Real Train Driver. Class 66 Train Sim World Vs Real Life Cold Start & Prep 

Dad Rail: Spends 25 mins explaining cold start and checks Dad Rail at 26:35 - "Simple as that!" Loved it!

66 driver here 😄 we were told in our training to check in each cab that you can get power in both directions and that the sanders apply sand to the rails with a visual check, but honestly that was a great video and I reckon I’ll save it for the odd reference to keep my knowledge up ☺️ I liked the gsmr videos too, learned a few things i didn’t know!

I really enjoyed this, so we can safely say TSW 3 is a very good sim.... It would be nice to see a full engine room check and a working battery isolator. I would also like to see a full Paddington to Plymouth run class 43/52 would be worth paying for. Thanks for this vid, it was a great to see how true to life the sim is.

I really enjoyed this educational video. As I thought that all train drivers had to use a login and keycard to turn on the cab at all. Just out of interest, what do you think to the Class 60 locomotives? I know a lot of the drivers like them because of their quieter cabs. Great video mate.

Have you played Open BVE? I know graphically it’s not upto the likes of TS3 but I feel like I’m driving the train more

brilliant well presented vidio

An American locomotive in a British livery in America

As a Swedish freight train driver I really enjoyed seeing all the similarities and diffrences in how we do things. :)

I was curious, at around the 19:24 mark, you're looking at the right rear area of the cab, there is a large lever on the side wall just behind the seat. What is that for? Great video!

Brilliant insight to a full prep.

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If 8:07 is the engine, what’s 7:48?

Brilliant video

Probably the least life-like simulator game I've ever seen dovetail sort this out

Awesome video! Thanks you. I´m flying corporate biz jets for a living and now I´ve started driving trains on the PC for fun! Loving it for now! Have subscribed to you channel for future benefit! Keep up the good work mate! Cheers.

Wow, at that main res pressure your J1 safety valve will be trying to make your ears bleed. :D brake test is switch operates incorrectly still :( you are right though it is pretty close.

Has doing these videos made your actual Work more interesting? Eg comparing things from the sim..Jezz,Nottingham

I played around with the circuit brakers etc. and turned off the fuel injection switch while the enigne was running. After I've done that I couldn't get it running again no matter what I tried. Followed your tutorial but it just won't start again after I turn the engine off over the fuel injection switch. Any ideas why?

I'm 33 years old, a Dad, an Interior Designer, from Egypt I don't link with any of the things happens in this game, but somehow I fell in love with it, I pre-ordered the Deluxe edition, I enjoy it so much and your videos make it 500% enjoyable 😍😍😍 I guess I have certain love for locomotives, big engines, and the slow responses of these beasts 😄

Air flow indicator not talked about

Very much similar to our 2800 class locomotive, other then Braking system it's more or less identical mechanically

Not saying where the reverser key is located is certainly very sensible. I was a wee bit surprised when you said it, though I’d never really given much thought to the possibility of someone trying to nick a locomotive.

great video. im surprised how similar it is for different loco cold starts. i saw cold start (i was just watching, im way to young to operate a train) but i was at a terminus station, not in the uk fyi, and i was taking photos of an idle locomotive that was standing at the station for a few days, and this guy turns up in a V/Line (the rail operator) car and hops out. he can see im a train enthusiast so he explains what he is doing. the train was leaving in a few days so he told me he was gonna cold start the engine and let it idle to charge the batteries for the electricals and then run it around to the front of the passenger cars. he first walks around the train and then opens up the buffer end cab and then a few minutes later i can hear he in the middle of the loco, walking through the engine room, i presume. he then comes out of the other cab door. he then takes another 10-15 mins walking around, through the train and i finally hear the 1st 'ning' and then another, and it gets faster and finally has the 'ning ning ning' idle sound. i thought this video was great and now i know what the operater must've been doing. if anyone wants the know what loco it was, it was a V/Line N Class Passenger Locomotive

"Bingo Board" - typical railwayman humour.

It is interestin engine is so loud because from the outside the 66s are so quiet.

Very interesting insight. Thanks for sharing.

Dad Rail I had an issue with Class 66 consist last night, running from Dartford > Hoo > Dartford. Train was fine running from Dartford > Hoo. But after shunting wagons and then setting back off, the brake cylinder pressure would not return to 0.0, it started at 0.5 and then after every break application would increase, was 2.2 by time I got back to Dartford. Any ideas?

Have a question for you Dadrail for the switch that says ETCS 110v what is the use for it in real life? Since Freightliner also operates PZB Germany Austria Memor II Belgium and ATB Netherlands Capable Class 66 DB BR266 their switch will be the same as the UK version but Sifa replaces DSD

What's the fresh air button that I've seen in the cab please

Great locomotive

Nice Video! Thanks! This Loco are great.

That was so interesting. I had no idea it was so complex.

really interesting, thank you!

That sound of the rain on the cab is so relaxing!

great video's thanks

GSMR set up and check?

Can't believe we're on TSW 3 now and still no GSM-R in the cab! Cmon Dovetail stop being so lazy 😂

How much of that would you do if you take over mid-route on a crew change?

Where are all the air system cocks etc on a 66? In the engine room like the E70?

I wish DT would make the horn louder!!!!

good tutorial, only thing but dont know if your asked to test, is ive been taught to test forward and reverse before moving to make sure you get amps.

Hi I’m new to this sim, I was wondering if in the future there will be a chance for a Birmingham new street route or whether this is not possible

Thank You DadRail for Your explanations on this loco model. Greetings from Estonia too. Seems like the fat guy who basically did all the soundwork for Train Simulator tranferred his 'great achivements' here ... to another generation of train simulation ... I'm talking about extremely weak horn sounds. The horn sound has to be most loud one in game ... no one is louder. That means the horn sound is where sound guy has to start development - find the loudest sound and set all others dependant on it. Easy like that. But fat guy never understood and started from engine sounds ... which ones are never the loudest ones. Then ... if You want to make the horn sound louder You can't raise it anymore because You've already determined highest level.