diff --git a/world/RailCrossings.cpp b/world/RailCrossings.cpp
index 3d596e70..1b94e94c 100644
--- a/world/RailCrossings.cpp
+++ b/world/RailCrossings.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 #include "stdafx.h"
 
 #include "world/TrackRails.h"
+#include "world/TrackFeatures.h"
 #include "simulation/simulation.h"
 #include "scene/scene.h"
 
@@ -87,7 +88,8 @@ double check_length( double const Slope ) {
 // the rails of the track are cut where they cross other rails: plain tracks, and switches whose frog is made from the rails
 bool cut_rails( TTrack const &Track ) {
 
-    return ( Track.iCategoryFlag & 15 ) == 1
+    return track_features::crossings
+        && ( Track.iCategoryFlag & 15 ) == 1
         && Track.m_material1 != null_handle
         && false == Track.m_editorremoved
         && ( Track.eType == tt_Normal ? Track.Segment != nullptr :
diff --git a/world/TrackFeatures.h b/world/TrackFeatures.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9b13768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/world/TrackFeatures.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+This Source Code Form is subject to the
+terms of the Mozilla Public License, v.
+2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not
+distributed with this file, You can
+obtain one at
+http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+// features of the tracks built into the simulator but switched off in it as a whole, whatever the scenery or eu07.ini sets
+namespace track_features {
+
+// the rails cut where they cross other rails into frogs, wing rails and check rails; off, the rails of plain tracks and of
+// switches with the key frogs are laid whole, as before
+bool constexpr crossings { false };
+// the 3D sleepers and switch timbers of sleepers3d; off, the tracks keep their ballast whatever eu07.ini sets
+bool constexpr sleepers { false };
+
+} // namespace track_features
diff --git a/world/TrackSleepers.cpp b/world/TrackSleepers.cpp
index 3c7c05ef..7dd55340 100644
--- a/world/TrackSleepers.cpp
+++ b/world/TrackSleepers.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 #include "stdafx.h"
 
 #include "world/TrackSleepers.h"
+#include "world/TrackFeatures.h"
 #include "world/Track.h"
 #include "model/Model3d.h"
 #include "model/MdlMngr.h"
@@ -1125,6 +1126,9 @@ std::pair<double, double> panel_off_plane( TTrack &Track ) {
 
 beam_model const *timber_model() {
 
+    if( false == track_features::sleepers ) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
     return find_model( Global.Sleepers3D, std::string {}, -1.f );
 }