Portland, Oregon Light Rail

[finalanswer19]

Has anybody ever tried to make a route that is based off of the light rail system in Portland, Oregon? (MAX, Metropolitian Area Express)

 

[schweitzerdude]

The Steel Bridge would be a challenge

The Steel Bridge, (two level lift bridge) across the Willamette River may well be the most multi-modal bridge in the world, with pedestrian, auto, bike, heavy rail, and light rail (MAX). Note that the light rail and the heavy rail are on different levels - they don't share track on the bridge.

If you can get the bridge right, the rest should be easier. I hope you get some responses from someone who is doing/has done Portland's MAX.

Here's the wikipedia link for those who want to know more about this famous bridge in Portland, OR, USA:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_Bridge

Now add the Portland Streetcar http://www.portlandstreetcar.org/
and the Portland Aerial Tram http://www.portlandtram.org/

to your route as well.

 

[Pencil42]

Bendorsey just put three models of the steel bridge on the DLS - search for 'The Steel Bridge' under TRS2004.

 

[finalanswer19]

WOW!! The bridge is awesome! Thank you very much for the link to the bridge!

If anybody has any other assets they have made in the past for the alignment, I would appreciate links to the right asset on the DLS.

As of the time I'm writing this, I only have the track built up to Hollywood TC/NE 42nd Ave. I started at Cleveland Avenue and have not built any of the red line extention to the Airport yet.

 

[mikemike]

i was riding the max to beaverton yesterday, and once again checking out the tight bend in a tunnel at sunset transit station. not to mention, yes, as was noted, steel bridge and the grain ship loading elevator next to it.

what'd be also awesome is to do portland in 1920, with the class 1 tracks running up the streets in the pearl, and the s.p. electric interrurbans. portland's a nice compacted area, because of the mountains and the river, and there's still a lot of interesting trains right up front and personal around here.

Has anybody ever tried to make a route that is based off of the light rail system in Portland, Oregon? (MAX, Metropolitian Area Express)

 

[finalanswer19]

I do have a request, now that I think about it.

Would it be possible for somebody to make signs that have specific numbers on them that are meant to be speed signs (but not actually make a speed limit attached to them) if that makes any sense at all.

See what I am trying to do is make it so that the sign comes before the speed limit is enforced. For example, since the MAX only has speed limits enforced by speed trips (which I affectionately refer to as speed trips). The best example of this I can think of is comming into Gateway. There is a sign with the speed limit on it and then quite a few feet later (far enough away to give the operator time to slow down) there is the speed trip that would stop the train if it is not slowed down to that speed. Have I lost you yet?

Thanks,
Matt

 

[finalanswer19]

Can anybody help?