tips on building railyards

[daylightguy]

I need some help on build a railyard for trainz I am working on this route that I am putting in yards and whenever I try this I always mess up on switches for yards with more than four tracks can anyone give me some tips or direct me to a website that shows you how to make them?

 

[danny5]

I need some help on build a railyard for trainz I am working on this route that I am putting in yards and whenever I try this I always mess up on switches for yards with more than four tracks can anyone give me some tips or direct me to a website that shows you how to make them?

Here is the bible on track laying! http://trains.0catch.com/tutorial.html
There is a video on how to make latter for a yard.
Can't remember how to get to it.

 

[cascaderailroad]

The more I learn ... the more I find "that I do not know", and I have to learn another new thing about tracklaying. I learn something new each and every day from watching others.

I would be happy to help tutor you on tracklaying and switchs.

In Trainzoptions file, changing the line to -surveyorfov=30 for a close up view, or upwards of surveyorfov=135 for a wide angle view, makes all the difference.

Also the Hold/Don't Hold KB Shift Key is an invaluable tool.

 

[mjolnir]

Here are some things I keep in mind when designing a yard:

First, the main purpose of a yard is not a to have a place where cars are stored, it is a to have a placewhere cars are sorted, and consists are made up. If you're planning on using a yard as a place to store cars, then you need to build it bigger.

A second thing to watch for is placing yard tracks too close together. In a real yard, the tracks are usually on 20 foot centers, that is, having enough separation that one can drive a motor vehicle between them.

A third thing to watch for is having your yard too short, particularly the junctions / switches at either end. Most model yards have ladders which are at a much steeper angle than yards of the same size in the real world. A modern yard, when the shortest cars are about half again as long as they used to be, has a ladder which is at a narrower angle than in years past, when the typical car was generally shorter.

Use your favorite mapping program, such as google maps, and study the layout of real rail yards of about the size you intend.

ns.

 

[lorenw]

There is also a yard template by Beadyboy that works great for me.

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[slabay]

There is also a yard template by Beadyboy that works great for me.

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I use this template all the time. I was going to recommend it myself.