parsifal300
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Hi All;
I am attempting to add a side track to an existing route and having difficulties I cannot find answers for in the documentation.
The objective is to add a mining operation to the Gloucester Terminal Railroad route to feed the power plant. The challenge I have is I cannot get the consist to approach the mine, complete the load, run around the train and then commence the haul to the power plant.
I have created a spur that comes off the passenger portal tracks, a spur that connects to a 2-track tipple-style mine. Problem 1 is if I start the consist on the spur the loco gets to the junction for track 1 or track 2 and just revs the loco but does not approach the loading area of either track. An exclamation point comes up in the driver's icon but right-clicking the consist does not reveal why the consist is having a problem.
If I start the consist on the main line, the loco finds it's way through the junction to the tipple mine, loads only the first car (problem 2), pulls the remaining empty cars through the mine without loading them, disconnects and runs around the train on track two only to reverse at the junction and then get stuck at the junction without connecting to the consist. Again, the loco just revs and idles, revs and idles with only an exclamation point showing there's a problem but no explanation as to what the problem is. The loco does not approach the consist.
I have used multiple mines, re-layed track multiple times, reset signaling, verified directional track, reconfigured junctions but all to the same end result.
So my questions are (1) why does the loco get stuck at the junction to track 1 and track 2 towards the tipple mine, and (2) if I can get the consist there why does only the first car load?
Thanks in advance.
~P
I am attempting to add a side track to an existing route and having difficulties I cannot find answers for in the documentation.
The objective is to add a mining operation to the Gloucester Terminal Railroad route to feed the power plant. The challenge I have is I cannot get the consist to approach the mine, complete the load, run around the train and then commence the haul to the power plant.
I have created a spur that comes off the passenger portal tracks, a spur that connects to a 2-track tipple-style mine. Problem 1 is if I start the consist on the spur the loco gets to the junction for track 1 or track 2 and just revs the loco but does not approach the loading area of either track. An exclamation point comes up in the driver's icon but right-clicking the consist does not reveal why the consist is having a problem.
If I start the consist on the main line, the loco finds it's way through the junction to the tipple mine, loads only the first car (problem 2), pulls the remaining empty cars through the mine without loading them, disconnects and runs around the train on track two only to reverse at the junction and then get stuck at the junction without connecting to the consist. Again, the loco just revs and idles, revs and idles with only an exclamation point showing there's a problem but no explanation as to what the problem is. The loco does not approach the consist.
I have used multiple mines, re-layed track multiple times, reset signaling, verified directional track, reconfigured junctions but all to the same end result.
So my questions are (1) why does the loco get stuck at the junction to track 1 and track 2 towards the tipple mine, and (2) if I can get the consist there why does only the first car load?
Thanks in advance.
~P