We made it to the Alarka Branch! ES&DT in Railroader Ep. 26

[@johnrhodes4273]

The chaos of everyone being one the same call just adds to the ES&D vibes. Bring back the chaos of the call. Some of us don’t recognize some of the voices over discord anyways

[@Pyrotrainthing]

Missed opportunity for a Kenosha around 10:50 but still hilarious to see you slam into a consist at 30mph just to derail 3 boxcars & your tender

[@avreybradley9967]

I went over to the Monticello Railway Museum to hand in my application for membership and met another person doing the same. I mentioned watching you and he does too so now we're friends

[@wesw9586]

I so wish I lived just a little bit closer! Running down there from Champaign is just a little bit more than I can manage. That place is amazing.

[@avreybradley9967]

@wesw9586 I wish I lived in Monticello but it's a little pricey, but I guess Rantoul isn't too far

[@williamgrantham2463]

I'm scared for when the thumbnail comes out. I'd almost put money on it being the 8 & 9 on their sides but given that it's the first time going up to alarka it may be something up there

[@michaelimbesi2314]

It’s kind of a weird feeling to see these towns in the news instead of just in a video game.

[@jamesbuckner4791]

Yeah

[@AShadowboxsFSX]

Also hyce if you put your power on the other end of the train (or have another loco spotted for it) and switch from the east end of dills you have access to two more stub tracks and a longer lead so you dont foul the main. Alternatively, look into Katers Sylva Interchange & Hump Yard! Yeah, a hump yard is a little much for a small RR but its good fun. Also, the comms in this episode are so, so much better to listen to. Thanks and love to you and the boys

[@desmondk-o7148]

55:00 its doing that because your engine's in MU mode where it magically matches the controls of whatever engine its coupled to, not because of the cutout

[@makostesztakft]

I would also like to say I've finally clocked that other track in the 22nd minute as a mellower Tuesday Sunrise(?) and I'm very excited to hear it and its friends on Spotify sometime

[@Hyce777]

There's not a second version of that one (yet) but I would not be shocked if one of our other tunes is very similar.

[@makostesztakft]

@@Hyce777 Guess I shall have to wait to find out what this one's title actually is then. Still excited!

[@bluescrew3124]

Woohoo Full send! Also: “I’m standing next to a huge weewee….” Classic move to avoid violating Club Robert rules 😂

[@BandanRRChannel]

Yard chat while you were retrieving your train was fun. We were wondering if you'd notice that you left cars behind (you did) and if you'd catch that one boxcar at 24% before it hotboxed (you did). For the record I oiled the second and third cuts up to 75%, but you grabbed the first one before I could get to it. Honestly the yardmaster position was pretty calm since I only had to deal with 2-3 trains at a time, and not sort through the entire call of people. Dispatch will make your day...they might make your day hell, but they'll make it!

[@ChloeEleets]

I didn’t know what to do at first so oiling bearings was the best I could think of 😂 still laughing at and wishing I had been recording my POV of the 32 MPH crash at the interchange 😂😂😂 (also understood more why the safety rating is at 12% on this day’s recording)

[@JessicaKStark]

I love the surprise asdfmovie reading.

[@Knsgf]

1:18:25 Yes, a new game starts with yards in Whittier, Ela and Connely.

[@AShadowboxsFSX]

That reference to the Shia Labeouff song just had me full sent sir 😂

[@heathnielsen4449]

28:20 The yard I work at does that as well. Also, they tease us with the crossing.

[@SteamPower-kr6ui]

I gotta recommend a C-25 for alarka, worked for tier 5 for me as the exclusive power for it

[@llloyd4]

Where I have a heavily modded Alarka (including my own Copper Mine mod ) and I have no problems using and SW1 even with all the steep hills and 30 empties going up to the copper mines. :D

[@Johndoe-jd]

Hello Mr Hyce, CDO of ES&DT You currently have an outstanding debt of 3,660,418.57 USD. That is the equivalent of around 2 million ES&DP (ES&D Packing peanuts). However, I cannot take any railroad credits. As such you need to pay in USD, gold, silver, or other precious metals. Railroader Debt Collector, John Doe

[@Hyce777]

Uhh.... uhh. OK.

