Help/Trains Tab
Clicking LMB on the Train Mode (T) button in this tab allows you to assemble consists. A list of all engines and rolling stock is displayed below this button. Below the list are selection lists for Train Origin and Train Company. If “All” is selected in both of these lists, all consists and rolling stock will be displayed. By selecting a region or company in these lists the list displayed can be restricted to just that company or just that region or both.
Click on Add Train (A) to enable the building of a consist. Click LMB on the engine or rolling stock asset in the list that you would like to place on the route. A picture of the asset appears in the Train Viewer window in the bottom of the tab. Click LMB on the asset in the Train Viewer window, the picture will rotate to show you different views of the selected item. Click RMB+H on the item in the picture and move your mouse forward and back to increase and decrease the size of the item in the Train Viewer window. Click on a location on a track in your route and your item will be placed at that point. To add items to your cosist Click LMB on one end of the consist or the other . The Red and Green arrows adjust to mark the ends of the consist. If you Click LMB too far away from the end of the consist, a new one will be created.
Click LMB on Move Train (M) then LMB+H a train car.
You can then drag the mouse to move the traincar
anywhere that there is track.
Click LMB on Rotate Train (R) to enable rotation of
the engine or cars in a consist. Once enabled, Click
LMB on any engine or car in a consist to change the
direction in which it is facing.
Once Get Train (G) is selected, Click LMB
on any car in any consist on the route and that car will be
selected from the list in the Trains tab and displayed in the
Train Viewer window. Then Click LMB on Add Train to place it.
Click LMB on Delete Train (D), then Click LMB on any engine
or car in a consist on the route and that engine or car will
be deleted. The consist will shorten if necessary to close the
space taken by the car or engine and keep the consist intact.
Click LMB on Decouple Carriage (X) and then move
the cursor to a point near the connection between
two items in a consist until an image (colored Red)
of a coupler appears. Click LMB on the coupler and it will be
seen to open. Additional Green and Red arrows will appear
above the point of uncoupling to mark off the two consists
that have now been made from the one original consist.
Each engine or car in TS12 can be assigned
properties. Click LMB on Edit Properties (P) to enable
the setting of properties for engines and vehicles.
A name will be assigned to the engine or car by adding a
number to its name, which can be customized, as found in the list of locos and cars.
Names for locos and rolling stock persist only for this
particular session.
Running numbers for an engine or
car can be changed by Clicking LMB on the underlined text after the words
Running Number. A new window opens in which you may
enter the number of your choice. If the engine or car has been
designed with a number that is changeable, the number will
change to match your selection.
/////// Consist Mode (C) Click LMB on Consist Mode (C), one of two large buttons at the top of the tab, to enable the placing of complete consists available in the list of consists below the button. A consist window appears at the bottom of the screen which display the currently selected consist in the list at the top of the tab. Click LMB on any consist in the list and it will appear in the consist window for your reference. You can Click LMB on any of the vehicles in the consist window to change their direction. Click LMB and hold on a vehicle and drag it outside of the consist window to remove it from the consist.
