Narrow Gauge Lovers

[bigboy4010]

When it comes to railroading, narrow gauge railroads are some of the best there are. The way they move and flow with the terrain through forests, mountains, and rivers is simply breathtaking.

I'm currently building a narrow gauge route on Trainz 2006. One branch is a mining branch and the other is a logging branch. If anyone has any good suggestions for the railroad, please post them.

 

[bigboy4010]

Oh, one thing. I do want to have a tourist section to the line. However, I'm having trouble finding any narrow gauge passenger cars. If anybody could direct me to a good place with 2006 36" American passenger cars, that'd be great!

 

[tdstead]

Hi there

Will these help?

D&RG open cars including the Vista ones KUID 39134: series
EBT Railfan 2:210518: 6039:1 & 6040

Tom

 

[skol587]

bnsf50 has durango and silverton cars

 

[bigboy4010]

Thanks!

Hey thanks guys. Those are just what I needed.

 

[meatloaf747]

Some NG stuff that's not on DLS..............

If you are after 3ft (36") NG stuff then checkout Sirgibby web site. (down under in NZ).
Lots of free loco's, rolling stock, etc, etc. (There's also a payware layout that is absolutely incredible).

http://www.trainzone.co.nz/

http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?t=406

Cheers, Mac.

 

[bigboy4010]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Hey, on the layout I'm working on I want to have a load transfer from one track to another. IE: I want the narrow gauge railroad to take the processed lumber from the mill down to the standard gauge line and drop it off so that it can be picked up by the standard gauge line. Any ideas on how to do this?

And if anyone has any suggestions for something to include on the railroad, that'd be great. Thanks.

 

[QR1408]

bendosey has some good stuff. I made a Mexican 3ft and standard gauge route, part of it features transferring ore from ng to sg hoppers. The ng stock is reskinned from some of bdneals locos. I have 2 3ft ng reskins on the DLS, a 2-8-2, and diesel, both N de M. If you're interested look under kuid:98534
Will B
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[bigboy4010]

Yeah, when it comes to ore and coal, I know how to transfer them from one track to another. When it comes to lumber though, I can't find any industry that transfers it. I've tried the "Multiple Industry" tracks, but those don't seem to be the answer.

 

[sirgibby]

Hi

What you need is Slugsmashers DRY SORT YARD.
This is fully interactive and unloads from NG on one side into a yard and then loads onto SG on the other side.
This is an outstanding model.

Do a search on the DLS under USERNAME SLUGSMASHER to see all of his NG content

cheers
Michael

 

[bigboy4010]

Thanks for the suggestion, but the dry sort yard, as great as it is (which it really is) transfers logs, not lumber that's already been through the saw mill. Sorry that I forgot to mention that. See, the NG railroad goes up the mountain and picks up logs at the top. It then takes them down to a log dump so that the logs are put into the sawmill, and then it picks up the finished lumber and takes it down to where I want the load to be transfered to the standard gauge line. Still, thanks for pointing out the sort yard. I'll probably end up using it later.

 

[nwhitney]

You could try getting a hold of Pencil42 over at http://www.carsoncarshops.com/. He's got a transfer platform that he might be willing to modify for you. Depends on how busy he is.
Norm

 

[Pencil42]

Something like that shouldn't be too bad. I'm assuming you'd like some sort of a platform, with narrow-gauge tracks on one side, and standard gauge tracks on the other? How much lumber would you like it to hold, and what size lumber are you using (I think it comes in 16' and 32' lengths)?

Curtis

 

[bigboy4010]

I'm not entirely sure but I think the finished lumber is 16 foot. If you could have the platform hold about eight or more loads of finished lumber, that'd be great. Thanks.

 

[Pencil42]

Not a problem - give me a couple of days to throw something togather.

Curtis

 

[ess1]

Not a problem - give me a couple of days to throw something togather.

Curtis

The level of assistance offered by the creators never ceases to amaze me.
Many thanks to you all.

 

[steamdrivre]

Not a problem - give me a couple of days to throw something together.

Curtis

You'd better post this baby at your site when you're done, buddy. I want one, too.

Rick

 

[nwhitney]

He posted the mesh and script a while ago. I made a passenger transfer, but couldn't figure out how to stop some of the people from sitting down.
Norm

 

[bigboy4010]

Builder's Block

I've come to a bit of a snag with the mining section of my railroad.:'( I'm not sure what to do next. Currently, the railroad has climbed about 100 meters through a canyon with a river at the bottom. It has done some side-winding to get higher up on the mountain and its finally breaking away from the river. Anybody have any ideas on what to do next?

 

[Pencil42]

OK, give this a try, and let me know what you think:
http://www.carsoncarshops.com/files/lumber_transfer_platform.cdp

It will transfer lumber from the narrow gauge track to the standard gauge track (I tested it with MLOG 16' lumberstack; it might also work with the Auran 16' stack of lumber.)
It will also transfer general goods and camp goods from the standard gauge track to the narrow gauge track.

The picture shows just after a standard gauge train has picked up some lumber and dropped off some general and camp goods.

Hope that helps!
Curtis