Work Order: NENJ-LFYD-026-18-OAK

Time: 08:15 AM

Season: Summer

Weather: Clear

MSTS Difficulty: Hard

Duration:  8 hours 30 minutes

Train: NERR GP-30 x2

Activity Difficulty Level:  5

 

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Your work this morning is to break up and deliver the cars from the inbound MP grain train that arrived last night to local industries that have been suffering from a grain shortage.  Additionally, you need to deliver other freight cars located in Oak Island Yard as instructed  Going to be a busy shift!  You've been assigned a pair of GP30's to get your work done.

 

This is the lead-in activity to NENJ-LFYD-026-19-HBS

 

NOTE:  If you do not enjoy intense switching activities, stop NOW!

 

Speed limits:

 

Yards: 15 MPH

Main:  As posted, unless otherwise advised by Dispatch.

Other: 15 MPH

 

Drive Safely!

 

 

Operational Notes:

 

This activity is 98% fully pathed so that the engineer uses reverse points to make almost all movements.  On occasion the engineer will need to set switches manually prior to reaching a reversing point to complete required actions.

 

When performing the assemble train actions in Oak Island Yard, shift 'excess' cars one track to the left as you proceed through the work order -- this will ensure that cars are in the proper position for later moves.

 

Prior to moving out of OIY for the BP oil delivery, move the syrup cars one track left so that they are clear of the entry to siding 8.

 

After setting out the empties from BP Oil on your return to OIY, the path takes directly to the Airslide hoppers.  If you have difficulty using both engines for the car shuffle on track 3 prior to moving the cars on track 2 to AHB, drop the 2d loco on track 2 in front of the airslide hoppers BEFORE doing the car shuffle on track three.  (There is room to use both locos, but it is extremely tight and you must be VERY accurate with superb engine control.)

 

You MUST build both set outs of grain car blocks at the north end yard before departing the yard.  The appropriate sequence when leaving the yard is to have the north end grain elevator cars immediately in front of the loco and the North Bergen grain elevator cars in front of them (You'll disconnect them before making the north end grain elevator setout after clearing the yard).

 

I tested this activity extensively on two different systems.  On my P4/2.4 desktop (2GB RAM/128MB Nvidia graphics card), I did not have to 'set down' any of the graphics or sound settings.  On my P4/2.4 laptop (512MB RAM/64MB Nvidia graphics card) I got my best performance by setting Quantity of Sounds to Medium, Visibility to 1000, Terrain Error Threshold to 75, World Object Density to 6, World Objects Quality to 2, and World Objects Texture to 2.  I also disabled dynamic shadows.  I use DirectX 9a.

 

 

Alan Williams

North Eastern Railroad

 

 

The following is supplied by UKBill:

First some tips:

Read the operational notes in the printed work order.

There are a lot of red lights. Tab to get through those that will allow it. Panic with the others.

Some red lights come very quickly after a yellow so beware.

When picking up a consist make sure you only have what is needed. At least one consist needs a wagon dropped off it otherwise you will not finish.

Regularly check that all the pick ups and drop offs have been completed (with the exception of one that does not register – you get a pop up about this) by saving and then exiting the work order and looking at the details. It’s a pain to have to go back over an hour – I know !!

The list below is in the correct order of performing the work order.

Finally, save regularly – this work order can cause your PC to crash due to the intensity of the graphics and the number of wagons around.