anathoth71
Active member
Greetings all.
In recent times I have delved into the arcane, challenging world of superelevation and have completed a few routes now using it. On request, I posted some charts of the Superelevation Degree and Superelevation Limit numbers that I use. For the full set of numbers right up to 350kmh you can view them in this thread:
https://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?164031-Spline-point-superelevation
I thought I would post this here so anyone who would like to try using superelevation can refer to that thread and simply read the required inputs, rather than do the maths to work them out. Below is a sample of the data for speeds up to 50 kmh.
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Here are the superelevation (SE) figures I use. They have achieved good results on any trackage I have used them on. These were calculated for a standard gauge railway with a maximum outside rail elevation of about 150mm which is fairly typical for well engineered standard gauge railways. To use the chart, you have to have in mind a trainspeed that you are superelevating for. Using the line speed limit that applies to your curve is fine. Then simply scroll down to the line that matches that speed and read the figures you need to enter into the SE dialogue box in Trainz. Trainz will then apply the required superelevation to your curve.
The chart format is as follows:
SPEED in sensible, logical metric units (KM/H)_________SPEED in moon landing units (MPH)___________Superelevation Degree_______________Superelevation Limit
1_________________0.6_________________0_________________0.1
2_________________1.2_________________0.02_________________0.1
3_________________1.9_________________0.04_________________0.1
4_________________2.5_________________0.08_________________0.1
5_________________3.1_________________0.12_________________0.1
6_________________3.7_________________0.17_________________0.1
7_________________4.3_________________0.23_________________0.1
8_________________5_________________0.31_________________0.1
9_________________5.6_________________0.39_________________0.1
10_________________6.2_________________0.48_________________0.1
11_________________6.8_________________0.58_________________0.1
12_________________7.5_________________0.69_________________0.1
13_________________8.1_________________0.81_________________0.1
14_________________8.7_________________0.94_________________0.1
15_________________9.3_________________1.08_________________0.1
16_________________9.9_________________1.22_________________0.1
17_________________10.6_________________1.38_________________0.1
18_________________11.2_________________1.55_________________0.1
19_________________11.8_________________1.73_________________0.1
20_________________12.4_________________1.91_________________0.1
21_________________13_________________2.11_________________0.1
22_________________13.7_________________2.31_________________0.1
23_________________14.3_________________2.53_________________0.1
24_________________14.9_________________2.75_________________0.1
25_________________15.5_________________2.99_________________0.1
26_________________16.1_________________3.23_________________0.1
27_________________16.8_________________3.49_________________0.1
28_________________17.4_________________3.75_________________0.1
29_________________18_________________4.02_________________0.1
30_________________18.6_________________4.3_________________0.1
31_________________19.3_________________4.59_________________0.1
32_________________19.9_________________4.9_________________0.1
33_________________20.5_________________5.21_________________0.1
34_________________21.1_________________5.53_________________0.1
35_________________21.7_________________5.86_________________0.1
36_________________22.4_________________6.2_________________0.1
37_________________23_________________6.55_________________0.1
38_________________23.6_________________6.9_________________0.1
39_________________24.2_________________7.27_________________0.1
40_________________24.8_________________7.65_________________0.1
41_________________25.5_________________8.04_________________0.1
42_________________26.1_________________8.43_________________0.1
43_________________26.7_________________8.84_________________0.1
44_________________27.3_________________9.26_________________0.1
45_________________28_________________9.68_________________0.1
46_________________28.6_________________10.12_________________0.1
47_________________29.2_________________10.56_________________0.1
48_________________29.8_________________11.02_________________0.1
49_________________30.4_________________11.48_________________0.1
50_________________31.1_________________11.95_________________0.1
In recent times I have delved into the arcane, challenging world of superelevation and have completed a few routes now using it. On request, I posted some charts of the Superelevation Degree and Superelevation Limit numbers that I use. For the full set of numbers right up to 350kmh you can view them in this thread:
https://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?164031-Spline-point-superelevation
I thought I would post this here so anyone who would like to try using superelevation can refer to that thread and simply read the required inputs, rather than do the maths to work them out. Below is a sample of the data for speeds up to 50 kmh.
---------------------------
Here are the superelevation (SE) figures I use. They have achieved good results on any trackage I have used them on. These were calculated for a standard gauge railway with a maximum outside rail elevation of about 150mm which is fairly typical for well engineered standard gauge railways. To use the chart, you have to have in mind a trainspeed that you are superelevating for. Using the line speed limit that applies to your curve is fine. Then simply scroll down to the line that matches that speed and read the figures you need to enter into the SE dialogue box in Trainz. Trainz will then apply the required superelevation to your curve.
The chart format is as follows:
SPEED in sensible, logical metric units (KM/H)_________SPEED in moon landing units (MPH)___________Superelevation Degree_______________Superelevation Limit
1_________________0.6_________________0_________________0.1
2_________________1.2_________________0.02_________________0.1
3_________________1.9_________________0.04_________________0.1
4_________________2.5_________________0.08_________________0.1
5_________________3.1_________________0.12_________________0.1
6_________________3.7_________________0.17_________________0.1
7_________________4.3_________________0.23_________________0.1
8_________________5_________________0.31_________________0.1
9_________________5.6_________________0.39_________________0.1
10_________________6.2_________________0.48_________________0.1
11_________________6.8_________________0.58_________________0.1
12_________________7.5_________________0.69_________________0.1
13_________________8.1_________________0.81_________________0.1
14_________________8.7_________________0.94_________________0.1
15_________________9.3_________________1.08_________________0.1
16_________________9.9_________________1.22_________________0.1
17_________________10.6_________________1.38_________________0.1
18_________________11.2_________________1.55_________________0.1
19_________________11.8_________________1.73_________________0.1
20_________________12.4_________________1.91_________________0.1
21_________________13_________________2.11_________________0.1
22_________________13.7_________________2.31_________________0.1
23_________________14.3_________________2.53_________________0.1
24_________________14.9_________________2.75_________________0.1
25_________________15.5_________________2.99_________________0.1
26_________________16.1_________________3.23_________________0.1
27_________________16.8_________________3.49_________________0.1
28_________________17.4_________________3.75_________________0.1
29_________________18_________________4.02_________________0.1
30_________________18.6_________________4.3_________________0.1
31_________________19.3_________________4.59_________________0.1
32_________________19.9_________________4.9_________________0.1
33_________________20.5_________________5.21_________________0.1
34_________________21.1_________________5.53_________________0.1
35_________________21.7_________________5.86_________________0.1
36_________________22.4_________________6.2_________________0.1
37_________________23_________________6.55_________________0.1
38_________________23.6_________________6.9_________________0.1
39_________________24.2_________________7.27_________________0.1
40_________________24.8_________________7.65_________________0.1
41_________________25.5_________________8.04_________________0.1
42_________________26.1_________________8.43_________________0.1
43_________________26.7_________________8.84_________________0.1
44_________________27.3_________________9.26_________________0.1
45_________________28_________________9.68_________________0.1
46_________________28.6_________________10.12_________________0.1
47_________________29.2_________________10.56_________________0.1
48_________________29.8_________________11.02_________________0.1
49_________________30.4_________________11.48_________________0.1
50_________________31.1_________________11.95_________________0.1