Release Junction Feature

[khenson]

Can anyone assist please with the following--Sometimes a junction is locked by an AI train and doesn't release. The next train arrives and gets stuck. Despite using Stop train, junction stays locked. How does the release junction feature work and is it for this kind of issue. I have tried putting release junction in command bar and selecting the correct junction but it does not work--must be doing something wrong. Any help much appreciated.

 

[deneban]

If you stopped the correct train causing the lock, the junction would release. Sometimes the junction-locking train is elusive and you need to search further than what trains are in the vicinity, particularly on a long mainline. (This of course assumes a train is not stopped near the junction).

In my experience this crops up when a mainline is too train-loaded to have single-tracked portions. As an example, if we took the Mojave route supplied with TS12 (which has several single to double track transitions along the main line) and overloaded the mainline with too much traffic, we would get the problem you describe. The remedies are to make the line double-tracked or to reduce the traffic. This may or may not be your case, I don't see enough detail to pinpoint your remedy.

The command you speak of is for TRS2006, is there any proof it works for TS12 (assumed from your registration banner)?

 

[mikeaust]

It can surprise you how far away the offending train can be sometimes.
Cheers,
Mike

 

[JCitron]

It can surprise you how far away the offending train can be sometimes.
Cheers,
Mike

Yup. It can be quite shocking!

I find if there are a signals in between, the AI look to the next signal rather than all the way to farthest junction on the line.

John