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@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ going with this so I'll just leave it in here, commented out.
She puts a large piece of leftover hose aside and crawls out.
That was quick – nice job.
Jack walks over to the compartment holding the batteries, takes the
- cables off the terminals, and hooks them up to his makeshift power
- supply. Then, he starts the generator and climbs into the train.
- Michelle follows him and they go to the driver's cabin. Jack turns
- a key switch and part of the dashboard lights up. Then, he pushes the
- engine start button. The engine begins to turn over. While holding
- the button, Jack points to the fuel pressure gauge, slightly raising
- his voice to talk over the engine:
+ cables off the terminals, and hooks them up to the generator he had
+ turned into a makeshift power supply. He starts it and climbs into
+ the train. Michelle follows him and they go to the driver's cabin.
+ Jack turns a key switch and part of the dashboard lights up. Then, he
+ pushes the engine start button. The engine begins to turn over.
+ While holding the button, Jack points to the fuel pressure gauge,
+ slightly raising his voice to talk over the engine:
That's progress already.
The needle on the gauge slowly creeps to the right.
Too slow though, he adds after a
@@ -91,19 +91,61 @@ going with this so I'll just leave it in here, commented out.
Not the right one but I found this.
- Jack holds up a small box he found in a drawer. He opens it while walking
+ Jack holds up a box he found in a drawer. He opens it while walking
back to Michelle and pulls out a fuel filter that is significantly larger
- than the one pulled from the train.
- The hose fits inside the filter so they install it
- by putting a bigger hose around both.
+ than the one pulled from the train. The fuel line fits inside it so they
+ add a piece of larger hose over that and put multiple hose clamps around
+ both.
Michelle climbs back inside, Jack starts the generator again and follows
- her. They go to the driver's cabin.
+ her.
Ready? She has her fingers on the
engine start button.
Go for it.
It takes a while but the engine eventually sputters to life. Michelle
lets go of the button and it keeps running.
+ A few hours pass as they fix up a bunch of other small things around
+ the train and put the floor panels back in. While climbing around the
+ storage shelves in the hall/hangar?, he
+ finds a crate of dried-out lead-acid batteries. After adding some water
+ and letting them sit for a while to dissolve the acid, he shoves them
+ into the battery compartment and connects the cables.
+ Michelle, can you turn the switch?
+
+ Nothing.
+ I figured. Let's see if...
+ He connects the generator back to the train and starts it.
+ Start the engine, I'm wanna see
+ if we can charge the batteries like this.
+ With the engine running, he wraps some loose wires around the battery
+ terminals and connects them to the generator, causing quite a few sparks
+ to fly. The generator's engine sounds like it's suddenly
+ struggling under heavy load. He yanks the wires out but a few bits of
+ them have already fused with the battery terminals.
+ Okay, that was truly a room temperature IQ
+ move.
+ He disconnects the train from the generator and waits for a moment
+ to see if its engine will continue running without electricity.
+ It does, so he forces the lugs onto the battery terminals which now have
+ pieces of wire stuck to them.
+ Michelle leans out of the window and says:
+ The gauge with the battery symbol just jumped
+ to the red line.
+ If it's not past it, should be
+ fine.
+ Well, slightly?
+ Jack climbs into the train and goes to the driver's cabin.
+ Nah this is fiiiine.
+
+ After giving the dashboard a once-over and leaning out of the window + to check that the train is free to move, he attempts to disengage the + brakes. Nothing happens. He flips a few switches and a compressor starts + puttering away under the floor. The next attempt to disengage the brakes + is met with a lot of hissing from underneath the train, but nothing else + happens. +
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