Distance Measuring Railcar

[NJCurmudgeon]

There was a thread on here somewhere where I learned there is a car where you can put together a string to measure track distances. I had downloaded it but had a hard drive failure. I am back up and running and was able to restore everything. However, it seems to have restored Trainz to just before I had downloaded it! I can't seem to find the thread again and my CM searches are coming up empty, so I am here to ask if anyone can remind me of the name and/or kuid? It's a rail car with triangular-shaped ends with width scales; you out so many together to make a mile or parts thereof.

Thanks!!

 

[cascaderailroad]

(As the imperial ruler was at one time inaccurately flawed) Measure 1609km with the ruller, lay a track slightly longer than that length ... place enough railcars to cover the 1609 km ruler ... rename that "New Consist": "1 Mile Long Train" ... use that train to measure a mile of track, (placing a caboose on each end of the "New Consist" helps to visually determine where each "1 Mile Long Train" ends, and begins).

 

[simulatortrain]

1609km is just under 1000 miles. 1609m is more like it.

 

[cascaderailroad]

Cascaderailroad is: "The Answer Guy" (but no one listen to him, cause he's frequently wrong) ! :hehe:

Q: What's a few kilometers between friends ? A: (a long distance)

 

[Ricke82]

To answer the question: Measuring Wagon Imperial 52\'8 (various colors) and Measuring Wagon Metric 25m (various colors), all by willem2.

 

[SharkNose]

NJCurmudgeon,

I believe what you are looking for is "Measuring Wagon" by Willem2. He's got a metric version and an imperial version in several colors. I remember that thread too, but can't find it either. I downloaded these too when I saw them.

Andrew

Edit: Aw, geez, Rick. I just spent 1/2 hour finding these!

 

[NJCurmudgeon]

Measuring Wagon is what I was thinking of!!

I had created a mile-long train, but liked the above-mentioned wagons since I could put together different combinations to get fractions of a mile. I wanted to add mileposts to a new layout I have been working on and had started using the wagons before I had the drive crash.

Thank you!!

 

[cascaderailroad]

You can get fractions of a mile, by usiing a 1 mile long train, by adding a brightly different colored railcar every 1/4 mile, or so

By adding 40', 50', 60', railcars, you can get very accurate train lengths

 

[JohnnyC1]

Measuring Wagon is what I was thinking of!!

I had created a mile-long train, but liked the above-mentioned wagons since I could put together different combinations to get fractions of a mile. I wanted to add mileposts to a new layout I have been working on and had started using the wagons before I had the drive crash.

Thank you!!

The Measuring Wagons come in different colors. I created a mile long consist with different colored wagons each quarter mile and a contrasting color at the front on the marker.

John

 

[NJCurmudgeon]

Good idea! Thanks.

 

[StephenCherry]

I use a quarter mile train. It's easier to work with and it allows me to lay track in shorter lengths.

 

[NJCurmudgeon]

That's basically what the Measuring Wagons are. They act like rail cars and can be put together into 'trains' of various lengths down to 1/100th of a mile. Put 25 together and you have a quarter mile. Pretty handy.

 

[danny5]

NJ,How importance is it to be right on your mileposts?
I use USA 05 signals this way I can name them ( MP 01) and they show up on the head up display with a destination to the next MP and a signal too.

 

[JohnnyC1]

NJ,How importance is it to be right on your mileposts?
I use USA 05 signals this way I can name them ( MP 01) and they show up on the head up display with a destination to the next MP and a signal too.

Mile post for Trainz do not have be all that accurate, however, I use mile post every mile with a visible marker, and they are numbered E & W. Not only are they an aid for the placement of signals but they are used, in my routes, to plot paths along the rails, set it and for get it. Where there are many trains and junctions signals are places 1 mile apart, on the flats and double tracked I use a signal every two miles. Depending on which Hud you use the track marks may or may not show up, so I number the signal what ever the mile post is mile will be MP XX.XW and the signal will be XXW, it sure helps if your route is large.

John

 

[NJCurmudgeon]

I started adding mileposts to a route I have been working on out of curiosity to see how long it really was becoming. Since it's a fictional route and I am not looking to be overly prototypical, it suites my needs. Your mileage may vary!

I created something I call the TriMetro region - three terminals with a fictional TriMetro Transit passenger service going between them, meeting at a place called Union Junction (I used to live in a town called Union when I started the route!). Since that's the nexus of the system, I take the center point of the platform at the station as zero and then start counting miles east and west, and then another line going south. My signals don't always fall at even mile posts and my blocks are large. I'm using payware European high speed locomotives that I "Americanized" and found it was overshooting red signals with short blocks at the higher speeds. Occasionally, a mile maker (I am placing them every quarter mile) ends up somewhere where I can't really put one - like in the middle of a grade crossing, for example. So I place it at the first convenient spot, knowing it is going to be a little off. But in practice, it doesn't matter.