[@Johndoe-jd]

@@Hyce777 I'll remove some if you can answer these two questions. First, when is the next Montezuma live stream? And second, how much would it cost to build a K-37 today?

[@schwarzermoritz]

​​​@@Johndoe-jdwhat's the airspeed of an unladen swallow? You can't buy those things by the catalogue anymore, so any number that someone quotes you by the seat of their pants without asking you for a few thousand in engineering and costing first is not worth anything. Also: CDO, Chief Derailment Officer? Nice touch.

[@1471SirFrederickBanbury]

You may want to also include the current going exchange rate of ES&DP to USD so that people can use that info for trading XD

[@mikalegault9012]

​@@raymondsheets5583Dear employer of the FRA. Are you sure you want to do that? I'm asking this for your safety, since someone could accidently shove a car into your office if you catch my drift. Sincerely, The ESDT HR and International Translation Department.

[@hadinossanosam4459]

Just wanna appreciate the chat at 1:09:20: "Why are you bringing me brown power?" xD

[@lordraven1991]

So, the day this video dropped I tripled the length of my own railroad, and for the first time broke my no dept rule. I now have $30,000 of dept to buy a new engine that can actually handle the freight jobs and have set the new rule that dept is allowable but only for one train purchase and I can't get any more until I have paid that dept off. Also, I still haven't put anything in the dirt yet, even when running 40-50 around corners. Side note, the corner where you ate it is good for 49mph, it does make a hell of a lot of noise but doesn't damage anything or derail stuff and getting it under 47 makes it not make any noise at all. So that puts me behind by the wye, and the Alarka branch extension. Still running solo, and still have a perfect 100%safety/110%rep record. Slowly catching up.

[@clifflagueux9403]

I appreciate all of the things happening in the new railroader videos, it's great seeing a decent chunk of trains, and the perk for Engineer tier members. However, at the end of the video where it was just you going up Alarka, Hyce, I felt in my soul the mental reclusiveness happening. I love your work, and I live your ADHD pain, but remember to take care of you, too.

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

"I'm standing next to a huge WeeWee..." kicking with 52 cars? man I've done, like, 64 before.. what. is this. SWITCHING OPERATION? my non-existant OCD is kicking in watching this, wanting to get involved just so I can fix this mess only to realise the hard way: *this, is the ES&DT, and NOT, the KsOd.* here's how I would switch interchange cars at Dillsboro: Eastbound: -Unit trains to Robinson Gap [front of the train here] -Ela -West of Bryson [starting from easternmost location, first to drop off]: Wesser: Park Service; Hewitt: Talc and Limestone T1, T2, T3, T4; Nantahala: House Track, Union Lumber, Power and Light R1, O1 -Alarka (self-explanatory) -Bryson: Team Track, House Track, Standard Oil, Lumber and Coal Appalachian Hardwoods R1, G3A, G3B (split into two sections once arrived at Bryson) -Whittier: Connelly Creek (sort at Whittier Yard), Sawmill loading tracks&C2, Hollifield Heating, Stenzel Mfg -Wilmot Westbound [These are easier to sort out at their respective destinations, except for interchange] [front of the train]: -Dillsboro [starting from westernmost location]: Freight House, Fuel, Locust Pin -Sylva [starting from westernmost location]: Coal & Lumber, S1, CS1, R1B, R1A, PW1, HD1, (P2 & P3), SP1, SH1, PW1, HD1 -Interchange theoretically, organising the cars this way, assuming your westbound freight doubles as a local, will allow you to simply pull up, uncouple cars and go on your merry way

[@whatusernameis5295]

so the reverse of this? got it.

[@schwarzermoritz]

Does nobody else besides me play this game with Cabooses?

