd have to see them in person to truly appreciate how massive they are.

[@agniveshnandan6038]

I actually did this line in TS16 back then, brings back memories ..

[@jamescerone]

Squirrel is so conservative with his speed… this is the “proper” way to run these trains? I’m usually right at max speed

[@gog4039]

10:14 if I did live there I would spend hours every day watching the trains go by, also imagine being late and suck at a train crossing when that went past

[@idxluaviation]

Squirrel, The cars you thought were 'Cement Cars' are actually grain cars, use for grains.

[@bradplunket]

Cement cars are typically 2 pocket 3200 cf those cars were all 5,000 cf. there is a soda ash company that sends soda ash to other countries

[@josephkoenig6019]

Damn that's a lot of repeating rolling stock assets

[@YouVidTuber]

I bought this just a few days ago (and refunded it), I set the settings to literally minimum and at no point did I get more than 5 FPS with an RTX 2060 and i5-9600k. Modifying the engine.ini to reduce the "grass" brought it up to 7, but that's still practically unplayable. I don't like to refund DLC's or games but when there's a fundamental issue with them functioning its hard to see why not. I think there must just be some kind of major error in the game or the DLC that causes some people's games to just...not be able to handle it despite having the processing power

[@ChrisJones-hv7mo]

It would be great if they extended it through to Evanston, or at least to Rock Springs which has particularly interesting scenery. Maybe I would settle for Rawlins.

[@johnmoss878]

Back in the late 70's and early 80s .I lived by a railroad for a copper mine. I would run outside when I felt the floor rumble . I knew it was a train. I would do the signal all kids of that area did the honk your horn. And they understood so they would hit the horns. But one day they honked the horns and the engineer opened his window and dropped something then pointed at me to go get what he dropped. I got it and picked it up it was a carton of filtered water. It look like a school milk carton. But it was blue and white and said Santa fe rail road on it instead of creamland dairy which was red and white. That cut out in the planel board like like it would hold one of those Santa Fe filled waters just perfectly.

[@norliasmith]

Proper horn signalling for US railways is as follows Stop: One blast of the horn Forward: Two blasts of the horn Reverse: Three blasts of the horn Grade crossing: Long long short long ((Start no more than 20 seconds from the crossing if below or at 45mph, or at the whistle post/one-quarter mile from the grade crossing if above 45 mph, the whistle post is marked as a sign with W on it, the last long shall be blown until the lead unit reaches through the grade crossing))

[@Duke49th]

Train Sim World 3 now - I have set everything on Ultra, except the internal resolution setting to 130% only (slider on the bottom). On 1080p I have 60+ fps. My system is kinda mediocre. AMD RX480 8 GB and Ryzen 5 3600 with 48 GB Ram (2x8 and 2x16 in dual channel). Most people complain performance have whole set of issues with their system lol - or they set the resolution slider to 200%. Which is super hefty on the performance. If you set graphics resolution to 4k and put the slide to 200% then the engine is rendering internally at 8k. Which is (too) much for most systems, except maybe super high end systems with Nvidia RTX 3090 or so (I assume as I have never rendered/played/seen anything anywhere on 8k lol).

[@SoepThe1]

I have been enjoying Train Sim World 2 a lot lately, nice to see a route that I don't have :)

[@faastex]

Same!

[@MattyEngland]

Chuffsim.. Choo Choo 👍 RIP Stobe

[@secretslayer1234]

35 seconds, nice and early

[@Hauzzi205]

Play my summer car again new interesting updates are there please play the game

[@mavadelo]

I have both Sherman Hill routes (TS20xx and TSW2) and I must say I like the TS one better. Fact that I own the Big Boy and the FEF-3 Steam engines might have something to do with it (I assume you own TS20xx? if you haven't got the FEF-3 I highly recommend this jewel of a DLC by Smokebox)

[@davidwarda5616]

