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(DEPRECATED) Railbed Ballast with Sleepers

This mod version is no longer updated.
You may keep using it, but for the latest version please re-subscribe using mod.io, either by:

• the in-game Mod Browser (main menu > Mod Browser > mod.io tab > Subscribe)
  
• or at https://mod.io/g/transportfever2/m/railbed-ballast-with-sleepers .

Then just disable this old Steam version in your savegame and enable the new mod.io version.



(My very first mod!! 🥳 ...since SimCity 3000 Unlimited! 😂 )

This mod adds 9 rail-less tracks to the menu (Misc category):

• 3 railbed ballast only
  
• 3 railbed with wooden sleepers
  
• 3 railbed with concrete sleepers (new v1.3!)

• 3 age/overgrowth/neglect versions.
  
• Catenary versions for all 9.
  
• All have station track modules.
  
• No end-of-track buffers/bumpers.
  
• Supports JK's Track Improvements mod if loaded (optional) for better appearance of track ends.

Great for old/abandoned rail lines, new lines under construction, or general unused railbed along in-service tracks. A track can be abandoned or put into service again using the game's track upgrade tool.

The 3 age flavours:

• normal (same as standard track)
  
• overgrown (grasses etc poke through the railbed)
  
• old overgrown (dirty ballast, extra vegetation, aged sleepers, rusty catenary masts without cables)

Note the overgrowth comes from your terrain, so bare ground gives nothing. You can paint grasses etc under them.

This mod began as a fix for the other ballast-only mods that have had some bugs / rendering issues for a long time, however it evolved with new features into a full mod. It can replace the other mods, but it can also coexist with them if they are already on your map.

• Parallel tracks share the same ballast and catenary masts (a well-known game limitation).
  
• Junctions/switches/crossings with active tracks are messy (also a game limitation). Work around by dragging the railbed track up to (or across) the active track while holding C for precision to blend together reasonably well without forming a junction. The Build With Collision mod helps too.

• v1.3 Added concrete sleepers!
  
• v1.2 Additional update for Shader Enhancement mod compatibility.
  
• v1.1 Early fix for Shader Enhancement mod.