Amtrak HHP-8
The Bombardier HHP-8 is a high-horsepower electric locomotive sold as a separate addon to the New York to Philadelphia and New York to New Haven routes. Its styling is intentionally similar to that of the Acela's.
Controls
Left panel
SelPanto
The pantograph selection switch. 0 = front, 1 = both, 2 = rear.
The default setting is 0.
PantographControl
The pantograph lower/raise switch. 0 = lower, 1 = raise.
The default setting is 1.
CruiseControl
The cruise control switch. Turning this on illuminates the "cruise system" indicator.
The default setting is 0.
Wipers
The wiper off/on switch.
The default setting is 0.
ScreenDer
The off/on switch for the righthand speedometer display.
The default setting is 1.
ScreenIzq
The off/on switch for the lefthand train status display.
The default setting is 1.
Dimmer
Turns on the control desk light. 0 = light off, 1 = light on.
The default setting is 0.
Reset
The "reset throttle/cruise" button.
EmergencyBrake
The emergency brake button.
Control desk
Reverser
The player's Expert Mode reverser control. 1 = forward, 0 = neutral, -1 = reverse.
SpeedSetControl
The setting of the cruise control lever. Ranges from 0.0 (0 mph) to 16.0 (160 mph).
VirtualThrottle
The player's Expert Mode throttle control. Ranges from 0 to 1.
Regulator
The true throttle control used by the physics model. Ranges from 0 to 1.
TrainBrakeControl
The player's Expert Mode train brake control. Ranges from 0 to 1.
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1.0 | Emergency |
| 0.8 | Handle off |
| 0.6 | Full service |
| 0.4 | Suppression |
| 0.2 | Minimum application |
| 0.0 | Release |
EngineBrakeControl
The player's Expert Mode locomotive brake control. Ranges from 0 to 1.
AWSReset
The acknowledgement plunger.
Sander
The sander button.
Bell
The bell button.
Headlights
The headlights dial. 0 = off, 1 = front headlights, 2 = rear headlights.
The default setting is 0.
GroundLights
The ground lights dial. 0 = off, 1 = fixed, 2 = flash.
The default setting is 0.
Displays
ControlScreenIzq
Replaces the train status display with an Amtrak logo. Any value except 0 shows the logo.
The default setting is 0.
ControlScreenDer
Replaces the speedometer display with an Amtrak logo. Any value except 0 shows the logo.
The default setting is 0.
Status
The currently selected train status display page. 0 = primary page, 1 = secondary page.
The default setting is 0.
Effort
Sets the positions of both tractive effort displays. Ranges from -80 to 160 lbs x 1000.
PantoIndicator
Sets the status of the "pantographs" indicator. -1 = neither pantograph up, 0 = front pantograph up, 1 = both pantographs up, 2 = rear pantograph up.
The default setting is 0.
SelectLights
Sets the status of the "lighting" indicator. -1 = off, 0 = headlights, 1 = headlights and ground lights, 2 = head lights and flashing ground lights.
The default setting is 0.
SpeedometerMPH
The position of the speedometer dial. This is not controlled by scripting.
SpeedoGuide
Number of digits to offset the speedometer number to center it on screen. 0 = no digits (for ones), 1 = one digit (for tens), 2 = two digits (for hundreds).
Note that the "1" position is incorrectly rendered the same as the "2" position.
SPHundreds
The speedometer digit to display in the hundreds position. -1 to hide the digit.
SPTens
The speedometer digit to display in the tens position. -1 to hide the digit.
SPUnits
The speedometer digit to display in the ones position. -1 to hide the digit.
PowerState
The power setting to display in the green box.
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 |
| 8 | C |
All other values blank the box.
Right panel
SigGreen
Controls the green lights on the upper cab signal head. Any value above 0.5 turns on the lights.
SigYellow
Controls the yellow lights on the upper cab signal head. Any value above 0.5 turns on the lights.
SigRed
Controls the red lights on the upper cab signal head. Any value above 0.5 turns on the lights.
SigLowerGreen
Controls the green lights on the lower cab signal head. Any value above 0.5 turns on the lights.
SigLowerGrey
Controls the lunar lights on the lower cab signal head. Any value above 0.5 turns on the lights.
CabSpeed
Sets the displayed signal speed limit. Only the following values are supported:
- 15
- 20
- 30
- 45
- 60
- 80
All other values will blank the display.
TSHundreds
The track speed digit to display in the hundreds place. -1 to hide the digit.
TSTens
The track speed digit to display in the tens place. -1 to hide the digit.
TSUnits
The track speed digit to display in the ones place. -1 to hide the digit.
MinimumSpeed
Turns on one of the red squares next to the signal and track speed limit displays. -1 = both off, 0 = signal speed square on, 1 = track speed square on.
Handbrake
The handbrake dial. Setting this to the maximum illuminates the "parking brakes" indicator.
The default setting is 0.
Sounds
AWSWarnCount
Plays a British AWS warning horn and illuminates the exclamation mark on the HUD when set to 1.
SpeedIncreaseAlert
Plays a short electronic beep when set to 1.
Keyboard shortcuts
ATCCutIn
Toggles between 0 and 1 with Ctrl+D. Should not be set by Lua; otherwise the value will desync from the keyboard shortcut.
The default setting is 1.
ACSESCutIn
Toggles between 0 and 1 with Ctrl+F. Should not be set by Lua; otherwise the value will desync from the keyboard shortcut.
The default setting is 1.
Model nodes
front_spark01
One of the white billboards for the front pantograph spark.
front_spark02
One of the white billboards for the front pantograph spark.
rear_spark01
One of the white billboards for the rear pantograph spark.
rear_spark02
One of the white billboards for the rear pantograph spark.
ditch_fwd_l
The forward left ground light.
ditch_fwd_r
The forward right ground light.
ditch_bwd_l
The rear left ground light.
ditch_bwd_r
The rear right ground light.
Lights
Spark
The blue light for the front pantograph spark.
Spark2
The blue light for the rear pantograph spark.
CabLight
The cab's dome light.
Fwd_DitchLightLeft
The forward left ground light.
Fwd_DitchLightRight
The forward right ground light.
Bwd_DitchLightLeft
The rear left ground light.
Bwd_DitchLightRight
The rear right ground light.
Animations
frontPanto
Raises the front pantograph and its spark. Duration is 2 seconds.
rearPanto
Raises the rear pantograph and its spark. Duration is 2 seconds.