Track & road crossing

[brucemarshall56]

I am still having a problem adding Track and a railroad crossing to my layout. Could any of you help me detail? I am running TRS2009.

Thanks

brucemarshall56

 

[TSwenson]

I will try to help you out here. First I'm going to need some better information from you so that I know where to start. Let's start with three (very) basic questions. These should give me enough information to get us started in the (hopefully) right direction. Don't be upset with my first question, I have learned (the hard way) to ask an appropriate variation of this question when dispensing advice.

1. Are you comfortable using a computer or do you still get the urge to adjust it with a hammer?
2. Have you just started playing Trainz with TRS2009 or do you have any prior Trainz experience?
3. Have you found the (cheesy) tutorials included in the program?


Remember to have fun.

 

[JCitron]

I am still having a problem adding Track and a railroad crossing to my layout. Could any of you help me detail? I am running TRS2009.

Thanks

brucemarshall56

The process isn't that bad, or difficult.

Lay the track where you want it, grade and all. Ensure that the ground is level underneath. Once you have the crossing in place, it can become difficult trying to level the ground under it, and you don't want either the crossing or the roads to float above the ground.

Choose a crossing from the scenery content in Surveyor. Note some crossings are better than others. Personally I've been using those made by BNSF50. Grade Crossing US series - totally awesome!

The roads are nice to and match well. The YARN series Road splines also work well. The older roads tend to take a dive into the ground because they're offset is higher than these other roads. So, I recommend these two particularly if you're modeling the US.

Position the crossing over the track so that the tracks line up with the crossing evenly, rotating the crossing as needed. This sets the angle of the road crossing to the tracks so the tracks don't twist when you connect the track again.

Cut the track on either side of the crossing, by inserting spline points, and then move the crossing out of the way. This marks the place where the crossing is going in.

Delete the track between the two circles. This makes the split in the track. The tracks may kink or move off in a weird direction, but don't worry. When you reconnect them to the crossing, they'll be fine.

Do the same thing with the road. Put a couple of spline and delete the road between them.

Move the crossing back into place, and connect the track and the road.

Your crossing is in place.

You might want to include some whistle posts. There are some nice ones in the Trackside objects tab. You can actually assign scripts to these so that the AI will blow their horns when the pass them.

The alternative method for placing crossings is to place your chosen crossing and connect the track to it, but I find it easier to cut the crossing in later.

Hope this helps.

John

 

[brucemarshall56]

I will try to help you out here. First I'm going to need some better information from you so that I know where to start. Let's start with three (very) basic questions. These should give me enough information to get us started in the (hopefully) right direction. Don't be upset with my first question, I have learned (the hard way) to ask an appropriate variation of this question when dispensing advice.

1. Are you comfortable using a computer or do you still get the urge to adjust it with a hammer?
2. Have you just started playing Trainz with TRS2009 or do you have any prior Trainz experience?
3. Have you found the (cheesy) tutorials included in the program?


Remember to have fun.

Thanks for answering!!

1. I am comfortable using a computer.
2. Have been using Trainz with 2006 & 2009, this is the first time I have been designing my own layout.
3. I have found the tutorials, have looked in the manual for how to put crossings in and they are very vague.

Thanks,

Bruce

 

[brucemarshall56]

Track & Road Crossings

John,

Thanks for answering! I have been working on the basic baseboard, laid track & roads on that, I have redone both road & track a few times with no sucess. I thought you had to choose a crossing from the objects menu?? will try the scenery menu, I have not noticed the crossing you mentioned. I will look a little more. It is obvious that I am doing something wrong.

Thanks, any help you could give me will be greatly appreciated!!!

Bruce

 

[brucemarshall56]

Track & Road Crossings

Hi everyone,

I would just like to take a few minutes to thank 4ndylloyd, JCitron for your help in finally getting road crossing over the track. It works fine, thank so much for you help!!

Bruce