What's with all the SMOKE...

[Wolfsun]

Diesel locomotives in TF make entirely too much smoke. Been 40 years since I was in Europe - lived there for 3 years. Made extensive use of rail travel. Don't remember ever seeing any smoke come out of a German, Italian, French, Dutch or Austrian diesel locomotive (then again I didn't see that many European diesels either since most were electric).

On the other hand seeingt US diesel locomotives is commonplace where I live and they obviously make exhaust but it isn't black - it's clear. The only time a diesel that's tuned correctly makes visible exhaust is at start up. If it's making black smoke when warm and running at RPM then there's something seriously wrong with that engine.

I've got a mod that supposedly reduces smoke - it doesn't - reduce smoke that is - in what I'd call a noticable manner.

So what's the story? Why so much diesel smoke and is there a way to get rid of it? It is both annoying and unrealistic.

[killakanz]

Depends which diesel you're looking at...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-_ctfbs2Ro

[SoftwareSimian]

I like this mod:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=851526170

[kido]

https://youtu.be/E9OmyRtXFeQ

[Wolfsun]

Originally posted by killakanz:

Depends which diesel you're looking at...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-_ctfbs2Ro

What you noticed is totally normal for a diesel powering up and being reved like the one in the video. As it came up to speed as it left the station the visible smoke entirely disappeared. Which is my point. Diesels at working RPM make very little visible smoke.

[Wolfsun]

Originally posted by SoftwareSimian:

I like this mod:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=851526170

I'm gonna try that mod. Thanks.

[babylon218]

I actually recently passed through Norwich Station on my way to the North Norfolk Railway at Sheringham and caught the Wherry Line service to Great Yarmouth (operated by Direct Rail Services on behalf of Greater Anglia), which was top-and-tailed by two Class 37 diesels (the loco in killakanz's linked video). It was already running, but even so it produced an extraordinary amount of exhaust fumes as it pulled out. It lingered around the station for a couple of minutes (you could still see the haze left by the fumes and could still smell it). They are very dirty locomotives.

(Of course, this was diesel exhaust, not black smoke like we get in-game. I also caught a Frieghtliner loco starting up in Ipswich and that was basically one burst of very visible diesel smoke and then nothing - and even that initial burst was nothing like what the 37 was putting out in actually running.)

[genemead]

There's also a Smoke Reduction mod that lowers the smoke for all engines.

[Wolfsun]

Originally posted by geneomead:

There's also a Smoke Reduction mod that lowers the smoke for all engines.

Been there, done that. Doesn't work very well.

The mod suggested by Software Simian does work well. A little too well in some cases though overall is an excellent mod.