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love879 Jan 10, 2018 @ 10:50am
How do I find water & coal supplies
Using CASTLE CLASS Loco Riviera line in the fifties, Scenario: Running half empty. Just cannot find any where to replenish water or coal. Any help would be greatly appreceated
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JJTimothy Jan 10, 2018 @ 3:18pm 
I've only driven Running Half Full which is the optimists easy version of the same scenario but...

There's a set of water troughs on the route. Lower and raise the scoop with CTRL-T. Lower it when you are sure you are over the trough and raise it before you reach the end or something will break. (The troughs are covered in the manual from page 38.)

Added: Just had a go at this. You can pick up a couple of thousand gallons at the troughs which is plenty and there's no danger of running out of coal even with Wally the Artificial Stupidity fireman blowing the safety valves more often than you'd have thought possible.
Last edited by JJTimothy; Jan 10, 2018 @ 4:44pm
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love879 Jan 14, 2018 @ 9:17am 
Originally posted by JJTimothy:
I've only driven Running Half Full which is the optimists easy version of the same scenario but...

There's a set of water troughs on the route. Lower and raise the scoop with CTRL-T. Lower it when you are sure you are over the trough and raise it before you reach the end or something will break. (The troughs are covered in the manual from page 38.)

Added: Just had a go at this. You can pick up a couple of thousand gallons at the troughs which is plenty and there's no danger of running out of coal even with Wally the Artificial Stupidity fireman blowing the safety valves more often than you'd have thought possible.

Thank you for your response. Where exactly is the water trough on my line becouse I can not find 1... Regards Gerry
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pjohnandlyns Jan 15, 2018 @ 4:05am 
Originally posted by love879:

Thank you for your response. Where exactly is the water trough on my line becouse I can not find 1... Regards Gerry

The water troughs are approx; half a mile after Exminster Station heading towards Starcross.
Zoom down the track and you will see a large white board with a wavy line on it. That's where they start.

Hope this helps.
Last edited by pjohnandlyns; Jan 15, 2018 @ 7:53am
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JJTimothy Jan 15, 2018 @ 5:37am 
OK- back with you. Been poorly.

I'd bet good money you have noticed the sign for the troughs even if you didn't recognize it- it's pretty obvious as pjohnandlyns describes.
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love879 Jan 15, 2018 @ 9:04am 
Thx for your response. I have inched down the whole length of The main troughs line but no where is there anything that supplies water it's just track side the whole stretch. Regards
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JJTimothy Jan 15, 2018 @ 2:14pm 
Originally posted by love879:
Thx for your response. I have inched down the whole length of The main troughs line but no where is there anything that supplies water it's just track side the whole stretch. Regards
About half way to Dawlish you should see this:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1270880279
This sign tells you you're approaching the troughs. Then you should see this:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1270880445
That X marks the start of the trough- in fact you can also see the trough between the rails.

If you don't see any of this perhaps the route hasn't installed properly.
Last edited by JJTimothy; Jan 15, 2018 @ 2:19pm
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JJTimothy Jan 15, 2018 @ 3:03pm 
Originally posted by love879:
Thx for your response. I have inched down the whole length of The main troughs line but no where is there anything that supplies water it's just track side the whole stretch. Regards
It's just occurred to me- are you looking for a water crane you can stop by? The troughs are for loco's equipped with scoops to pick up water on the move. You don't even need to slow down.
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love879 Jan 15, 2018 @ 5:04pm 
A big thx for your help. I have seen those signs but I just can not get any water. The loco i have is the BR Castle Class. Do i have to select something to scoop the water ? Im sorry for the silly questions but i'm pretty new to TS
Regards Gerry
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JJTimothy Jan 15, 2018 @ 5:47pm 
Originally posted by love879:
A big thx for your help. I have seen those signs but I just can not get any water. The loco i have is the BR Castle Class. Do i have to select something to scoop the water ? Im sorry for the silly questions but i'm pretty new to TS
Regards Gerry

Originally posted by JJTimothy:
I've only driven Running Half Full which is the optimists easy version of the same scenario but...

There's a set of water troughs on the route. Lower and raise the scoop with CTRL-T. Lower it when you are sure you are over the trough and raise it before you reach the end or something will break. (The troughs are covered in the manual from page 38.)
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JJTimothy Jan 16, 2018 @ 5:32am 
Sorry- that was a bit curt. I've a filthy cold that has been trying me terribly not least by keeping me awake most of last night as you have probably deduced.
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love879 Jan 16, 2018 @ 7:47am 
No prob JJ I thank you for helping me. I coudn't find the manual for the riviera looked everywhere.
I have it sorted now thanks to you and have completed that scenario. So I now know about the scoop LOL. thanks again my friend.
Regards
Gerry
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love879 Jan 16, 2018 @ 7:50am 
PPS. I hope you feel better soon. :)
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JJTimothy Jan 16, 2018 @ 10:38am 
Originally posted by love879:
No prob JJ I thank you for helping me.
You're welcome.

Originally posted by love879:
I coudn't find the manual for the riviera looked everywhere.
Look in Railworks/Manuals/EN. You should find manuals for everything.
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love879 Jan 16, 2018 @ 11:00am 
Thx again all sorted now
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