buzz456 wrote:Now I'm confused. Are we talking the brakes on the FEF or for the Soldier Summit route?
I've scripted the brakes in the SD40T-2 for Soldier Summit, taking as a starting point the physics I did for the FEF-3. However, the brake physics for the SD40T-2 are even better than in the FEF-3.
One of the differences between the FEF-3 and the diesel is that the FEF-3 has older types of brake stand and its handles work differently (the FEF-3 has an 8-ET automatic brake and S-6 engine brake, whereas the diesel has more modern 26-L equipment).
So for the diesel, I had to modify the way the brakes work (for example, in the diesel, the automatic can do graduated self-lapping applications to set the
amount of brake pressure according to the position of the handle, while in the FEF-3 you put it into Service to control the
rate of applying the brakes and then return the handle to the lap position to hold the reduction you reached).
I want to retrofit the FEF-3 and Consolidation with the improved brake physics (which includes a much more accurate simulation of the auxiliary reservoirs and the way that the brakes release along the train), together with some other small enhacements (one is a more accurate modelling of the feedwater pump gauge). However, that'll have to wait until I've finished another little project (which I can't reveal).