I hate the idea of having the Class 66 sounds stolen into the SD70ACE's engine because it just doesn't sound right. this is not how the SD70ACE Sounds like. what a big shame to DTG

[@Dr_Won_Hung_Lo]

Everything's pretty accurate in this game. On a real train you would start out in notch 2 or 3 until you have pulled all the "slack" out of the train. There is about ½ inch in-between each railcar of slack that adds up anywhere between 15 to 20 FEET in total slack in the whole train. So, when the front engine starts to move it'll be awhile before the end of the train even starts to move. You have to be careful in real life not to brake the train apart by giving too much power when taking off. It also can take about 10 to 15 minutes to "charge" the train or in other words build pressure in the air line.

[@mikecliffordputernut7042]

There is another enter/leave door in the middle at the front. Just got to the middle of the cab , look forward and down a couple of stairs and through2 doors brings you out.

[@Amazeeeee]

nice

[@theblueiguana8522]

They drive left because the train is invented by an Englishman somewhere the beginning of the 1800's.

[@derrickboegel3597]

cool 😎

[@XaviRonaldo0]

Squirrel is alive!

[@brandonchamberlain5222]

The cars you pulled uphill are used for many different uses, concrete but where I'm from in Indiana they use them for grain and fertilizer

[@TankGuyz]

The light change in the cab is because you had the side windows open, looking through it, and the windshield, looking through it. Simply, Side windows, no window. Windshield, window.

[@dummiesboy]

The issue with lighting being washed out is not due to the Unreal engine. It's caused by Dovetail not setting up lighting correctly. They are still going by very old, limited dynamic range standards, rather than using realistic light intensities. You can see this plainly when you turn on step lights, and see them light the train up significantly despite it being the middle of the afternoon on a clear, sunny day. Outdated lighting practices like this won't look good in a modern engine.

[@jackfrost3254]

Just saying but the 1.5% grade is ¾ of the hill from Sherman Hill summit into Cheyenne. At the summit and down into Laramie the grade use only 0.8%

[@taylorwhittington8471]

At 39:00 that is the Crazy Horse sculpture. He was an important native American in history

[@Pickendi]

Oh that's cool to know.

[@tootzmcgee7144]

You should look at My Garage, it looks really in depth and promising from the gameplay videos (I just got holdfast so I won't have time for it for a while)

[@Volkaer]

My biggest gripe with TSW, is they couldn't even be bothered to texture and render in a functional toilet inside the locomotive. Uninstalled once I realised that was the case, and was left severely disappointed.

[@1186wolf]

on the sherman Hill I been having problem when it comes to Brakes for I been finding that I applied all the brakes and speed still increase until I use Emergency than it stops and then I can't get it moving again has anyone experience this also?

[@jackfrost3254]

Just started a timetable on the series S and found out that the trains are twice as big (1.6 miles long, 100 freight cars and 6 locomotives)... Huge trains

[@kentwood2914]

IT WAS BUILT IN 1960!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ww32]

These trains are very short for the US sadly, I don't know why they kept them so short. But the game is very pretty.

[@perthdave100]

i think the US freight trains are short in TSW and TSW2 due to the unreal engine max load distance, i think if there is to be long freight trains with say 100 plus wagons, there may be lag in the graphics to load the full length of the train plus your FPS will dive to 10 or less.

[@automation7295]

More wagons usually mean there might some lag, not every game engine can handle long trains likely due to limitations of the game engine and performance reasons.

[@everettrailfan]

No, that's just the timetable on the gen 8 consoles. Modern machines will have full-length 100-car trains.

[@automation7295]

@@everettrailfan But not everyone has a good PCs to handle something like that. Even modern games have shorter trains for performance reason, as longer train can steal some FPS on lower-end PCs. PCs can't handle everything, I feel like people on the comments just act like PCs have no limitations and can handle everything. Even PCs have limitations and overheat.

