Helpful tips, thanks for all your videos Colin!! I am new to this and previous train games so I got lots to learn yet, but figured out a lot already!! Since my computer is lacking, I will continue to be in a learning mode until a get a suitable PC. One long standing issue is getting the crossings to work properly!! I got the triggers working and the arms open and close but have no bells or lights!! The setting similar to the routes that came with game, they work on these routes!! Could it be my computer or am I missing something?
Hello The issue could be: 1. N3V has done updates that have caused the TRC system to stop working, this has happened too often 2. Some versions of TRS19 are not as up to date as others this can be an issue if TRC has been updated to make work in some versions 3. The TRC version you are using does not match the TRS19 version you are using so I suggest check the forum on TRC issues to see current status for your TRS19 version 4. Your computer is causing the problem, but very unlikely It is some time since I have had to do road crossings, but in my version of TRS19 (Plus) it is working ! Hope this helps.
The traffic will not stop at all when the lights and gates are active, nor will it even stop when the train is through the crossing. I'm using the same objects you are. What could be the issue?
Glad to see that you are back Colin, I had been wondering where you had been. I had previously watched Approach Medium's video on TRC so then I could do the crossings on my route, your video showed just a few more examples of how it would work in something more complex, like a yard. Which turned out to be not so complex, just a bit time consuming. Happy to have you back, and I can't wait until the next video. PS. Those P&O SD9's look really good. I'm going to take a guess and say that you re-skinned them?
@@ToxicRubyy I have the SD9 and about 7 different PRR Steamers relettered for P&O . . . . .. as well as a mogul . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . a consolidation and a Mikado of mixed origin also lettered for P&O. I am about to reskin some box cars also but have not been able to get the PSD files from N3V's project 40' boxcar . .it seems to be corrupted . . .. ,
@@colinstrains5885 That's quite a lot of engines and hopefully rolling stock for the P&O. I hope that you can get the boxcar files all figured out so then you can reskin them. I know nothing of reskinning or modeling those types of things whatsoever so I don't know if I would try to reskin engines or rolling stock.
@@ToxicRubyy Here is a link to N3V reskinning tutorial contentcreation.trainzsimulator.com/reskin-the-custom-40-boxcar/?mc_cid=8c49978291&mc_eid=dc349d743d
There are at least two variations of the roads used, they are: YARN JR wide road dotted . . .and YARN JR wide road 2 LINE Probably downloaded from the DLS Hope that helps
Good timing as I've just started creating an imaginery UK heritage line that has a level crossing. This will be built on what is now a cycle and walking trail on the former railway bed. Interestingly the crossing gates, a signal box and platforms at each end of the (pretend) line have been preserved in situ - I think one or two signals also - even though the actual track has gone.
Hope it works for you, this is an old video, and several times since . . . . an update stops these working, the author has to fix it. Last I checked they are working OK in TRS22Trainz Plus. Like to see your result, I love the quiet aura of UK country stations. I was born in Billericay Essex some 75 years ago when it was then a very country feel. Most of my life however has been in Australia.
@@colinstrains5885 Thank you .(That's interesting about your roots - I can't detect any Essex twang in your speech although it could be masked by the Aussie! I'm a Bristolian by birth (no accent though)). Having thought about the idea a bit more I realise that as it stands the crossing is at quite a skewed angle, and it will look strange if I introduce a sudden kink into the road or the track to get the crossing at a right angle. Ideally I would like gates that would be offset I found a video of a setup that had a more acutely angled crossing but I don't know what assets they used. I have been able to create a rather crude crossing with rails only across the road which a train can run across. The road asset I'm using doesn't have actual traffic built in either, so crossing barriers would be moot as things stand. This is the crossing today on Google maps: goo.gl/maps/fAHy4XgQi65Pekbv9 Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
@@anthonydavies6021 From the picture , use a road of similar style, add a spline height to the track on both sides just outside the road edges and set height to just allow the rail to be above the road tarmac. Even small cars can then run over it without shudder. It can take a little effort to get the spline height right particularly if the road in on a grade but worth the effort. Hope that helps.
