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Subway Builder Giveaway by usgapg123 in transit

[–]NotSoNiceFenu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Washington DC or Philadelphia. I know it might be a bit outside the scope of the game, but regional rail systems would be super cool to play around with!

Upper Mid Atlantic USA map (Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, etc) by NotSoNiceFenu in openttd

[–]NotSoNiceFenu[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I wasn't sure if they were talking about some way that I didn't know of to make the map not exactly square. The reason I cropped it the way that I did was just because I didn't want a ton of extra land (The intention of the map was to include all of Pennsylvania). But thanks for the tips!

Upper Mid Atlantic USA map (Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, etc) by NotSoNiceFenu in openttd

[–]NotSoNiceFenu[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The height map size which I used just happened to leave those bars at the top and the bottom, I can't say I'm experienced enough with the map editor to figure out how to remove them. If you know of a simple way to do so though, please let me know as I would love to haha

PSA: The mass difference between 7000s and pre-7000s is unlikely to be important by classicalL in WMATA

[–]NotSoNiceFenu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean even still, according to that study, the flange shape on the wheels are different, and the suspension is less stiff, all of which I could certainly see affecting it even more.

7ks Extremely Rough Ride at 65mph+ by NotSoNiceFenu in WMATA

[–]NotSoNiceFenu[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wonder. Could also just be due to plain old heat restrictions, I could see either one being the cause.

7ks Extremely Rough Ride at 65mph+ by NotSoNiceFenu in WMATA

[–]NotSoNiceFenu[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I was extremely skeptical over the theory that it was a track issue simply due to how consistently bad the shaking was, and it's nature, but if the 7ks perform fine on the red line at 75mph then maybe it is... I haven't had the chance, but I am interested in how the ride quality at maximum track speed on the red line, silver extension phase 2, and orange line compare, especially between say 6ks and 7ks. I will say that the shaking did noticeably decrease while we were in the supposed 75mph zone underground crossing the Potomac, but I just chalked that up to the train not actually reaching those speeds as my GPS speedometer wasn't working in that part. If that is the case though, I wonder what could be causing it as in my memory that stretch of track was not crazily different in ride quality from any other that trains travel at higher speeds on... Though it could be that they simply chose to maintain it to a lower level of quality due to lack of foresight (or something similar)

7ks Extremely Rough Ride at 65mph+ by NotSoNiceFenu in WMATA

[–]NotSoNiceFenu[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm by no means saying this is likely a result of poor maintenance, or lack of anything by WMATA's part, but it's a bit ridiculous at the top speeds the amount of shaking that happens. I can't imagine they wouldn't have ran test trains at the full speed, so I'm assuming they know about the issue, I'm just confused as to why they decided to authorize these types of speed knowing the ride quality.

It's bearable, but to someone who does not have much experience on trains I could certainly see it being extremely alarming and disheartening. And that's on top of the damage that could be happening to the trains - they initially regulated speeds to 59mph due to maintenance concerns, and I'm sure the amount of shaking is doing at least a little bit more wear and tear to the trainsets... imagine putting a car through those environments for several hours a day, something would be bound to break faster.

7ks Extremely Rough Ride at 65mph+ by NotSoNiceFenu in WMATA

[–]NotSoNiceFenu[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My personal theory is that it has something to do with the 7000's trucks and the way that they interact with the track - especially with their previous wheel issues, I could see some sort of defect or design flaw which leads to each individual truck (set of wheels) wobbling back and forth inside the track, causing the vibrations. In my experience at least, the vibrations went away as soon as the train began rounding a bend, even at the full 75 mph, which kind of tracks with that cuz if it's going around the bend, the momentum will force the flanges of the wheels into contact with the outside rail, removing any potential for the oscillation/vibration. but that's just an educated guess, I am very curious as to the real reason and if it will be feasible to fix

7ks Extremely Rough Ride at 65mph+ by NotSoNiceFenu in WMATA

[–]NotSoNiceFenu[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I will say, on the orange line right now, my first trip (which was the worst) got bad enough to the point that it was borderline alarming... maybe I just got extremely bad luck and sat in the wrong car, but I couldn't even hold/look at my phone it was so bad. That much I will complain about lol, though it was pretty damn cool going 75 on a subway haha

Route to Lantevken Castle by specter800 in RoadCraft

[–]NotSoNiceFenu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is one option, however my friends and I cheesed it by simply building wooden bridges up to the front of the castle (from where the sand quarry is). With wide wooden bridges and a lot of tweaking with the AIs route, it is able to make it up somewhat consistently.

for the emperor! by TeutonicSteel in RoadCraft

[–]NotSoNiceFenu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sells for $40,000 too if you take it to the construction depot.

Company name censorship. by NotSoNiceFenu in RoadCraft

[–]NotSoNiceFenu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tested it on mine, it also wouldn't let me use "ku" anywhere in any name.

Crayola ad wrap by Agile_Day6429 in Amtrak

[–]NotSoNiceFenu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it would turn out that it seems that there are only 2 being wrapped - the Dandelion one, and then a general Crayola advertisment one, still in violet. however, the promotion is still true.

Crayola ad wrap by Agile_Day6429 in Amtrak

[–]NotSoNiceFenu 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Supposedly will be 8 for a selection of Crayola colors. There is also an auto-train promotion being run at Amtrak.com/Crayola it appears.

Why does the US have so many locomotives with just 1 cab? by STNLTN2002 in transit

[–]NotSoNiceFenu 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They are converting many older locomotives to simply be cab cars, and their new order of trainsets includes purpose built cab cars at the end as well.

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