Flashing ditch lights?

[NS9030]

I dont know about that 20 MPH rule, Q324 had a CSX C40-8W on it with nonflashing ditch lights and it flew through town at 50 MPH. Idk if they were just breaking the rules though and I could be wrong.

[PapaXpress]

Look for the UPY588 in the library.

[PapaXpress]

MadMike1024-PapaXpress-UP_UPY-588

Note: these lights don't flash.

[5292nate]

I would like to know how these could be added to other locomotives, it would be nice to have on the SD40-2.

It can be done, but it involves rewriting the .lua script and hacking the .geo file for existing locomotives. PapaExpress has made a ditch light that can be added as a child to any loco AND made to flash, including switching the light beams. We will soon release a couple of locomotives that have the new ditch lights. So please watch for them.

Can we download these ditch light and add them manually to different loco's?

[5292nate]

Is there a way to copy the flashing ditchlights from the P42 to other locos?

[PapaXpress]

No. The blueprints and script for the P42 are not portable for other models.

[5292nate]

What about yours?

[PapaXpress]

Are you asking if they flash or if my scripting is portable?

'No' to the first, and 'kind of' to the second. Right now I don't have time to try to make them flash, but feel free to have a try yourself.

[5292nate]

I would, but I have no idea how I would go about it. Is there a tutorial available?

[PapaXpress]

Sadly, no. I had to learn all of my LUA stuff though picking people's minds, and reading these forums.

[hobotrain]

didnt pike have a flashing ditch light mod

[PapaXpress]

I think he did... not sure where all his stuff got to.

[hobotrain]

wish i had it could make my little project a little more realistic

[9of13]

Hi all! Newbie here!

Ditch lights are indeed commonly used for crossing but are not restricted to that. On the NEC, ditch lights are used when arriving and departing stations(when on a track that platforms) whether or not the train is stopping there.
Althought the AEM 7 engine in Railworks does not have this feature, Acela Express does. Theres 3 features to its ditch lights:OFF. ON, and FLASH

now when in the Acela express, pressing F turns them on. Pressing F a second time makes them flash. To reverse the process, Hold down SHIFT while pressing F.
If your not sure (while in cab view) whether they are on, left click on the left display screen with the mouse. Youll see a secondary screen with options like TILTING, PARKING BRAKE and HEADLIGHTS. When you first start, HEADLIGHTS will be OFF. Naturally, pressing H will tun them on and you see OFF change to HL. Now if you press F it will change to HL-GL (Ground Lights) which will mean they are on like headlights press F again and you'll see HL-Flashing-GL. The ditch lights are now flashing! To get them back to on, SHIFT+F and SHIFT+F again to turn them off. The horn nor the bell will activate this feature. Its a separate button. Personally, i like to keep them on so all i need to do is toggle between HL-GL and flashing.

BTW, to turn the PARKING BRAKE on and off, press O. The Tilting is the L button.

[NDORFN]

Hi all! Newbie here!

Ditch lights are indeed commonly used for crossing but are not restricted to that. On the NEC, ditch lights are used when arriving and departing stations(when on a track that platforms) whether or not the train is stopping there.
Althought the AEM 7 engine in Railworks does not have this feature, Acela Express does. Theres 3 features to its ditch lights:OFF. ON, and FLASH

now when in the Acela express, pressing F turns them on. Pressing F a second time makes them flash. To reverse the process, Hold down SHIFT while pressing F.
If your not sure (while in cab view) whether they are on, left click on the left display screen with the mouse. Youll see a secondary screen with options like TILTING, PARKING BRAKE and HEADLIGHTS. When you first start, HEADLIGHTS will be OFF. Naturally, pressing H will tun them on and you see OFF change to HL. Now if you press F it will change to HL-GL (Ground Lights) which will mean they are on like headlights press F again and you'll see HL-Flashing-GL. The ditch lights are now flashing! To get them back to on, SHIFT+F and SHIFT+F again to turn them off. The horn nor the bell will activate this feature. Its a separate button. Personally, i like to keep them on so all i need to do is toggle between HL-GL and flashing.

BTW, to turn the PARKING BRAKE on and off, press O. The Tilting is the L button.

Thanks for the heads up. I just spent about an hour trying to figure out the ditch lights on the Acela and get some to work on the SD40-2HN. It's pretty complicated. I think it's possible but I'll need to pick someone's brain on how input mappers work. I might have a look at the P42 and see if it's any different.