Overhead Throttle Control, and proper Johnson bar

[hollow pivot]

It feels way more practical and easy to simply control the throttle by sitting in the driver position instead of having to stand in the middle of the locomotive, it also is easier for shunting when you don’t have to spend five minutes turning a valve to reverse.

Modding it shouldn’t be that hard? It would only be replacing the mesh in the train? Moving the regulator to a different position, and swapping out the regulator to an upscale version in the S080?

[old sandal]

I’m able to do it from driver side just fine but I see your point

[slender osprey]

The lever can be moved, but the fixed part of the lever is part of the interior mesh, and would need to be separated out or remodeled.

Possible but annoying

[hollow pivot]

I see,

Well if you do move the lever, you get a nice place to rest cups of tea

[slender osprey]

True

[hollow pivot]

Like here,

Or here?

Not that unusual,

Johnson bar would be weird I think?

[red kayak]

It depends. The overhead throttle with Johnson Bar setup was popular setup in the US, especially later on in the age of steam. In the UK and Europe, a screw reverse was more common than the Johnson Bar.

[dry stone]

that bar with deadzone alone would still be a very nice addition with much less work to implement

would make seeing the setting you are in much easier

[hollow pivot]

I meant implementing it

[hollow pivot]

Well, when you finally make a definitive SH282 mesh editor I can’t wait for people to create things they always wanted, like alternative fireboxes, alternate headlamp placement, hooks for hanging lamps on the interior

[warped stone]

i aproove

[languid escarp]

I would be absolutely grateful for that lip there on the shelf, I always run with my map on that shelf thing there.

[hollow pivot]

Yeah

[rotund dew]

What we need is Bulleid style controls (including steam operated reverser)

[hollow pivot]

After playing Railroader, and actually getting a feel for using overhead regulator and an actual Johnson bar, I can 100% say we need this

[real root]

The railroader johnson bar is crap

Just modulates speed

[hollow pivot]

it is but the actual feel of moving it is very enjoyable

I more of was talking about the regulator.

[wheat halo]

In the UK, we did have a few "Johnson Bars" from what I can tell (the lever and catch pointing upwards) although we did have a lot of screw-reversers and the occasional steam reverser

[rotund dew]

Mainly leaver reversers are used on engines that would spend a lot of time changing direction and bacon slicers (screw reversers) on ones that would spend long amounts of time in one direction and at speed so that the driver can notch them up quite finely and steam reverser in other places (M7s have them and bulleids did so idk what is going on with them) and then you get the RH&DR which has lever reversers aswell as bacon slicer so it’s a weird hybrid which I can’t easily explain

[north flame]

Have you seen canadian screw reversers? It's like your holding 5 dinner platers stacked together

[scarlet zealot]

how do you use those things? Just grab the edges and start turning??? I thought there would be a handle like there is in derail valley

or is it kinda like diesels where you insert the reverser handle

[north flame]

Yup

It's like a steering wheel really

[vapid nebula]

most of the locos I'll be doing when CCL support comes have overhead throttles and Johnson bars so yall will get your fill :3

[north flame]

I really want to model tbe cab I sent but God I suck at detailing without prints or the willpower to do refrances

[hollow pivot]

I just want it for the SH282

[hollow pivot]

I mean there are three models tagged on the post.

It would literally just be the normal SH282 controls.

But moved around.

And also the Johnson bar from the S060 being enlarged

[north flame]

Really?

[hollow pivot]

Just scroll up?

[hollow pivot]

They are right here.

[north flame]

Ph I thought you ment 3d models and those are OK photos

[cobalt crane]

i think this would be nice