Trains

This page is about Source train entities. Train entities move along a pre-determined track, and can look like anything (not just locomotives).

Entities

• func_train —
• func_tracktrain — The part that moves. Brush-based.
• path_track — A waypoint on the track. Invisible and non-solid.

Notes

• If you want a prop to behave as a train, parent it to an invisible func_tracktrain.
• Trains must be constructed facing east (in the Top viewport of Hammer, this is facing right) otherwise they will be pointing the wrong direction in-game. They will turn themselves to face the correect direction.
• You don't need to create each path_track by hand. Create the first one, then shift-drag it to create another; the new one will be automatically linked from the previous one. This works even for inserting new path_tracks between existing ones.

External links

• Player Controllable Trains tutorial
• Automated Trains tutorial
• HL2 Synchronized Trains tutorial
• Alternate paths tutorial