Railroad Grades

[Klinger]

Is it at all possible to see the gradient of the track in Surveyor? Ive been working on an expansion for my Timber Ridge route, inculding a nice long Narrow Gauge Grade....however its been a while since I laid any track. Most of the grade is about 3%, which is where I want it, however enough of it is around 6% that its keeping me frustrated.

So is there any way to see the grade in surveyor? I know I can see it on the map view in Driver, but that involves loading the map constantly. Right now I just put RGS #20 at the bottom, and use the MD Custom HUD to find the grade, which is very time consuming

 

[leader2302]

Klinger,

In surveyor, on the advanced track laying tab is the gradient measuring button. Just click the button to activate the tool and click near a track spline point. It will show the percent track grade from that spline point to the next spline point in the dialog box.

You can also type the grade you want in the dialog box and click on the set grade button to the right of the dialog box. For example, typing in .30 would give you a .30% grade. Then click on the track near the first spline point and the track will be set automatically to that grade up to the next spline point.

Hope this helps!

 

[Klinger]

I really do hate it when the answer is staring me in the face....I feel stupid

 

[Ferrous]

Don't, it took me 2 years to learn how to make my grade apply in the right direction...

 

[StorkNest]

It is tricky to do. If you have a spline point with one spline going East and another West, clicking certain areas of the spline point gives the East grade others the West grade. If both grades are the same, one will be a negative number.

 

[Veristek]

If you want an uphill grade, input a positive number. If you want a downhill grade, input a negative number. I found that out when I was trying to make my long trench train ditch for my route.