I have been developing a route called "Moose county Railway" which i plan to upload to the DLS in Mid 2011 (there may be a beta at some point). And i ran into a distinct problem, part of the route for passenger trains goes into a subway. This presented an issue when i tried to get the rails down a ram 15 metres to where the tunnel mouth would be.
I then (not sure where it came from) found the solution. What i did was mover to the position where i wished to place the ramp (this ramp goes downwards intyo a trough for those that are confused, although this method would work if you were creating a regular ramp) and slowluy lowered the land by 0.5m per square (using the set height tool). you would think that this would make a bumpy ramp but no! The ramp is completly smooth! Also by varying the height dropped/gained per square you can change the gradient.
0.5m is admitadly quite steep however the only trains that will go up/down it are electrically powered (3rd rail) metro north stock.
This method is slightly hard to explain but i will post a few screenshots and create a small quide in the next few days.
I then (not sure where it came from) found the solution. What i did was mover to the position where i wished to place the ramp (this ramp goes downwards intyo a trough for those that are confused, although this method would work if you were creating a regular ramp) and slowluy lowered the land by 0.5m per square (using the set height tool). you would think that this would make a bumpy ramp but no! The ramp is completly smooth! Also by varying the height dropped/gained per square you can change the gradient.
0.5m is admitadly quite steep however the only trains that will go up/down it are electrically powered (3rd rail) metro north stock.
This method is slightly hard to explain but i will post a few screenshots and create a small quide in the next few days.
