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We want to thank you for buying this product from virtualrailroads! The package you bought contains vehicles with special functions which are never before seen in Railworks. For you as the loco driver is a lot of more work to do then with any other vehicle for Railworks. The loco uses functions like its pendant in the real world. Important: You can drive the vehicles in this package only in EXPERT Mode and you can t use the F4 driver controls. Please read this manual carefully to have as much fun as possible with these vehicles! 1. Starting to drive the BR143 To drive with the BR143 you have to make the loco ready for work. The pantograph and the main power switch must be switched on. You can only switch on main power when the pantograph is lifted up. Keys to use to make the BR143 ready for work: - Pantograph from front to back = Shift+P ( Front up both up back up ) - Pantograph from back to front = Strg+P ( both up front up both down ) - Main Switch = Strg + Z ( Toggle switch on / off ) After done these steps you can drive the loco. Mainswitch Keys: Strg+Z (on/off) Pantograph Keys: Shift+P / Strg+P 4 Positions: down/front up/both up/back up

2. Getting ready to drive in ZDS mode ( BR143 + BR143 ) You can use two BR143 in a double traction to pull trains without any problems. To drive in a sandwich with one BR143 at the front pulling and the second BR143 at the end pushing is possible too when the vehicles between both locos use the vr-consist- Message System. An and Bn coaches included in this package use this system. Keys to use to make two BR143 ready for work in ZDS mode: - First BR143 pantograph up = Shift+P - Switch on ZDS and wait for the status messages = Shift+9 - Second BR143 pantograph up = Strg+Shift+P - First BR143 main switch on = Strg+Z - Second BR143 main switch on = Strg+Shift+Z Please keep in mind: if you switch the locos don t forget to switch of the ZWS / ZDS. Otherwise you will get a ZWS error message. You always should shut down the loco if you switch to the other loco in the train. 3. Driving The BR143 does not use a normal regulator you know from other locos. The BR143 can be driven in two different modes for speed control. One mode is a speed control like the AFB you know from the ICE or BR120 and the other mode is a speed control with a special additional control which is like a notched regulator. Driving mode like the AFB is normally used for passenger trains because it is a very comfortable drive mode for passengers and driver. The drive mode controls the speed you set and accelerates or decelerates. When in this driving mode you have three options to control the speed Bedingter Auslauf, Nur Fahren and Nur Bremsen. Deeper explanations to these modes will come later. The other driving mode with the notched regulator gives you direct speed control and is normally used for freight trains and shunting. Driving in this mode is more work for the driver because he has to control electrical overloading and wheel slip by himself. Very important!! Because the BR143 uses a notched regulator it is very important to set the notch to zero before you can start braking. Use the key F ( Run down ) to let the regulator run down to notch zero ( Notch Display shows which notch you are ). Otherwise the loco will be damaged and you get a disruption. So it is very important to drive foresighted!!

Reverser key: W / S Traction- and Breakingforce Lever key: C / Y Run down key: F Help Control key: E / Q Regulator key: D / A 3.1 Driving with AFB control mode Important: the AFB has not the same functions as it has in the ICE or the BR120! The speed control in AFB control mode is regulated by two levers. One is the regulator ( which is not used as a normal regulator ) and the Traction- and Brakeforcelever. So if you made the loco ready for work ( see section 1 ) please use the following steps to drive in AFB speed control mode: - Choose your power level with the Traction and Brakeforcelever key C / Y You should choose a level which correspondents to your train weight. Normally you would switch to Maximum and then fall back a little bit. If you drive a lighter train choose a small level. - Release the train brake ( eventually the loco brake ) - Use the regulator to choose a speed you would like to drive at maximum. A small red needle in the speedometer shows your selected speed. The BR143 should start driving now. To change the speed when driving use the regulator, to change the power use the Traction- and Brakeforcelever. Keep in mind: if you would like to brake use F key before braking to let the regulator run down to notch 0 ( Notch Display shows which notch you are )!

Traction effort Red needle TAV LM Notch Display PZB LMs Disruption LM SIFA LM Sander E-Brake max. The Notch Display should show zero if you would like to brake manually! 3.1.1 Special programs There are three special programs for speed control which supports you in driving the BR143. The programs could be switched on or off at any time you drive the loco. Bedingter Auslauf Nur Fahren Special program off middle position Nur Bremsen 3.1.1.1 Bedingter Auslauf Normaly you use this mode when you drive a S-Bahn ( near traffic train ). The distances between the stations are short. Bedingter Auslauf is switched on with keys Shift+D. If switched on the speed control is switched off when choosed maximum speed is reached. The regulator will run down automaticly to notch zero; after that braking is possible without any disruption. You switch off this program with Strg+D.