[@TheZoepers]

you know the real madness begins when you reach andrews :D

[@lukemendel8197]

I suggest you get the logging tank engine as the dedicated Alarka Shunter.

[@makostesztakft]

Something makes me wonder if your operation might benefit from setting the interchange schedule later into the morning, such that you can clear out Sylva with a hefty road-switcher at dawn and dump that stuff in the Atlantic's lap before anyone's even thinking abour second breakf- ehem. second interchange, which would be more midday or afternoon. This might not befit the timescale, but I figure an IRL road that burns IRL daylight at scale would like a more even interchange time spacing a little better. The other idea being that the shortline would technically be less full if you clean up and then take deliveries as opposed to vice versa

[@Hyce777]

We'll have to think about that. Appreciate the suggestion!

[@callsignapollo_]

While i dont know what happened once he pulled out of sylva, i hope that all of those cars got set in the interchange before that timeskip and second delivery, because i've drfinitely had days where i kicked myself for scheduling another interchange and not getting all the cars bound for it in there first. IIRC my singleplayer save has the interchange set to go at the earliest possible time so i have the most daylight to run, and with only having to run freight as far as robinsons, i can usually pull a single freight east-west and take the others back to interchange by the end of the day Granted i'm working with far fewer engines and industries, but it's been effective so far. Doesnt give a ton of downtime for maintenance, but thats why i run at track speeds, dont have to repair what you havent browned!

[@mattb.2359]

Hour and 8 minute mark. that first corner coming down from Gov island you can do at least 50 through, next corner is a max of 45. So yes, derail the hell out of the lead engines doing 56 around a curve. And if your boys really want to haul ass for the passenger trains. Get the F7a and F7b unit mods. Set the notch 8, top speed is confirmed at 65mph.

[@detroitdiesel1776]

watching this and building 3150 ES&D kit

[@jamesbuckner4791]

1:18:35 yeah, you started with east whittier, Conley, and Ela is your starting map

[@AndreEckert]

Greetings from the ES&DB ❤

[@onecleangti]

Little better on the chatter but still a bit hectic. Still miss the old format of trains with friends

[@Texaskeykeeper]

I use the little tank locomotive for alarka since the switching is a little interesting sometimes. I wanted to buy one of every loco and it seemed to fit. It doesnt have a lot of coal and water capacity so it works well there since it is never super far from service.

[@KR4FTW3RK]

1:27:06 that railroad has a funny acronym. I woder what it stands for?

[@ChloeEleets]

What a fun video! 💜

[@ferky123]

At least the Alarka track is all downhill so you can do gravity switching to sort the train. You probably need a switcher at Alarka.

[@sonicnick5192]

1:16:31 Hyce can you let the individual who wanted to go to knotts that if he wants to see the goose, go during the middle of the week this October to get a ride and see her running

[@pranavghantasala6808]

50:09 is officially in the ADHD hall of fame

[@JPofCT]

So Alarka starts with a diesel fuel stand unlike the other engine facilities. It might be time to introduce diesel power to the ES&DT as the Alarka switcher.

[@drednie7116]

These ASDF movie quotes have got me feeling some kinda way

[@train0996]

What you should do is get the diesel fuel stand at Alarka and get the SW1 to be the Alarka switcher

[@heathnielsen4449]

25:50 Doesn’t Dillsboro have a yard extension or is it a mod?? I think it is time to make the yard seven tracks with all of those paper board cars.

[@dramaticgecko2]

I was wondering what happened to the parts car that arrived in my yard and was already brown

[@HT1945-ix4ey]

Hey mark, question.... Is the Song that starts at 1:27:25 released anywhere publicly? i tried checking your Spotify and i couldn't find it..... and every time i hear it in one of your vid's i think it sounds as gorgeous as could be. I could just be dumb and didn't see it, But id really like to know because id absolutely LOVE to just hear that song by its self.

