TMR - The Clear Lake Mining, Woodlands - Session 0

TMR - The Clear Lake Mining, Woodlands - Session 0

Known issue
The driver may not be assigned to the locomotive.
If so, find the locomotive and mouse click on the locomotive.

Sessions begin with a pop-up text box with information about the session. This box can be closed with the Esc key. The Function F1 key will toggle the pop-up screen on and off.

The locomotive is waiting at the head of a short consist. Freight cars have been spotted on the layout. Explore the layout and, if you want, pick up and drop off freight cars.

In the sessions that follow, you have to undertake specific tasks.

For the uninitiated, in all my sessions there aint no pop-ups, no on-screen text messages, no hand-holding, no scoring.

You are Chuck and Joe, my premier crew. In most sessions you will have to undertake the roles of Locomotive Crew (driving the locomotive), Switchman (setting the switches), Yard Master (directing the Crew to the correct location for loading and unloading), and Load Master (loading and unloading the freight cars). In some sessions you may also be the MoW (Maintenance of Way) Foreman, the Barge Master (ensuring the freight cars are correctly loaded onto a Barge so that it does not capsize), and other tasks as required.

In Driver the Map View will be your friend. It shows the locations of the industries. Industries are indicated with the prefix IND. To see the industries in Driver
Press the M key to bring up the Map View.
You can zoom using the mouse wheel or PageUp and PageDown.
You can recentre the map with mouse right click, or pan with Ctrl Cursor keys.
To see the industries, menu top left, ticks against Markers and Industry Names.
Other ticks are optional but may clutter the screen.
Press M to exit Map View.
If necessary, press the 2 key to take you back to the locomotive external view.

At most locations the loading and unloading of the freight cars will need to be performed by you, in the role of Load Master.

A youtube video runs you through the loading and unloading process and how locomotives and freight cars can be removed and replaced. Search youtube with Edit Trains in Driver by philskene.

In some sessions you may need to use the Rotary Dumper. Another video runs you through one way of using this fearsome device. Search youtube with Yuan Gulch Rotary Dumper.

Help, the red and green arrows above the switches, if set to off. Ctrl H toggles the arrows on and off.
The switchstands show the setting of the switch. Red indicates the diverge setting.

It just remains to be said that in the sessions
It is up to you to work out how to best do the allocated tasks.
You are encouraged to drive in Cab (Advanced) Mode.
Sessions finish with words like Sign off, or Contact me when done (which, of course you cant do unless you have my cell phone number, which I hope you dont).

TMR - The Clear Lake Mining, Woodlands - Session 0
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