[@perthdave100]

@@everettrailfan will they, not everyone has the pc to handle that length of train and I doubt the current unreal engine will handle every train in the game, there has to be limitations somewhere

[@JustRickToday]

sure you get 60 fps at 1080P... try 4K then you know why those fps comments are there. this just looks shitty on 1080P.

[@animaltvi9515]

The man from laramie ... . Like Norfolk , Lincolnshire area

[@Nebs1]

That’s a baby train. The one I’ll be driving later today at work has 88 coal wagons and only two locomotives. Slow AF

[@pootmahgoots8482]

If I remember right, dynamic braking is when the generator is spun up faster to create a load on the electric motors without adding more power to them so they will slow down. The excess heat created by the added amperage is then routed to the heat exchanger which is where those fans are on the top of the locomotive. That's at least what I remember from another video that did a full breakdown of diesel electric locomotives and their systems. So not really an engine break in the traditional sense.

[@southernpennsyrailfan8579]

Bound from Omaha to Portland to Cheyenne and Laramie

[@cnelson3225]

Seems expensive for what you get. But there isn't really any competitors sooo....

[@KarsonKendall]

I live in Wyoming, just west of Laramie. Keep up the good videos Squirrel

[@timgerard262]

Those "concrete cars" are probably hauling grain, they're often called grainers.

[@JoakyFlyLevel]

Great video sir! bought this gamer but i can not play beacuse im stopped in creating profile. i try a lor of options but i can no create a new poerfil. can you help me pls !! thanks

[@Travelinmatt1976]

The white hopper cars are for dry granular goods like sand. In my area there are a couple major plastic plants like B.A.S.F. so usually those cars are full of polypropylene beads.

[@JanusLoggie]

This DLC is super underwhelming! Thanks for sharing the video, now I know not to get it.

[@michaeltenenbaum1389]

The Wyoming Division is now triple tracked.

[@ZaidianZaid]

This version of sherman hills is worse it looks so bad graphics sucks i dont like it a bit but the train simulator's version sherman hills is real the champ

[@trirail812productions8]

i ben asking everyone train simwolrd 2 should make a subway route in boston whould be nice

[@TankGuyz]

Trains travel on the left in America because they most likely have to take a track that only has the switch for it on the left track.

[@MitchellThatGuy]

Do more train sim please!! It will bring back a lot of old viewers!

[@darrinlong8038]

fun sim game but boring as hell.

[@sandysmith7485]

If you don't know, then just Google it. LOL

[@randomtexan7654]

Squirrel, most trains in America are 2-4 miles long.

[@andrewnoble70]

where do you find manuals for different locos please

[@michaelwayne607]

I lived in Wyoming for 29 years. Definitely looks like home!

[@chadCasselmanChad]

those cars are grain cars, cars on the right was vehicle cars

[@hershinnypirate69]

It is in Wyoming an I live three house from.this area

[@fishpop]

21:52 Trains be big yo.

[@billsalvey]

what version of the UE is it running? is it UE4 or UE5?

[@perthdave100]

hey squirrel, the second train with a loco at both ends looks like grain wagons, i think if they were cement wagons there would be more piping on the wagon.

[@everettrailfan]

No, grain hoppers can be used as cement hoppers. Technically any hopper can carry any bulk commodity, there really is no such thing as a "cement hopper" since they can be any type of hopper.

[@pman7505]

Cement cars... typically are short. Think around 40 feet.... Cement or Sand... very dense. Grain are definitely our full 50 foot. You can see the difference for sure.

[@everettrailfan]

@@pman7505 I've seen cement carried in 3-bay Trinities before (at least I think it was cement, not too sure...)

[@fredscratchet1355]

Ooh haven't played Sherman Hill for ages. Will have to give it another go.

[@werewolfcraig]

Always enjoy your videos.

[@axpuser671]

currently 3 likes and no views and 2 comments

[@Bcp123]

skybox IS being changed

[@acevanzandt3179]

Why don't you display the FPS on your screen? Or am I missing it???