@@anthonydavies6021 Try another asset that allows for traffic, depending on your era you may need to convert to a suitable era in initial settings up of your route. If era is ignored you will only see current era vehicles, and country may be almost anything with left and right hand traffic !. No, I am Aussie thru and thru, moved from Essex when I was 3 years old. Nice Pic too.
@@colinstrains5885 Hi Colin I'm tearing my hair out. I have tried various versions of stoppers and crossings including the selfsame TRC US M 1T crossing and attached the track and road as shown in your video. The properties of the three assets (two triggers and the crossing) all show correctly. Yet when I run a locomotive across it nothing happens. Does it matter what road asset I use - I'm currently using UK Roads 26ft 2p etc? Or the track - I have Track Rails Only attaching to the crossing asset. Do I need to do something to the properties of the loco to enable it to trigger a crossing - I don't think you mention anything about this in your video. Any suggestions would be appreciated as I have been battling with this for about a week now and have nearly decided to give up!
Welcome back Colin, glad you got everything up and running again. Thanks for this video, TRC is a gr8 system, have been using for a while. Simple and quick to setup. Just wondering what roads you're using, are those JR Roads? Thanks again for the viseo. Cheers Bruce
Hi Bruce . . the road used in the first example is YARN JR wide road 2 LINE . . . . . . . . . The one from my Caswell module is also YARN just a different configuration . . .hope that helps
Many thanks for your interesting and informative videos. Glad you are back in the saddle!Colin, can I impose upon you to think about providing an instructive video on Interlocking Towers?Again many thanks and best wishes (except for the Ashes!).
@@esscroke Shades of the Balmy Army ! . . . . . . . . . . . . Thanks for your kind words . . . Sadly I have not yet explored the Interlocking towers as such . . . . . . . .. . . . but I will add it to my list . .as soon as I have enough knowledge of the towers . . . . . . .
Great mate. Ah the Balmy Army - was in Hobart a couple of Tests ago (we won!) for grand daughters wedding. Wife & I had every courtesy shown as we were ushered onto the 'plane. Looking forward to future tutorials. As ever - a happy Pom.
Hey Collin. Thank you for the vids. Very helpful. Question, you mentioned track spacing in this video for double or triple tracks. How can you see what the spacing is? I'm still new at this. Thank you.
When you select a track to lay, it will include a round dotted circle on the end of each track . . . this is called a spline point . . . You can use this to select a distance apart you want for each end of the track which will then be consistent. . . I think I did explain this in one of my track laying tutorials. . .hope this helps. . . ..
wish they made the Griswold EM Gate Pedestal mount crossing signals with wishbone gate arms know they do for trainz a new era but not for Trainz 19 or Trainz 12
i have a little problem the cars keep stopping by the xing when it is open and close and even when the xing is not there the cars keep stopping and annoying peeeeeeeep noises
Sorry Jack, I am not really a Qld railways follower, however there are some routes available, including the Wallangarra-Warwick line, I suggest check what they did !
Hi Colin, I am struggling a bit with the roads part.....In particular, when using the invisible crossing for multiple track crossings and sections on curves I cannot get traffic to stop even though my gates come down. I didn't hook my roads up to the invisible crossing because they get all out of shape. Do I need to use invisible roads? If so, is there a tutorial somewhere?
If you have Trains Plus or silver/gold, a recent N3V update made the TRC pack no longer functioning. Just have to leave it until the author gets around to fixing it.
@@colinstrains5885 Roger that! Thanks for getting back. Now I can stop sweating it and move on with my layout. I am doing Whitefish to Shelby with the Kalispell branchline
Did you ever encounter issues where the trc v3 trigger wont attach any objects including other triggers even when every asset is up to date and named correctly? If so how do you fix it?
@Collin, I had some questions: 1. Trigger in this video is for right lane traffics. How about country which use left lane traffics? Can we mirror this trigger? 2. The trigger will open again if loco had passed at end point (200 ft) For long train, in real world, the trigger will open if the last wagon had passed the road (maybe 3-10 ft). Can we do that?
