[conductorchris]

SIMISA@@@@@@@@@@JINX0D0t______

Wagon ( RI_XM_158558_MT
comment( Single door box car )
Type ( Freight )
WagonShape ( RI_XM_158558.s )
Name ( "Boxcar RI 158558 40' MT" )
TSKeyword ( "single sheathed outside braced wood Rock Island" )

[Genma Saotome]

Ahhh, so it goes in the .wag (or .eng file). Interesting. That's something I suppose but it would have been better that have a programmed search page where you could find things like "Paint Applied", a list of >, <, and +, and a field where you could enter a year. Put a dozen or more standard fields and you could really do some slick filtering. Consider what just these three would produce:

Paint Applied > 1947
Paint Retired > 1956
Built <= 1956

[conductorchris]

you are right Dave, and I recall these conversations happening, but Goku thought a single search was more user friendly. He might be right (on search might be better at accommodating different ways of organizing information . . . including poor ways.

[Genma Saotome]

Basic vs. advanced search. Look at advanced search on this board for one example.

I'll be the first to admit complete ignorance regarding the sort of search metadata that would be useful outside of the North America. But I do think with a few discussions the differences could have been resolved... even if it required several advanced search windows ("under the hood" the search function would remain the same so long as the relevant metadata was pulled from the page along with the qualifying data).

[conductorchris]

You are right - this is how to solve the issue.

Still, I'm grateful for everything TSRE is and I'm glad to have it. The search in TSRE is better than anything that came before it including "yardmaster" in which I invested a considerable amount of time. Pity we couldn't have joined both approaches together with "advance search" as well.

Christopher

[Weter]

Hello.
From this post, I have doubts:

Quote

Comment( == Assumptions -Locomotive diesel/electric - speed - 65mph (105km/h), Low Torque Bearing, 6 axles, frontal area - 14.3m2, Wagon Weight - 183.0 ton (metric), Drag 1.0 == )

will it work, as expected, or closing bracket after "105km/h" will end Comment? Did Anyone test such structure?

[R H Steele]

 Weter, on 18 February 2024 - 03:07 PM, said:

Hello.
From this post, I have doubts:

will it work, as expected, or closing bracket after "105km/h" will end Comment? Did Anyone test such structure?

Yup it most definitely works, I and others have been using that specific format for sometime now, it is only a comment line ( as you noted ) -- for human informational purposes only. The line documents the values used in FCalc for determining the ORTS Curtius Kniffler numbers.

That specific line formatting is copied from Peter Newell's excellent site >>> https://www.coalston...com.au/physics/

[hehl]

The number of opening and closing brackets is crucial, even in comments.

Comment(¹ == Assumptions -Locomotive diesel/electric - speed - 65mph (²105km/h)¹, Low Torque Bearing, 6 axles, frontal area - 14.3m2, Wagon Weight - 183.0 ton (²metric)¹, Drag 1.0 == )⁰

So, everything is ok here.

[Weter]

Thank You: if it's so - I'd be happy.