Signal Help

[DoyleChris98]

I am creating a simple route and im working on the signals part of it and i have run into a small problem.

In the picture the engine is on the main line where a siding splits off to the left. I have a Signal US L02 in the foreground and a 04 in the distance and on the siding for a test. the siding joins back in just past the 04 in the distance.

You can see on the L02 the top is Yellow and Bottom is green. I thought that the top is Main and bottom is divergence. Is there a problem there that i cant see or is it a glitch.

Shouldnt the top be Green and the botoom be red.

 

[SharkNose]

This is just a guess. I'm not at my home computer and away from Trainz to test. You might want the foreground signal to be a regular US 02 and not a L02. I think the L02 indicates that the signal goes on the left of the track and not a left diverge. The way you have it, again I'm guessing, that foreground signal thinks the divergence is to the right so you get a yellow over green (Approach Medium). If you switch the two junctions at the top of your screenshot so they are both through, the foreground signal probably says red over green (Medium Clear).

I hope this helps! If you don't have it resolved by the time I get home from work, I'll try and recreate the scenario and test .

Good Luck! :wave:

Andrew

 

[DoyleChris98]

Well I did some testing and I have a few pictures.

First set is with a Signal USA 02 the second set is Signal USA L02

 

[DoyleChris98]

Now this set is with the Signal USA L02

 

[DoyleChris98]

Well i added a second Signal USA 04 on the main line before the next one and it reads right now.

 

[SharkNose]

Glad you got it figured out!

If you haven't seen these tutorials by Chuck Brite already, they are definitely worth a look. I found them to be a great help:

http://trains.0catch.com/Tut4-IntroToSignaling.htm
http://trains.0catch.com/Tut5-WorkingWith Signals.htm

Andrew

 

[cascaderailroad]

Quite allot of RR's, and branch lines had no signals at all, or maybe one at a mainline junction ... You could replace signals with an invisible signal, and it would work there, as they are only visible in surveyor.

The Bellefonte Central had only 2 signals, one at the mainline junction at the PRR interchange at Milesburg, and another at the north end of Sunnysde yard, all the rest were yard target hand thrown turnouts, and the line was run by block train order paperwork control.