[@lordsherifftakari4127]

10 minutes in and cars in the dirt

[@HighballMachineWorks]

How ironic is it that they start doing the Jack Sparrow Jar of Dirt thing and I’m running an o gauge flatcar with dirt jars glued and roped down to it just because I wanted to get at Hyce levels of model train stupidity Translate to cockatoo screams

[@s.mittle]

Shame on you for not us seeing the shenanigans you did with the engineers 😂

[@cjane1422]

Oh boy can Mogul Cult move to Alarka?

[@Hyce777]

That's probably a good place for that doot.

[@cruisemasterdoesgames]

hey hyce it was fun last night cant wait fro the next session

[@whatusernameis5295]

did you get clearance? yes my choo choo is bigger then yours

[@FilmCrateMedia]

Fort Union & Central Kentucky boxcar spotted in Alarka

[@railfaningthegreatlakescen8441]

4:54 is that every time you switch calls?

[@Hyce777]

Yup. It's my join sound. lol!

[@heathnielsen4449]

1:08:01 !!!! Hyce, you keep forgetting about that curve!!!!!! It is not a 30+ curve!!!!!

[@McFly1955]

My dyslexia made it said Alaska and i was like Whaaatttt 😭

[@IanSonOfZues]

Will there be articulated locomotives later in the game? I would love to see a Santa Fe railroad 2-10-10-2 locomotive.

[@schwarzermoritz]

It's a 35mph branch line. Y'all with your crazy superpower steam...

[@IanSonOfZues]

Well historically articulated steam locomotives pulled long heavy cargo trains about that speed or less.

[@Hyce777]

There's a modded few, yes.

[@davidty2006]

There is a 2-6-6-2 Mallet mod...

[@heathnielsen4449]

I like the chaos.

[@brucebecker3740]

I personally recommend if you do a switcher for alarka to use the tank mikado

[@whatusernameis5295]

i find it amusing that the 9 is named "two numbers"

[@llloyd4]

Is it me or is there an odd sound byte that plays everytime Hyce tabs out to switch Discord channels?

[@karpproductions9651]

do you remember me? you saw me at the train Museum called the Age Of Steam. i was the little kid.

[@AppalachianMountaineer1863]

It’s sad playing this game knowing that all this area is currently flooded and destroyed. It would be fun to have a charity stream event

[@kingofcomedy8115]

I almost went to Alarka, but I damaged the 5 too much so it couldn't get up the hill after Cochran.

[@pacificnorthwestandsouther703]

hey hyce you should check out latoms mods there is a centerbeam and its so goofy having a g-16 pulling 4 centerbeams into the saw mill

[@whatusernameis5295]

after you pull the first load out of interchange then you need to stick all of Sylvia 's crap in it before it rolls over

[@lukemendel8197]

Is there a mod to expand the exchange yard? Because you need to do that.

[@lukereyes6266]

There's 3 on nexus iirc

[@BandanRRChannel]

There are mods for that, but they require at least one additional plugin (RailLoader) that I hear is tricky to use, and also tends to break with updates.

[@RyonWilliams-g6g]

2 for 2... on number 8 and 9 wrecking on a double header

[@DL541]

Why the offset headlights on some tenders? There seems to be absolutely no correspondence with locomotive size vs tender size. A 12-wheel tender on a 2-8-0 and a 8-wheel on the 2-10-2.

[@MikeinUt]

PTC should get rid off the Oah Oh’s. UP Shafter Sub, some of the longest saw by I’ve had to do. 8 and 9 should not work together.

[@Musician101P]

God, hearing about Knott's in a Hyce video is weird lmao Also, if you want to see the Goose at Knott's in action, come in Jan.-Feb. on a weekday.

[@BiggsHobbies]

15:00 "This is what you get for paying minimum wage for a railway job" WAIT yall pay minimum wage? I thought it was just packing peanuts lol

[@MrMackyLove]

Hey dude love the videos, fun times! How do you do the mouse-drag horn thing? A mod?

[@Hyce777]

Press the V key and drag! Built into the game.

[@MrMackyLove]

@@Hyce777 thanks dude!

