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Making a Trailing Unit from ROCK #234 Original Model by: Diesel-West Copyright 2004 - Diesels-West www.dieselswest.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instruction for Making a Trailing Unit with this locomotive: 1.Copy and paste the locomotive folder of the ROCK234, so that you have a whole new folder that is named 'Copy of ROCK234'. 2. Rename it to 'TU_ROCK234'. (Do not try to find this locomotive in your activity editor until you have completed all steps) 3. Open the new folder and delete the 'Sound' and 'Cabview' folders. 4. Copy and paste the 'Sound' folder from any other R.I. U25B trailing unit folder (i.e., RI205) to the new TU_ROCK234 locomotive folder. 5. Rename the 3 following files inside the folder from: (ROCK234.eng, ROCK234.sd, and ROCK234.s), to: (TU_ROCK234.eng, TU_ROCK234.s, and TU_ROCK234.sd) BE CAREFUL WHEN MODIFYING THESE FILES 6. Open the .SD file and rename the 'shape' line to TU_ROCK234.s 7. Open the .eng file and rename the four entries that say 'ROCK234', to 'TU_ROCK234'. (two near the top and two near the bottom) Now go to the bottom of the engine file and rename the locomotive's Name line - from ("ROCK 234 U25B") to ("TU ROCK 234 U25B") Now you have a unique locomotive that can be identified in the activity editor as "TU ROCK #234 U25B" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEAD vs.TRAILING LOCOMOTIVES 'TU' LOCOMOTIVES CAN ONLY BE PLACED IN A TRAILING POSITION. LOCOMOTIVES NOT DESIGNATED AS 'TU' LOCOMOTIVES IN YOUR ACTIVITY EDITOR, ARE THE LEAD LOCOMOTIVES. If you attempt to run a TU locomotive as the lead loco, the simulation will not load properly. That's why it must have a unique name in the activity editor (i.e., 'TU SP #7505') so you don't confuse 'TU' locos with 'lead' units in the locomotive list. TU locos work great as idle units on a siding etc., and will throttle up when coupled by a drivable unit. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------