"Steel" Wagon as an engine

[Jim Powers]

Dear Pros;

I'm testing my latest scenario "Simply...South America". I tried to put a 'steel' wagon
behind a steamer, but instead, it became as another train!
I've got the latest version of The Patch/Alpha. Here also is my cfg. list.
with the US Renewal trains.

Please help me if possible. Thanks.

Always,
Jim Powers

[jonty-comp]

Hmm, that's quite odd. Does the wagon actually go anywhere when you tell it to go? Because a) That would be quite funny and b) It would imply that the GRF seems to have got mixed up and given a wagon train properties.
See if any of the trains act as wagons.

[Dave]

You've probably got more than one trainset GRF active, Jim.

Sadly you can't really combine two full-replacment trainsets.

[voila1]

Yeah i had that when i downloaded someones scenario when i didnt have the relevant cfgs so i had corn hoppers pulling around coaches on the line

[boneyman]

yeh i've done that before. It was seriousle wacked and the train actually moved. hey i know this is realy of topic but why do people put to trains in front of their wagons?

[voila1]

u mean u dont have to? and anyway its looks better that way...

[Dave]

People "double-head" (i.e. use two) locomotives on trains which are paticularly long or heavy. It happens often in real life, too.

See this pic:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:6700 ... way-03.jpg

The train is going away from the camera.

[knedle]

Basicaly 2x engines = 2x power, and on rails power is everything.

[Dave]

But the most important thing to remember is 2x the power != 2x the speed.