Trainz Theory: Route Building

Welcome to a new mini-series called "Trainz Theory". In this series, I'll be going over my general thought processes and theories behind creating things in Trainz Simulator. In this first episode, I focus on route building from scratch from the initial idea, to final testing stage. I showcase a look into my workflow in Trainz along with giving some general tips along the way. Route building can be a daunting task sometimes so hopefully this video will help give you some new ideas, or a new way to look at Trainz route building!
Video Sections:
0:00 Introduction
1:10 The Idea
2:28 Building the Route
11:31 Testing the Route
12:19 Conclusion
Ballast Picture Credits:
CNSD75I
Tristan Miller
Music Used:
Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania - Main Theme Instrumental
APO ザ犬 - Sunset Ride
BROCKBEATS - Morning Mist
Jazz Spastiks - Bubblegum Instrumental
Jazz Spastiks - Coffee Instrumental
Moos - Crusin'
VINK - so damn classic
xPanda - Bossa Fresh
Ridm - skate
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[@Reading3412Studios]

The two people who said yes are the two coolest fans.

[@scottfw7169]

Hey, as Grandfather W would have said, "That's two more yesses than it would have been had it been two less yesses than it was."

[@ProfesserLuigi]

@@scottfw7169 Words of wisdom

[@snug-fibbage7441]

They are the whole air conditioning unit

[@Reading3412Studios]

@@snug-fibbage7441 they’re actually wind turbines

[@vreikezen8268]

@@Reading3412Studios they're actually Antarctica

[@RhysIndividual]

This is very helpful, I've been having trouble with filling in empty spaces.

[@griffinrails]

This was super helpful, until now all I had to help me was those old Infraredbob routes and vids.

[@844SteamFan]

Glad to see I wasn’t the only one! lol

[@RECHARGED77]

"Trainz is the worst optimised game" FNAF Security Breach: Hold my fazcoin

[@SlavaArduino123]

Trainz 2022 has left the chat

[@scottfw7169]

Something I do with forested areas is use a browner hue of ground cover within the forest to reflect having less light hit the forest floor and a ground covering of decaying leaves. For those forested areas I usually use splines instead of individual trees. Oh, and currently use TANE. Previously had 2006 then 2009.

[@lewisner]

I used to put clumps of grass round the bottom of telegraph poles but it got tiring after a hundred of them. I use Ger Forest texture in forests.

[@williamfischer5336]

As someone new to the whole Trainz experience, I found this extremely helpful. I have my own ideas and want to do my own series. Granted this will take a lot of time and patience, but I'm confident I can do this. Thanks for the tips and advice. Look forward to seeing more in this series. Keep up the excellent work.

[@russellgxy2905]

Ngl I could've sworn I replied "Yes" when I first saw it but this is unbelievably helpful!

[@railroadcustomworks2091]

I have been a route builder for years and still never finished, nicely put video to help the new fooks! A little tip adding grades to tracks gives realsom to a route

[@Inerturn]

Yooooooo great series, hope we get an episode 2 soon

[@dhtrainz4798]

Nice vid! I especially enjoyed seeing the growth of your skills over time in the concluding montage. Lovely stuff!

[@z_dog7739]

I appreciate this video greatly! The railroad tracks along my line are extremely remote or on the back roads and old by ways deep in the Appalachian Mountains. alot of the track is hard to view unless you walk on them so this gave me a little inspiration.

[@danwarren1642]

Your video was posted some time ago but I just came across this, thank you for the tips & tricks here (just getting into Trainz). I bought 2019 version but hardly did anything with it & now just bought a 1yr subscription 2022 version so I need all the help I can get. Half of the battle for myself is just navigating around in Trainz, but it's coming along. Gotta start somewhere LOL. Thanks again!

[@ryanthesteamman]

Very nice video! Thank you for posting this video! I'm always building routes in Trainz both American and British routes, and this video helps give me some tips and ideas. I look forward to seeing more Trainz videos in the future!

[@Misterjaythegreat]

We should get more of this series, I love this

[@railwayjade]

You have truly come a long way. Awesome work

[@randyfehr8636]

Great Video, nice to see how someone else gets there ideas into trainz. I did pick up a few new ideas as well, hope to see more.

[@Josephcavagnaro]

0:14 KANON SHIBUYA 0:17 REN HAZUKI 1:10 REN HAZUKI KANON SHIBUYA AND CHISATO ARASHI

[@Thej611]

Man, this is a video that I didn’t know I needed!

[@TrainBoi227]

8:39 I CAN NEVER ESCAPE HIM To be real tho that's what I'm gonna be using this video for lol

[@lewisner]

I use SAM VS Grass 2 as my default grass texture and SAM VS embankments because they have the most realistic grass texture and in the case of the ground texture the grass no repeating pattern. Since the embankments and grounds match you don't get an ugly outline at the bottom of the embankment. I have only built 3 routes and someone on a modelling forum commented on the signalling on one of my videos "You need more signalling and your distant signals aren't right". I replied that the signalling was 100% accurate to the actual real life signalling and was measured from OS 25" to the mile maps so every signal was exactly where it was in reality. He never admitted he was wrong but gave me a like !

