<Track>

This is one place where the program is case sensitive.   The code for the trackbed and catenary is normally a single character. Some characters denote a trackbed without catenary. Others signal the existence of a catenary,

The codes are:

Street
a b u
A B U
Rail
r
R
0
1
2
3
4
5
q
Q
g
G
j
J
k
K
Transrapid
h H
No standard track
X	nothing, no roadbed appears under the vehicle
Catenary
e v	Rail with thin roadbed as r + overhead wire
E V	Rail with thick roadbed as R + overhead wire
t	Tram/Trolleybus, thin street as a + overhead wire
T	Tram/Trolleybus, thick street as A + overhead wire
f	Rail as r + MillFAV overhead wire at 31 pixel height
F	Rail as R + MillFAV overhead wire at 31 pixel height
m s	Rail as r + third rail
M S	Rail as R + third rail
l<Integer>	Rail as r + catenary at a height less than 58 pixels
L<Integer>	Rail as R + catenary at a height less than 58 pixels

For l and L codes: The number determines the height, for example, L53 means catenary at a height of 53 pixels.

For vehicles higher than the standard 58 pixel onedoes not need to deal with standard and lower height. The catenary will be placed

The Transrapid track will be extended downwards (the pylons will grow downwards) to fill the whole space define by the BELOW=; parameter / $BELOW command.

The <Catenary> can be used in conjunction with a trackbad code, writing one of them behind a rail or street track code. In this case the <Catenary> code denotes only the existence of a single line either at normal or lower height, and the rail picture is selected according to the first character.

For vehicle pictures higher than the standard 58 pixels the catenary is drawn above the highest vehicle in the train.

The code X can be used to negate a default code which is specified in the Stock List.   This can be useful when you want to change the depiction of the track by using your own roadbed picture in a FG= or BG= parameter.

This standard track codes come from the early versions of Traffic, and are kept for compatibility reasons. They can be used for MM&MM-style scenes (scenes with only a simple rail and a single line as catenary).

In case of full-size photo or drawn backgrounds either the background picture already contains the track, or one can choose among several detailed track and catenary pictures from the Picture Collection / Stock List.