Track Laying Machine

[rweber95]

Here is a line to a 5 minute video of a Plasser machine removing old track and laying concrete sleepers and weld rail. Guided by men but the machine does all the work. See it here http://www.flixxy.com/train-laying-track.htm
This is Alien3's plassers in action.
plasser 1,<kuid:119692:10>
plasser 2,<kuid:119692:11>
plasser 3 front,<kuid2:119692:12:2>
plasser 3 mid,<kuid2:119692:13:3>
plasser 3 end,<kuid2:119692:14:4>
plasser 6,<kuid:119692:18>
plasser 5,<kuid:119692:20078>

Bob

 

[hert]

That was a sweet video. Now if only we could do that in Trainz.

hert:wave:

 

[cvkiwi]

Bad 'JUJU'

Here is a line to a 5 minute video of a Plasser machine removing old track and laying concrete sleepers and weld rail. Guided by men but the machine does all the work. See it here http://www.flixxy.com/train-laying-track.htm
This is Alien3's plassers in action.
plasser 1,<kuid:119692:10>
plasser 2,<kuid:119692:11>
plasser 3 front,<kuid2:119692:12:2>
plasser 3 mid,<kuid2:119692:13:3>
plasser 3 end,<kuid2:119692:14:4>
plasser 6,<kuid:119692:18>
plasser 5,<kuid:119692:20078>

Bob

Hi there I have all of this stuff but be carefull as there is missing dependinces on one of his wagons I think its the one with the sleepers on it.
when you couple it up with the rest of the rake a yellow "X" apairs above it.

Chris sullivan
cvkiwi

 

[Amtrakid17]

I saw that video thats insane!!!

 

[martinvk]

:mop::mop::mop::mop::mop:
Oh wow. If someone could only animate that in Trainz ... :udrool:

 

[seeseeme]

Great Video Bob, now I understand a little more about how it all works.

That certainly would be hard to animate in Trainz but I would not say impossible. Have a look at some of the animation work already been done by Vulcan with his planes and animated triggers.

Craig

 

[ct_krogen]

Hi there I have all of this stuff but be carefull as there is missing dependinces on one of his wagons I think its the one with the sleepers on it.
when you couple it up with the rest of the rake a yellow "X" apairs above it.

Chris sullivan
cvkiwi

i would like to know what si missisng too

 

[rweber95]

All 7 plasser vehicles have faults. Mostly, bogey and missing shadow errors. The bogey entries are empty tags because the body mesh includes the bogies. I fixed them by editing the config.txt file in Explorer to delete the bogey entries and added a mesh-table like this:

mesh-table {
default {
mesh plasser_3_end_body/plasser_3_end_body.pm
auto-create 1
}
}

Saved and commit ok.

Bob

 

[seeseeme]

Thanks for the advice Bob, that fix them for me as well.

EDIT: I also fixed some of his other rolling stock with those lines included, many thanks again.

After seeing the video and having a look at Alien's Plassers I now realise how good they are and how much work he has put into them. I also have a better idea of how they "work" together too.

Thanks,

Craig

 

[seeseeme]

Something that has bugged me for years is about the actual things "Plasser's" do and while the video has answered some questions, I am still not too sure. So I thought I would post some screenshots and ask here

In the video this one (Plasser1) looks like it is just "cleaning" or leveling out the ballast but I am not sure.

I am not really sure about this next one (plasser2).

I think what this next one does (plasser3 & parts) is to remove the old ballast and replace it with new ballast. In the video it looked like a (road) truck would travel beside it at the end (red arrow) to collect the old ballast but I am not sure. Nor am I sure what the conveyor looking thing sticking out at the front is for. Would there be other wagons attached with this that may have the new ballast?

I am not to sure about the next one either (plasser5), I thought it may be laying new tracks but then Alien has another Track laying wagon below. I am wondering if this is laying the actual tracks while below it is laying new sleepers? Would there be other wagons attached to this one for any purpose such as carrying the new rails?

Not sure about this one either (plasser6)

This one (Track Layer and other wagons) looks like the main thing at the start of the video. It seems to be ripping out the old sleepers and replacing them with new ones. The third wagon in this set looks like the thing that went up and down the train, maybe taking the old sleepers to an empty wagon and then bring back new ones similar to the other wagons attached.

Another thing I was wondering about was Alien's "loomer" wagons/car. It looks like they are used to carry and install Catenary wires, is this right?

Any help would be appreciated.

Craig

 

[kamran]

nice video

 

[airtime]

Hello seeseeme,

First off, this is a great site I use, VR Track Services, here is the link... http://www.vr-rata.fi/en/index/Machinery.htmlhttp://www.vrtrack.fi/en/index.html

Click on the item list on the left hand side of what piece of track machinery you want to know about.

---------------------------------
OTHER USEFUL WEBSITES

This is the Plasser and Theurer website link... http://www.plassertheurer.at/en/production_range/index.htm

This site is Plasser UK... http://www.plasser.co.uk/index.htm

This site is Plasser America... http://www.plasseramerican.com/

Hope these help

Joe Airtime

 

[seeseeme]

Great links Joe, they answered all my questions.

Many thanks for your help.

Craig

 

[seeseeme]

All 7 plasser vehicles have faults. Mostly, bogey and missing shadow errors. The bogey entries are empty tags because the body mesh includes the bogies. I fixed them by editing the config.txt file in Explorer to delete the bogey entries and added a mesh-table like this:

mesh-table {
default {
mesh plasser_3_end_body/plasser_3_end_body.pm
auto-create 1
}
}

Saved and commit ok.

Bob

Bob,

I have to thank you again as I have now fixed another 18 wagons using these lines, all had the same sort of error.

Many Thanks,

Craig

 

[Tiguiche]

Hello,

What are the three wagons behind the track layer ?

 

[JCitron]

Hello,

What are the three wagons behind the track layer ?

See this a few posts above.

"This one (Track Layer and other wagons) looks like the main thing at the start of the video. It seems to be ripping out the old sleepers and replacing them with new ones. The third wagon in this set looks like the thing that went up and down the train, maybe taking the old sleepers to an empty wagon and then bring back new ones similar to the other wagons attached."

Welcome to Trainz forums!

John

 

[Tiguiche]

Ok, but what are their names on the DLS ?

 

[JCitron]

Ok, but what are their names on the DLS ?

I don't know, sorry.

On the DLS, look for "Plasser". This will bring up all of the different wagons needed.

John