"Some" signals appear to have a speed limit applied up to some unknown distance from the signal. Thus trains are slowed to some speed once they are in the scope of this function. I can see it applying a new speed limit a "short" distance from the signal but it appears to be some unknown number of miles.
Is this a standard practice in the real railway world? If so, is it more conditional such as a dependency on weather or track conditions?
The setting of a "dummy signal" in front of the controlling signal is the recommended strategy. This limits the range of influence to the distance from the initiating signal. Is this documented somewhere?
I looked in the wiki but soon found that the search would take some part of a day with no guarantee of discovery.
Is this a standard practice in the real railway world? If so, is it more conditional such as a dependency on weather or track conditions?
The setting of a "dummy signal" in front of the controlling signal is the recommended strategy. This limits the range of influence to the distance from the initiating signal. Is this documented somewhere?
I looked in the wiki but soon found that the search would take some part of a day with no guarantee of discovery.