That set of roads is quite old and N3V often updates with different names, so just enter YARN into download station there will be the same road with a different name, best I can offer. Hope that helps.
What version of Trainz are you using, is it up to date? I am using TRS22 Ver 117540 and TRS19 Ver 117009 both are working just fine with the KUID I sent you. If your sim version is older I suggest you update. If not at least at the version numbers I have listed, then you need to find or revert to an older version TRC 3. The last two digits are the version number of TRC 3.
@@colinstrains5885 I have steam version 2019. Does it come by default main program, or is it an 'addon'? EDIT: I looked in the content mgr and it says TRC is missing dependencies?
@@dave11282 I know nothing about steam versions, but if TRS19 . . . . check the version number is the same as the one I gave you. If lower update TRS19. Sadly I am about to go away for a week so cannot help you further at this time, try the N3V forums in the meantime. Good Luck !
My best guess comes from the knowledge that there was a TRC update to fix problems with latest TRS19 updates. Suggest check on Download Station to see if there is a later version than what you have on installed list. This is done in Content manager Hope that helps.
Sorry got that wrong that is Tane version. I have the same version as you. It works just fine for me. Make sure the numbers you assign to the trigger (and gates etc,. ) are unique
I believe they are still available but the name is upper case YARN JR ..... I cannot confirm this as I have either downloaded them all, or they come in the standard distribution of the program . . . . Hope that helps
Hi Anthony . . . . . .. . . . . . .. No I am not a cockroach . . . . . . . . . .. . . a Queenslander for nearly 30 years . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . I checked out your channel . .you are indeed very prolific and seem to have covered much of Australia . . I enjoyed my quick view of a couple of your recent efforts . . keep it up ! As a Queenslander, I would still love to have an opportunity to do NSW routes in Trainz but the availability of good models is limited. . . . . . .. . . .
I have not had any other complaints, may be you did something wrong or need to check you have the latest version. Check on the DLS I had to download some updates recently. Hope that helps.
Thanks for this tutorial. Easy, easy, easy. I can install mine in under 3 minutes. They work awesome. Easier than atls crossings.
I am happy it was helpful to you, thanks for your feedback
I agree. TRC is better than ATLS. But I can setup an ATLS crossing in 3 and a half minutes
Great to have you back and thank you for the video 🙂
Thanks Craig . . much appreciated !
Helpful tips, thanks for all your videos Colin!! I am new to this and previous train games so I got lots to learn yet, but figured out a lot already!! Since my computer is lacking, I will continue to be in a learning mode until a get a suitable PC. One long standing issue is getting the crossings to work properly!! I got the triggers working and the arms open and close but have no bells or lights!! The setting similar to the routes that came with game, they work on these routes!! Could it be my computer or am I missing something?
Hello The issue could be:
1. N3V has done updates that have caused the TRC system to stop working, this has happened too often
2. Some versions of TRS19 are not as up to date as others this can be an issue if TRC has been updated to make work in some versions
3. The TRC version you are using does not match the TRS19 version you are using so I suggest check the forum on TRC issues to see current status for your TRS19 version
4. Your computer is causing the problem, but very unlikely
It is some time since I have had to do road crossings, but in my version of TRS19 (Plus) it is working ! Hope this helps.
@@colinstrains5885 Thank you for your time and suggestion!
many thanks, this is the only tutorial that got my level crossing working, 👍 . Got my sub., thanks
I hope my subscribers forgive me for my unplanned absence and that this video is of interest
Colin's Trains where can you get the trc 3 trigger?
@@Mr.Speedcat DLS (downloadstation)
The traffic will not stop at all when the lights and gates are active, nor will it even stop when the train is through the crossing. I'm using the same objects you are. What could be the issue?
Glad to see that you are back Colin, I had been wondering where you had been. I had previously watched Approach Medium's video on TRC so then I could do the crossings on my route, your video showed just a few more examples of how it would work in something more complex, like a yard. Which turned out to be not so complex, just a bit time consuming. Happy to have you back, and I can't wait until the next video.
PS. Those P&O SD9's look really good. I'm going to take a guess and say that you re-skinned them?
