Catenary for 1900s vintage street car

rjbradley

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Has anyone created catenary for the early streetcars from the 20th century? The picture below is essentially what I want to re-create. The power poles would be separate spline objects. What I need is the single power conductor above the tracks and the support wires from the poles to the power conductor. Most of what I see at the DLS is intended for modern electrified railways. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Baker-Street-ca-1906.jpg
 
You aren't looking for 'catenary' you're looking for trolley wire, or tram track. Catenary is a conductor wire suspended from a support wire, designed for high speed, heavy duty use. Trolley wire, or tram wire, is what's shown in the photo. There's heaps of tram track with wire attached at various heights on the DLS, plus separate wire and supports.....
 
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<kuid2:405066:138:2> BDW L&WV Trolley Pole #4
<kuid2:405066:136:2> BDW L&WV Trolley Pole #2
<kuid2:405066:89:1> BDW IRM Trolley Pole #3
<kuid2:405066:137:2> BDW L&WV Trolley Pole #3
<kuid2:405066:135:2> BDW L&WV Trolley Pole #1
<kuid2:405066:134:2> BDW L&WV Trolley Wire Spline
<kuid2:405066:91:1> BDW IRM Trolley Pole #4
<kuid2:405066:92:1> BDW IRM Trolley Support Wire
<kuid2:405066:90:1> BDW IRM Trolley Pole #4 Wire Spline
<kuid2:405066:87:1> BDW IRM Trolley Pole #2
<kuid2:405066:88:1> BDW IRM Trolley Pole #3 Wire Spline
<kuid2:405066:85:1> BDW IRM Trolley Pole #1
<kuid2:405066:86:1> BDW IRM Trolley Pole #2 Wire Spline
<kuid2:405066:84:1> BDW IRM Trolley Pole #1 Wire Spline

The other is a whole ton of various tram (trolley) poles and a trolley wire by Paul Z May - username = paulzmay.

His wire is a smidge lower than the above, and the systems work a bit differently. The BDW are splines and are put down like fences and roads. Paul's system has splines for the wire with track-object trolley poles.

I've used both on my modern trolley route and they will fit at home on an older route. Paul's system has the advantage of having cross the road type spanners.
 
Thanks for the help on this. I had a look at both the BDW and Paulzmay assets. I like the Paulzmay assets more for what I am trying to do and will go with those.
 
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