[@filipowski123]

i have trainz 2009 world builder edition and i learned so much from this video thanks😃

[@chesapeakedproductions3009]

Jared, despite how much you've grown at building routes and modules, my favorites of yours are still the Cass City Branch line modules (particularly the GTW Buffalo Yard) and your Marysville Railroad Stories modules

[@davidmolin8944]

I might unironically use these tips for my Roblox train games. Thanks for the tips

[@Someyungrebel]

I’d love to see more of these

[@qldfirefighter1]

This is the most helpfull video for modelling i have ever come across with no segways or distractions in the message. That pattern you get in soil tectures has always annoyed me. Thats there is Gold to me, great stuff. But...lol....i Quote:" ...even the flattest of locations have some kind of hills or dips...." i call bullshit. Ride the Indian Pacific (trans Continental Railway) across the Nullabor Plain in Australia 1108 Miles(1783 km) with a 297mile (480km)section that is dead straight.

[@kamalmusht]

Look mom I made a cameo in a video Jokes aside This is a really good video about route making This really helped me with my route making!

[@AustralianRailwayVideos]

Thanks mate! I constantly build trainz routes so this helped alot

[@MatthewChenault]

Speaking of railway routes, I think I have a few railway routes you could design in the future specifically around a Virginia theme. Some of the crossings we have are… rather unique compared to some other regions of the country.

[@BMMEC6000]

I love this series please do more!

[@marvingajardo8587]

I have Train Simulator 2015, this is very helpful thanks a lot.

[@Dirigo207]

I bought my first version of Trainz in 2015. And its taken until now to start to be able to say im pretty mediocre at things like terrain work and detailing. Im going all out with a massive urban scene currently as I continue to experiment with my skills and such. Its fun but trainz is very tedious is all I'll say. Good to have a video to throw some basic tips out for how to just get started.

[@SuperSudrian]

what version was it?

[@Dirigo207]

@@SuperSudrian you mean my first version? TANE when it was first released. I hadn’t had a train sim before that point

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

Me, who has Trainz 2009:World Builder Edition: Wait, you guys have layers, 3D trees, good quality lighting, etc?

[@QuincyO5b]

5:27 thats the Potomac River where i occasionally fish for Catfish and sometimes Bass..

[@danielferrovias]

This actually helped a lot!!

[@scottfw7169]

Am liking that 2019 scene with Chessie System. :)

[@lehl_railfan5325]

super helpful thanks for making this

[@CanalConcourse1196]

It's 12:00 AM and it's a Midnight lol

[@shanestrains2849]

Never knew the 5m grid trick, and I've been playing since the 2004 version. ha!

[@cityrailtransit4914]

Your videos are the best

[@Braydontheconfidentengine76]

But thats just another theory, A TRAINZ THEORY

[@nicksfuntv1281]

I am building a New Route for TANE. It is called BNSF Stockton sub. I started it last night.

[@ElShotte]

MORE LIKE THIS!

[@dsingh412]

please make some more of these video's they are very educational?.

[@greaterhoustonrailfan]

That you so much!

[@mlp-hot-rod5824]

One of the two votes for this video's existance was this talented young man. Here's his channel. Give it a look. He makes awesome Thomas videos - kzbin.info

[@whitemaniagaming6942]

Would love to know where you get your high quality models or even learn how to make them

[@justinbricker9491]

This video is very helpful but for my trainz 2 I only have that

[@caltrain_903YTchannel]

Nice and thats cool

[@mapleleafsinsights1150]

Thanks man this acc gave me a whole lot of inspiration!

[@imfunniguy3744]

If you make another one of these videos, please, PLEASE do one on how to kitbash, if you know how.

[@AC44CWCTE5695]

someday I would like to make a mordern day version of the MoPac or MKT

[@AussieGunzel]

Another thing you forgot was the custom traffic on the DLS, IE right hand drive DLS, trust me it makes the road traffic way better for background activity.

[@engineerskalinera]

But hey, that's just a theory. A TrainZ theory.

[@RailroadNerdOfIllinois]

After watching this video I was looking on google map and found a crossing in Pennsylvania and when I was making it in trainz 2019 it came out well :D

[@LRNLoweRacingNetwork]

As someone with a motherboard from 1999, my PC would explode if it even downloaded Trainz 12.

[@Caledonianpugofficial]

Just download Trainz 1 lol

[@LRNLoweRacingNetwork]

@@Caledonianpugofficial it’s what I used to use, I use a new era but I’m out of trains now.

[@Scrimjer]

You can still see a lot of interurban infrastructure in Jackson,Parma,Albion,Marshall and Battle Creek Michigan still left.

[@lowfurts]

Let's be honest James and Henry had something going when they had that something with the trees

[@SirGoatEater6607]

Amazing video!