The SD9 comes from Jointed Rail and they made them up for me . . . . . . . . . . . Nice of them wasn't it?
That was very nice of them to do that. How many P&O locomotives do you have if you don't mind me asking?
@@ToxicRubyy I have the SD9 and about 7 different PRR Steamers relettered for P&O . . . . .. as well as a mogul . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . a consolidation and a Mikado of mixed origin also lettered for P&O. I am about to reskin some box cars also but have not been able to get the PSD files from N3V's project 40' boxcar . .it seems to be corrupted . . .. ,
@@colinstrains5885 That's quite a lot of engines and hopefully rolling stock for the P&O. I hope that you can get the boxcar files all figured out so then you can reskin them. I know nothing of reskinning or modeling those types of things whatsoever so I don't know if I would try to reskin engines or rolling stock.
@@ToxicRubyy Here is a link to N3V reskinning tutorial contentcreation.trainzsimulator.com/reskin-the-custom-40-boxcar/?mc_cid=8c49978291&mc_eid=dc349d743d
Great description of TRC crossings. I can't seem to find the kind of roads you use in this video. What is the name to search in the DLS? Thanks Colin.
There are at least two variations of the roads used, they are:
YARN JR wide road dotted . . .and YARN JR wide road 2 LINE
Probably downloaded from the DLS
Hope that helps
Good timing as I've just started creating an imaginery UK heritage line that has a level crossing. This will be built on what is now a cycle and walking trail on the former railway bed. Interestingly the crossing gates, a signal box and platforms at each end of the (pretend) line have been preserved in situ - I think one or two signals also - even though the actual track has gone.
Hope it works for you, this is an old video, and several times since . . . . an update stops these working, the author has to fix it. Last I checked they are working OK in TRS22Trainz Plus. Like to see your result, I love the quiet aura of UK country stations. I was born in Billericay Essex some 75 years ago when it was then a very country feel. Most of my life however has been in Australia.
@@colinstrains5885 Thank you .(That's interesting about your roots - I can't detect any Essex twang in your speech although it could be masked by the Aussie! I'm a Bristolian by birth (no accent though)). Having thought about the idea a bit more I realise that as it stands the crossing is at quite a skewed angle, and it will look strange if I introduce a sudden kink into the road or the track to get the crossing at a right angle. Ideally I would like gates that would be offset I found a video of a setup that had a more acutely angled crossing but I don't know what assets they used. I have been able to create a rather crude crossing with rails only across the road which a train can run across. The road asset I'm using doesn't have actual traffic built in either, so crossing barriers would be moot as things stand. This is the crossing today on Google maps: goo.gl/maps/fAHy4XgQi65Pekbv9
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
@@anthonydavies6021 From the picture , use a road of similar style, add a spline height to the track on both sides just outside the road edges and set height to just allow the rail to be above the road tarmac. Even small cars can then run over it without shudder. It can take a little effort to get the spline height right particularly if the road in on a grade but worth the effort. Hope that helps.
@@anthonydavies6021 Try another asset that allows for traffic, depending on your era you may need to convert to a suitable era in initial settings up of your route. If era is ignored you will only see current era vehicles, and country may be almost anything with left and right hand traffic !. No, I am Aussie thru and thru, moved from Essex when I was 3 years old. Nice Pic too.
@@colinstrains5885 Hi Colin I'm tearing my hair out. I have tried various versions of stoppers and crossings including the selfsame TRC US M 1T crossing and attached the track and road as shown in your video. The properties of the three assets (two triggers and the crossing) all show correctly. Yet when I run a locomotive across it nothing happens. Does it matter what road asset I use - I'm currently using UK Roads 26ft 2p etc? Or the track - I have Track Rails Only attaching to the crossing asset. Do I need to do something to the properties of the loco to enable it to trigger a crossing - I don't think you mention anything about this in your video. Any suggestions would be appreciated as I have been battling with this for about a week now and have nearly decided to give up!
Welcome back Colin, glad you got everything up and running again. Thanks for this video, TRC is a gr8 system, have been using for a while. Simple and quick to setup.