[@CaptainS0305]

1:26:33 so would you call that a C-68 sandwich?

[@mr.sir.]

Should get an H6 using the mod for the switcher

[@ArcadeandAttica18productions]

Can you check out the return of the arcade and Attica 18?

[@SabreTheTaleTeller]

Wasnt there a tank engine in this games lineup? Maybe get that for the new engine, if for nothing else than variety

[@callsignapollo_]

The logging mike tank! Its actually useful as a whittier switcher because its short length means you can fit more cars in front of it on those switchbacks by ela and whittier sawmill. I imagine it's equally useful for walker, and connelly's 3rd tracks, but it would probably have to refuel at every shop along the way to make it to alarka, that tender holds 1 ton of coal and if it runs out, its gonna take a while to get another engine to the branch to pull it out lol

[@FSTM4003]

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[@bow-tiedengineer4453]

Personally, I preferred the chaos of one channel.

[@LincolnAmelia-k1n]

Coleman Cape

[@sonicnick5192]

Hey hyce if you have discord on your phone, you can go into dispatch channel while remaining in the other channel on your PC with the same account. No need for another alternate account.

[@Hyce777]

Thanks for the tip

[@mikke90]

There is a dillsbro yard uppgrade is there not?

[@Hyce777]

Yes, and we already have it.

[@hackerman298]

@@Hyce777 WHEN WILL YALL GET SOMES caboose at the back of your train?

[@whatusernameis5295]

​@@hackerman298sir this is the ES&DT

[@billkline4077]

what train are you using?

[@Demo-xu6bl]

Hello hyce, it's me demo 4 40 I wanted to ask you a question. Are you going to release a new q&a for centuries esteem on studio 346 because. It's been a good month since the last q&a and it's already next month. So are we going to get our new q&a? Just want to know. Thank you.

[@zachman1394]

I like it more when its broken up more like this one. chaos is fun but overwhelming. save the total chaos for streams. try to keep videos at least a little tiny bit structured

[@oxyfueled1]

think its better to all be in one voice channel as its lacking the full context of whats going on in the video

[@cnichting08]

Hey hyce if you do buy another big mainline locomotive you should call it chungus or the big stupid

[@Austriantrainguy]

And when is the next cursed trains stream coming?

[@marwinxbox]

1:02:32 we gonna ignore Hyce just saying goodbye in Russian?

[@stephenhoover4095]

How do you get it to show the grade of the track your on?

[@Knsgf]

Shift+? (question mark key) while hovering a cursor over track.

[@stephenhoover4095]

@@Knsgf thanks

[@SyedHasanSyedMustaffaBgss]

when is the next video??

[@matthewgardner45]

Shame I can’t upload pictures on here

[@landonbeatty6262]

What is shunting called in America

[@ajrep1994]

Switching

[@Nderak]

for a few hours i thoughts this was supposed t say Alaska …

[@Nightmare_ange1]

well thomas and friends was not a us televison it was British show first

[@TheMilkman62]

🤔 6:06

[@Rand0m27]

I thought everyone in the same call was fine, TBH

[@RollestonRails]

If it's on the main no

[@shane6585]

I enjoyed the massive mix of everyone in Channel as it gives a break from the brain rot meme personalities. It's kinda hard to watch with the constant brainrot.

