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#1 User is offline   Coolhand101 

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Posted 28 October 2016 - 07:35 AM

Driving in rain or snow makes no difference to the adhesion conditions when entering and leaving a tunnel. You could be 2 miles inside a tunnel and the adhesion conditions would still be 53% or 40% ( rain and snow ).
Can this be adjusted to reach 95 to 100% condition levels for diesels and electrics ? I understand steamers were more prone to slipping in tunnels, so this could be a lower value. And for steamers in 100% conditions, the adhesion level was lower in tunnels, with the possibility of wheelslip.

The default conditions using 100% factor correction:-

Dry = 100%

Rain = 53%

Fog = 45%( no rain or snow )

Snow = 40%

Another proposal is autumn season with rain. Random timed conditions between 53% and 20% or perhaps lower!.

Any thoughts on this?

Thanks

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Posted 28 October 2016 - 11:26 PM

Even when it is raining water would be carried into the tunnel, therefore, depending upon the tunnel length and train frequency the tracks could still be quite slippery.

However, when I get some time I will review your comments against the code, and see if some changes can be made to accommodate a variation of some description in adhesion.

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Posted 29 October 2016 - 10:07 AM

Many thanks for looking into this.

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