I've watched the tutorial video again and although you're right in that the routes used are devoid of any objects or track, the two layers are being "merged" in the route merge dialog and not deleted. This should never result in any lost scenery, etc.
Thank you for the quick feedback.
I took your advice and began merging two separate routes that I had created. Each one had a number of named stations and portals which could operate independently.
The route layers were called 'route-layer' on one and the other was called 'route-layer 1', so the two merged together as planned. After the merge I saved it as a new route, exited the program and then restarted. All layers are intact and I have not attempted to merge any of them together.
Now that I have joined up the tracks and adjusted the signals, I was about to create the first Session, when I noticed that all the named stations and portals on the secondary route which I was bringing into the initial route, were now not listed in the Find Menu.
In addition from the secondary route, all AJS invisible stations which had been named, still show as named when clicking on them; but have reset the platform specs back to start. These also do not show up on the Find Menu.
All trackmarks and triggers are visible throughout, but those from the secondary route are no longer listed on the Find Menu.
At this stage, if I want to use this particular route to create sessions with, it appears that every station, all portals, signals, points, trackmarks and triggers will have to be replaced and renamed before I can start on a session.
The Find menu and driver command does not recognize anything from the secondary route at all.
I am at a loss to know how to proceed. Would the forthcoming TANE update make any difference? My current TANE CE SP2 build number is 88364.
Regards,
Roy