Trainz: The Hialeah Tie Up

Many people who either live in, or drive around Hialeah are perhaps aware of FEC's notoriety for tying up crossings in the area.

This is because their authorized speeds are limited as follows:

  • 10 mph up to about the end of the TOFC switch at Hialeah Yard
  • 20 mph from there through the Okeechobee Road overpass
  • 25mph around the curve
I had the pleasure of simulating this in Trainz. And so I tested the accuracy of this operation as well as some of the railroad crossings included. The test train in question is train #210, which runs at night, so once I got the shots at the beginning of the route done, I set the clock correctly. :)

The train always crawls at West 8th Ave. 

A perspective of how long the train is with respect to some of the major surface roads. It's a good thing that W 21 St is grade-separated!
 A neat observation is, just as is done in real life, the HUD gave the go ahead to speed up when the nose was around Palm Ave/E 4th Ave. The physics work out getting the 9,000ft train to a good 25-30 mph (depending on motive power, here we went underpowered) just as it nears Iris.
210 at just about track speed 

NW 27th Ave, new area

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