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Track slope...
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 21 Apr 1999 02:05:20 GMT
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snafu@io.*ihatespam*com
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...I massively underestimated the minimum clearance for my first attempt at an
overpass and so had to increase the slope of the track to get it up high enough.
I ended up with 1 brick per segment, but had a lot of trouble getting the train
to maintain speed going up the track, and it tended to over accelerated going
down and had trouble rounding the curve on the hill... (tho it did make some
nice crashes as it rolled off :-)
...So anyway, what's a good height for an overpass? Mine was 13 high and was
kind of close. And what's a good slope? Should I start the slope at 1, then go
to 2 plates per segment (a number I had heard)? And should I keep the slope on
curves at 1?
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just a thought
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Track slope...
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| Good topic! (...) 13 is a bit low for anything oversize, IMHO, but I model 'merican. It's probably OK for eurotrash stuff. (...) Good question. Just as with real railroads, the answer is "it depends". Your slope in general is limited by the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Track slope...
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| (...) enough. (...) train (...) Ya, but you had to have seen what it is like when it is a 25 straight long stretch to a curve at 23 bricks high, at speed :). (25 straight long, starting at 52 bricks, going to 23 bricks=very steep grade) Lets put it (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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