Does invisible rolling stock exist???

[manjoe]

I am trying to build a USA Old West themed route. I want to have a California bound "wagon train" CONSIST, moving just like any other train, complete with horses, chuck wagons, buckboards, and the usual assortment of horse drawn wagons. But I want to have it in the form of a CONSIST, with spaces between the individual horse/wagon combinations. Then I can have a dozen or so combinations in this one consist. But I don't know how to separate the combinations, unless there exists an "INVISIBLE" piece of rolling stock, at least invisible in driver. That way, I can have a buckboard followed by a chuck wagon, separated by this invisible piece of rolling stock. Of course I would want to see it in SURVEYOR, like I see invisible track. Any suggestions would be deeply appreciated. Thanks!!!

 

[cascaderailroad]

There are invisible Spacers which can connect consists, so that when one moves ... the connected consists move ... so you could make a never ending chain of twisting overlapping scenery assets (ie: people, busckboards), drive on a dogdone of BNSF50 invisatrack, and they would never collide

You also can make any asset drivable using cyberstorms - drivable superadaptor

 

[manjoe]

Thanks CASCADERAILROAD..... I am familiar with Cyberstorms drivable adaptors. I am going to research "invisible spacers", as you have suggested. The answer might be there. I wanted to avoid several different individual consists spaced a hundred feet apart, making it appear to be a wagon train. After looking at several "old west television shows", I wanted a "wagontrain", several different horse/wagon combinations, separated by at least one "SPACE", traveling together as a complete unit. Thanks a bunch. That was a fast response !!!!! WOW !!! You have me excited..............

 

[manjoe]

I am at TRS2009, and I found nothing searching on "SPACER". However I did find INVISICAB, and I placed it on my test route. I then put a boxcar on both sides of it. I joined them, but the boxcars hooked to each other. I tried clicking on the QUESTION MARK for INVISICAB, hoping to find out what it was supposed to do. Nothing that I could understand. Maybe my older version of TRAINZ does not have the necessary items for me to pursue an invisible connection between pieces of rolling stock. The more and more I think about it, maybe my question and my request are themselves questionable. All I want is a CONSIST, featuring not rolling stock, but horse/wagon combinations, linked together to form a WAGON TRAIN, not a train consisting of engines/locos, but horse and buggies. I know that the logging industry has a ROD that connects rolling stock. While it is not invisible, it appears the only option that I can come up with. Thanks a lot. You have given me some options to consider.

 

[butler57]

CJ187 has an invisible Loco on DLS
<kuid2:404575:100970:1> Invisible loco

 

[manjoe]

Thank you BUTLER57..... I am going to my test layout/route to check it out. It sounds like it is what I want. Gee, you guys and gals are fabulous............I will feedback on what I was able to discover. WOW!!!! What a fantastic group of folks............

 

[johnwhelan]

Somewhere I have an invisible wagon. It was made on request. If you can't find it let me know the length you want and I'll put something together.

Cheerio John

 

[cascaderailroad]

By cyberstorm:

0.5m Spacer
1m Spacer
2m Spacer
3m Spacer
5m Spacer
10m Spacer

They can be joined together

AI Brake is also an invisible loco

Camera Dome by nzld

InvisibleJunctionControlCar - michael-h

Invisible Bogey No Track Sound - Spock2004

 

[manjoe]

Thanks CASADERAILROAD............... I will give those a try...... Now I am wondering, ............were there WAGONTRAINS, such as in the USA, in other parts of the world??? I know we had them in the MIDWEST during the "dust bowls", when folks were leaving places like Oklahoma and headed toward California. But they had FORD model T's on their search for GOLD !!!! Thanks everyone..........

 

[manjoe]

Thank you JOHNWHELAN...................If an invisible wagon of yours exists, I will gladly take it !!!!! No questions asked............. The length does not matter at all. As in real life, there were stragglers, those that lagged behind the group of travelers in the wagon train. Some would be close by, within 30 or 50 feet. and some would be a hundreds of yards/meters behind. But they were part of the same "wagon train". So, I envision some wagons 30 feet apart, and some 100 feet apart. Some are laggards, and some are "close by". In my dream world, some will be close, and some "slow as heck"!!!. But I want it to be realistic. I intend to space them accordingly, some with "only one spacer" and some with "5, 10, or more". Thank everyone for their feedback. I posted this only a few hours ago, and the feedback has been ABSOLUTELY AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU GOTTA LOVE THIS.....................

 

[cascaderailroad]

Then some arguments ensued over which route to take, and part of the wagon train decoupled, and one took the high road over the Donner Pass, while the rest of the wagon train went onward lower ... and we all know the history of the Lost Donner Party that were caught in a blizzard ... nom nom nom

 

[Railhead001]

This is what you want to do:


https://youtu.be/AOhTYdoT_nQ

I believe Invisible bogey c-19 kuid2:43955:50102:1 by prowler901

 

[manjoe]

Many thanks to each and everyone of you for your suggestions. I downloaded CYBERSTORM's invisible SPACERS, and they work perfectly. In surveyor, they are blue, and in driver they are invisible. Works like a charm. Again, thanks to you all for a job well done !!!!