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#3986928 - 07/28/14 12:24 AM What are all of the ways to see the speed limit?  
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I sometimes get surprised by the speed limit and am not prepared to slow down quick enough. How can I see the speed limit in time to apply the brakes? It seems like that graphic at the bottom of the screen does not always give me all the info I need.


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#3986969 - 07/28/14 03:07 AM Re: What are all of the ways to see the speed limit? [Re: letterboy1]  
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Sometimes the signalling will give a clue: Yellow means, "next one is red. Better slow down". At least in European railways, don't know about the US.

...edit... but sometimes even then it's not clear. There's a scenario in the Köln-Düsseldorf where suddenly you change tracks - and the switch can only be travelled at 40 Km/H - but the speed of the section is 100 or 120 or so.
This is not realistic of course. At a section like that, they would've installed a high-speed switch as well.

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#3987013 - 07/28/14 05:38 AM Re: What are all of the ways to see the speed limit? [Re: letterboy1]  
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On North American routes the speed changes are often indicated by an angled yellow rectangle bolted to a stake/post with the upcoming speeds posted...usually in the form of P 50 F 35 (Passenger max. 50 mph, freight max. 35 mph). The angled sign tells you the change will occur in two miles, and you will see, after the requisite two miles the new posted limit on a straightened yellow rectangle. If the speed change is an increase you must not begin increasing speed until your last unit (car or DPU'd loco) has passed the actual posted limit (not the warning posting). On modern North American locomotives they have a counter that the engineer turns on that counts the number of feet, so if you know your train length is for example 6039 feet long you can turn on the counter as the lead locomotive passes the speed sign and as soon as 6039 feet pass on the counter you begin accelerating.

In Trainsimulator 20xx that's simulated by the number change on the HUD as there are no working counters afaik. Also remember a lot of the current routes are not overly well marked with speed changes so route learning is a key to success.

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