Just wondering what roads you're using, are those JR Roads?
Thanks again for the viseo.
Cheers
Bruce
Hi Bruce . . the road used in the first example is YARN JR wide road 2 LINE . . . . . . . . . The one from my Caswell module is also YARN just a different configuration . . .hope that helps
Many thanks for your interesting and informative videos. Glad you are back in the saddle!Colin, can I impose upon you to think about providing an instructive video on Interlocking Towers?Again many thanks and best wishes (except for the Ashes!).
@@esscroke Shades of the Balmy Army ! . . . . . . . . . . . . Thanks for your kind words . . . Sadly I have not yet explored the Interlocking towers as such . . . . . . . .. . . . but I will add it to my list . .as soon as I have enough knowledge of the towers . . . . . . .
Great mate. Ah the Balmy Army - was in Hobart a couple of Tests ago (we won!) for grand daughters wedding. Wife & I had every courtesy shown as we were ushered onto the 'plane. Looking forward to future tutorials. As ever - a happy Pom.
Hey Collin. Thank you for the vids. Very helpful. Question, you mentioned track spacing in this video for double or triple tracks. How can you see what the spacing is? I'm still new at this. Thank you.
When you select a track to lay, it will include a round dotted circle on the end of each track . . . this is called a spline point . . . You can use this to select a distance apart you want for each end of the track which will then be consistent. . . I think I did explain this in one of my track laying tutorials. . .hope this helps. . . ..
Colin's Trains thank you very much for taking the time to reply.
@@rycker30 Your welcome Rick
If you are using 2022, can you do a video on how you do the crossing in it, thank you.
Colin
does this also work with Australian crossings an pedestrian crossings
wish they made the Griswold EM Gate Pedestal mount crossing signals with wishbone gate arms know they do for trainz a new era but not for Trainz 19 or Trainz 12
i have a little problem the cars keep stopping by the xing when it is open and close and even when the xing is not there the cars keep stopping and annoying peeeeeeeep noises
Hay Colin Do you know of any QLD / Australia Boom gate crossings signals, similar to the ones you have used please mate.
Sorry Jack, I am not really a Qld railways follower, however there are some routes available, including the Wallangarra-Warwick line, I suggest check what they did !
Hi Colin, I am struggling a bit with the roads part.....In particular, when using the invisible crossing for multiple track crossings and sections on curves I cannot get traffic to stop even though my gates come down. I didn't hook my roads up to the invisible crossing because they get all out of shape. Do I need to use invisible roads? If so, is there a tutorial somewhere?
If you have Trains Plus or silver/gold, a recent N3V update made the TRC pack no longer functioning. Just have to leave it until the author gets around to fixing it.
@@colinstrains5885 Roger that! Thanks for getting back. Now I can stop sweating it and move on with my layout. I am doing Whitefish to Shelby with the Kalispell branchline
@@paulnortness1354 Hope it goes well for you
@@colinstrains5885 That makes two of us!
@@colinstrains5885 Hey Colin, I just posted a sneak peek vid of the route. Any feedback for a first timer would be great
what roads are you using?
Will this work with TRC US no barrier scenery? I don't want any gates.
I believe they have examples in the library that have no gates, it only works with their own model crossing lights though.
Where can I download the YARN JR roads that was used in the tutorial
You can download these from the Download station at N3V using the content manager in the Launcher
Did you ever encounter issues where the trc v3 trigger wont attach any objects including other triggers even when every asset is up to date and named correctly? If so how do you fix it?
For some reason this still happens with me
@Collin, I had some questions:
1. Trigger in this video is for right lane traffics. How about country which use left lane traffics? Can we mirror this trigger?
2. The trigger will open again if loco had passed at end point (200 ft)
For long train, in real world, the trigger will open if the last wagon had passed the road (maybe 3-10 ft).
Can we do that?
Where can I find the crossing surface type items?
In Content Manager enter crossing it will present you with heaps Cheers Colin R
By the way, who is the creator who made the YARN JR roads.
wearsprada as shown when you call up an image of any item. That does not give any contact info in this case.