[@EngineerDaylight]

One of the troubles I have with route building is finding usable scenery assets. A lot of DLS assets I have or find are crusty TS2009 Textured Low Lod Buildings

[@MatiEP09]

yes

[@scert2832]

Fun fact: I have been to the Pittsburgh trench and it is located in a park on the north side, and this same park contains America’s largest aviary (zoo for birds).

[@Jimmytheamtrakf40ph]

8:49 this may sound dumb but where did you get that road spline and intersection I’m asking because I would like to add them to my custom route. Btw this video has really helped me make my custom route look way more detailed and realistic

[@trainzmania2022ricardo]

Interesting to know these facts

[@Bamaji2]

As someone whos made extensive use of the TS2~ world editor, (chech out my Lackawanna Mainline in the Steam workshop), its amazing to see how much easier the Trainz world editor looks to use. TS is really not a productive way to build routes.

[@wondabiz]

where do u get most of ur rolling stock?

[@callumnichols7652]

2 questions. 1: Do you know how to change day to night in trainz? 2: In engines of nyc, where did the empire state express engine come from?

[@Jonny_Productions]

I ironically want to see actual classes in regards to trainz route theory

[@daniko4447]

Where did you get the tunnels for the Breakneck ridge? Btw you're almost reaching 100k subs!

[@TheFlyingFack]

POGCHAMP

[@BenandMylesMom]

I enjoy this

[@mihaelalaber2084]

This was a great video and I'll definitely be using the tips and tricks that you showed in the video. Although, do you know a good place to get desert-ish like shrubs and bushes? And maybe cacti? Thanks and again, great video!

[@DmitriSkif]

There's no need to use billboard trees as backline, if SpeedTreez You're using have a proper made LODs. Every SpeedTree asset has the last LOD made as a billboard, so your forest will be full-detailed at closer look and plain and fast billboarded at distant ranges. I advanced games SpeedTrees even has more than one billboard for many directions (up to 16 in UE 5).

[@willberestartingthischanne9984]

I Love It!

[@laurenmcmullan667]

Nice

[@laurenmcmullan667]

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[@captainhuggyface6731]

Heres a challenge, near Wisconsin Dells the track ballast is purple due to this type of rock that is mined there heavily, i want you to try and find Purple Ballast track

[@mrsaturngamingandstories]

Wow

[@Henriqueleal0609]

great video!

[@jaquaviontaviousbonquequex9066]

the only tip i have is only use the PBR textures in areas like ballast or concrete, it looks alot better then the 2D ballast imo

[@ditchpatcher]

7:24 where did you get the LMX GE locomotive

[@operatorfrisco6149]

Control point simulation

[@hz7939]

I am having more problems with when I create a new route it spawns with grass already :-(

[@railroadhistoryarchives]

I'm waiting on mobile to add surveyor. Really excited. I don't own a computer. Least I have the Google play... Hehehe POWER

[@greyfox8194]

Im realyl struggling trying to recreate the NYC system route and i just bought trains yesterday

[@ethancampbell6076]

4:25 Me having TS2022 in the nutshell

[@RedLightProductions]

Time stamp 5:27 Nebasco Creek along the RF&P?

[@RickyG_RailTX]

Informative video. I have a question about longer routes; Is it acceptable to create a route nearly accurate measurement between major cities to the real life or make the route shorter for gameplay purposes?

[@hmhobbies]

Bro never new you were born on New Year’s Day

[@mohsoo6858]

I want another one 😈

[@NortOfficial]

Hahah, 20 years on Trainz (from the first one) that was very basic till today, aaaand I still don't know what the hell I'm doing

[@jacobdolman3831]

Hello there

[@arrivedknight7632]

Does the massive amount of ram help for trainz? I only have 16GB of ram but a 8Gb GTX 1070 founders Edition and a Ryzen 5 3600

[@BrightsTrainsNTrucks2023]

There are 3 reasons why I am so sad, firstly they don't have Trainz on Mobile, then my mom won't buy me Trainz on my tablet but at the same time my tablet can't download a thing, and lastly my computer is owned by my school so I can't get Trainz on there.

[@CoffeESbeve]

how to get new tiles?

[@CentralPALocos]

Amtrakguy writes the theory and we do the praxis

[@opiumextract2934]

Been playing trainz since 2006, I love laying track but can't stand decorating.

[@BlueCometDude]

AmtrakGuy, your next episode should be how to make a “talking Trainz series” (i.e voice actors).

[@ParDeRuz]

this is literally how i make my layouts in rolling line lol

[@girlsundpanzerundrailways2904]

But hey that’s just a theory a TRAIN theory thanks for watching

[@Fan-im8yg]

I know of that railroad in Pennsylvania that is our ns line

[@militarytankstudios9497]

Hey amtrak365, you ever heard of lupin the 3rd? its very cool

[@dreamthyf]

I'm hoping to recreate John Allen's Gorre and Defeated model railroad.