Just Trains A4 Pacific Pack derailments

[Railfan587]

When I bought Railworks 3 I also bought the Just Trains A4 Pacific Pack. So I saved my scenario then I came back and started it. The next thing I saw was the Mallard flipping. The A4s ALWAYS derail if start a saved scenario over 30 mph. Most of the the scenarios are long nonstop runs. So what should I do?

[BillPeck]

Most of the steam engines I have run will derail when returning from a save and exit the only way I have found to beat this is to bring the train to a standstill and then save and exit.

[johnmckenzie]

My experience is the same as Bill's and I would also recommend a brief stop to save the game. This particular bug would seem to be confined to locomotives with unpowered leading wheels - such as steam locos of most descriptions and also the GG1 electric loco.

[MikeK]

Railworks only seems to save the locations of locomotives and the positions of the controls. It doesn't save things like the stretch/compression of the slack in the train, the load of engine, brake pipe/cylinder pressures, etc.

I first noticed this when I saved a game where I was going down a hill under dynamic braking. When I loaded it back up, I had to wait 10 seconds for the dynamic brakes to kick in again. By that time I was several mph over the speed limit. When the dynamic brakes kicked in, they went from 0 - full braking instantly, and the train ended up 2 miles in the air.

This has been mentioned on every railworks forums, and I have emailed their support about it, but I doubt it will ever be fixed.

Right now the only solution, as mentioned, is to stop the train before exiting.

[Railfan587]

The problem is that I can't stop. Steam trains don't accelerate quickly. If I stopped, the train would be late.

[Chacal]

Save during scheduled stops.

[Railfan587]

The problem. The JT Not all that it Seems scenario. It's a nonstop run from York to Newcastle.