Stock in sidings

PWHolmes · Post by **PWHolmes** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 12:18 am

Yet another question from Mr Thicky here!!!!

I now have a good selection of routes on my trainsim, and plenty of rolling stock but it all looks a bit bare.

How do I put wagons in sidings without locos such that I can run a pick up goods.

Do I have to set up an activity every time or can I put them in the route so that they are always there like the scenery.

Again, another obvious question to you experts but one that neither the on-screen help or multiple searches of forum threads has shown any light.

Paul

asalmon · Post by **asalmon** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 6:14 am

If you want to pick up stock it has to be placed in the activity editor.

You can place wagons in the route editor as any other scenery item, but you wont be able to pick it up, you'll just drive striaght through it!

-Alan

johny · Post by **johny** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 8:19 am

You can also make up consists in the AE and place them as static items in sidings and at platforms.

John

madmardy · Post by **madmardy** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 8:28 am

how do you do that

chazcozens · Post by **chazcozens** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 12:27 pm

To place a static consist:

Right click where you want the consist to go. Select "Place consist" and either select an existing consist or create a new one. For "yard filling" I tend to keep a selection so as to keep the number of consists down , so I have things like "Static PO wagons", "Static BR Vans" and so on.

Interestingly, once you have placed a static consist, you can change it in situ by right clicking on it and selecting Edit. This does not affect the original consist you created it from.