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TS2015: Union Pacific FEF-3 844 Video Thread

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Fan Railer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOYziaBrHFY#
Here we see Union Pacific FEF-3 844 attempt to start a 15 car, 1000 ton train up a steep grade just out of 30th Street Station and towards Zoo Interlocking. After a few unsuccessful tries, I back the locomotive far enough out of the grade in order to gain the sufficient speed to make it to the top of the grade. Enjoy the wheelslip action, all of which could have been avoided by keeping the sander on, but was effectively controlled to make the climb more exciting :)

Fan Railer:
Rolling through Elizabeth, NJ with her whistle blowing ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yH8jo2O1M4#

Fan Railer:
Here are two videos showing a comparison of uphill performance between an unassisted 844 and an assisted 844.

Unassisted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KYRcwpCnnc#


Assisted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThqZf-fFI9A#

Fan Railer:
Welcome aboard the Sherman Hill Excursion Run that will be powered by UP 844. Our consist today will consist of 16 passenger cars weighing in at about 1000 tons. The #844 has her work cut out for her, it seems. I will also be running the advanced version of UP 844, which has more realistic control physics. Finally, I show off a feature on the #844 that is brand new to TS2015 and the RailWorks series: the ability to bail off the independent brake. This is something that was custom coded by Smokebox and, prior to the release of UP 844, has never been a feature that was available to the player.

Union Pacific FEF-3 Locomotive Add-on: http://store.steampowered.com/app/277740/

Table of Contents:
0:00 - 15:05 - #844 shunts out of the Cheyenne Roundhouse and couples with her excursion consist.
15:05 - 28:25 - #844 backs out of Cheyenne Yard with her consist onto the mainline track 1.
28:25 - 40:20 - #844 pulls her train from the switch junction into Cheyenne Depot to pick up passengers, where she poses for a few photos before departing.
40:20 - 55:45 - #844 departs Cheyenne and begins her run towards Laramie via track 3. I choose to run up the shallower grade bypassing the summit on my way to Laramie because I didn't want to use a diesel helper for the long 1.5% grade that is the mainline. Also, the shallower grade conserves water which is in short supply since I can't, for some reason, refill the tender at Speer.
55:45 - 1:46:00 - #844 departs Speer after a failed attempt to top off the tender with water (to ease my low water anxieties later on in the run) and runs up the 0.8% grade on track 3 up to Dale Junction, where she rejoins the mainline. Even with the grade and the heavy consist, #844 shows off her power and manages to maintain track speed (50 mph).
1:46:00 - 2:12:35 - #844 coasts down the opposite side of Sherman Hill down towards Laramie. I do attempt to use the brakes to ease the decent and follow the 45 mph speed limit.
2:12:35 - 2:53:00 - #844 arrives at Laramie, unloads passengers, and poses for pictures before proceeding to wye her train for the return run back to Cheyenne.
2:57:10 - 3:19:04 - #844 departs Laramie, and heads up towards Sherman Hill via track 3, briefly attaining speeds of 70+ MPH on the shallow grade before running into the 1.6% grade, which slows her down to around 30 MPH.
3:19:05 - 3:30:54 - #844 rejoins the mainline at Hermosa and continues on towards the summit.
3:31:12 - 4:02:55 - After cresting Sherman Hill, #844 glides down the 1.5% grade of the mainline back towards Cheyenne.
4:02:56 - 4:09:10 - #844 arrives back at Cheyenne and drops off her passengers.
4:09:55 - 5:00:20 - #844 spends the remaining hour switching her excursion consist back to its original position, before proceeding to the refueling track (for another failed attempt at refueling) and finally back to her starting position at the roundhouse via the turntable. You can view the performance report from the expert fireman if you keep watching long enough haha.

Enjoy the sights, sounds, and the ride =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQhgHGBNu5g#

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