@@colinstrains5885 Try sending me the kuid numbers of the YARN JR roads. That might find them on the N3V content manager
can you share the cross??
I searched the YARN JR roads on the N3V content manager and nothing came up
Did you set the filter to Download Station?
@@colinstrains5885 Yes and still nothing came up
That set of roads is quite old and N3V often updates with different names, so just enter YARN into download station there will be the same road with a different name, best I can offer. Hope that helps.
thanks for posting. In my menu to add TRC3 trigger, I cannot add it and it is red in colour, in menu, can't find much on web for this?
TRC 3 TRC 3 Trigger for closure of rail crossing Kuid2:458053:100686:16 from Download Station
@@colinstrains5885 thanks
What version of Trainz are you using, is it up to date? I am using TRS22 Ver 117540 and TRS19 Ver 117009 both are working just fine with the KUID I sent you. If your sim version is older I suggest you update. If not at least at the version numbers I have listed, then you need to find or revert to an older version TRC 3. The last two digits are the version number of TRC 3.
@@colinstrains5885 I have steam version 2019. Does it come by default main program, or is it an 'addon'? EDIT: I looked in the content mgr and it says TRC is missing dependencies?
@@dave11282 I know nothing about steam versions, but if TRS19 . . . . check the version number is the same as the one I gave you. If lower update TRS19. Sadly I am about to go away for a week so cannot help you further at this time, try the N3V forums in the meantime. Good Luck !
hey, can somebody tell me where to find that road? i understand its yarn jr roads, but i cannot find them on the dls nor on the jr website.
@Colin Rayner YARN JR definitely isn't on the DLS, could I trouble you to post the KUID # of one of those roads I'd like to try to track it down.
I can not find the trigger can you please tell me where it is
Using Content Manager set to Download Station and search either on TRC or Trigger both will show what is available to download, hope that helps.
@@colinstrains5885 thanks
@@samuelb1234 Glad I could help
what do you do when nothing shows on the trigger
My best guess comes from the knowledge that there was a TRC update to fix problems with latest TRS19 updates. Suggest check on Download Station to see if there is a later version than what you have on installed list. This is done in Content manager Hope that helps.
@@colinstrains5885 the latest version is 16 but TRC doesn't work on 8 of my routes but I have version 16 of the TRC Trigger
The version I have is kuid:458053:101646, it works fine. I downloaded it last week.@@unumprovident101
Sorry got that wrong that is Tane version. I have the same version as you. It works just fine for me. Make sure the numbers you assign to the trigger (and gates etc,. ) are unique
I learned from someone on discord that Trainz 19 sometimes messes up TRC on routes
What road did you use?
I believe they are still available but the name is upper case YARN JR ..... I cannot confirm this as I have either downloaded them all, or they come in the standard distribution of the program . . . . Hope that helps
Ok
Looks like you’re NSW based.
Hi Anthony . . . . . .. . . . . . .. No I am not a cockroach . . . . . . . . . .. . . a Queenslander for nearly 30 years . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . I checked out your channel . .you are indeed very prolific and seem to have covered much of Australia . . I enjoyed my quick view of a couple of your recent efforts . . keep it up !
As a Queenslander, I would still love to have an opportunity to do NSW routes in Trainz but the availability of good models is limited. . . . . . .. . . .
I’m a Queenslander to. I will upload in a few weeks if I get a chance. Been flat out lately.
@@AnthonysTrains Know the feeling . . .my youtube activity and route building keeps me busy too !
This isn’t even 3 minutes
Diddnt work I’m so fusterated !
I have not had any other complaints, may be you did something wrong or need to check you have the latest version. Check on the DLS I had to download some updates recently. Hope that helps.
@@colinstrains5885 ok thank you I’ll try that where do I go on dls?
@@Ndoggy1127 In Content Manager set to Download Station and put in TRC. If you prefer ATLS try that and check Kuid level (Last number after colon :)
@@colinstrains5885 it says 16 for me , now what?
@@Ndoggy1127 Sorry Mate what says 16?