Railroad track pack for 1435 mm

EDIT November 11, 2024. Added five new types of track, as follows.

(1) Medium speed (160 km/h) slab ladder (ballast-less) track. Bridge is steel bridge. Tunnel is narrow tunnel for metro trains.
(2)(3) Medium and high (375 km/h) ballasted track on slab base. Typical for example for the oldest shinkansen line Tokyo to Osaka. Tunnel version does not have walls – you can attach walls where desired using included tunnel wall building.
(4) High speed track with ballast on brown color earth base. Open plate bridge with metal ties. Tunnel is narrow tunnel without track (e.g. for unfinished or abandoned metro tunnels)
(5) High speed track with gray ballast on mauve color earth base. Bridge is concrete plate bridge. Tunnel is ladder track.

Also added 3rd rail building which can be attached to the track for metro lines. It is convenient to use (in lieu of track with 3rd rail) near switches or other areas where the 3rd rail is interrupted.

This pack includes 15 types of track geared towards heavy rail (railroads and metro/subway) for 1435 mm. It also includes several additional track elements as "buildings". This is similar to my packs for trams for 1524 and 1435 mm and rail for 1067 and 1520 mm. The pack is also integrated with my Road Variety Pack. All mods have names starting with AVP to have them in one place.

The main concept for this pack was to show the rails as they exist in real life, i.e. made out of steel and thus gray/silvery, and not black. See screenshots for overview and instructions.

There are two speed limits, 375 and 160 km/h. It is easy in NIMBY to set any speed limit you desire for any track type (as long as it’s less than the maximum for the track).

The track is optimized for distance between track 4.0-4.5 meters for double track lines. The track was largely built on standard gauge examples in Japan.

Included track:

High speed (375 km/h):

(1)(2)Track for shinkansen on slab – two slightly different types

(3) Track on regular ballast (mauve color) – tunnel version runs on ties on slab

(4) Generic slab track – tunnel version runs on ladder track

(5) High speed with all levels looking the same as ground level (mauve ballast) (in case you need to work around map issues)

Standard speed (160 km/h):

(6) Mauve color (reddish/purplish) with concrete ties
(7) Brown color (concrete ties),
(8) Mauve color with wood ties
(9) Gray ballast (concrete ties)
(10) Slab (ladder track)
(11) Track in asphalt (for level crossings and street-based spurs, typically for industry)

The bridge versions of all these track are different, including steel and concrete girder bridges. The tunnel versions of the track are also different, with a couple lighted tunnel (e.g. for station) track types on ties and ladder track, and dark versions for ties (slab), ladder track (slab) and ground track. The slab track tunnel version actually has no track – to show an abandoned or incomplete tunnel. Note a train can still drive on it (only 10 km/h):).

Special type:

(12) track only – no base, no sleepers, no border – for level crossings and other special areas you want to build yourself

Subway (3rd rail) types:

(13) 3rd rail on the left
(14) 3rd rail on the right
(15) Only tunnel actually has 3rd rail – it’s lit tunnel with 3rd rail on the left, for a station. The bridge version is a modern major bridge. The ground version has short ties but I may change it to something more typical.

Note tunnels for types (13)-(15) are a little narrower, and all other types a little wider. This is because subway trains do not exceed 3 meters in width (often down to 2.6 meters), while ground trains can often be as wide as 3.5 meters, so need wider tunnels.

Included "buildings": check rails (one sided and two sided), guard rails (different for concrete and wood ties, because ties and therefore fittings are spaced differently), guard rail ends, narrow metal plates outside the rails to reinforce level crossings, large metal and resin plates also for level crossings, rusted rails. Select the desired building from the list, double click to place it into the model, pick the desired track, and it should snap into the right place on or around the track.

You can see examples of using this track pack in the screenshots above.

Key technical data:

Single track land tract width – 4.98 m (170 pixels) for ground, 5.33 m (182 pixels) for standard bridge including bridge railings. There are narrower and wider bridge versions too.
Single slab track width – 5.74 m (196 pixels) including bridge railings (6.15m – 210 pixels – when on a bridge)
Tunnel width including outer walls – for subway/metro – include 3rd rail – 4.45 m (152 pixels), internal width 4.10m (140 pixels). These tunnels are built with train width of up to 3 meters in mind, although of course any train can go.
Tunnel width for ground rail – 5.04 m (172 pixels), including outer walls. Internal width 4.68 m (160 pixels). These tunnrls are good for trains up to 3.5 meters.

Any comments on improvements are welcome.

The included examples are from my Kanto in-process model which can be seen here:

https://share.nimbyrails.com/g0j4h1uOHpvhWXGm9AAYrA