Question about catenary.

Hi all,

I was wondering about the catenary system in Trainz. I really like this particular catenary shown in the screenshot, "Catenary Double 40m" I believe. I was wondering if there was a quad track version of this catenary, so I can run it in maintainence yards for electric locomotives.



Is there any way to have a quad catenary of this type / style? I don't want to have to place two splines of this double catenary side by side, I don't have the spacing available for that, plus it would play murder on polycounts with extra standing pylons I don't really need.

Let me know if you can help. Thanks!

I believe there is an adjustable spline in the objects section which is similar. You can stretch it as long as you want. I don't recall the name sorry.

Roadwolf said:

I believe there is an adjustable spline in the objects section which is similar. You can stretch it as long as you want. I don't recall the name sorry.

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Actually, that is the spline version in the photo. Its called "Catenary Double 40m" I believe. I want to know if there exists a quad track version of this particular catenary pylon style (the metal lattices). If there's no quad track versions, is there anyone who's willing to make one for me?

Bump. Anybody know or willing to make a 4 track version of these particular catenary poles + wires?

Veristek said:

Bump. Anybody know or willing to make a 4 track version of these particular catenary poles + wires?

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Search [FONT=Verdana, Arial]neuman706. He made a bunch of US style catenary including a four track version that is the same height as you are using. The only thing is it's not the same type of pole.

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The Third Party Swe catenary is a similar type and comes up to 5 (I think) tracks wide. That's the one in the list of all the catenary that comes in both old and new versions. There's also a spline version of the support frame that stretches across your tracks, then you add the wire seperately. That's the one Roadwolf was refering to.

Claude

Tokkyu40 said:

The Third Party Swe catenary is a similar type and comes up to 5 (I think) tracks wide. That's the one in the list of all the catenary that comes in both old and new versions. There's also a spline version of the support frame that stretches across your tracks, then you add the wire seperately. That's the one Roadwolf was refering to.

Claude

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Any links or KUID's or stuff for these I can use?

The reason I liked that steel lattice type of catenary poles in my screenshots is because it looks post-modern and would go great in an urban setting I'm working on. I downloaded the catenary pack (NEC, Catenary Expansion, etc.) from the DLS and out of these, this lattice one looks the best. The NEC one in Michael Evan's screenshot in his post would work for a rural / countryside stretch in my layout.

I figured if I could have a 4 track version of that particular catenary pylon style, then that could eliminate quite a few poly's. Instead of laying 2 seperate double catenary splines for 4 tracks, and having to use 4 support pylons, I can cut it down to just 2 support pylons.

It's built into TRS04, probably in 06, probably not in TC. I don't know what you could use from the DLS to match it.

Claude

Tokkyu40 said:

The Third Party Swe catenary is a similar type and comes up to 5 (I think) tracks wide. That's the one in the list of all the catenary that comes in both old and new versions. There's also a spline version of the support frame that stretches across your tracks, then you add the wire seperately. That's the one Roadwolf was refering to.

Claude

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I remember trying that catenery out. It was up to 5 track for the built-in ones. The add on pack on the DLS you can make it span any amount of tracks you want (which makes the pack unrealistic).

How about searching his name on the forums and seeing if he has an external website.