Hi all
I am slowly tying to teach myself S&C design through Power Rail.
After some help from people on this forum I managed to get hold of the S&C library for the UK 113A.
I have reviewed the library in conjunction with the track design handbook.
My question is that the library contains two different types of layouts either:-
- [Begin Turnout] and [End Turnout]
- [Begin Switch] and [End Switch]
What is the difference between the two?
I have copied and pasted an example of the two types from the library for reference.
Can anyone help?
[Begin Turnout]
[Name] = "NR56 CV 10"
[Description] = "NR56 CV 10"
[Switch Annotation] = ""
[Crossing Annotation] = ""
[Type] = "single"
[Begin Branch]
[Theoretical .1 to .1] = 1.615104
[Length Along Mainline] = 25.555683
[Triangle] = 14.319986
[Ratio at .0] = 9.975000
[Begin Branch Data]
13.502503 245.051000 245.051000
13.645801 304.485000 304.485000
[End Branch Data]
[Leading Linear] = "FALSE"
[End Branch]
[Turnout Bending Method] = "default"
[Along Inner Rail] = "TRUE"
[Along Outer Rail] = "FALSE"
[Last Element Unbent] = "FALSE"
[End Turnout]
[Begin Switch]
[Name] = "NR56 CV 10 Straight"
[Description] = "NR56 CV 10 Straight"
[Fundamental Type] = "STRAIGHT"
[Switch Annotation] = "CVS STR"
[Crossing Annotation] = "10"
[Type] = "S&C / single"
[Gauge] = 1.432000
[Crossing Angle] = 10.000000
[Front Length] = 3.070000
[Mainline Heel Length] = 0.000000
[Turnout Heel Length] = 0.000000
[Nominal Switch Radius] = 245.767000
[Nominal Turnout Radius] = 245.767000
[Lead Length] = 24.957000
[Crossing IP to Nose] = 0.160000
[MP to RP] = 0.000000
[Distance to Last Long Sleeper] = 0.000000
[Flexible] = "TRUE"
[Begin Tangent Offset Data]
3.070000 0.000000 0.0090713453 287.251440
4.069941 0.010812 0.0125526159 287.251440
5.069838 0.025105 0.0160338866 287.251440
6.069680 0.042878 0.0195151572 287.251440
7.069454 0.064132 0.0229964278 287.251440
7.320581 0.070018 0.0238709116 245.767000
8.069143 0.089031 0.0269177131 245.767000
9.068723 0.117980 0.0309866076 245.767000
10.068177 0.150995 0.0350555022 245.767000
11.067489 0.188076 0.0391243967 245.767000
12.066641 0.229223 0.0431932912 245.767000
13.065618 0.274436 0.0472621857 245.767000
14.064402 0.323712 0.0513310802 245.767000
15.062978 0.377052 0.0553999748 245.767000
16.061328 0.434455 0.0594688693 245.767000
17.059437 0.495920 0.0635377638 245.767000
18.057287 0.561445 0.0676066583 245.767000
19.054863 0.631030 0.0716755529 245.767000
20.052147 0.704673 0.0757444474 245.767000
21.049123 0.782373 0.0798133419 245.767000
22.045774 0.864130 0.0838822364 245.767000
23.042085 0.949941 0.0879511309 245.767000
24.038038 1.039805 0.0920200255 245.767000
25.033618 1.133721 0.0960889200 245.767000
25.969871 1.225771 0.0999168068 0.000000
26.028808 1.231679 0.0999168068 0.000000
27.023820 1.331430 0.0999168068 0.000000
28.018833 1.431181 0.0999168068 0.000000
29.013845 1.530931 0.0999168068 0.000000
30.008858 1.630682 0.0999168068 0.000000
31.003870 1.730433 0.0999168068 0.000000
31.998882 1.830183 0.0999168068 0.000000
32.993895 1.929934 0.0999168068 0.000000
33.988907 2.029684 0.0999168068 0.000000
34.983920 2.129435 0.0999168068 0.000000
35.978932 2.229186 0.0999168068 0.000000
36.973945 2.328936 0.0999168068 0.000000
37.968957 2.428687 0.0999168068 0.000000
38.963970 2.528438 0.0999168068 0.000000
39.958982 2.628188 0.0999168068 0.000000
40.953995 2.727939 0.0999168068 0.000000
41.949007 2.827690 0.0999168068 0.000000
42.944020 2.927440 0.0999168068 0.000000
43.939032 3.027191 0.0999168068 0.000000
44.934045 3.126941 0.0999168068 0.000000
45.929057 3.226692 0.0999168068 0.000000
46.924069 3.326443 0.0999168068 0.000000
47.919082 3.426193 0.0999168068 0.000000
48.914094 3.525944 0.0999168068 0.000000
49.909107 3.625695 0.0999168068 0.000000
50.904119 3.725445 0.0999168068 0.000000
51.899132 3.825196 0.0999168068 0.000000
52.682000 3.903679 0.0999168068 0.000000
[End Tangent Offset Data]
[Begin Extended Data]
[End Extended Data]
[End Switch]