North Coast RR Templete. Options

[ideaman]

Hi folks. First off there is nothing wrong with the templete. My problem is with the sharp turns around the Korbal area. The engines and the 72ft cars will bind up on these turns to the point that they will come to a stop and end the activity. What I would like to know is can I use conbuilder to replace these long cars with 60ft or shorter in the loose consist section before making an activity and will they stay there or will I have to do this every time I want to generate an activity. Just trying to do this the simple way if possible. Thanks for your advice. Greg

[nbeveridge]

If you make the changes in the template itself, then they will be effective for all activities generated thereafter.

I believe that the problem is the center beam cars, and here is how to fix it.  First, copy and save the SWLACTNCRSD1_Template.csv file in the ACTIVITIES folder in the NCR route folder to a safe place.  Using the full version of ConBuilder, you would want to substitute bn_bflat4, bn_bflat5, bn_bflat10, and/or bn_bflat11 for every instance of ttzx_cw3,  ttzx_cw4, ttzx_cw5, and ttzx_cw6.  Also, substitute bn_bflat1 for every instance of ttzx_cw1.  Then you will need to open the SWLACTNCRSD1_Template.csv file in the ACTIVITIES folder in the NCR route folder.  Make sure that the car type for bn_bflat4, bn_bflat5, bn_bflat10, and bn_bflat11 is L, and that the car type for bn_bflat1 is LMT.  If you mess up this file,you can always go back to the saved original copy which you made in the first step.