Mile to Baseboard

[AmtrakP42]

I feel silly for asking this but how many base board do you need to make a mile of land. I am having a real hard time getting accurate distances into my layouts

 

[Dermmy]

I Trainz 'board' = 720 meters. Each traditional terrain grid square = 10 meters, 09/10 optional grid = 5 meters...

 

[Red_Rattler]

I feel silly for asking this but how many base board do you need to make a mile of land.

As stated one Trainz baseboard = 720 square metres (sq m). 1,000 m = 1 km (kilometre), 1 mile = 1.609344 km.

The rest is up to you.

 

[tankbob]

there are templates on the dls in varying distances half mile one mile etc just search for them i use the mile and half mile all the time.

cheers bob

 

[BobCass]

AmtrakP42: This also depends on the scale you are working in..In surveyor there is a ruler button that will tell you what your footage is per grid..click on it and stretch out going from one line to the next line and it will tell you footage within the grid square..

 

[cascaderailroad]

BTW: Speaking of measurement, "FT 15 Degree 200m Radius" Fixed Track is a good tracklaying, radius guide, for modern mainlines. Equals @ 600' Radius (the Horseshoe Curve).

Less than 200m radius would be for branchlines ... and more than 200m raduis would be for high speed lines.

Alternating the Hold Shift Key/Don't Hold Shift Key, keyboard key enables tracklaying without adjacent tracks joining like magnets. Slide the track you are laying right over top of the FT 250m Radius track, and when done slide the FT track away ... Walah, perfect raduis curves !
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc339/cascaderailroad/Screen_002-7.jpg
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc339/cascaderailroad/Screen_003-4.jpg
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc339/cascaderailroad/Screen_004-7.jpg
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc339/cascaderailroad/30mRuler2.jpg 30m Ruler
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc339/cascaderailroad/360DegreeLargeProtractor1.jpg 360 degree Protractor
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc339/cascaderailroad/Track16.jpg Radius Guide
http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc339/cascaderailroad/Track17.jpg 45 Degree Triangle

Everything in Trainz is metric:
1 foot equals 0.3048 meters
1 meter is 3.28084 feet
http://convertfeettometers.com/

 

[TRAINMAN206]

mile to baseboard

for each mile in trainz in full scale,it is 2.44 baseboards for a mile.i usually just round it off to 2.5 baseboards for the route that im making!

 

[itareus]

General tip about unit conversions, not specific to Trainz....

Using Google type in to the search box:

"720 m to miles"

and you will get (as the first result):

720 metres = 0.447387258 miles

The above is just and example, it works for other conversions as well.

 

[AmtrakP42]

for each mile in trainz in full scale,it is 2.44 baseboards for a mile.i usually just round it off to 2.5 baseboards for the route that im making!

Thank you.

I had been trying to calculate based on speed (knowing that one goes 1 mile in 1 minute @ 60 mph but I'll happy run with 2.5 baseboards. Thanks for the replies everyone.

 

[sparky15]

When starting a new route, you can select Imperial for us U.S. types. Displays everything in feet/inches. No more fuzzy math.

Except for the fixed track.

Dave......

 

[Bill69]

Here is a link to a very handy conversion calculator, Have a look.

http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/length.htm

Cheers,
Bill69

 

[Red_Rattler]

Gee, all he wanted was how many baseboards make up a mile! ----->>

BUT, I have just realised something. That is IF you want to use the 1 foot to 1 foot scale.

If you want to either use N, OO, HO (HO/OO) etc scale, then itn would need a lot more baseboards - but I don't think a real model railway would be built one mile in length. (I don't think that track laid for 16km ?? or so would count as model rail layout.)

Less than 200m radius would be for branchlines ... and more than 200m raduis would be for high speed lines

Then you aint been to New South Wales, Australia! NSW (& other parts of Australia) has some sharp curves - on main lines.