Metric vs Imperial

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Hi;
Ref: TS2009:
I've been working mostly in Metric units, but decided to see what might happen if I switched to Imperial in "Edit Route".
When I did, the only thing that changed was the ruler.
All of my height measurements remain in Metric units.

Is this how things are supposed to work, or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

FW
 
Nothing wrong - Trainz heights have always been metric irrespective of which units are selected...
 
The only thing the 'measurment' type effects is the rulers. AFAIK
Things like vetex heights, plateau heights etc..stay as metres (metric)
 
Good enough. I was just curious. I have been using Metric since TS2004, and don't plan to change. It's the backwards country I live in that refuses to use the Metric system<g>.

FW
 
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fwassner said:
Good enough. I was just curious. I have been using Metric since TS2004, and don't plan to change. It's the backwards country I live in that refuses to use the Metric system<g>.

FW
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Is all so changes the speed reading for Km to MPH. Its abit funny as the imperial system came from old england (the kings foot), yet they fell inline with the rest of europe for the meter. Something I always wondered about is why in America, it is normal to drive a car to the right. Horse-n-buggy, Ships, and Trains all go to the left! Was this just something to show the brits they could not dominate?
 
The Engish wagon wheels were spaced at 4foot 8-1/2", seems the English followed in line with the US RR's standard gauge:hehe: lol

And if we were to drive on the Left in the US, we would get a big DUI ticket !

And if in the US, they chose RH driving over LH driving, just to spite the English...how come in Austrailia (downunder) they don't drive upsidedown ?

My tea is so strong and dark...that I can view a solar eclipse by holding my glass up to the sun...no weak tea for me...and my biscuits have turkey & gravy on em !
And my next door neighbor who is Itallian puts Gravy on her Spaggatz. And in S Phila if someone says Gapagool, Prashoote they are not swearing at you, they are naming lunchmeats on a Hoagie (which was invented in Phila for the shipyard workers who worked on Hog Island, whose nicknames were Hog-ies).

And unless I'm mistaken...Ships in the US bear to the Right...but I don't know...I only have a 12 lb canoe, and I am a flatlander (non-mountain person) !

My Granny once told me to go and get something that was lying on the Davenport...I still don't know what that is ? And she used confusing words like caddywampis, and caddycorner...what was she talking about ? And the Amish: "Throw the cow, over the fence, some hay". "Holly cow der's schmoke in de car !"
 
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The Engish wagon wheels were spaced at 4foot 8-1/2", seems the English followed in line with the US RR's standard gauge:hehe: lol
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Actually the English wagon wheels copied the spacing of 4'8½" from the width of the wheels on Roman chariots, the Americans followed the British, because they couldn't have an original thought of their own. :hehe:
 
Funny

You made me laugh real hard...I like your humor. And yes the Romans...I stand corrected...but did they, follow the Egyptians, who spaced their greased stone/rolling log/slide tracks, at 2 arms length:hehe:
 
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We're not too sure what measurement the Egyptians used, we are still trying to decipher it, as far as we know it was 1 bird, a feather, half a sun & an eye. :D
 
i thought the "standard" gauge was derived from the width of two horse's asses so that they could walk in between the rails as they pulled the wagon along....who knows....i'm just a canuck
 
BLACKWATCH said:
Actually the English wagon wheels copied the spacing of 4'8½" from the width of the wheels on Roman chariots, the Americans followed the British, because they couldn't have an original thought of their own. :hehe:
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Well for Americans original ideas...the US thought up the bright idea for the automatic coupler(s), and the Westinghouse Air Brake...all the while the Europeans were still using widdow-maker, chain link and pin coupings, buffers, and hand brakes.:eek:
 
Hot air?

and the Westinghouse Air Brake

I suppose the Westinghouse air brake gave you yanks some where to utilise all the hot air you seem to have spare in the US:hehe:
 
When you choose the Imperial measurement you automatically enable a statistical chance of AT-AT's destroying your layout...:o
 
To think the size of the American Space Shuttle's booster rockets was determined by the width of two horses' asses... :hehe:

Cheerio,
Nicholas.
 
The first full scale steam rail locomotive was built in Great Britain in 1804 by Richard Trevithick

He would have made a model first, but it's the real thing that counts :D
And if the whole concept of using steam had not been discovered this
side of the pond, you would still be riding in horse drawn wagons that side of the pond. :p
 
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