working switches

[madncan52]

I saw some switches on the Trainz Facebook page, that are referred to as Russian switches. They appear to actually move their points, look very realistic. Searches in Download helper and DLS yielded nothing. Anybody know where to find them and do they actually move?

 

[cascaderailroad]

I have heard that there are moving point turnouts on a foriegn website, I do not know exactly where.

There are some AJS ones, Ocemmy, and possibly others, but some require wiring ... and they can not go up a gradient.

It appears that no too many people are using them.

See: http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?46198-Animated-Junctions&highlight=animated+switch's

 

[Conductorphil]

Trainz 12 includes a large number of animated switches. Well, as far as I know officially, they do not SHOW the animation for changing state, they just show which direction they are in visually.

Most work by combining a "building" object composed of fixed track, with placed invisible track and a specially designed junction.

Trainz 12 notably includes the HOTT animated turnouts which are quite good to use. However, because they act as a solid object, they cannot be used on gradients. (Though, I personally prefer to never build turnouts on gradients because it's annoying trying to get the track to line up...)

 

[William0d0]

Olegkhim has a good set of junctions on the DLS. If you are running standard gauge trains be sure to use the 1435mm ones.

 

[korikovaVL80]

Can you send me the place where you have seen them? I'm Russian and I could probably look them up.