Route profile on the HUD
The strip at the top of the screen shows the track ahead: grade, alignment, speed limits and train-pipe pressures. Toggle it with F1 (the menu item is “Profile hint”).
F1 cycles three modes:
- Off — the profile is hidden; energy use stays in the corner.
- Profile — the track line, markers and pressure bars.
- Profile + forces — the same, plus the force diagram on the train.
Track line
The strip looks ahead in the direction of travel. If wagons are coupled it starts at the last wagon; otherwise a little behind the locomotive.
Height of the line is the grade (height difference of the segment). Colour does not follow the grade.
Line colour
Colour comes from the track plan: tangent, curve or switch.
| Colour | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Green | Tangent |
| Yellow | Curve with radius greater than 250 m |
| Orange | Sharp curve (radius 250 m or less), switches, branch-offs |
Markers on the line
| Marker | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Grey line parallel to the profile | Platform |
| Orange-red dot | Your position (locomotive head) |
| Orange-red line under the profile | Wagons behind you (if coupled) |
| Red circle with a number | Speed-limit change. In professional mode — red digits only, no circle |
| Yellow label and tick | Timetable stop |
| Light-blue vertical | Electrification change or neutral section |
| Green vertical with a dot | Signal |
| Pink “×” | Level crossing |
| Red “T” | Brake-test location |
| Green numbers | Kilometre posts |
In non-professional mode the same kind of dot on the line is an AI opposing or following train.
Below the line on the left: grade in ‰, kilometre and time. Forces mode also shows the track index.
A neutral section shows up on the profile as a light-blue vertical before you reach it — drop the controller notches when you see it; see how to pass a neutral section.
Pneumatics
Pressure bars on the left. Scale 0…8 kgf/cm² (white horizontal lines). First bars are locomotive sections, then wagons of your train (detached wagons are not shown here).
| Colour | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Green tick | Auxiliary reservoir |
| Yellow bar | Brake cylinders |
| Red tick | Brake pipe |
To the right of the bars: mass (t), number of units and length (m). On EMUs a car counts the same as a locomotive section.
Forces
Shown after the second F1 press. Units are kN. A bar to the right is a forward force, to the left — rearward.
| Row | Colour |
|---|---|
| Coupler tension | White; yellow above 60 % of the break limit; red above 85 % |
| Resistance | White |
| Profile force (grade) | White |
| Tractive force | Green |
| Brake force | Orange-red (wagons first, then the locomotive) |
| Resultant | White |
Below on the left: actual speed (km/h) and acceleration (m/s²): green, yellow on a sharp jerk, red on a very sharp jerk or derailment.
F2 does not affect the profile: it hides speed-limit warnings and the timetable, not this strip.