ST4 Tasks
2012-06-05
Task 1 - Setup - LakeShore - East - Blue loco - 1 passenger coach - 0 freight wagons
Use C key to advance clock to 6 for your 6am departure for LostMine. You’ll be taking just one baggage coach. Back up to platform to pick up the miners and their gear. Warning <B>ell (B again to stop ringing) <W>histle as you set off. Take train to LostMine by setting switch to “up” and backing up the hill from the junction. Stop in station with coach beside mine entrance. Uncouple loco and take it to opposite end of train (watch the steep grade; don’t roll past the track-end and off the cliff). Refuel on the way by applying brakes when tender is centered on yellow door on coal tower. Coal, water and sand levels should return to 100. Now couple front of loco to coach and return to LakeShore. Stop at platform, uncouple loco, refuel it, then couple rear of loco to coach ready for next trip - Esc and Quit
Task 2 - Setup - Summit - East - Blue loco - 1 passenger coach - 0 freight wagons
Set <C>lock to 14 for your 2pm departure time. Travel at 30 mph to Esterburg. Stop on bottom track just past signal with coach across brown road. Take loco to turntable, press T until facing other way, reverse to coal tower, refuel and couple to passenger coach. <B>ell, <W>histle, then pull it behind your loco back up to Summit - Esc and Quit.
Task 3 - Setup - SmallVille - East - Green loco - 0 passenger coaches - 4 freight wagons
Set <C>lock to 20 for 8pm departure to LittleTon via lower fork through tunnel under lava flow. At LittleTon, back on to LOWER track beside platform. Mouse arrow to left edge of side view to scroll so you can see where rear wagon is. Leave rear wagon at very end of track. Use <L> to turn on mouse lamp so you can see where to uncouple.. Take remaining 3 wagons to next station, LakeShore and back them into the short track between the platforms. Leave them there. Refuel the loco. 
Let’s see what this loco can do! Apply full throttle and go as fast as you can towards EsterBurg, using bursts of <S>and until there is no more slipping. What was the top speed reached? How far did you get? Press <Enter> to recover from crashes - Esc and Quit.
Task 4 - Setup - WestPort - East - Green loco - 4 passenger coaches - 4 freight wagons
Depart 10am. Bring Blue loco from roundhouse, back it up and couple to Green. At SmallVille, leave rear two freight wagons at far end of top track. Continue to LakeShore and refuel both locos. Continue east and stop on mainline passing loop below LostMine. Couple front of blue loco to the two freight wagons. Use blue loco to take freight to LostMine and green to take passenger coaches to RiverFront BUT have both trains traveling AT THE SAME TIME. Start one, Tab to other, start that, Shft-Tab back to see how the first one is going etc etc until both have arrived at their destinations.
Task 5 - Setup - Esterburg - West - Red loco - 0 passenger coaches - 9 freight wagons
Dep 8am. See whether 50% throttle is enough for the climb to Summit. Take your wagons to RiverFront and leave them on the sidings. Return light to EsterBurg, refueling before entering the roundhouse.
Task 6 - Setup - Esterburg - West - Red loco - 9 passenger coaches - 0 freight wagons
Dep 8am. Soon after leaving, imagine an express is due and you are stopped at the passing loop between EsterBurg and Summit. Once the track is clear move on and climb to Summit. If you have difficulty, bring the blue loco from the roundhouse and without coupling, use it to help the red loco by pushing from the rear. You will have to drive both locos separately by tabbing between them. At the top, stop blue in Summit station, allowing red to continue down to stop in RiverFront.