Heavy Iron's West Bryson Hump Yard

This mod adds a 12 track hump yard west of Appalachian Hardwoods at Bryson.

• []Designed for use with Chomers' West Bryson Interchange.  (Optional.)

  []12 long bowl tracks with enough capacity to comfortably handle multiple days' worth of traffic with the entire map set at Tier 5.  This is perhaps the largest hump yard mod released to date on the basis of car capacity.

  []A gentle, carefully calibrated downhill grade on the bowl tracks designed to bring loaded cars to a gentle stop near the end of each bowl when humped at 2 MPH.

  []Safety ramps at the end of each bowl track to prevent accidental damage to rolling stock due to excessive speed while humping.

  []A tapering ladder track to make optimal use of the yard's footprint;  This means you have longer bowl tracks available for sorting busier destinations and shorter ones to use for smaller traffic.

  []An Auto-Engineer friendly hump track with a 2 MPH speed limit set for easy single-player operation using Auto-Engineer: Road.

  []A perfectly flat main track leading up to the hump for easy single-player operation when controlling a train manually.

  []A non-speed-limited entrance track with priority set to automatically bypass the slow hump track while trimming the bowl using Auto-Engineer: Waypoint.

  []A fairly long side track is provided alongside the main for parking power, assembling trains, etc. without blocking the main.

  []A very scenic, picturesque view of the river and hills surrounding Bryson.

  • []The prescribed speed of this hump is 2 - 2. 5 MPH.

    []The longest bowl track has room for 55x 40' cars.  (2,400 feet.)

    []The shortest bowl track has room for 35 cars.  (1,500 feet.)

    []The hump is calibrated for a safe, yet effective speed boost of approximately 6 MPH.

    []The main track siding has room for 66 cars.  (2,850 feet.)

    Limitations:

    • []Incompatible with C_L_B's West Bryson Industries along with any other mod that alters the map or track at, or west of Appalachian Hardwoods.

      []Empty cars tend to coast to a stop about halfway down the bowl tracks.  Generally this is not an issue as long as there is a good mix of loads present to help push them further down the bowl.

      Dependencies:

      • []Zamu's RailLoader

        []Zamu's StrangeCustoms

      Installation:
      • []Drag and drop the . ZIP file onto your RailLoader shortcut icon.

        Operating instructions:

        []Prescribed speed for this hump is 2 - 2. 5 MPH.  Under no circumstances should you exceed 3 MPH when humping.

        []Either thoroughly bleed the entire cut to be humped or fully charge it for several minutes prior to humping.

        [*]Close the angle-cock on the hump locomoti