Another silly newbie question.

[LoGrant54]

Is there a way to determine how much track your route has without doing it piecemeal? If not, I'd like to add such a tool to surveyor.

 

[shaneturner12]

In terms of mileage, there is a rule you can add using the Edit Session facility (ScanTrack).

Shane

 

[LoGrant54]

Hmmmm, Can't find ScanTrack in my rules list.

I'm beginning to wonder if I have all the latest updates and patches. Seems like everyone has more tools available than I do but maybe I'm not looking in the right places.

Another question. Is there a way to set a constant grade across several vertexes or spline points?

Lo

 

[shaneturner12]

You may need to look on the Download Station. It should be on the list when you click Add in the Edit Session box.

Shane

 

[clam1952]

ScanTrack kuid2:117746:6:1 by sforget should help.

Newer version also available kuid2:117746:23230:1 Track Scanner by same creator

 

[cascaderailroad]

Make a mile long train "new consist", and use it as a measuring tool

 

[LoGrant54]

Ok, I found the Scan Track tool but it is wildly inaccurate. It says I only have 5.2 miles of track scattered over 31 baseboards. The length of my layout is 3.8 miles alone. I must have more track than that.

 

[cascaderailroad]

You will find that making a new consist on a long piece of straight track, using the metric ruler: 1609.34m, and naming it: "1 mile long train" it will be exactly accurate

 

[scratchy]

You will find that making a new consist on a long piece of straight track, using the metric ruler: 1609.34m, and naming it: "1 mile long train" it will be exactly accurate

Can't see it being terribly helpful in a industrial switching situation for example...

 

[cascaderailroad]

The only practical use of a RR wanting to know how much track they have, like the length of a long a passing siding is, by knowing whether a 7000' train with 6 locos would fit on a siding 6840' passing siding (which it won't) ... and a local train shifter crew would know if they had 14 lumber cars to deliver to the lumber yard that had a 200' rail spur, they're gonna need more track.

 

[LoGrant54]

I always thought that rail roads measured themselves by knowing how much track and rolling stock they have. Wouldn't it be a necessity for modern financial reasons?

It doesn't really matter anyway. It's just that as "Owner/Operator" I would like to know what's out there.

 

[jfriedrich]

The only critical length to be known for day to day ops as stated would be siding lengths so meets can occur without issue.

All railroads have been measured at some point, more than likely during their original construction. Knowing mileages is key for quite a few things operations wise such as issuing track occupancy permits to the various MOW crews, alerting crews of speed restrictions/defects, and the list goes on. It'd be pretty hard for an RTC to do their job with out knowing how much track they're working with.