Railworks America

Hello all railroad and railsim enthusiasts out there! Greetings from Europe!
///This is my first post, and I'm happy to be in part of this community after reading many other topics as non-member :) ///

After flightsim, I got more interested in railsim especially when I discovered the parts that require skills, knowledge and thus giving much more enjoy than some others think (my friends tell me what I understand from driving this train on the track and watching, without action... Its not how it seems ;) )

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Whatever. After short self-introduction I want to ask a question regarding to speeding.
You know; when you exceed the proposed speed limit by 1 it gives you a penalty in RW. I wonder how this is in reallife.

Some rail blocks are actually capable of handling higher speeds than assigned, (e.g you may drive at 75mph easily in the proposed 65 part, or 10 mph in shunter area where the line is very straight)) therefore exceeding as long as its not dangerous shouldn't be a problem.
I wonder that, if a real driver exceeds the speed limit, and as there are recorder devices inside the cab; will the driver be questioned for this?
Should we really obey those speed limits ALL THE TIME or take some as suggestive?

I haven't seen this in the FRA manual myself, but I have been told that 10mph over the assigned limit is an automatic FRA de-ceritification. In other words, you kiss your engineers license goodbye. Also, you must take into consideration that if you've got a 55mph limit and you have a mixed freight, chances are you've got equipment back there that isn't cleared for any faster than 55. The limits are not only fr track condition, but are separated by equipment as well.

1225fan5358 wrote:I haven't seen this in the FRA manual myself, but I have been told that 10mph over the assigned limit is an automatic FRA de-ceritification. In other words, you kiss your engineers license goodbye. Also, you must take into consideration that if you've got a 55mph limit and you have a mixed freight, chances are you've got equipment back there that isn't cleared for any faster than 55. The limits are not only fr track condition, but are separated by equipment as well.

Yes, in fact some trains would be expected to go slower than the speed limit, because of whatever load they are carrying.
For passenger trains, I have seen cab videos of them going up to 2mph faster than the posted speed, but not more than that before they take action to slow.
It's not just ride quality, but stopping distances and other factors.