Setting up below-ground level stockyard track?

[PARAILFAN]

Hello everyone. Hopefully I can find a solution here to this problem I've been having. I have Trainz Railway Simulator 2009 World Builders Edition and have been messing around with the Sandpatch Cumberland to Connellsville Route a lot. I'm trying to add a lot of things into it that was left out by the original creator, especially on the Connellsville end. So, in the middle of the last century, the B&O has a cattle stockyard next to the main, in South Connellsville. It was abandoned in the late 60's and parts of it still remain, which I have photographed. It was a double track siding with about a 5 foot recessed wall on each side. I want to recreate this in Trainz, but am having trouble finding the right assets to make it work. Sure there are lots of wall splines out there, but then the ground directly behind the wall is not flush against the wall like it needs to be. Has anyone else tried to make something like this, and what assets are out there to make it work? Here is a photo of what I'm trying to recreate. And yes that is my photo. Thanks ahead of time.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjb19772009/6976894449/

 

[JCitron]

There are numerous walls on the DLS. Check out those by FMA among others. There are also some recent ones created by some German creators. These are shorter concrete walls that are probably more of what you're looking for. Also don't disregard something that could have been designed for a transit line. You can easily adopt this for your siding.

Getting the wall spline at the right height and getting the ground smooth is a bit tricky due to the mesh surface. You may have to make the area larger than you need due to the 10m grid. Once you've smoothed out the area, you can then back fill the land against your wall spline. This will hopefully remove the bumpy mesh points at will get in the way of your wall. You will need to lower the spline so that it doesn't stick above the ground and make adjustments accordingly to get everything right.

John

 

[mtldrm38]

I use retainingwall1 kuid2:56732:1030:1

as you can see a few examples on how I use it

 

[PARAILFAN]

Thanks for your response and help on that. The short walls really are better. I'm using a spline with a wall and also has a horizontal section that extends out over the ground behind the wall and will help cover the uneven ground. I'll go with that unless I find something better. Lowering the spline certainly helps as well.

 

[BD1]

placemarker

 

[PARAILFAN]

Sorry I hadn't logged in the forums for a while. What version of Trainz do you have? I've never used the PRR dwarfs yet but probably will soon because the PRR trackage on the Connellsville end of this route needs converted to the proper signals. Do the regular size PL signals also give you those problems?