[@sogwatchman]

Probably an overlay from an outside app like Fraps or Nvidia.

[@Pickendi]

I wonder if they have any SP livery locomotives =}

[@everettrailfan]

Ah yes SP on modern UP trackage...

[@Panther-kp1ie]

Miss the ats videos.

[@GloryGamer88]

Good 'Ole Sherman Hill! Brings me back to the original Train Simulator

[@brandonspolander509]

Did I see you upload a Transport Fever 2 "Mainline" video or was I seeing things

[@animaltvi9515]

Isn't that someone else doing TP2 mainline ??

[@everettrailfan]

21:47"look at the size of these, like cattle cars or something" The last time cattle were moved by train, steam locomotives still ran in revenue service lmao, those are autorack cars used for transporting cars. DTG has implemented them on Sand Patch and the Oakville Sub as well. Oh, and the mountain range is the Rocky Mountains, not the Laramie mountains.

[@TrainsOfDorset]

Very good game this is.

[@thomasfinnegan2062]

Boring game

[@Nightweaver1]

Only if you don't like driving trains. The higher-speed lines are a little more exciting, picking up passengers.

[@navseal345]

I'd like to see the end to end run!

[@TwoSierraEcho]

Those "cattle" cars are actually for automotive transport.

[@alexander1485]

called Auto Racks

[@Musketeer009]

I suspect those two small sidings are where new/old engines or wagons are offloaded or loaded onto road trailers for transportation to other tracks. That wasn't rain, by the way. That was my tears at not seeing Fort Laramie with its cowboys and Indians skirmishing around.....like I had in the early 1970s.

[@doyourememberme2904]

Sorry If I ever sound sarcastic but that's me, mean No harm. Reason that I know for frame drops in areas and now you'll start watching for it is the Track is to detail, it's all about the Track the fps drops nothing else, you'll notice it now when in area's the track will start fading out around you. 21:48 a Conductor wouldn't be walking down in the yard as in game, the Conductor and Engineer would have both been picked up by a Rail Driver in a Van or Truck and Transported to New location as the Train itself Yard Crew would check it out and set-up everything. All Yard Crews carry Keys on them do to Special Locked Switches that give access to areas that Mainline shouldn't be on. 29:15 the square area with the hole is a multi-used area the hole is actually used to put and hold the Reverser Lever in it as there isn't any place to really set it as when Rail Crews stop in yards to switch Mainline Travel Crews out mainly Conductors and Engineers, the Train goes through a Series of Scheduled Tests before Leaving the yard with a fresh crew this is an FRA ( Federal Railroad Administration ) requirement that needs to be done always before a train leaves a yard under No circumstance can a train crew leave without one being done. Almost every American Freight train unless if it's a One Month Local run or just out of shop would need a Cold Start up as every other are always running to save on Fuel of a Restart. There's honestly a lot I could talk about the Unit and or the crew that's never implemented or followed through in game as to real life. 32:00 All American Hoppers for making Cement only carry the Raw products to produce Concrete as Concrete doesn't get shipped by rail as it needs to be moving always as it would harden so Sand would most likely be transported to the Cement Factory only. 37:11 what needs to be in game is a Distance Counter as it would tell the Engineer where the Rear end is length wise which is used in game but it's set-up automatically and can't be touched as in real life you could set it to count down and helps you knowing when to stop that your rear is clear of a switch by counting down the distance of your train as when set. 40:10 Curious Paul reasons for other Mainline was to lighten the Load Run over the hilltop as you have to remember at one time Steam Locomotives ran here first . Railroads Don't get a Lot of Credit as they should when they're the ones that figured out every day modern travel machine first. I get a lot of people saying boats came first for travel true, but MAN didn't invent Water as Railroads invented Rail's to run on. True Fact Railroads coined the Phrase Horsepower first Not the Automobile.