Zusi site created.

[Bruce Kennewell]

I have commenced a Zusi-specific section of my AustRail site and the initial work is now available for viewing.

Information will be regularly updated and the description of Zusi and its components will also be expanded.

I hope that this helps to introduce more English-speakers to Zusi.

http://www.netspeed.com.au/bhk/AustRail/zusi_page_1.htm

Regards,
Bruce.

[shangway]

...just checked it out. Very nicely done. I like it

[Thomas Gabler]

Very well done!

However, there are some mistakes:

Type 613 or 618 diesel-electric locomotive

613 is a diesel-hydraulic multiple unit, it looks like this:


618 must be a misspelling. I think you mean the class 218 diesel-hydraulic loco (or perhaps the 628 diesel-hydraulic multiple unit)!

class 218


class 628

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The roar of the resistor-cooling fans in the electric locos

German locos are AC machines, they don't need resistors to control their traction effort. It's the cooling of the traction motors that causes your ears to ring.

OK, now to your screenshot descriptions:

- diesel_loco.jpg shows a class 218 diesel-hydraulic loco
- ice_a.jpg also shows a class 218 (equipped with electronic timetable), so no ICE (these are always EMUs or DMUs)
- ice_d.jpg shows an IC, not ICE
- Munchen_a.jpg: You are driving a class 110 electric loco, so this is definitely not an ICE, but possibly a RB or RE (regional train / regional express)

Tom

[LIRPA]

Moin,

618 ?? 618 ??? Ich hab da was im Hinterkopf bin mir aber nicht sicher und zu faul zum nachschlagen ( schaut mal auf die Uhr es ist mitten in der Nacht )

War das nicht der "Eierkopf" der US-Army


Meiky

[Bruce Kennewell]

However, there are some mistakes:...

Picky, picky, picky!!

Thanks, Tom.
I'll correct the errors and make triple-sure that the next time I post a Zusi screenshot it is labelled correctly!

Bruce.
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Done!

Bruce.

[Roland Ziegler]

Great advertising, Bruce. Carsten will love it!

You could ask Carsten for permission of using the Zusi logo and font ("corporate identity" ).

[Bruce Kennewell]

You could ask Carsten for permission of using the Zusi logo and font

EDITED:Thanks for the kind words, Roland, and I've just realised that you weren't chastising me for using the official Zusi tradmark but were encouraging me to request permission from Carsten to use it!!

Sorry about the misunderstanding.

Bruce.

[Carsten Hölscher]

thanks Bruce! I will add an English abstract to my homepage soon, where an English-speaking user can find some basic information about "Zusi in english" including a link to your site.
You may use images from http://www.zusi.de if you like, but it should be obvious that it is not part of the official zusi-homepage.

Carsten

[Bruce Kennewell]

...You may use images from http://www.zusi.de if you like, but it should be obvious that it is not part of the official zusi-homepage....

Thanks, Carsten.
I'll include a clause stating that my site is not affiliated or associated in any way with the official Zusi site and that it is simply provided as a service to non-German-speaking enthusiasts.

So do you want to adopt my 'Z" as an official logo?
I think it looks quite impressive!

Regards,
Bruce.

[Andreas Karg]

You probably don't know the meaning of the current Zusi logo: Its a schematic of a german semaphore dwarf signal saying "clear". Just that you know...

[(Ar-) T-Rex]

Bruce, Zusi is not only a a simulation of GERMAN railways, locomotives, semaphores and trains. In your internet site it seem to be so.

There are also lines of Swizerland and Austria available, others are under construction (I suppose Hungary, Netherlands, France an so on); an Austrian line (ÖBB - Austrian Federal Railways) is included on the CD.

And the sounds of some of the Austrian electric locomotices are very realistic, too - specially the 1044 or the 1670 or the Austrian creation "Taurus" (1016, 1116).

Greetings -
Arthur

[Bruce Kennewell]

Bruce, Zusi is not only a a simulation of GERMAN railways, locomotives, semaphores and trains. In your internet site it seem to be so......

That's most interesting information, Arthur. Thank you very much for pointing that out.

I had noticed the various folders referring to other nationalities but did not realise that it also included railways as well as locomotives and rolling stock.
I had assumed that the trains from other countires were passing through Germany and along German lines.

I will make the appropriate correction on my site.

Thank you again.

Bruce.

[Bruce Kennewell]

You probably don't know the meaning of the current Zusi logo: ......

Which logo is that, AndiK??
I haven't seen a Zusi logo anywhere.....or maybe I haven't recognised it!

Bruce.

[Andreas Karg]

Dude, where's my logo?!

Uhm... Okay. There seems to be none on the page. Take a look on the Fahrsimulator icon instead. This is what I meant.

[Pegasus-wtal]

It reminded me of something...

...yes !

It looks similar to the "Trabant" logo. The Trabant was a small car in the former GDR. Although it was rather small, you had to wait years before you actually could get one...

See here: http://home.clara.net/peterfrost/trabant.html

So please try to use something else, Zusi definetly is not a Trabant ! (What about a Ferrari logo instead ?)

[Christian Gründler]

You probably don't know the meaning of the current Zusi logo: Its a schematic of a german semaphore dwarf signal saying "clear". Just that you know...

Hello Andi,

there certainly do not exist any "semaphore dwarf signals" (sorry). The Zusi-logo is a (semaphore) shunting signal saying clear (for shunting movements). The german "Zwergsignal" is called a "ground signal" in Great Britain (but looks a little bit different).

EDIT: spelling corrected.

[Bruce Kennewell]

.....Take a look on the Fahrsimulator icon instead. This is what I meant.

Oh, that?!

Yes, I noticed that symbol, but as I'd already recognised it as a "clear" signal seen in the yards in Zusi I didn't think that was what you were referring to.

Bruce.

[JoH]

I had noticed the various folders referring to other nationalities but did not realise that it also included railways as well as locomotives and rolling stock.
I had assumed that the trains from other countires were passing through Germany and along German lines.

Just to see what is possible check out "Wuestensterecke" (folder "Strecken/Fantasiestrecken"). It is a fictious desert railway with its own signalling system located in an unspecified North African country. The locos don't have safety systems, however. I guess this is where Zusi would need more flexibility when creating railways from other countries.

Jo

[Bruce Kennewell]

Just to see what is possible check out "Wuestensterecke" (folder "Strecken/Fantasiestrecken")..........I guess this is where Zusi would need more flexibility when creating railways from other countries.

Thanks, Jo.
Yes, I've checked that out and also the "Nord Amerika" route, whose signalling system is more closely aligned to that used in Australia than is the German signalling system.
So there is at least the ability to be almost prototypical when creating an Australian route, just by using those systems.

I also checked out a fabulous mountain route in the Fantasie section.....Neustadt-Nonnendorf. This is a delightful route, indeed!
Is it really a fictional part of the world or is only the railway line fictional?

Regards,
Bruce.

[PeterR]

@LIRPA: 618 was not the VT08 of the American Army, that was the class 688 which is also the official class of the historic VT08s which are still able to run. Class 618 is the LIREX:


Peter, temporary in Freudenstadt