Recent content by ldowns

Does anyone know of a source for Illinois Central and Chicago, South Shore & South Bend multiple unit cars? I'm looking for the Insull-era CSS&SB and pre-Highliner IC (green) cars. I've looked at the Bridge Electric cars which could work reskinned but are not that close a match. I'm using TANE...

I've been puzzling over the Set Max Speed command for a while, and haven't quite figured it out. I assumed that if you set a max speed of, say, 50 mph that a train might accelerate to that speed and no further. However, it seems that some kind of formula is being applied to reduce intermediate...

I wonder if anyone has created a driver command which would pop up a simple message in mid-screen, which could be dismissed with an "OK" button, similar to the Windows MessageBox function. For example, I would like to be able to insert a driver command into a schedule which when reached would...

Hi all, I'm working on a route of the Milwaukee Road's Pipestone Pass line, and have run into a snag with catenary. All of the catenary I've located which is at all similar to the prototype's has supports located too far off to the side for bridges (they just hang out there in space, or worse...

Hi all, I'm working on a route based around the Chicago area in the 50's-60's and am trying to locate some multiple unit cars which could be reskinned for use as Illinois Central and/or Chicago, South Shore & South Bend electrics with pantographs. I've gone through all of the IC rolling stock...

Please let me know if this query should be in a different forum... I've returned to TransDEM after an interval of several years (2016), and have unexpectedly encountered a problem with importing USGS topo maps. I download these from the USGS National Map Viewer at...

I've downloaded and installed Terry Wagstaff's Randomize command (<KUID:169301:100129>) but am unclear as to how to use it. It's not a driver command, so I can't include it in a portal schedule. The instructions say "Use the rule after session has loaded (say wait 5 seconds) and before any...

Is there by any chance a "magic" tag that will allow you to adjust the relative height of a trackside object? I know that you can adjust the left/right positioning with the "trackside" tag, but is there an equivalent tag that would allow me to do this with the height? Matching gantry semaphore...

I'm working on a very large layout, with over 140 ATLS-controlled crossings (so far), and after experiencing a number of crashes to the desktop started looking at my onscreen stats. The "Worst Script Library" generally starts with routemenu.gs at 1013125, but is shortly replaced by...

Would anyone be willing to create a blank terrain map for the Birmingham, Alabama area? Back in the 30s and 40s this area had incredible rail variety, with L&N, Seaboard, ACL, Frisco, IC and especially Southern, as well as numerous local lines such as Birmingham Southern. The more area covered...

Hi all, Since March 1 I've been unable to download anything via Trains Downloader Pro. Clicking on Add to Queue brings up the Checking Dependencies message box and at that point nothing further happens. This might be related to the problem another user in this forum reported about being unable...

Hi all-- I use Trigger Multiple Signals extensively in my layouts for diamond crossings. I've found one problem that I haven't yet found a solution for. If two trains on conflicting routes both manage to trigger the stop signals for both routes (such as if one train is almost at the home signal...

I've just spent about an hour searching through this forum for suggestions on the best sound card for running Trainz (2010 in my case) and haven't really found very much; lots of little bits and pieces but not much that really adds up. If there's a good thread I missed, please smack me and point...

Has anyone compiled a list of sites that include Trainz assets for download? I know of the obvious ones like TrainzProRoutes and southeasterntrainz.com but there must be dozens of others out there... --Lamont