@DILLI posted:I am totally new to CAB2. I absolutely love it and did pretty well with it for my first time ever using it. That being said, I DO have a few questions. I searched Google and YouTube for insight, but I am not seeing answers to my questions. Thought I would ask the OGR:
1. Does everyone power down the track before placing a locomotive on the track? What if you want to remove one locomotive and put another one on the track? What steps do you follow? Sounds like it should be: (a) Power down the track; (b) Remove locomotive from track; (c) Put another locomotive on track; (d) Power up the track. Does this look right? How do you power down the track? Only thing I can think of is the transformer lever. Is there another way?
2. So far, I really do not understand the L, M, H Momentum operations. I accidentally activated it and was not sure how to get things back to non-momentum operations. If I don’t want to use momentum operations, how do I get the locomotive back to regular operation without using momentum? I saw where someone said to push and hold down the L key. Is that what I would do to exit momentum operations?
3. I have seen the different speed buttons that appear at the push of the Speed button, but they look to me to simply be railroad presets for 5mph, 20 mph, 35 mph, 50 mph, 70 mph, and highball. Kind of a quick way to pick preset speeds. Am I correct?
Thanks!
I’ve had mine a few years and I love it also. It’s a fun way to run trains.
1. You are correct and that’s how I do it. I have a power strip and turn on/off power there. I also have switched power on sidings so I can pull an engine onto a siding, power off the siding and remove the engine.
2. I use the M button. If you hold that down and turn the dial, you can change the momentum from 1 to 8. At 1, there is no momentum and 8 is full momentum. 4 is the default and I usually run at 5 or 6. 8 is cool but it’s pretty slow to get to full speed or slow down.
3. You are correct. You can use those after you set the momentum where you want it.
hope this helps and enjoy.
