Crossovers
- Thread starter Kris94
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I have seen and used Type 06 for crossovers. These are two-head signals in case you're wondering.
John
G'day Kris94,
...elegant though the answers proffered so far are, the reality is that neither of them are 'relevant'. You have asked for a specific requirement in your question which neither answer has addressed...
..the answer to your question, unfortunately will depend upon a number of variables which you have not provided in your description. These being, the Operating Rules under which the system you are running 'work' and the sigbnalling system being used by the railway (because the rules used by different railway companies vary considerably and because the specific circumstances of the "installation" will be different, world wide). Until we know these, specifics, answers to your question cannot be provided...
...if you would be so kind...
Jerker {
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...elegant though the answers proffered so far are, the reality is that neither of them are 'relevant'. You have asked for a specific requirement in your question which neither answer has addressed...
..the answer to your question, unfortunately will depend upon a number of variables which you have not provided in your description. These being, the Operating Rules under which the system you are running 'work' and the sigbnalling system being used by the railway (because the rules used by different railway companies vary considerably and because the specific circumstances of the "installation" will be different, world wide). Until we know these, specifics, answers to your question cannot be provided...
...if you would be so kind...
Jerker {
}G'day Kris94,
...elegant though the answers proffered so far are, the reality is that neither of them are 'relevant'. You have asked for a specific requirement in your question which neither answer has addressed...
..the answer to your question, unfortunately will depend upon a number of variables which you have not provided in your description. These being, the Operating Rules under which the system you are running 'work' and the sigbnalling system being used by the railway (because the rules used by different railway companies vary considerably and because the specific circumstances of the "installation" will be different, world wide). Until we know these, specifics, answers to your question cannot be provided...
...if you would be so kind...
Jerker {
Problem is that I don't have a certain method that is used by other railroads as this a fiction railroad. It's the way railroads signaled crossovers in the United States with Semaphore. I don't have a specific railroad to go buy.
I have a scan from an ATSF employee timetable (doesn't have a date on this page) that shows diverging clear on semaphore as stop over clear. Diverging approach is stop over caution. So it follows typical western roads' rules and follows the color light aspects.
Kris, please don't take this the wrong way, but you ask for advice to make things prototypical, but then say you don't want to go by a prototype. Do a little research into the railroads of the region you're modeling. I'd wager that 98% of the fictional roads people on here model are based partially on a particular railroad, and for the most part, follow that railroad's operating rules. Look at maps, timetables, rulebooks and whatnot. Write your own rulebook for your railroad. Come up with a plausible history for your route/road. Why does it exist? Where is it going? Did it absorb smaller roads into it? I find coming up with the backstory and doing the research to be almost as enjoyable as building the route. It also will make it a lot more believable.
Now if you just want to run trains, that's fine too, but say so when you ask for advice. A single target signal will get the job done at a junction, but in reality you'd see a multi-target signal to display the route or speed to the engineer depending on whether it's a NORAC or GCOR railroad.
Kris, please don't take this the wrong way, but you ask for advice to make things prototypical, but then say you don't want to go by a prototype. Do a little research into the railroads of the region you're modeling. I'd wager that 98% of the fictional roads people on here model are based partially on a particular railroad, and for the most part, follow that railroad's operating rules. Look at maps, timetables, rulebooks and whatnot. Write your own rulebook for your railroad. Come up with a plausible history for your route/road. Why does it exist? Where is it going? Did it absorb smaller roads into it? I find coming up with the backstory and doing the research to be almost as enjoyable as building the route. It also will make it a lot more believable.
Now if you just want to run trains, that's fine too, but say so when you ask for advice. A single target signal will get the job done at a junction, but in reality you'd see a multi-target signal to display the route or speed to the engineer depending on whether it's a NORAC or GCOR railroad.