JUNCTION RESET

[Paddington]

Hard to explain this problem, but it basically concerns the operation of junctions on my 2007 TRAINZ.

When shunting in Driver, or when A1 trains are employed, and a junction is run through that normally is set the opposite "hand"to its path, the junction changes back to its normal position after the train passes. The normal position is that set in Surveyor. OK

My problem is that I have a train that departs from a yard through a junction that is normally set opposite to the path to the departure route. The train gets through that junction until the last but one car, and then it resets. This causes a derailment.

Now I do not think that this has happened before, nor does it occur on any of the other 50 odd junctions on the layout. So I relaid the junction and I even tried to find a way of changing the "trigger" or sensing range.

No change to this maloperation.

Has anyone got any ideas?

Is it the last car in the train which is the problem? Is it the train, not the track at fault? I do not know these things.

Thanks in anticipation.

 

[trackplate]

Re set the junction to the opposite path in surveyor and save the result seems like the best option from you description
Bob V

 

[Paddington]

Junction Reset

Thanks "trackplate" for your short answer. It is the only solution , although if I use the junction for the opposite direction it may reset!

It would appear that when you use "Driver Commands" to drive the trains, the junctions return to their so called "normal" position a set in Surveyor. If you manually operate the junctions ( as you would do when shunting manually) the junctions appear to remain in the position where they were last put. Logical really.

My query re the last car on the train, referred to this particular train which is a consist of "stone" hoppers with a guards van at each end. Is the guards van on the end the problem?

We shall carrry on. Service has been resumed.Thanks from the warm (hot) bottom of the Pacific Ocean

 

[Accipiter777]

D/l "Junction Normal" and add it as a rule. That will set all (or a selected few) junctions to the set state it was in Surveyor.