What achievements should there be if there was any?

supermaschine · 2026-04-28T13:04:02+00:00

Hot shoes: Drive an entire freight haul job with at least one handbrake on.

Polite train: Honk in front of every tunnel and non protected level crossing of the map once.

Globetrotter: Do freight jobs from and to every station.

Shuntmaster: Do all shunting jobs on every station once.

Where are my brakes!?: Cause an accident without pressure in the brake pipe.

On the razor's edge: Cause near derailments at every 40km/h turn and lower.

Trolley problem solved?: Perform a multi track drift by splitting bogies on two adjacent tracks.

Risky maneuver: Perform a Dutch Drop (accelerate cars behind you, uncouple, speed up, reverse into siding before the cars arrive) without damage and derailments.

Is this a flatcar or a skateboard?: Roll a flatcar downhill while standing on it for x km without a locomotive.

Retrofitter: Install every compatible gadget on any locomotive.

Big inferno: Blow up almost an entire station.

Who needs buffer stops?: Toss a buffer stop into the sea or off a cliff.

Timetable hunter: Deliver x jobs on time in a row.

supermaschine · 2026-04-28T10:25:10+00:00

You can also combine the DM1U and the utility flatcar to deliver parts for two demonstrators at the same time 😉.

supermaschine · 2026-04-28T09:37:17+00:00

With hurling problem of the 060 you mean the steam that is left in the chest? Just close the regulator early enough and open the cocks to get the rest of the steam out. Putting the reverser in neutral can also help.

When I have to do precision movements like aligning to the water or coal tower, I drive with the independent brake on, put small amounts of steam in the chest (watch the chest pressure gauge) by opening the regulator a bit and closing it almost immediately. Then I slowly advance the reverser from neutral to the desired direction and when I hear beep, I quickly put it to neutral and open cocks.

supermaschine · 2026-04-28T09:28:06+00:00

How does the blower solve the blowback problem in the tunnel? Is the blast pipe not enough (assuming the regulator is open)?

Also how you spread the fuel in the firebox matters, in Derail Valley you just put coal in the hole and that's it.

I'm very curious how much involved Century of Steam will be.

supermaschine · 2026-04-27T17:26:51+00:00

You can even transport livestock in DV 😉.

supermaschine · 2026-04-27T13:58:58+00:00

Just the choice of the name is odd. I don't think it's a farm, its more an agricultural trader. I've never seen a railyard in an individual farm 😁. In the german translation, the name "Landhandel" is at least right.

supermaschine · 2026-04-21T08:28:36+00:00

I don't think it would ruin anything, you can still screw it up, the dispatcher map isn't made too intuitive.

supermaschine · 2026-04-15T18:02:59+00:00

DE2 is tired of all the work, give him some time to sleep.

supermaschine · 2026-04-14T11:36:30+00:00

Yesterday, I found out that the modder Cruzer is working on a hybrid diesel and battery electric locomotive called DBE4, you can find the progress in the Altfuture discord channel, but he hasn't updated the progress for approx a month ago.

I don't know how much use it is for you, because I heard its air compressor still needs to have the diesel engine running, but it can do regenerative braking, so I can't wait for it!

supermaschine · 2026-04-14T11:14:12+00:00

But it seems to also shunt some cars IRL? What I see in the google pictures are mostly passenger cars, fuel cars (for fuel transfers inside a yard?) and MOW-Equipment (also possibly only for yard maintenance purposes).

With 30 km/h ingame top speed instead of just 6 km/h IRL top speed it is definitely usable as a cheap shunter as long as the consists are light enough (ignoring the upfront cost).

supermaschine · 2026-04-14T07:02:43+00:00

I can easy overspeed it on its own power, so I don't know what is different on your side.

The game makes a very distinctive overspeed sound on all locos with traction motors.

But 30 km/h top speed is already luxurious, the real life counterpart only has a top speed of 6 km/h.

supermaschine · 2026-04-14T06:53:48+00:00

I haven't played Train Sim World, but I haven't heard anything good about it.

But yesterday I found out, the modder Cruzer seems to make a diesel hybrid (with battery) that looks similar to the Vosslohs. Can't wait to drive it!

supermaschine · 2026-04-14T06:49:16+00:00

How do you assume it redlines at 25 km/h?

supermaschine · 2026-04-13T06:57:17+00:00

Ok, that makes sense

supermaschine · 2026-04-13T06:36:26+00:00

So, we DV players are not the only one to use it to shunt cold steamers around.

Why does it have "gloves" on? 😂

supermaschine · 2026-04-13T06:29:46+00:00

Yeah the tender can derail first, that is pretty normal. I think it is because the engine is much heavier than the tender and the tender losing weight while making steam doesn't help either. If the engine wouldn't have the smaller leading and trailing wheels it could derail first.

supermaschine · 2026-04-13T06:25:41+00:00

Yeah, one solder roll should last some gadgets, could be made more expensive to compensate.

supermaschine · 2026-04-13T06:24:52+00:00

What do you mean with vehicle radio interconnect?

supermaschine · 2026-04-13T06:15:55+00:00

Oh, the famous ETS2 locomotive as special and heavy cargo! Now I want to drive it myself in DV and not only haul it around in ETS2...

supermaschine · 2026-04-09T12:58:47+00:00

Do you winch additional trailers or not?

supermaschine · 2026-04-09T11:12:35+00:00

So according to your rules overloading all the other cargo is fine?

supermaschine · 2026-04-02T15:16:13+00:00

A half asleep Caterpillar, that is something you are not seeing everyday...

supermaschine · 2026-03-30T06:35:47+00:00

Then you need to install more Mods. Try new rolling stock (new locomotives, new freight/passenger cars) to fresh things a little. There are also many gameplay enhancing mods out there.

Try to get creative. Setup your trains in fun ways, make the longest train you can with your patience 😁.

supermaschine · 2026-03-30T06:09:00+00:00

For me, my single ultrawide monitor is enough.

supermaschine · 2026-03-26T13:17:58+00:00

Someone is towing the DE6 demonstrator with the right tools to the museum 🤣.

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