Signals always red before points in 2009

Hi

I don't think this is a signalling issue but may be due to the sheer size of the route. Where are you driving from and too? As an example if you are starting your train from Kings Cross and telling it to drive to a trackmark at York you are asking the AI to plot a route through hundreds of junctions. It takes a long time to do this and you will get the train being stopped at a signal while the AI thinks about it.

If this is what you are doing try breaking the route up into smaller sections e.g. Navigate via a trackmark at Finsbury Park followed by Navigate via a trackmark at Stevenage and so on up the line.

Regards

Brian
 
Hi all:wave:

I was having a similar problem in 2010 using LMS semaphore signals, home signal and left and right combined signals not working correctly. With the home signal I solved the problem with a distant signal and with the branching signal I put a distant signal on the main line and the branch line. This only works if the distant signal is not the last signal on the route. If the line terminates after the distant signal then put a set of buffers or an invisible signal at the end of the line. If space is too tight for a normal signal (i.e. a yard then just use an invisible signal after the point (switch)).
In all cases the home signal goes before the relevant branch.
 
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Could you explain further what you did to fix the problem? I've replaced all the colour light signals on my short ECML route (KX to Stevenage), initially with simple home signals (Sig UQ Home 20ft) and even if there are no points ahead (like on the fast down line) the train has to at least slow down if not stop at every signal.:(

I have trackmarks at Wood Green and Hatfield, plus a few others to stop the train veering off onto the slow line for no apparent reason.:confused:

Being a novice I don't understand how distants would fix it. Surely if the home signals ahead were at stop, the distants would also be at stop, and make matters worse.

It's pretty pathetic at the moment, Flying Scotsman never gets above 25 mph!

Mick Berg.
 
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