How many blocks = a mile

[olyrailman]

How do you determine how many blocks will = a mile or do you just use 1 block for a mile....

thanks for the help

Jim

 

[barn700]

If you are referring to the baseboards, they are 720 metres square

In Surveyor you have a ruler, you can measure any distance you require

 

[mkerd261]

2.1666 baseboards=1 mile.

 

[olyrailman]

Base Boards

Yes I was refering to base boards, just had a brain fart couldn't think fora moment.
Thanks for the help..
jim

 

[ish6]

Hi,

Just to add --

1 mile = 1 609.344 meters

or USA 1 mile = 5 280 feet

You can then use the ruler in trainz --

ALSO, check out the DLS -- type user name:
Beadyboy

Download all of his measurement templates, which make it easy to measure distances and curves as well

Have fun

Ish

 

[SuperFudd]

If you are not a "rivet counter", you can do like me and make it 2 BB per mile.

 

[olyrailman]

Say thanks for all the help I just wasen't sure how to measure ot a mile on the baseboard all will be very helpful...
and I just down loaded beadyboy and will have a look at it...
Jim

 

[Jayturf]

also if you want to measure track distance around curves and stuff you could make a consist out on a straight track that is one mile long...then save it. You can then move it around anywhere you want on the tracks.

 

[olyrailman]

Train horn at crossing

How do you get a train to blow its horn as it is approching a crossing as it would do in real life. I would like to have it work at all my crossings...

Jim

 

[Dermmy]

BNSF50 has a whistle board that sounds the AI horn as it passes. On the DLS here. There is also a left-side version and an invisible version. IIRC there is also a set with 'W' rather than 'X'

 

[EdrickV]

Not sure what versions it is in, but TS2010 comes with Hornz driver command which tells the train to blow it's horn. To use that for a crossing you'd probably need to put a trackmark at a crossing, do navigate via trackmark, and put Hornz after the navigate command. (Or drive via trackmark for TS2006 and older)