Tutorial How to make realistic railway embankments (elevated european train tracks) 2016-06-17

Compatible:

• CitiesXL 2009
• CitiesXL 2011
• CitiesXL 2012
• CitiesXL Platinum

-----------------------------------ESSENTIAL MODS-------------------------------------

Lexs Total Greenery Mod v1.3
Xsquared's Big Bridge Pack 1.13
Pipeline, powerline, railtracks pack 1.0​

Dummy RailBridge 1.1

STEP 1
Create the train infrastructure by placing simple dummy rail bridges.


STEP 2
Make the "holes" beetwen the 2 rail bridges.


STEP 3
Add edges to your embankment. Depending on how distant they are from the bridge the embarkment will be wider/thinner. This is essential to the process as the decorative grass are won't be placed correctly without it.


Then, place the road beetwen the two rails.

STEP 4

Start placing the plaza of your choice in the middle of the "guide" roads and the bridges. If you want to crate a realistic city, choose the "yellow grass" plaza, if you want to make a futuristic city try the concrete plazas. DO NOT USE THE IN-GAME PLAZAS AS THE EMBANKMENT SLOPES, IT WILL NOT WORK!



STEP 4

The hole left beetwen the two tracks has to be filled up, and to do that youre going to use the"Xsquared's Big Bridge Pack " as the connector bridge. For realism use the big avenue bridge (the one with the metal blue roof like things) and connect the two rail tracks.* ​

*Notice how i deleted some of the plaza that would otherwise interfere with the bridge, making the placing impossible. Don't worry, we will fill the holes later.

STEP 5
Upgrade the road bridge to a rail bridge. Simple. Just click on the bridge and find the railway upgrade in the menu.
Once youre done you should have something resembling this:

STEP 5
We are completely done with our elevated rail embankment and now all we need to do is decorate it.

The finished product: ​