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

I hereby warn anyone who sees this comment to turn away now unless you A) want to go insane B) are already insane also depending on what device you are seeing this on the 'diagrams' might be borked, sorry about that sorting of arrived train: 3 cuts of cars: -local -destination "A" -destination "B" make sure to plan ahead in how the cars are arranged sort caboose* onto "local" cut; local cut has to be moved again to suit industry needs (*more of a regular wagon that can be equipped with marker lights) sorting of departing train: always grab shortest cut and flatswitch onto longest cut, progressively building up the train's length "systematic marshalling" A)'tiered' method: clean marshalled cuts form one at a time marshalling of 9-section train using the 4 track schema (DEFAULT drawing of yard for reference) 6----------------------------------------------------------- 5----------------------------------------------------------- 4----------------------------------------------------------- 3----------------------------------------------------------- -------2--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1----------------------------------------------------------- direction of reversing: direction of departure arrived as: 6----------------------------------------------------------- 5----------------------------------------------------------- 4----------------------------------------------------------- 3----------------------------------------------------------- -------2--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1[9][7][4][9][7][4][3][6][6][8][3][5][2][1][1] step 1. split train into sections 6----------------------------------------------------------- 5----------------------------------------------------------- 4------------[1][1]--------------------------------------- 3------------[5][2]--------------------------------------- -------2------------[3][6][6][8][3]------------------------------------------- 1------------[9][7][4][9][7][4]----------------------- step 2. move car 2 to track 4 6----------------------------------------------------------- 5----------------------------------------------------------- 4------------[2][1][1]----------------------------------- 3------------[5]------------------------------------------- -------2------------[3][6][6][8][3]------------------------------------------- 1------------[9][7][4][9][7][4]----------------------- step 3. move car 3's from track 2 to track 4 move car 6's from track 2 to track 3 to car 5 6----------------------------------------------------------- 5----------------------------------------------------------- 4------[3][3][2][1][1]--------------------------------- 3------[6][6][5]----------------------------------------- -------2---------------------[8]-------------------------------------------------- 1------------[9][7][4][9][7][4]----------------------- step 4. move car 4's from track 1 to track 4 to car 3's move car 7's from track 1 to track 3 to car 6's move car 9's from track 1 to track 2 to car 8 6----------------------------------------------------------- 5----------------------------------------------------------- 4[4][4][3][3][2][1][1]------------------------------- 3[7][7][6][6][5]--------------------------------------- -------2---------------[9][9][8]------------------------------------------------ 1----------------------------------------------------------- step 5. move all cars into one cut on track 4 6----------------------------------------------------------- 5----------------------------------------------------------- 4[9][9][8][7][7][6][6][5][4][4][3][3][2][1][1] 3----------------------------------------------------------- -------2--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1----------------------------------------------------------- B)'doubling' method clean marshalled cuts form in pairs of two arrived as: direction of reversing: direction of departure 6----------------------------------------------------------- 5----------------------------------------------------------- 4----------------------------------------------------------- 3----------------------------------------------------------- -------2--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1[9][8][5][4][4][7][3][6][6][2][1][9][7][3][1] step 1. 6----------------------------------------------------------- 5----------------------------------------------------------- 4----------------------------------------------------------- 3----------------[1][9][7][3][1]----------------------- -------2----------------[7][3][6][6][2]--------------------------------------- 1----------------[9][8][5][4][4]----------------------- step 2. 6----------------------------------------------------------- 5----------------------------------------------------------- 4----------------------------------------------------------- 3-------------------------[1][1]-------------------------- -------2----------[7][3][7][3][6][6][2]------------------------------------- 1-------------[9][9][8][5][4][4]---------------------- step 3. 6----------------------------------------------------------- 5----------------------------------------------------------- 4----------------------------------------------------------- 3----------------[3][3][2][1][1]----------------------- -------2----------[7][7][6][6]------------------------------------------------- 1-------------[9][9][8][5][4][4]---------------------- step 4. 6----------------------------------------------------------- 5----------------------------------------------------------- 4----------------------------------------------------------- 3-------[5][4][4][3][3][2][1][1]-------------------- -------2-[9][9][8][7][7][6][6]---------------------------------------------- 1----------------------------------------------------------- step 5. 6----------------------------------------------------------- 5----------------------------------------------------------- 4----------------------------------------------------------- 3-[9][9][8][7][7][6][6][5][4][4][3][3][2][1][1] -------2-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1----------------------------------------------------------- good preparation work: write-down of marshalling order once cars have been written up, analyze positions; complete merging and write down in paper; pass paper to yardmaster who will brief brakemen and crew of switcher engine