3.1.1.2 Nur Fahren If you drive up the hill and you need not to brake it is usefull to use this program. Using this program there will be no automatic brake involved; so keep an eye on your speed! You switch on this mode by Shift+W and off by Shift+S. 3.1.13 Nur Bremsen It is the same as Nur Fahren with the difference that there is only braking activated and not accelerating. It is very usefull when you drive down the hill. Use keys Shift+S to activate the program and Shift+W to deactivate. 3.2 Driving with direct speed control With a special help control you can switch the notches directly Notch Up key E Short press: one notch long press: continuous switching Notch down key Q With this mode you have a better control over the speed and acceleration especially when driving slow or being on a shunting mission. Using the help control is very easy; use key E for one notch up and key Q for one notch down. A short press gives you one notch; a longer press switches the notches until you release the key. Be careful when switching up; keep an eye at the traction effort. Values more than 70 kn/fm might cause a disruption and switch off the main switch. You can use key F to switch all the way down to zero if you need to brake.

4. Braking Locobrake key: + / - Wiper Interval key: Shift/Strg + V Trainbrake combined brake key: : / [ or NumPad + / - Braking with this loco needs some experience. Normaly you brake with the E-Brake. The forced used for the braking is choosed with the Traction Brakeforcelever. Higher levels gives you more traction- and more brakeforce. If the Traction Brakeforcelever is at zero there will be no E-Brakeforce available! If the brakeforce from the E-Brake is too weak the normal air driven brake will start braking too. If the LM E-Brake lights up in the MFA the brakeforce limit for the E-Brake is reached. To brake now with airbrakepower tear back the trainbrakelever one notch to give the airbrake the initial brakepower of 4,5 bar brake pipe pressure. If you need to make an emergency brake tear back the trainbrakelever to 100%. The train will stop in a very short time because now E-Brake and Airbrake have full power. Use the brake carefully! To brake from 120 km/h down to zero in a distance of 1000m you need the brakelever at 50 60%.

5. Disruptions (BR143 only) In real life there are a lot of possible disruptions when driving a loco. For this loco we are only using three. If a disruption occurs the disruption light will glow. 5.1 Electrical disruption If you try to brake without setting down the Regulator to notch zero ( key F ) you will damage the loco and get an disruption. This will not happen when it occurs only once but when you often forget this rule the loco will stop; the main switch will switch to off and you have to wait a random time until to continue. You will see a message to the right when you can go on. 5.2 Speed control distortion As in real life it can happen that the speed control will stop operating. You can use the direct speed control to drive the loco. You will see a message to the right when the speed control is operational again. 5.3 No sand!! If you are using sand without thinking about the amount of sand in your locos sand containers you will run out of sand very soon. The loco will be still operational but if you need sand there might be nothing left. The sand containers will replenish automatically as time elapses. 6. Door control TAV The BR143 has a programmed door control which could be used with the passenger wagons included in this package. Other passenger wagons won t work with these controls because they need a special script for this function. To open the doors use the normal key T. The doors do not open at once! Each wagon has a time delay to make door opening more realistic.when T is pressed and the TAV control is activated you will see the TAV light and hear a beep sound. The speed control is blocked until the doors are closed.

Doors closing key: Strg+T Closing the doors must be done with Strg+T. You will hear a Zp9 ( special Pipe ) when the doors could be closed. Press now Strg+T to activate the door closing process. The TAV light will start flashing and you will hear every second a beep sound until all doors are closed. All doors will be closed in between 10 seconds when Strg+T is pressed! When the TAV light is off; all doors are closed and the speed control is not any more blocked. 7. SIFA ( Sicherheitsfahrschalter / security switch ) The BR143 has a working Zeit-Zeit-Sifa ( time-time-sifa ) which could be activated or deactivated with Shift+7. SIFA key: space If you switched on the SIFA you have to press every 30 second the key space to reset the SIFA. If you forget to reset the SIFA the SIFA light will start glowing to remember you to press the SIFA button. Did you miss this again after 2 seconds you will hear a warning beep; Missing again after 2 seconds beep you will get en emergency braking. If you are not inside the cab when driving the loco you won t get any warning about the SIFA status but SIFA is working! So you also need to press the SIFA reset button outside the loco.

