Digital Rails

File: RI262/MakeTU/MakeTU.txt

Making a Trailing Unit from R.I. #262

Original Model by: Diesel-West
Copyright 2004 - Diesels-West
www.dieselswest.com

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Instruction for Making a Trailing Unit with this locomotive:

1.Copy and paste the locomotive folder of the RI262, so that you have a whole new folder that is
named 'Copy of RI262'.

2. Rename it to 'TU_RI262'. (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 provided 'Sound' folder into the new TU_RI262 locomotive
folder.

5. Rename the 3 following files inside the folder from: (RI262.eng, RI262.sd, and RI262.s), to: (TU_RI262.eng,
TU_RI262.s, and TU_RI262.sd) BE CAREFUL WHEN MODIFYING THESE FILES

6. Open the .SD file and rename the 'shape' line to: TU_RI262.s

7. Open the .eng file and rename the four entries that say 'RI262', to 'TU_RI262'. (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 ("R.I. #262 U28B") to ("TU R.I. #262 U28B")

Now you have a unique locomotive that can be identified in the activity editor as "TU R.I. #262 U28B"

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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.
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