Trailer Loading ramp?

[jadebullet]

Hey guys. I was just wondering if anyone has made a ramp for loading trailers onto flatcars circus style. As I am working on a 1950s route, these are necessary for piggyback traffic. I have found one ramp so far, but it isn't tall enough to work.

 

[Euphod]

I found twelve on the DLS under loading ramp, but they all seemed to be permanent structures, and I don't think that's what you're going for.

 

[jadebullet]

Actually, a permanent one is exactly what I am looking for, preferably made out of concrete. I will have to check the DLS again, as I must have missed them. I got the 15ft wide one, but like I said, it wasn't high enough.

Edit: I will give these a try, they might or might not work as these were meant for aside the tracks, where as what I am looking for is at the end of a stub track.

Edit 2: no luck. They aren't what I was looking for unfortunately. Thanks anyway. I guess I will have to give them a try myself when I finish learning Gmax.

 

[Dermmy]

Have you tried playing around with splines? A couple of concrete paths or a narrow road for the 'deck' and a concrete wall for the sides and ends? By setting the heights right you should be able to get a ramp any height and length you need...

Andy

 

[jadebullet]

You know Dermmy, I am surprised that that didn't occur to me. Thanks for that.

 

[Dap]

Jadebullet,

It doesn't have to be concrete. In the late 1950's and early '60's, the original IBP packing plant in Denison Iowa loaded many a trailer onto piggybacks on the CNW using a wooden ramp very similar to Tside_Platform_Freight, kuid:44797:28002.

There was also a loading ramp that was an old flat car blocked to the correct height with old ties on one end with the other end buried in the ground.