8. PZB ( Punktförmige Zugbeeinflussung / train security system ) BETAversion The BR143 has a realistic build in PZB90 System used in Germany for speed controlling trains. The build in system is in Betastatus and it may occur errors from time to time. To switch on PZB use key Shift+8; to change the train mode use Strg+8. After switching on or changing the mode the PZB will start a selftest. PZB Befehl key: Del PZB Frei key: End PZB Wachsam key: PageDown (NumPad-Enter) To use the PZB operate with the keys PZB Befehl / Entf; PZB Frei / End; PZB Wachsam / PageDown. To use PZB Frei you have to press the key End a little longer to give the system the chance to recognize your key press. The PZB system only works properly when the route you are driving on supports PZB. For this you need special magnets which are included in this package. Further information about this system and its usage will be released later, when the system has not anymore Betastatus. 9. Time Delayed Wipers The BR143 has a time delayed wiper system equal to those already published in the ICE and BR120. You can use the normal system RW offers to you by pressing V to activate the wipers. If you want to use the time delayed mode you must switch on the wipers with Shift+V for interval up und Strg+V for interval down. You switch through Off, On, 4, 7 and 12 seconds time delay. You will get a message to the right when you switch into time delayed wipers mode.

10. Train and Cablight You can control the headlight of the BR143. Use Shift+L and Strg+L to dim the light up or down. Cablight key: Full -> Strg+Shift+H Half -> Shift+H Off = middle Position The cablight could be switched from Half to Full using Strg+H and from Full to Half using Strg+Shift+H. The middle position switches off the cablight. Please hold the key a little bit longer pressed to switch. 11. FML ( Fahrmotorlüfter / engine fan ) You can switch on FML / engine fan manually. This has no effect to the simulation or the loco and is only for your acoustic happiness. Switch on FML with Shift+F and off with Strg+F. Switching the FML is only possible when the main switch is On. 12. StopGo Mode To use all features of this loco you have to drive in Expertmode in Railworks but it is also possible to use the loco in StopGo mode in RW. Some features are not available and controlling the loco is much simpler. ZWS / ZDS ( section 2 / 3 ) are NOT possible in this mode, SIFA and PZB are not used. The regulator is used as a combined drive and brake lever but needs some experience in braking. Keep an eye on the tractioneffortmeter; use not more than 40-50kn/FM when driving a passenger train and not more than 70kn/FM when pulling a freight train. 13. Optional Parameters You can make changes to some special text files to switch on or off some options at the vehicles. First of all: to make changes use a text editor like Notepad; do NOT use Wordpad or MS- Word!! Wordpad and MS-Word save signs to the text which could not be operated by the simulation scripts. There are two text files which give you control over some options. The text files could be found here: { Your Railworks directory } \ Assets \ virtualrailroads \ vr_br143_sbre \ Scripts

13.1 Player Options The text file vr_module_player_parameter.lua gives you control over some player options The following changes could be made: - Lights; here you can decide if you want to see a light-cone optional Parameters are ON / OFF ( Default is ON ) - AFB malfunction; switch AFB malfunction on or off optional Parameters are ON / OFF ( Default is ON ) - AFB malfunction calculating time interval; gives you control over the time interval the simulation should calculate a AFB malfunction. If it occurs too often please use a higher number. The number MUST be positive and true. optional Parameters are positive true number ( Default is 60 ) - Empty sand container; setup here if you want the sand container to get empty or not optional Parameters are ON / OFF ( Default is ON ) - Electrical distortion ( Trennschutz_malfunction ); decide here if electrical distortion should be possible. optional Parameters are ON / OFF ( Default is ON ) 13.2 KI Options Changes for the KI trains could be made in the text file vr_module_ki_parameter.lua At the moment there is only one parameter which could be changed: - Lights; here you can decide if you want to see a light-cone optional Parameters are ON / OFF ( Default is ON )

Keyboard BR143 Function add Primary key Secondary key Pantograph Shift+P Strg+P Main switch Strg+Z Reverser W S Regulator D A Direct speed control Program 1 Program 2 Freier Auslauf Bedingter Auslauf Nur- Fahren/Bremsen C Y Shift+D Strg+D Shift+W Shift+S F Direct speed control Auf Ab E Q Trainbrake : [ NumPad + - Locobrake Headlight Headlight dim Cablight Door control Doors closing Wiper normal Wiper time delayed Horn 1 Horn 2 Sander ZZA up / down ZWS/ZDS on / off FML on / off SIFA on / off SIFA Reset PZB on / off PZB train mode PZB Wachsam PZB Frei PZB Befehl Off On 4 7 12 + - H Shift+H Shift+L Strg+L Strg+H Shift+Strg+H T Strg+T V Shift+V Strg+V B N X 0 (Null) Shift+0 Shift+9 Shift+F Strg+F Shift+7 Space Shift+8 Strg+8 Page-Down End Del NumPad Enter Nams of the locos in Railworks: BR143_Arc / BR143_Arc_eP / BR143 Eko / BR143 Eko_eP / BR143_MEG / BR143_RBH